Rosenberg had him do an assessment of his skills, and he realized he was good at developing work schedules and organizing and managing people according to their strengths.

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If the new French president "gets his way and we enter a golden era of infrastructure spending someone in the private sector will have to provide the material and technical skills to deliver the projects on time and in good order, " said Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight Ideas.

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