Today’s Shout Out goes to my big brother Adam Vandermyde.
Adam just started a new consulting job with Deloitte and spent his first week in training in Orlando. The ~300 newly minted consultants were given a mock consulting case and divided into teams of five. Each team was to evaluate the case, develop a strategic plan, and make a presentation to various judges. The top teams would then make their presentation to the entire body of consultants and judges, but only one team would emerge as champion.
Not only was Adam’s team declared the winner, but Adam also came up with the approach that his team ultimately adopted (which adoption came through Adam’s usual placid yet pragmatic encouragement). Said the partner who wrote the case, “In the eight years I have been doing this, I have never seen anybody come up with that approach.” Anybody who knows Adam knows that he is a natural leader and has the right balance of confidence, objectivity, personality and unflappability to be an effective corporate adviser.
Also, this week I asked Adam to help me develop a program that would increase efficiency in my church responsibilities, and what Adam came up with was a perfect solution to a common problem. It’s called the “Home Teaching Pro." The new program will not only benefit me in my position, but will help all those we share it with (not to mention all of the new families that will be visited as a result!) So Adam, here’s to you!
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