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That question was, “What single project or task would you consider the most significant accomplishment in your career so far?”  This was followed by 19 other exploratory questions.

It came out of a post on LinkedIn by LinkedIn InFluencer and HR Guru, Lou Alder. Please read his post called “The most important interview question of all time.”

How would you answer? I wanted to know how I would answer. When I found out just what I had accomplished, I was astonished. My answers unravelled the complexity of my accomplishment, laying it out in a very simple and powerful way. This soul-searching soul caused me to refocus my life mission.

Take Lou Alder's advice and ask these same questions if you want to hire the right employee or contractor.

I have had the privilege of leading a number of significant projects and tasks over the last few years. What follows are a few of them. Please enjoy my answers to his very powerful questions.

Just click on the 20 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS tab above.

Significant Projects and Tasks 

I n my spare time I am working to create cross department employee engagement programs as I did for my last employer. A few examples of significant projects and tasks from my past include:

• A new worker induction and engagement program that I created led to employees learning basic HSE situational awareness and skills mastery, and also reduced employee turnover, saving almost $20M in employee turnover costs.

• I led a corporate senior management team that acquired, revised and implemented BP International's 360-degree Safety Leadership Skills Assessment. We gave it to 325 managers completing 3000 assessments in the first year. It became the standard for all Supply-Chain and Manufacturing Managers and Leadership. I also created a Supply-Chain and Manufacturing SharePoint website that recorded leadership coaching to support the Safety Leadership Skills Assessment.

• I also introduced a Lean training methodology that drove the creation and use of 32 down-hole tool build manuals rather than building from drawings. The availability of these manuals helped to secure contracts in the multi-million dollar range.

Training is easy to justify, but it is hard to afford a full-time trainer.

I have just completed an 18-month term-contract with a large northern British Columbia college. Now, I am moving to Calgary, Alberta.

I am looking to pick up another term contract as a train-the-trainer or a term project employee in the local area.

Or if you think that you might wish to have me lead a change project, similar to those mentioned in my 20 Questions or on my Resume page, then please do contact me.

I am specialising in resolving training failures that can cost companies $5K per employee per year in poor productivity and $20K per employee per year in lost opportunities.

You have seen it, heard it — the wrong product made or shipped or not made or shipped at all; the wrong invoice used, failure to follow a safety protocol, improper paperwork, failure to inspect product, letting a quality failure get through to the customer, etc. If you are hearing the term 'they need to be retrained,' it is also an indicator of the systemic problem that I can help resolve.

Failures that can result in lost opportunities, like increased sales, process improvements, and new products. It is hard to improve a process unless you are aware of what is truly happening. I can help with that awareness problem.