June 2017
Beginner
256 pages
3h 28m
English
Years ago, when Fannie Mae’s public finance business was added to the work portfolio for Wayne Curtis, vice president of partnership investments, he had to fundamentally rethink his approach to work. Before, an agreement to extend a line of credit to a state or local authority for a 50-unit housing project might crystallize over a two-month period. But now, on top of this responsibility was the fast-paced work involved in evaluating multi-billion-dollar bond purchases.
“Suddenly, my business volume had increased by a factor of 10,” he says, “and the rhythm of the new work was very different from the work I had been doing. I was really grappling with how to stay focused on long-term priorities.” ...