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Jacob Victory
New York University 1998
Health Care Managment and Finance

MPA, NYU Wagner School

Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Project Manager to the CEO
New York

jacob.victory@vnsny.org


A Day in the Life
What are three things you love and three things you find challenging or frustrating about your work?
Love:
1.  visibility
2.  challenging workload
3.  project diversity

Challenging or frustrating:
1.  Hectic deadlines
2.  long work hours
3.  interruptions
What is the most important task on your desk right now?
Writing three presentations for the President/CEO.
What drives you to do this work? What makes you want to get out of bed every morning?
The work is challenging; new projects are continually given to me; and the visibilty that is afforded to me in working for the CEO is great.
How often do you "dress up" for work? Describe the culture of your organization.
The culture of the organization is business attire.
In a typical month, about what percentage of your time is spent on the following activities?
Talking on the phone 30%
Dealing with email 60%
Meetings with individuals 60%
Meetings with groups/committees 40%
Traveling 5%
Writing 40%
Reading 20%
Researching 50%
Other: monitoring outcomes of all departments


(Note: respondents could allow their answers to add up to be more than 100%)
What do you do when you are feeling burned out at work?
I stop working.

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