I hated my first management job
This one is a bit emotional
Hey team,
I got my first management job at 21, straight out of university and the culture was awful.
People avoided difficult conversations (me included)
The seniors wouldn’t allow a single, tiny mistake to be made without us being judged.
Problems were whispered about.
And I dreaded going to work every single day because the environment was so toxic.
Then, at 24yo I joined a small SaaS company and experienced the complete opposite.
As a team, we were honest with each other
We addressed issues quickly (because we were so small, we had to)
Expectations were clear, there was no BS
and everyone knew what “good” looked like.
The impact this had on my life, not just my work, was huge.
Over the next few years, I went on a real journey of learning how to love and value myself properly. I started loving my work, and because of that, I slowly began letting go of so much fear and anxiety I’d been carrying for years.
I left a relationship I had been unhappy in for a long time. I moved away from a city that made me feel deeply lonely. I started going to the gym, eating properly again, and looking in the mirror without tearing myself apart.
And when I look back, that was the catalyst for all of it, being part of a culture that showed me what self-worth could actually look like, both at work and outside of it.
Fastforward a few years, and by 28, I was an Ops Director in a FTSE100 company, managing five global teams. Still loving my work, and comitting to building a culture for my own team where they could value and love themselves too.
I consistently received the highest manager feedback scores from my team across the entire organisation.
Because I focused relentlessly on the things that actually created great culture.
And I want to share all my learnings with you. So, on Wednesday 25th March I’m hosting a free live workshop where I’ll walk you through how to spot when culture is slipping and the 4 practical steps you can take to reset it.
👉 Save your seat here
Speak soon,
H
P.S. If you can’t make it, that’s okay… register anyway and I’ll send you the recording afterwards.