My favorite part of my career has always been mentoring and creating high functioning teams. It starts with being authentic, transparent and being seen as a trusted leader. I never aspired to be a leader but it has come naturally to me from a young age. I’ve found what has worked in my youth, honesty, passion, accountability, celebration and autonomy, to also guide me now.

One of my greatest challenges was inspiring a team of 30+ to work harder than they ever had admits a global pandemic. With the help of our leadership team we built a four day workshop to move this team into a virtual world.

As we have returned to work, recognition and celebration are at the forefront of my mind as words such as burn out, employee well-being and work-life integration are being more widely accepted.