What are the key skills of solid management? We are talking about EQ skills, inclusion, encouragement and a raft of other valuable skills today!

 

 

Today I am talking with Holly Stanton from Salesforce…

Who is sharing her experience of what makes a strong manager by sharing key attributes of positive mentors and managers she has had throughout her career.

We are talking about:

* Leading with empathy
* Being direct, honest and inclusive
* And taking a genuine interest in supporting your team members to achieve their own ambitions.

 

Holly talks about her experience with an empathetic, supportive manager earlier in her career…

A second mentor, who was inclusive, open and trusting and who would coach Holly when she needed support to solve her own challenges.

A third mentor, at Salesforce, who created a psychologically safe environment for the team to thrive.

And a fourth mentor who encouraged Holly to play to her strengths and ignore her perceived weaknesses.

 

Career Advice from Holly:

1. Get yourself a coach – “it helps you uncover who you are and what you want to achieve!”  (I had the privilege of coaching Holly over 15 years ago! Rebecca x)

2. “Understand yourself, your strengths and others’ strengths.”

3. Sometimes ‘bad’ managers can teach us a lot about how to become better managers ourselves.

 

Holly says:

“One of my terrible managers who micro-managed everyone [ironically] taught me the difference between ‘contagious’ and ‘contained’ managers, contagious being inspirational etc  when that wasn’t our experience of that manager at all!” (Holly Stanton, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)

 

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About Holly:

Holly has 20+ years experience in the technology industry, working for start-ups, global large-scale companies, and everything in-between. For the last 3 years, Holly has worked as a Customer Success Director for Salesforce, one of the largest SaaS companies worldwide.

 

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. I’ve worked for 12 years now as a coach and have helped women at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence and Coles. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!