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What has been your biggest learning as a CEO? And what was your greatest achievement?Trust your gut. Trust your gut. Trust your gut. Your gut is always right. In the beginning, it was a huge issue for me to trust myselfand to accept that I have strong intuitions and that the intuitions were always right. I was not that confident.When I did not trust myintuition, I hired the wrong person and this bad hiring made the company lose money, time, energy, and reputation. The thing was,even though I knew it was the wrong person, I still hired him. This was crazy, but it happened because I was doubting myself. Everytime that I failed to follow my intuition and listen to that inner voice, I put the company in a bad position financially, in humanresources, partnerships, deals, etc.In fact, what I was feeling in my gut would manifest days or months later.Today, because I trustand know myself better, I lead more from my gut. I do not fight against myself %u2013 instead, I fully accept and assume the way I am.My greatest achievement is my journey. When I look back on my life, where I came from, what I have been through, I am filled withgratitude. Being in this position really challenges me every single day. I have to do things I do not like to do, things that I never didbefore. For example, taking important decisions that will impact the company, finding a tax lawyer, meeting him, hiring him for thecompany, learning to read the annual report of the company, contacting the bank and meeting the advisor to open an account,opening a company in the UK, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, learning to hire and creating a new process of recruitment, firingpeople, dealing with betrayal in our company, becoming an international speaker, learning to say no, being clear on my limits,accepting my mistakes, writing a book, becoming a drummer, a vocal coach and choir director, doing a parachute jump (tandemskydiving), and so on. I can truly say that everything is possible. And it is just the beginning. I am where I am today because in 2014, Itook the decision to quit my job and become an entrepreneur. I am extremely proud of this decision and I will never regret it.I AM. MAGAZINE - A WOMAN IN POWERI AM. MAGAZINE - 28