5. Looking for leaders who have their own voice, with Sharon James

Sharon talks about how in her own career, she benefitted from having a “process” boss, a “maverick” boss and a “coaching” boss, and strived to be a composite herself accepting that her natural bias was to be a maverick.

How leadership has become more challenging given the “VUCA” environment, accelerated career paths, and the challenge to lead remotely.

When developing her own team she recognised, albeit later in her career, that you need to have a partner in HR.

Her success formula; developing your network, having a senior sponsor, understanding what makes your team tick as people, over-communicate and have your own opinion. 

Parting Advice:  Don’t put your head down due to workload, you have to lift your head!

I´m always looking for leaders that have got a voice, they have an opinion and they are actually aware of the macro picture