1. During the reflections today, some of you mentioned that some of us ask great questions and give great ideas but with an "aggressive" attitude. Thanks for pointing that out. Yesterday during the meeting I might have asked some questions or stated my opinion somewhat aggressively. If you were offended and took it personally, next time please reach out to me in person first. Then "REFLECT".
So lesson learned this week - Don't take it personal!
I had my reasons why I was frustrated. I am confused of what we are doing and what we are expected to do. What we have and what we don't in terms of Nova's expansion strategies. I was confused. SO ARE YOU! Otherwise, we wouldn't have to work on the same projects over and over and over again.
So, one time ever, I was frustrated and maybe used a not-my-usual tone. OK. I admit it. But, I came to Nova to get things done, advise Nova on strategic ways how to expand to other regions outside of Scandinavia. And that is what I am trying to do.
Now, going back to our behaviors, as some of you don't like aggressive tones, some of us don't like the "fluffy" way some of you work (this goes to the 10 of us only). Yes, you have great & awesome ideas, but please let's keep it realistic. I would rather keep my eyes open.
2. I mentioned today and I will re-mention it again. Instead of working on the write-up first, then on the expansion strategies and how those will be accomplished by either us or other start-up managers. Let's do it the either way around; strategies first, then write-up. We start will the write-up, and figure out that what we have done is not directly applicable to Nova. Then we go work on it again. And then some more. And this leads to time wasted.
3. What I learned this week, is that I love working with start ups but I need to know what the start up has, what they are thinking, how much I am allowed to accomplish & how creative I can get.
4. Another thing I learned is that I should stop asking questions. Day 1 :)
Inna - thanks for being the only one who made a point to me about my tone in person. Respect!
Oh well, I need to go for a run now. I guess I fulfilled my duty of confining in you for the week. I would appreciate you not comment on this post.
I hope you all had fun at Sunny Friday tonight. I wanna hear all about it. And remember, no matter what I said above, I love you all and you are an awesome team to work with. We just have different personalities and that's what will make this project successful in the end. Even though right now it looks messy.
xoxo and remember STAY FABULOUS!
Ella
p.s ... my blog posts are getting longer
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