12/20/2022
Raising from an idea that came to me in the forest to a scaling business has been a journey like no other. To my fellow business leaders, I am sharing my top lessons here in the hope that this might support you on your own journey.
1. Systems. Only 6% of problems are people driven. The rest are due to poor systems. If you can set the foundation with organized systems, you’ll have a smooth-running company and happier people.
2. Not apologizing. I used to think that women could do everything as well as men and that in order to prove this, we needed to do things exactly the way men have. I was wrong. We don’t need to work harder, we need to do things our way.
3. Start-up life is the unknown. Building a start-up is so much different than running an existing small business. As , our COO, so beautifully describes start-up life: “being part of a start-up is like riding a rocketship, except we are building the rocket as we fly.”
4. Resilience. The ingredients for Ginger Desk’s resilience have been a healthy combination of leveraging technology, building effective systems, and consistently promoting team culture.
5. Alignment. It’s important that your values are reflected in every single decision you make in business, especially the hard ones. From hiring team members, connecting with potential clients, and even drafting agreement terms, make sure your decisions are aligned with your values.
6. Community is everything. What started as a mission to support my fellow health practitioner colleagues, has evolved into something much bigger. Our community in the allied healthcare field has taken on an energy all its own and our community members nurture one another more than I ever could have dreamed of.
7. Authenticity. Leadership doesn’t require talent, intelligence, or luck. It requires authenticity and for one to own both their light and their darkness. To understand, this allows you to be present with others. True impactful leaders sit in their presence and light the way so their team can shine.
Cheers to 2 years of fast, intense, and beautiful growth with this incredible team at Ginger Desk! 2023, we see you and we’ve got this 💫
