Welcome to our second 'Break Room' and our second chat about life as a working woman today.
Nic was/is the best boss I ever had, and she's changed my life because of it. In ways that I didn't realise for many, many years, and most certainly didn't appreciate. Not only did she (take a punt on me and) employ me in a role that I very quickly loved and thrived in; but a role that's ultimately responsible for the two children I have today (I met my ex-husband there). That role, that media company, and Nicky as a boss, has sent me down a pivotal path in my life.
So it's no surprise that I've roped Nic into this chat. In fact, I'm trying to rope her into much more with TWW, but that's a whole other thing.
Nicky employed me as a cocky (but hopefully, relatively talented) 22year-old and pushed me forward and championed me as a young working woman, like no one has ever done since. To the extent (and as I have said on one of my own instagram posts), she's single-handedly responsible for my nick-name: Chops.
... She didn't start it/give the nickname to me, but she did make it stick, because she knew that it would give me stand-out; and that stand-out would propel my career forward. Which it did.
Even back then Nicky was a champion of people - men and women - but women especially. And her approach and care towards helping and supporting people, has seen her curate the most varied, but always very people-centric career. To the point that she's now a change specialist and gets sent around (her global media employer) to fix (BIG) problems and instigate (and manage) pretty intense change-programmes. And she's great at it, which she believes is intrinsically linked to her femininity, and we discuss this and how her other 'pink skills' (as she calls them) have helped her far more than hinder her, which was one of my main reasons for 'Break-Room-ing' her... Nicky has worked with A LOT of men and around a lot of men, and yet she has always navigated it brilliantly and never let it be a thing. So I wanted to know what decisions, or skills, she's used to do that, plus what her take on life as a working women today, is.
Thanks everyone,
Chops x
Click here to listen to Break Room 2 with Nic & Chops:
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