One thing you have to love about social media is the reminders it sends us of people's birthdays, work anniversaries and these past 10 days I've had lovely messages from all over celebrating my birthday and 3yrs at Vincere.io. So at this time of reflection and celebration, I'd like to mark the occasion with a special note of thanks to my amazing boss Leigh Cullen.
If you are a customer of FastTrack360, part of the Access Recruitment ANZ division, chances are you have had the pleasure of working with Leigh and you will know exactly what I mean. An absolute expert within all things FastTrack360, industry knowledge and expertise knows no bounds.
To say she is exceptional at her job, is an understatement.
To say she is an inspirational, supportive and amazing leader - again would not be doing her justice.
She is without doubt one of the most talented people I have ever had the pleasure of working with and that brings me to the point of today's post.
As I reflect on my time at Vincere.io one of my greatest joys has been working within the combined ANZ Professional Services team, managed by Leigh Cullen. The energy, drive, passion and persistence she has is the benchmark for modelling excellence.
As my individual Manager........well as I put in my employee survey recently, she is without question the best Manager I have ever had (sorry former bosses!). We all have our strengths and leading a team........and let's be honest, managing me ..well that comes with many challenges! For me, that is what makes Leigh exceptional - she is always a step ahead, will make time for my endless questions, appreciates my gaps and helps guide me to fill them, she celebrates the team and my success and she challenges us to do better, be better, give more.....including making sure we all get our charity day done!
It is her deep caring nature that I am so appreciative for and her ability to work with all the personalities within our team and do it so well...........that enough is to make her exceptional...........but then to add to this, the countless hours, effort and energy it takes to run an ANZ team and work within a global UK management team requiring a high number of after hours commitment...........doing all of this whilst having an extensive injury that she incurred over 12mths ago.........doing what Leigh does best.... making the personal decision to stop a shopping trolley from slamming into a strangers car, whilst she was on leave interstate caring for a family member. That caring decision in a simple fall has created a series of issues worthy of a 60 minutes story! Yet not a single complaint, every day no matter what she is there leading the way and improving our products, the service, uniting the Access Recruitment ANZ round the globe, championing the ANZ Professional Services team and making sure that every single individual is taking care of.
THANK YOU LEIGH CULLEN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO and making me a better person!
It sounds like you had a productive and exciting day. Team building and strategic planning are essential for growth and success. Looking forward to seeing the big things your team will achieve next! How often do you engage in these types of activities?