I recently had the pleasure of interviewing @Angela Greenwood, Director of Acquisition and Customer Marketing at Optus, for the Better Bosses Lessons Learnt podcast series.

In this podcast, Angela answers the Better Bosses Fast Five questions and talks about how important it is to give feedback and that it’s ok not to know it all.

Angela then shares her story of transitioning from leading a small team to a larger group of 20 and then 58. You’ll hear about:

10:00 How important it is to resist the need to prove yourself and take action as soon as you start a new role. Better to seek to understand and listen, then look to how you can add value
12:35 How she learnt to overcome the fear of the transition by tackling it head-on, dropping her armour and becoming vulnerable
15:35 How she learnt to let go of the need to be liked at all times so she could have tough but honest conversations with her team
17:35 Tips for hiring the right people

In the Lessons Learnt series, Melissa invites experienced leaders along to answer the Better Bosses Fast Five questions. In this podcast, Melissa answers the 5 questions herself.

1. What’s one thing you’ve learnt from the best boss you’ve ever had?

2. What’s one thing you’ve learnt from the most challenging boss you’ve ever had?

3. What’s something you’ve learnt about leading people from a mistake you made?

4. What has been your proudest moment as a people leader?

5. What would you say to the younger version of yourself taking on a people management role for the first time?

Melissa explains why she created Better Bosses and where the name came from