Estelle Roux-Stevens: 8 Lessons from a Start Up Diva
Estelle Roux-Stevens is a tech diva at heart who took her thriving career in human resources into the start-up world. She understands the fast paced world of technology and the positive impact mentoring can have for women in technology. That is why she teamed up with her husband to create a mentoring community platform. In that process, she learned many things along the way. Listen in and hear her 8 key lessons from her career journey from HR to the start up space that will get you inspired to do things like master your vision, stop thinking and start doing, and most of all to celebrate your wins. Have you celebrated your success lately?
It’s amazing what you accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit
-Harry Truman
What happens when you grow up on the Human Resources (HR) side of a technology company with a passion for mentoring that starts her own company? You learn first hand 8 key lessons from a HR-driven start-up tech diva.
Estelle Roux-Stevens is deeply passionate about the Power of Mentoring and enjosy talking, teaching and training on the topic. Her passion for scale-ups can be traced back as far back as my first HR role working for a London based energy company. With more than 20 years experience in International HR, she has transformed small teams into world class, high performing Talent Acquisition and People Operations teams.
She lives by the motto "Never underestimate the power of a positive mind".
Estelle teamed up with her CTO/Developer husband to solve a problem they both faced. Estelle witnessed the power of networking while her husband saw the need in the startup space. This is why they created Mentorjam. I did ask about how you run a business with her husband which she attributes to respect and freedom.
For the Tech Divas leading your own startup or working in one, this episode will land with you. As for the Tech Divas in a larger company, you will find these lessons to be universal in your own life, career, or maybe in your side hustle. Think about how these apply to your own career.
We cover 8 key lessons in this episode:
Vision - What do you want to achieve? How are you going to reach those goals?
Mission - How do you move forward?
Stop thinking/start doing - Get a MVP. Be bold.
Grow a team - Work to your strengths.
Scalable Processes - Scale and grow.
Networking - Build a community and reach out
Stay focused - Easy to live in exciting ideas
Have fun and celebrate - Don't forget to celebrate what you DID accomplish.
Lack of direction, not lack of time in a problem as we all have the same 24 hours in everyday.
-Zig Ziglar
Resource Links:
Connect with Estelle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estelle-roux-stevens/
Feel free to email her: Estelle@mentorjam.com
Check out Mentorjam Software: https://www.mentorjam.com/
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