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Aimee Connolly

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
353 total appearances

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

No I think like the way the world is moving so fast-paced it would be remiss of me not to say that because

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

I need to keep my eyes and my mind open to whatever the future holds.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

But for me, like I'm built on a mission to build a legacy brand.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

So like what I often say to the team every start of the year when we stand up every half year and we come back together, we're not here for like a quick win.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

This is like what we're doing now is setting us up for hopefully a really long future, even beyond Amy.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

You know, like I want to be up there in those moments

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

top 10 global beauty brands in the next decade is that a huge goal absolutely gigantic does it overwhelm me yes if I think about it for too long so I just focus on my small steps that I know I can take off and that's this year 18 month plan 24 month plan

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

no I'm definitely definitely very involved in the business but also I have been forced you know not just for myself but for the sake of our growth to actually really more so try and embody a CEO role over the last year or two and essentially what that means for me is try to lift yourself out of that detail empower teams to to do it because they're more than capable is that scary though

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

Yeah a little bit but at the same time there's something really like fulfilling in that teams are so able and then I can actually focus on the parts that I need to kind of direct us and leadership team and my leadership team has grown a lot and that's a total game changer and that was nearly my refocus of kind of sitting into a CEO role went from

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

I have these roles that are reporting into me, into this is your leadership team that actually one of your key objectives needs to be how you build and scale them because the success of the business doesn't ride on me.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

You know, it needs, it needs the full ship.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

So thank you for referencing cream cushion because we are very proud of it and we do not have stock of it enough to sustain it.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

it is definitely the most viral launch we have ever experienced.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

And like you said, it's amazing.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

And then the backroom, you know, supply chain logistics are like, oh my God, what are we going to do?

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

But ultimately like so positive.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

But I think the product pipeline, it's probably the area that I adore the most in the whole business.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

It's like my heritage of how I started.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

So I feel totally at ease there.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Aimee Connolly

But obviously we've got a full team now who are incredible and so capable and really understand the brand.