Emma Grede

And we're going to go on a journey together.

And you're going to get something from this experience.

And when you leave, I'll be the best reference you ever have.

But I have very, very, very.

high expectations on people.

Because I made every mistake, literally every mistake in this book.

And I thought it was important to share those mistakes because I feel like right now we're in this like, you know, social generation where we only put out the best parts of our lives.

And I really do.

I think I had a lot of delusions about...

myself and what type of leader I was.

I thought that I should behave like the other people I'd seen in business.

And I realized that I am an emotional woman.

I am extremely empathetic.

And the best way to lead my companies was not what I had seen.

It was actually making my own version and my own style of leadership.

And so I really did that.

Like, I know if somebody breaks up with their partner or has, you know, something happen in their family life, they don't come into work in the same way.

And I felt like I had to lead by example.

As a mother, I am out the door every day at five, which means that my staff can be out the door at five, if they so choose to be.

And so I decided that early on in my career, I was trying to be