How to Enjoy What You Do and Why I Love Working for Lessonly

It's the needle in the haystack... looking for a white cat in a snowstorm... scarce as hen's teeth... A complete diamond in the rough....

It's hard... the journey to finding that job or career that you love... the constant struggle to find that balance between stress, hard work, massive success, and enjoyment.

I believe I've found it and I want to tell you why.

Four months have elapsed since I joined the ranks of Lessonly, a modern team learning software company based in Indianapolis. Before joining the team, I spent countless hours with dozens of software companies. Many were growing extremely fast, had amazing products and the promise of great financial packages but none of them compared to Lessonly.

Now that we are actively hiring for multiple positions, I thought I would recount why I joined Lessonly and why I unequivocally love what I do.

Hopefully, all the weary wanderers searching for the perfect job will find a tip or two that will help along the journey.

The People

You aren't going to find a better group of people at any software company in the mid-west or the country for that matter. There may be a cool software company in Australia (because Australians are awesome) that will rival our crew but I highly doubt it.

I enjoy coming to work every single day because the team is focused and excited. Each and every employee enjoys working here and making a difference. We are on a mission to help people DO BETTER WORK and will not be stopped. There is a camaraderie there that is hard to find and match.

The Market

We have a unique opportunity on our hands to make a huge impact on the way people work. There are very few software companies that can make such a bold statement. It's wide open.

The Leadership

I was lucky enough to work for one of the greatest software leaders in the country between the years of 2012 to 2015. Scott Dorsey, then CEO and co-founder of ExactTarget, built a company that changed the landscape of digital marketing and the city of Indianapolis. I found that Max Yoder, Lessonly's co-founder and CEO, had the same type of qualities that I had come to (and still do) admire in Scott Dorsey.

1. He goes out of his way to know every employee.
2. He critiques in love and feedback is helpful, not critical.
3. He is obsessed with building a culture that supports the personal and professional lives of its' employees.
4. He is obsessed with the company... in general.
5. He puts the company and employees first.
6. He understands the importance of equal investment (of his time and money) between product, marketing, sales, finance, talent, and CX.

I also was lucky enough to join a leadership team full of people that I respect and admire. We work well together. We challenge each other. We will win together.

The Mission, Vision, and Values

Most companies have mission, vision and value statements. There are few that try to follow them on a daily basis.

Our Mission - We help people do better work so they can live better lives.

Our Vision - We create learning software that employees demand.

Our Values

• We put learners first.
• We challenge ourselves.
• We do what is right.
• We share before we are ready.
• We have difficult conversations.
• We critique in love.
• We make time for life.

The Game

I don't know about you but winning isn't everything. However, it is definitely 75% of why I love what I do. The team at Lessonly is fully committed to winning. The people here are aggressive, hardworking and (while we have fun) challenged on a daily basis to get better. How do we win? We are continuously evolving as professionals and as a company. We are committed to beating the competition, creating an amazing product and loving what we do. We are empowered.

That's really it. I believe that in order to truly love what you do... you have to find that place where:

1. The leadership team challenges each other and critiques in love.
2. The people enjoy coming to work and working hard in the process.
3. The Mission, Vision and Values are lived every single day.
4. You are empowered as an employee and human being.
5. The CEO is humble, hard-working and culture obsessed.

Want to join the team? We are hiring. Let's get to loving what we do and winning along the way.