Are you part of a professional community?
Will Scott
Future of work & Flexible working champion ?? | Sales Leader @ Zendesk | I build and grow revenue teams at scale ups ?? | Personal brand builder ???
This Week...
?? Why you need to join a community - NOW
?? Under the spotlight -? Cascade
?? What I'm reading / listening to
?? Top 5 flexible jobs
?? Why you need to join a community - NOW
Are you part of a professional community? If not, you're missing out.
Communities are one of the biggest untapped personal development resources.
By nature, we are social beings. We surround ourselves with family, friends, colleagues, and when it comes to advice and development, we tend to lean on all of these.
But this leaves a huge gap in experience and knowledge.
Online communities are nothing new, they’ve been around for years. From gaming to politics, sports to plane spotting. There are communities for everything.
Many people use them as a core part of their personal life. To take part in discussion and learn about topics of interest.
Yet in a professional sense we use them far less.
People are constantly striving for ways to learn and better themselves. There has never been a greater wealth of information available.?
Communities hold the key to accessing this information ??
Whether a Slack group, Discord server, Whatsapp group or paid membership, the chance to connect with peers from your industry has never bee greater.
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands out there.
Personally, I'm a part of six. One for 2 for leadership, 2 for sales, and two for remote workers.
This may be excessive, but i can confidently say that I get value from each and every one.
What are the benefits?
If you do one new thing this week, make it joining a community.
Your future self will thank you.
?? Under the Spotlight - Cascade
This week's focus is on Cascade. Cascade is a company creating a new category - getting strategy out of the boardroom. Ever been part of a business that has grand plans, only for the shiny powerpoint to be shelved for the remainder of the year? Cascade fixes this by helping organisations gain observability and drive accountability.
They are a globally distributed, remote first company with trust and flexibility rooted in its values and employees in almost every part of the world.
Importantly as well, diversity of thought is a huge part of the culture and they recognise that effectiveness comes in many ways and forms.
What I love:
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?? Employees can choose where, how and when they work. Maybe thats from their camper van in the UK to their New Zealand farm. Early morning, late at night - Whatever works for you!
?? They offer mental health days. Not feeling up to work that day? Take a mental health day - No questions asked.
?? Trust is gained from the day you start. You have full autonomy to make your own decisions on what you think is best for the company. You are encouraged to work cross functionally and bring in diversity of thought too.
?? What I'm Currently Into
???Manifest - Roxie Nafousi
???Wolf - BBC
?? Top 5 Flexible Jobs
BONUS - Work with Steven Bartlett - here
That's all for this week.
Let me know what you'd like to read about next.
Until next time ????
Will
p.s. - catch up on past editions?here???
I'm?Will and I lead Mid-Market Sales at Ultimate.
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1 年Thank you for sharing Will! ?? It’s so valuable! Since starting D2 have seen numerous examples of how a community and genuine connections can bring value. New connections led to speaking opportunities, referrals for new opportunities (+ landing the job) and mentor and coach like conversations inspired people to take new directions in their careers. Can’t recommend to join a professional community enough ??
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