Better Under Pressure

#23 - Tacita Small - Know Your Superpower


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In this episode, I’m in conversation with Tacita Small – founder of The Small HR Company, an HR Consultancy that supports businesses in the creative and entertainment industries with all aspects of HR and People needs.

As a senior HR leader, Tacita worked in-house for over two decades with many instantly recognisable brands such as Westfield, Ralph & Russo, Apple, Ministry of Sound, Freemantle and BBC Worldwide to name a few.

In our conversation Tacita shares:

  1.   Why she’s happy answering emails on the beach
  2.   The uncomfortable pressure of not being herself
  3.   And what her son said that ignited her desire to set up her business.
  4. Outline📍

    00:00 Intro
    02:28 How do you recognise pressure?
    04:14 How tip the pressure into something positive?
    07:07 When did you first experience pressure and how did you manage it?
    10:58 How do you bring ‘your whole self’ to work? 
    13:30 Are there times when this mindset doesn’t work to your advantage?
    14:58 When do you choose to adapt and where is the tipping point?
    19:00 Insight 1: Lessons learned
    21:30 Know who you are
    26:32 How do you stay true to yourself in your role?
    34:00 Why did you decide to become an entrepreneur even though you didn’t want to at the beginning?
    38:45 Stop apologising for being confident
    40:26 Is there pressure as a founder?
    44:07 Nothing is new for a very long
    46:46 Insight 2: Lessons learned 
    48:17 What would be two things you would pass forward to people to better manage that pressure?
    52:30 Insight 3: Lessons learned
    53:47 Outro

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    Better Under PressureBy Sara Milne Rowe