So ongoing and incoming loads and communicating with the team to ensure that those are brought to their attention, and we meet the actual goals of what material needs to be sent out for that day, and then I’d say the second would be following up with active leads and new contracts.
This is so crucial to ensure that I’m constantly closing for future growth of the company.
AD: Well, I’d say in the very beginning, I just turned 30 now, so seven years ago when I was maybe 24 it was very challenging because when you’re young and a minority and a female, especially in the industry, people are like ‘hey who’s this little girl coming into here and just trying to change things up and get us to think different’.
I’m actually seeing how, in my seventh or eighth year I’ve been with the company, there’s a lot more other women in waste and on the production level, so it’s really great because I’m able to really establish relationships easier that way.
I even tried to create a woman in waste and energy in Canada sort of group on LinkedIn, but it just wasn’t working, so I think having a network would have been great for my growth in the beginning of it, just to connect with other women in the industry.
AD: I’d have to say in a nutshell that one word would be an ‘adventure’.
It taught me to grow thick skin and embrace failure, so I knew that in the beginning, when I would fail, I kind of pity myself and say ‘oh no I did something wrong’, but now when I fail I’m like ‘oh this is awesome!’, I’m going pick apart where I failed and how could I improve this and get the results that I actually want.