The Flex Factor with... Charlotte

This month on The Flex Factor, we get to know our Senior People & Talent Partner, Charlotte Conway! Find out a little more about her and how she creates a supportive environment that helps our whole team to thrive.

Tell us what you do at Flexciton?

I work across both the People and Talent function as a Senior People & Talent Partner. I help Flexciton to find, attract and recruit top talent, and am responsible for engaging, supporting and developing our employees.

What does a typical day look like for you at Flexciton?

There is no such thing as a typical day in a startup! However, my day is often split 80% on the people side and 20% on talent. I like to start my day with any admin tasks or reply to any slack messages that might have come through. I then create a to-do list for what I plan to do that day. This can be dealing with employee queries, or business partnering with managers to check in on any people related matters. During busier periods I will often be taking a hands-on approach to hiring, sourcing and speaking to candidates as well as setting up our talent processes and looking at our employer branding strategy to help us to attract the best talent. As a startup there are also lots of projects to get involved in across all of HR (e.g. performance management, L&D) so a lot of my day may involve working on improving our people and talent processes... or implementing new processes!  

What do you enjoy most about your role?

What I enjoy most about my role is getting to work closely with our people (I guess it’s in the name, ‘people partner', right?). For me, the important part of being a ‘people’ partner is creating an environment where people feel heard, supported, and empowered to bring their best selves to work. Being able to have a small part in ensuring employees have all of the above is incredibly rewarding and fulfilling.

What's a quote that you live by?

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

― Maya Angelou

If you could summarise working at Flexciton in 3 words, what would they be?

Exciting, dynamic and FUN.

If you could give one piece of career advice to someone, what would it be?

Never doubt yourself or let fear of failure hold you back. It’s ok to make mistakes and take risks! It’s better to look back and never have that feeling of ‘what if’ because you were too scared to take the next step.

Tell us about your best memory at Flexciton?

There are lots! However, It’s one of the many fun Flexciton socials that comes to mind - Dabbers Bingo. What better way to celebrate with your colleagues than with some good, old fashioned competition. There was dancing, music and of course bingo. This was then followed by a late night showing of Shrek in the office, and a very patient colleague (thanks Jannik) failing miserably to teach me how to ride a bike…I blame the one too many glasses of prosecco!

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