New Chapters

I am thrilled to witness the growth and transformation of the new graduates in the company I work for. I am in charge for new graduates training since 2 years and every year when our training is finished I feel a sense of joy but also a bit of grief at the same time. How is that you may ask? I got the honor to be around young and fresh talent for the past 2,5 month. Our training schedule is tight and with lots of input, we also expect a lot of output from them as well. I am amazed how well they took on the tasks and how much they have grown and gotten out of their shells in this period of time. I could witness a great sense of collaboration and togetherness, once they were strangers but they have grown to be good team mates and also friendship has arisen. From next week, they are assigned to their jobs accordingly and they will make a lot of new experiences in their on the job trainings. For me I was internally taking on a new challenge and applied for global HR role, so for me the time with the new graduates come to end after 2 years of having this great experience witnessing transformation and growth. Like the new graduates for me there will be new challenges ahead in my new role too. I am happy that I can work globally, having more collaboration with our subsidiaries around the world and make it an even better work place in which everyone can thrive and succeed. I am super excited. I think before taking on new challenges its good to reflect to be fully prepared on the next role ahead of us. For me I am taking it very slow this weekend, getting lots of sleep, eating well, taking a stroll with the bicycle. It's my way to reset and to calm down, recharge my battery for the next challenge ahead of me. Also I will think about how to the integrate what I have learned in these last 2 years into my new role too. There are lots of great encounters I had with the new graduates and I learnt so much from them too. Every generation has their unique perspective about life and work and for me I believe we can always change how we see our world, because its shaped on our experiences but its never written in stone. So being flexible in my thought process and finding new ways how to contribute to the company will be my way of thinking going forward.

Let me get back about the grief part, for me it feels liking parting with the new graduates because I won't be in charge for them anywhere. Of course I see them at work, but I am not actively involved in witnessing their progress anymore. So it feels like they are out of my sight and its time to let them go. It's accepting and knowing that we trained them well so they can succeed well in their jobs. I will shift my focus about transformation from the new graduates to my new role and to think about new ways to engage with our global employees. I will keep you posted about my learnings along the way, because all my posts are very personal about something that I was thinking and feeling in my life. So please stay tuned for more updates to come.

Wishing you all a very lovely day. With love & light, Sabine