“Usually there is a great amount of teamwork. In conflicts I always thrive for respecting my colleagues and accept their opinions. Same when I need to give feedback: I try to give critics in a friendly and constructive way, showing that I respect the other person, I just have a different opinion or approach about certain things.”

“I can easily arrange my own tasks and priorities without anyone else telling me what to do and how. Of course, the input is always welcomed, but I’m not afraid to work alone. What is inevitable, is to provide reports so the rest of the team and my supervisors know what I’m working on and how high my efforts actually are.”

“When I face a challenge, I always try to find a solution by thinking out-of-the-box and questioning the basic principles of the problem. I think, in order to stick out from the competitors, you always have to do things differently, and that’s only possible if you question everything and then come up with creative, disruptive solutions.”

“I usually recognise things that need to be done, and in order to fasten the process, I’m not afraid to start fixing or professionalizing things on my own. Does it mean to work sometimes longer or harder? Yes, but it worth it because the results speak for themselves, and that makes me really proud!”

“I don’t like to simply listen to my guts when an important decision is being taken. I prefer to look at the problem from many different angles, like what are we really trying to achieve or doing a benchmark on the available information. I also consider various (long-term) implications and scenarios for the results. That’s how I can make myself and my team prepared for any possibility!”

“I usually find myself recognising patterns and correlations between seemingly unrelated things. I don’t get confused by some irrelevant details, I like to keep my focus on what is really important. That’s why I like dealing with data: from different datasheets, it’s not hard for me to aggregate my findings and reveal yet unrevealed correlations.”

“I work with numbers and excel sheets all the time, but I like to have creativity as my hidden talent. After a long day of reporting, I enjoy playing around with presentation designs or even temporarily help out the marketing department with some social assets or general brainstorming!”

“I’m interested in many different things and fields, which allows me to examine a problem from many different angles. Is it a project about international expansion? Data, multiculturality, logistics, legal requirements… even if I am not an expert in every field, I love to get a 360º overview to fully understand, what are the main contributing factors and the pitfalls that might occur.”

“I’m a really patient person when it comes to dealing with people. I know that we are all different and have very distinctive characteristics with different views to approach things. During the onboarding period of a new colleague, for example, I have no problem with explaining something even 100 times, if it helps my colleague to do his/her work efficiently.”

“In my opinion, the most important contributor to a well-balanced time-management is a good structure. Extensive to-do lists, prioritization, highlighting responsibilities, and transparency are all extremely important. I don’t like to over structure though, because eventually, more time can go to waste. Collecting everything in one place and then structuring things when it makes sense, is my way to go!”