Hanson Search steps inside the world of Social.Lab to interview Nicolas Mendel, Managing Director of their Singapore office, for our ‘Inspiring Stories’ career series. Nicolas shares his advice for a career in social and tips for keeping sane on crazy days.
With a coffee, obviously! I start early and like to get to the office before everyone else to check on emails and draft my agenda for the day. I’m very organised so I like to set a target for the day.
Being humble coupled with the fact that I am organised and structured and pay great attention to detail – producing high-quality work is really important to me.
Knowing that I’m going to go back to bed! And, more seriously, keeping in mind long-term objectives and goals. Every day I really try to focus on what I have and ask, ‘what can I do today?’
Never pretend you can do something you can’t – it will always create issues for you.
Humble, organised, and joyful.
Definitely my CEO. I admire him a lot and he pushes me to be the best I can be. I hate the idea of disappointing people, so that motivates me a lot too.
When I moved from Belgium to London to work with Social.Lab having had a business background, I wasn’t very confident about my work in terms of marketing, and my English wasn’t great. I had to deal with very senior people and it took me a while to build up my confidence and be assertive.
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