Vicky Owens, 24, founded her social media agency Socially Speaking in early 2021 after spending months cold-calling businesses and offering to revamp their social media pages.
Since then, she's been a social media strategist for huge brands. She employs eight people including her sister.
Since then, she's been a social media strategist for huge brands. She employs eight people including her sister.
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00:00Hi, I'm a Gen Z boss and these are some controversial ways that I run my team.
00:03My name's Vicky, I'm 24 years old and my business unexpectedly blew up,
00:07so almost overnight I became a manager and now run an amazing full-time team here at our
00:12headquarters. Believe it or not, I've learned a lot about what works best for me and the team
00:16in a very short space of time and I've created an unbreakable team that helps me grow the company.
00:21How have I done this? Well, for starters, I let the team start at 10am. As most of us aren't
00:25morning people, but if they are, I let them start earlier and finish earlier, but most days we're
00:29all in at 10. If a member of the team feels more productive working from home on a certain day,
00:33I let them, although all of them actually prefer to be in the office every day, which I think speaks
00:37wonders about the environment that I've created. I let the team wear whatever they want to the
00:40office within reason. As long as they look presentable when clients come in, I'm more
00:43than happy with that. If you feel like watching a movie while getting your work done is going
00:47to make you more productive, that is fine by me as long as the work gets done. We've never had
00:51any problems with this and most of the time when the team has completed all their work, they let
00:55me know and ask if there's anything more they can do. And probably the team's favourite one,
00:59I take them on holiday. Well, sort of. I go on two luxury business retreats every single year and
01:03always bring the team with me. So far we've been to Barbados, Marrakesh and Tuscany and we've got
01:08even more booked this year. For me, giving the team a work environment like this means we can
01:12all work towards the same goals and get to do a job we love every single day. I know not everyone
01:16will agree with how I manage my team, but it has worked so well for us and played a massive part
01:20in the company's growth and I believe a happy team is the backbone of a successful business.