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Ellie

Come to me for

  • Organisation and detail
  • Understanding how people are thinking and feeling

Support me with

  • Giving and receiving constructive feedback

Conditions I like to work in

  • Quiet music playing
  • Silent if I need to really concentrate
  • On my own, unless deep/good discussion is needed

Times/Hours I like to work

  • Ideally 8am-4pm
  • I do my best work around 10am-1pm
  • Nursery drop off etc often dictates not starting until 9:15am
  • I really struggle in the eve

The best way to communicate with me

  • Via Slack, so I can add any actions straight to my Trello board
  • Video call is find to discuss things in more detail
  • And face to face of course!

The way I like to receive feedback

  • I don't!
  • But via some form of electronic message so that I can process before discussing
  • I take everything as a comment on my whole being, rather than that one action

Things that I need are

  • Time to think before responding
  • Time to sort through emails/Slack and action a couple of small tasks before starting real work, to get my head in the right zone
  • A balance of days through the week

Things I struggle with

  • Negative feedback
  • Difficult conversations
  • Concentrating on one thing for long periods of time

Things I love

  • Organising
  • Planning
  • Providing the other person's perspective
  • Going through the process of using data to inform website iteration discussions
  • Food

Other things to know about me

  • I like to have an hour for lunch, and have some clear time for actioning my list each day