Gen-Z CEO shares the 'controversial' ways she runs her team

A Gen-Z CEO says she’s not going to force someone to come into the office if they don’t want to, with her employees’ wellbeing her “top priority”.

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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.