Caroline Reidy: There's nothing sadder than when somebody feels they haven't maximised their own potential
When Caroline Reidy came home with her Leaving Certificate exam results to her father, she was surprised that rather than congratulate her straight away, he simply asked: 'But are you happy?' It was this simple but impactful question that Caroline says stopped her in her tracks and is a question she has repeatedly asked herself on her career path to becoming a business owner. Caroline is a HR and Employment Law Expert and founder and Managing Director of the HR Suite, a human resources consultancy offering expert advice, training and third party representation to over 500 clients throughout Ireland. Caroline appears regularly on radio and television to speak on employment matters, she is a TEDx presenter, a mediator and a mentor to other female entrepreneurs as part of the ACORNS programme.
Caroline says that not following a conventional graduate route in her early career and being given responsibility at a young age in companies like Kerry Group, nurtured her confidence and allowed her to learn what she was good at and to delegate the rest to a strong team to build a successful business. Caroline is author of the book: The Art of Asking the Right Questions, a 'go-to guide' for employers to maximise the talent of their employees but in this conversation you'll find that Caroline is just as brilliant at giving answers, packed full of advice and wisdom for our professional and personal lives, most importantly to have the confidence to ask for what we need and not to assume our employers know what that is; to have a great tribe of colleagues and friends around us and not to be the barriers to ourselves and our own happiness. Oh and also to keep asking ourselves the right questions!
During our conversation we talk about:
Why women need to ask for what they need at work
Why delegating is a key to success and work life balance
Why we must ask for feedback
The importance of mentoring
HR policies around female health
Why HR needs to be centered on the individual and driven from the top of the business
How we can be our own barriers to success
The three ingredients to a happy life
The most important questions of all: Are you happy?
Follow Caroline:
@thehrsuite
@cars0109
Caroline's Books:
The Art of Asking the Right Questions: A People Manager's Toolkit
Celebrating You - a children's book celebrating diversity and kindness
To see Caroline's TEDxTralee talk on ‘The Art of Asking the Right Questions’ follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZ8lROfJ24
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