Role models that have been drawing amazing stories of success from childhood, for some reason, fo not teach to rely solely on our own POWERS. The magic wand, the Aladdin lamp, the Cat in the boots, the good Godmother … The list of well-known remedies could be continued, but life is not a fairy tale. It is usually very difficult to break the road for a young person. However, our heroine, PR manager of the large pharmaceutical company Natalia Slipachenko, has her own recipes. Not adorable, but quite real, because it is thanks to them, Natalia can achieve the goals
«If I dig very deep into the past, I wasn’t going to be a teacher from the beginning. But I joined our University of Zhytomyr (ed. – Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University), because during the introductory campaign, some factors that were important to me were voiced. Artek International Children’s Center – cooperation with it, various student volunteer programs that I was interested in. And when I became a student, at first I shared my opinion: studying in the background, and most importantly – activities, that is the main purpose of my stay at the university in them. And that is very good that the university has justified my expectations, because I believe that anyone who seeks will always find. I found the absolute satisfaction of all my interests, first of all, interest in the organizing work, but the training was also interesting»
«I applied my organizational skills starting from the first weeks of my stay at the university, where I immediately started joining all student movements and volunteer relations. Good thing I had a powerful school base»
«I’m from Korosten, and I have simple parents. Dad is a builder, my mom also worked in construction. What is my character? I cannot immediately determine this, but I can honestly say that my parents are very simple. My life is not Cinderella’s story, absolutely. Cinderella got everything from Fairy, and I have a story about me, a girl who does everything for herself. The story of a person with an incredible desire to constantly do something, to join something. Probably, I’m a mix of my parents: my father’s workaholism, which without work sees no life and simply does not exist without its construction. And the organizational abilities of my mother, who all her life to all relatives, to all other people, always organized everything. Here I took these two factors and went with THEM for life. But all that I was getting using these traits for my parents was a distant world. They never believed that work and organizational skills could be achieved. In their sense, it made it possible to stay afloat, and to achieve something more … Probably, it was not clear to them»
«From the very beginning of the university, my day was fully occupied with all kinds of activities available. However, I studied seriously. I had a special school in Korosten, and I joined the Faculty of Foreign Languages. The faculty itself makes it clear that you will not be an average student: you will definitely be connected with other countries, you will have connections with foreign realities. So you move forward and upwards»
«There are always and continue to be talented teachers at our university who, from the very first seconds, see you with some kind of rational grain. They may even have sometimes closed their eyes to something related to learning. However, when they saw that you were bringing success, benefit to the university in other fields, they moved you in this direction. And that happened to me: a lot of teachers tried to help. They understood that learning but helped me get in touch to develop different student movements. Of course, during my studies, I gained a lot of skills in different spheres of life – in creative, in organizing festivals, in the scientific field. I tried to use my qualities, and it worked out perfectly»
«I actually think that in any field of life, people are willing to help others. They do not always punch themselves in the chest and shout, «Take my help!» But we are happy to respond if asked for help. Even now, when everyone says, «Oh, the world is so cynical»… I found very good people at university, clung to them, and was always grateful to them. And when you are grateful and use the help qualitatively, then you are ready to help others as well. It is the process of originating the good: it is cyclical, moving on and on»
«When I graduated, I was left to work at the university because they saw that we were ready to give everything to each other. (Laughs) But a higher education institution has a disadvantage that will probably last a lifetime: you want to be successful – you have to do scientific work, even though you get a small amount of money for it. A young teacher has some lessons, and it’s a small payment … And when you’re young, passionate, ready to tear everything up, and you have no other financial support – parents, husband, do you really feel you want more. Of course, besides the university, I was still working two jobs at the same time: I also had weddings and events in political organizations. I worked very hard. It just happened that I slept for about five hours a day»
«The university has been a long time. I worked there for eight years – from 2006 to 2012 peak. In the end, I worked only a quarter of the bet, but even though I kept up to the last. Then there is a family, and the family has other needs … When there is a family, you do not have time for science, for some classic things, but the university does not tolerate it. You want to move – it should not slow down. Unfortunately, I know a lot of talented teachers who have had to donate some family life positions. Someone’s children were neglected, their wife or husband were not loved. Because science takes a lot, it takes you both morally and physically. And the brain works, and physically you are constantly doing something – traveling, conferences, participating in studies»
«At some time, the turning point was that I was invited to help at Sanitas: I had to organize several entertaining events for the company employees. And now and earlier management sought to fill the lives of employees with various activities. We crossed at some events, and the leaders saw that I could organize everything. But I can’t do something halfway: if I’m doing something, I’m doing really well. It is clear that when she came here, at first, only to organize several events for him. But to organize something qualitatively, I needed to understand what pharmacy is, how it works, how pharmacies work. More and more it was deepening. At the time it seemed to me quite innovative, interesting – a new field»
«Probably at that moment the company acted intuitively, inviting me to work. It cannot be said that they were 100% sure it would work. Probably, they relied more on what sami feel. I just wanted to see some development, not just working, but in the entertainment field. At first, they did their best. There were definitely people from the team who organized everything. But then it became clear that we needed a person who would constantly do this. Then I came for two months to do some activities. I remember working these two months, met with the CEO to just say «thank you, it was a pleasure to work with.» And he clearly told me: «We are starting a serious work»
«My arrival at the company was marked by the fact that the management wanted more and more to work on the team. They began to organize serious teambuilding, to look for modern people who organize innovative events, training seminars, satisfy the need for employees to develop not only in the professional field. The trend, probably now, is self-development. Only those people who at one point understand that and lack something and need to learn it quickly, they are, to me, successful people»
«Communication in the field of HR allows you to find useful contacts: heard somewhere, seen somewhere. There is a lot to be learned from pharmacist-trained teachers. You are actively using everything you know and everything you can. And in such a mix, there is some result, because there is no ready-made site, where everything is written for the development of the team. You do, you experiment. All these innovative things clearly showed what was going well and what was not … It was all a journey of trial and error. As I was grateful at the university, so grateful here, too, for the management of the company, which was open to everything new. Probably the turning point of my transition to a private company was that the university began to close for me as a resource for development, and here, in a private company, you were told on the contrary that you can do whatever you want. I gave myself 100%, I was ready to tear my shirt for a new cause. I had no idea that I was not going to live up to my hopes, because I was trying to do my best, and I saw that it worked, people like it. It motivated me too»
«My main traits are hard work, organizational skills, patience and optimism. Even when there are unpleasant situations, I do not worry about it – just looking for a way out. It so happened that I was «unlucky» (Laughs). So the queue for me ends, or the Discount worked, but when I come, it is gone. This is the case, for example. But I always find a way out. It doesn’t happen to me that some kind of annoyance has happened, and I sat down sad and don’t know what to do … I went to the rake many times, but I am not disappointed. I’m just saying, «Another bad person.» And translate our communication to the level of formality or stop it altogether»
«I always lack something. Here I started with event-HR, went into the educational sphere – read trainings. Then I understood the personnel issues: I was wondering if I could keep the documentation. And then I went into PR – started working not so much with the employees of the company, but with clients. She has mastered advertising and marketing and is now in the field. I think I’m still in the beginning: we do a lot, but we still have a lot to do»
«All these years we have been working on a patriotic attitude towards our work. We have many who work in pharmacies for 10-15 years. We invest a lot in the development of pharmacists. There was a short period of frustration when we decided we needed to stop investing and teaching. We wanted to see if it affected the company. It really influences. People need to invest»
«I believe that there is an emotional burnout at work, and a person can work at one job for about seven years. When emotional burnout begins, something needs to be changed. I changed the scope, let it be in the same company. I started working in a different direction, and it saved me … It is very important for executives to understand that in such a period people need to be given new tasks»
«I’m successful. I think that I am successful, but now it seems that it is not the maximum: I understand that I can do more … I am in the place and at the time where I am allowed to implement all my ideas and endeavors. There are different situations: failed and successful projects. But this is development, and I feel that we are moving forward … I feel that I can impart some knowledge, because it is important not only to receive but also to give. And when you have something to give, it means that you are successful»
«Now I can do the things I want on my own. Not because society has said so, but because I want to. I can do and not be afraid of being judged or criticized. I feel like there are no tasks for me that I could not accomplish. When there are some life challenges, I think, «Get up and do it!» And then you are successful»
