Forget the corporate ladder, let’s talk about entrepreneurship. Brian Mackey, Co-Founder of the technology agency Baskey, is living proof that you can pursue your ambition to work for yourself, even if you don’t have a safety net. In this episode, we explore how he went from busking in the streets of Dublin to support himself during college, to landing roles in Support and Customer Success and more recently, becoming his own boss. We get an insight into how business ideas come about and...

It’s easier to excel when we do the things we are passionate about. For the final episode of the year, I interviewed Phil McHugh, Senior Director of Customer Success at Hubspot, a.k.a my boss. From the outside Phil’s career looks like a supersonic rocket, starting out as an Account Manager and going straight up to the moon. But through this chat, we are reminded that no success story is devoid of challenges. On the path from computer science drop-out to advertising and then technology,...

You are the CEO of your life. So why aren’t you managing your career as a business? Maggie Bomze, Senior Manager of Customer Success at Hubspot, started her professional journey by breaking the job-hunting mould and tweeting the CEO of an agency she admired and later convincing them to create a role for her. In this episode, we discuss how to best market and sell yourself, and talk through strategies to help you frame your career as a series of investments you make into your future...

You don’t have to choose between growing your career and your personal priorities. Seona Tully, Director of Sales at Hubspot talks about the importance of goal orientation, a growth mindset, and a coaching environment to build a successful career. In her own words “I was always a huge goal-setter. When I started I was very financially driven because I wanted to buy a house. So I lived by my spreadsheet with every dollar of commission I would make. That really helped motivate me.” She...

Breaking into management can seem like an impossible task. Finbar O’Grady climbed the Customer Success ladder all the way from Services Specialist to Principal Manager at Hubspot, and we got to learn how he did it! This episode is filled with sound advice and practical tips from one of the best in the business. If your goal is to grow into management or get inspired to bring your performance a notch up, this podcast is for you. In his own words,  “Watching someone in real time having an...

If you think a successful career is linear, think again.  This month’s guest, Kelsey Balimtas, has built an impressive career that spans PR, Customer Success, Employee Enablement and Customer Experience. But was it all strategically laid out? Absolutely not. It was a discovery journey. In her own words,  “Career journeys are not ladders they are lattices. You sorta have to move sideways, take small steps, and sometimes you need to take a step back. But ultimately, if everything you are...

How does a Channel Consultant become a Product Manager? In this month’s episode of This is Growth, I had a conversation with Robbie McFarlane, an Associate Product Manager at Hubspot. Believe it or not, there was a time when Robbie didn’t even know what a Product Manager was. In this episode, we will chat through his journey from Channel Consultant, working with Hubspot's EMEA partners, to Program Manager, and now, Product Manager. Even if Product Management isn’t in the cards for you, I...

Ever looked at someone's career and wondered 'how did they get there?'. This podcast is here to shine a light on the unseen parts of career development. Guests will share their failures and lessons, the mindset that helped them succeed and how they think about work-life harmony when leading demanding careers. Music: Workday by Scott Dugdale