Sarah Fern: You Can't Know Gratitude Without Pain

Gratitude Through Hard Times

Sarah Fern is Chief People Officer of Velocity Global, a global Employer of Record organization with over nine hundred employees scattered around the globe. Fresh off the heels of a $400 million Series B, they are one of the world's leading firms as an employer of record. Employer record organizations help with global expansion. They help with global hiring, timely and accurate payroll processing ongoing compliance with local labor laws, additional HR related tasks, in layman's terms that you're watching this. If you have a company and you want to expand into a global market, They are the team to help you do it.

As Chief People Officer, Sarah is responsible for overseeing the people side of this fast growing company.

In today's episode, we go deep. We chat about how Sarah's parents instinctively put trust in her at a young age. How she used books as an early escape. She learned early on that life is about giving gratitude to the hard times we've been through, especially in the face of adversity.

In this episode, Sarah shares the brave story of having three miscarriages over a decade ago. She teaches us that when things don’t go to plan, you don’t have to become bitter. If you become bitter in the face of adversity, you have a tendency to develop post traumatic stress. But if you turn that adversity into and positivity, you can actually develop post traumatic growth.

She teaches us that her moments of adversity taught her empathy, acceptance, self efficacy, appreciation, and so much more.

You can’t know gratitude without knowing pain.

We tie the conversation back to her leadership at Velocity Global. She teaches us that leadership isn’t just about writing policies, it’s about building trust, and seeing the uniqueness in nine hundred people across the world. What courageous conversations do the people at velocity global need to have in order to show up every day inspired and ready to connect?

What do you need to find in the workplace to give you wings?

This is a brave and vulnerable conversation with one of the world's great leaders, please enjoy.