{"id":29087,"date":"2021-11-28T08:11:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T08:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/blog\/adobe\/niels-jensen-on-building-trust-and-why-its-good-to-get-out-of-your-comfort-zone\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T08:11:04","slug":"niels-jensen-on-building-trust-and-why-its-good-to-get-out-of-your-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/blog\/adobe\/niels-jensen-on-building-trust-and-why-its-good-to-get-out-of-your-comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Niels Jensen on building trust, and why it\u2019s good to get out of your comfort zone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Niels Jensen joined Adobe in the middle of the night. It happened back in 2012, when the company he worked for at the time, Efficient Frontier, was acquired. \u201cWe were so excited. We were a small company of 300 people, so we were uncertain about what to expect with Adobe,\u201d says Jensen. \u201cBut then we were invited to Adobe Summit in the US, and it was amazing to see the big picture of the company\u2019s strategy and products.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the nine years since the acquisition, Jensen says he\u2019s appreciated the resources and opportunities of a big company. And he\u2019s grown his career from client services director to head of customer success for central Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt excites me to see a customer succeed with a solution we provided for them,\u201d explains Jensen. \u201cAnd even when we have a problem, I enjoy getting things back to green. It\u2019s all about being open and transparent and building trust. When there\u2019s trust, things speed up, and we can make difficult decisions together quickly. It\u2019s how we create true partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leading a far-apart team, and keeping them together<\/h3>\n

Jensen\u2019s team is spread across multiple countries, so part of his mission as a leader is to bring people together, even when they aren\u2019t in the same place physically. One of his inspirations is the management classic, Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek. \u201cWhen it comes to leadership style, I\u2019m very transparent\u2014it\u2019s similar to how I build relationships with customers. I like to include people in every decision, I help clear road blocks, and I support my team any way I can. It\u2019s how we build a culture where we all support each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

During COVID, Jensen has been especially focused on supporting his team. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked to find the balance between maintaining our connections and valuing people\u2019s private time\u2014because it\u2019s so difficult to separate work and private life when we\u2019re all working from home all the time. We try to meet often, but for shorter sessions, so we can focus on our priorities before video-call fatigue sets in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond work, Jensen helps keep the team connected with optional virtual coffee hours every morning. Subjects range from sports to the best of Netflix and ongoing home DIY projects, to a chance to just check-in about how everyone\u2019s doing. The team has even gotten together by video call to play games and bake cookies together. \u201cOur cookie meeting included a good discussion of chewy versus crispy,\u201d Jensen adds.<\/p>\n

Even though he\u2019s used to leading a virtual team, Jensen is eager to get back into the Hamburg office. \u201cWe have a beautiful space right at the harbor, surrounded by great restaurants for lunch. Most of the 200 people in our office are engineers, so there\u2019s a mood of intense concentration, and everyone is very nice and helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jensen\u2019s top tips for building a career<\/h3>\n

When people ask Jensen about building a career at Adobe, he advises, \u201cBe brave.\u201d Jump at opportunities to learn new things, and take full advantage of the diversity of departments at Adobe to find new experiences. \u201cBe open to stretches,\u201d he says. \u201cBe open to change. It\u2019s good to get out of your comfort zone to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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