Our Story is Your Story
We remember the moment we were first promoted to management. The jolt of excitement for being recognized. The sense of growth and empowerment. The bigger salary. We floated home that day on a dopamine cloud.
Then reality hit.
We arrived at work the next day terrified. We felt like an imposter. We thought: any minute now they will figure out that we have no clue what we're doing and take away this promotion.
So we struggled. We sometimes found a breadcrumb of guidance or mentorship or some incomplete tool here or there. We jumped at the latest management fad or book. We read them all. Many were superficial. Some are just plain wrong.
What was missing was clarity on how to do the job. How to develop people, not destroy them. Not just to have management skills, but feel confident in those skills. There wasn't a clear process to acquire them and help our team members develop the skills they needed.
We desperately wanted both a mentor and an assistant manager at the same time. We looked for a solution. We found nothing.
So we built Admire.
Today's technology has finally caught up to our ambitions. However, our vision for Admire is so much more than technology.
The prevailing system of management destroys people. We are all born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn and the joy in learning. The current work environment ranks and punishes people when it should develop and guide them.
Despite this, there are incredible leaders who rise above it all. These are the people often described as "the best boss I ever had" and they seem like mystical figures.
It is not mystical. There is a systematic approach to developing people and you can learn it. At Admire we are focused on making the job of leadership easier.
Leaders who develop people get more people to develop. When you genuinely invest in people, they never forget it. You help create the foundation they build on for the rest of their career.
In the future, someone who worked on your team will tell their friends at a dinner that you were the best boss they ever had. If we can play a small part in helping that day happen, we are fulfilled.
