Aspire - Leadership for the future

‘How to Dream Big’

Melanie Nash,
Head of Marketing and Communication, Neal’s Yard Remedies

Melanie joined The Body Shop in 1985 and for the following 24 years has had the most amazing varied career, often working alongside Dame Anita Roddick. Throughout those years she learnt what it meant to be an ethical company as well as the importance of developing and supporting others. For the last 2 years she has been working for Neal's Yard Remedies, a small privately owned company with very strong values and ethics. About a year ago she made the decision to reduce the hours she worked each week allowing her to spend at least 1 day per week ticking off everything on her ‘wish list for life' (you know the list you have in your mind where you say one day I really must do x,y,z). She will talk about the power of dreams, identifying them and going for it and achieving your dreams through times of adversity by staying authentic and aligned to your core values.

 

Coming off the Sidelines and Marmite

When it comes to what you want to communicate, think Marmite - you love what you do so communicate that as bravely, boldly and differently as you can. Reaching out for help is O.K., being honest is good, most people want to help - it’s in our DNA, find alignment, move on if it doesn’t gel, be brief, be bright, be gone, connect and, finally, honesty rules!

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