I shouldn’t be talking about how I work with Sara. I should rather be talking about how, for decades, Sara has managed to work with me. How she has managed, amidst the noise, the chaos and the emergencies, to put things back in their place.
Fifteen years spent far from the straight and narrow. Fifteen years of not always following the beaten track, of sometimes doing what a company probably shouldn’t do, and sometimes forgetting what it absolutely must do. If it’s still standing today, Sara has played a huge part in that.
Not by magic. Through hard work. Through countless hours organised with remarkable professionalism, through a method all her own, and a patience that seems never to run out.
Year after year, true to her commitments, she tackles whatever threatens to pull our company apart. She untangles the knots. She sets things back on a clear course. And that course becomes a clear and straightforward path for those who work with her.
All I need to do is see a folder with Sara’s name on it on my computer to feel reassured.