Why is “thank you” important?

Heather Madland, Partner and Head of Business Development at Huron Capital, on the key role that team culture has in professional development and how to leverage your emotions.

Heather also touched on the importance of emotions and listening to your body to decipher them. Feeling your emotions humanizes you and is a necessary skill to balance responding and reacting to feedback in a productive way. Knowing how your body will respond to different emotions is critical for discovering your authentic self and in turn developing your intuition. By doing so, Heather is able to bring a dose of reality and vulnerability that allows her to have an edge in the workplace. 

With an already established and positive reputation in the industry, Huron’s current team is looking toward the future and shaping the next generation of the 20 year old firm. When “looking in the mirror” and asking who they want to be, the young team focused on fostering a candid and honest environment. Heather spoke on the importance of getting uncomfortable with your team by asking the hard questions while maintaining a safe space to express challenging opinions. 

Huron’s people and culture had a tremendous impact on accelerating Heather’s career. When reminiscing on impactful memories, she described in detail the importance of responding rather than reacting while giving and receiving feedback and attributes a lot of her growth in this area to Gretchen Perkins, Partner at Avance Investment Management. By being unapologetic for her values, Heather balances being a working mother and prides herself on bringing home joy for her job/team.