stylist’s editorial director lisa smosarski shares her career wisdom
I landed my first management job at the age of 25, as editor of the former pop bible . The office was like no other – an average week would see the likes of Mark Owen singing his new song at my desk, or a cover shoot involving a boyband member getting himself into a precarious situation. (The most harrowing of theseof 20 smart, ambitious extroverts – often as the youngest person in the room. Two decades, three editorships and hundreds of direct reports later, I can confirm that I was absolutely winging it. I made many mistakes, but my goodness, did I learn – proper hands-on, squirm-in-your-seat learning. That’s what this new column is going to be all about – I’ll be sharing tried-and-tested advice from my own career and the new ways of thinking that I’m exposed to every day. To kick us off, here are some of my most valued work lessons so far…
