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TL;DR: We strive to create a safe and trustful environment while investing in our people's growth. Here are the values that guide our leadership style.

Introduction

Leading people is an important responsibility and we take it very seriously at Wonder. This document describes our approach to it. It‘s intended to guide people leaders, to define what we expect of them and to give reports a sense of what they can expect from their people leaders.

Below you will find some principles that all People Leads should try to live by, together with some practical suggestions for how to it. It’s perfectly fine for People Leads to interpret those principles in their own way - each team is different and we encourage all People Leads to develop their own authentic leadership style. So we don‘t enforce any particular methods or processes.

Wonder‘s People Leadership Values

Create a healthy and safe team environment

As People Lead, one of your first priorities is to create a healthy and safe team environment. This means that each member of the team feels that they are able to contribute, ask questions, criticise, experiment and fail, without being punished for it. At Wonder, we appreciate that people try things out and make mistakes. If people experience negative consequences from that, they will stop taking risks and be distracted by the attempt to not expose themselves.

To create such an environment, you have to

• Encourage open discussions
• Show that you are willing to be corrected in front of the team
• Actively seek out diverging opinions
• Be available and listen attentively when members of the team voice their concerns
• React calmly and with understanding when things go wrong
• Keep an eye on team morale
• Share vulnerabilities with the team