CHAPTER 6

HOW TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO HAPPINESS AT WORK

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THE HR HEAD AND THE MAGIC OF A TRIGGER LIST

Her dream was to become an HR head before turning 40. And by her early thirties, Shannon Sullivan was on track to make it happen.

Sullivan joined a leading company in the TV streaming industry in 2012, when the media platform was still a scrappy startup. Her first job there involved building out talent teams that either didn’t exist or were struggling to gain traction. It was the kind of challenge that got her excited to go to work in the morning. It was also a challenge that she knew would bring her one step closer to that dream of running ...

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