Chelsie Roth

My upbringing was kind of... I was very lucky. I had a lot of people around me that really loved me, and helped raise me. You know, the saying, it takes a village, I think that's a genuine attribute of my life. But I think that the perfect combination of my parents and the lessons that they taught me really set me up for success in terms of like independence, and motivation, I guess, drive, you know? And being able to convince myself of a crazy idea, you know, whether it's oh let's just start over, you know, at [AGE] and go back to school and get this degree and completely realign our career, or let's keep going and push for a master's, even though you work, you know, 45, 50 hours a week.

Back when I was still serving tables, I had an interview at this tapas restaurant, and the manager that interviewed me, he broke it down in a really impactful way, where he had said, you know, the restaurant, the food, the plates, the tables, the chairs, that's my business, that I own and I operate and that I'm responsible for. But your interaction with customers and the way that you carry yourself when you talk to people in this establishment is how you run your business, right? And I think that was long before personal branding was ever a thing, but I think that that carried over into how I treat my work to this day.

Gosh, that's such a great question, and I think it changes. But at the core of it, I really think, like, just being strong in yourself, and your values, and your principles, and being really rooted in that, and not letting you know, the industry shake you, or the people in the industry, because it's really easy to second-guess your value, or what you're bringing to the table. You know, from a day like on a day-to-day basis, you know, sometimes you question whether or not what you're doing is the right path, but, to stay strong in your moral high ground and really, I guess, try to work with people and show that integrity, is the advice that I would give.

I would say I guess just the way that the global supply chain is changing, and the economy is changing, and, you know, also cybersecurity. I just feel like those three components really provide, like, a day-to-day change in terms of how we operate. You know, nothing ever stays the same for more than a week, so I would say just, like. I don't know, politics also plays into that a lot, right? I don't think we really realized the gravity of what's going on currently, and how it would impact, like, the healthcare industry, or those, supply chain networks that we've built within the healthcare industry. But there's definitely some trickle-down that we've noticed from that. So I think that that provides a challenge.

Honesty is is huge. More so, like, on the work side, transparency, you know. Knowing what's going on within your industry and within your position, I think is very important, and I think I share that value with a lot of people, especially these days, you know, when it seems like there's a lot of uncertainty in job security. You know, I think parenthesia is valued very much. Integrity, you know, and making sure that you show up for work on time, and you, you know, when you say that you're gonna do something, following through with that, and delivering upon that promise. And integrity within that promise, too, you know, making sure that you're not cutting corners and that you're fully delivering, maybe even more than what you, you would promised. I'd say those are probably the top two, and then everything, you know, kind of builds below that. From those two main principles.