🥇 Meet a Gold Medal Winner🥇
Darren Brace
Darren, Academy Lead at EMJ talks glowingly about the special winning culture at EMJ, crafting a positive environment in which people can thrive, his passion for F1 and his beloved Spurs and why he hopes to be around EMJ for many years to come.
"Take Pride in thinking differently to achieve your potential"
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What does a typical workday look like for you?
- Supporting the team through group meetings & 1:1 conversations
- Leading & developing team training
- Studying the numbers to understand how we can both generate more pipeline, and close it more effectively – to increase revenue and improve our offering to clients
- Recruiting the next generation of ‘Gold Medal Winners’
- Having a shed load of fun along the way
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Can you tell us about what you did before coming to EMJ? How has it helped you with your current role?
Sales development, then sales management, in financial services. Great experience which taught me the value of graft and having a close-knit team!
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What 3 words would someone on your team say about you?
- Passionate
- Driven
- Bold
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How is EMJ different to other workplaces?
We have an incredibly strong sense of identity and real clarity on our values. We are not afraid to be disruptive and different, and it isn’t for everybody as a result – a bit ‘marmite’ but if you’re a fully aligned EMJ-er then you will really really REALLY love it!
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Describe your proudest moment at EMJ and explain why.
It was actually starting my own motorsport team… Getting HUGE support from the business to pursue my own passion is absolutely incredible and something I’ll always be incredibly grateful for, loads of hard work has gone in to making it happen so it’s amazing to see one of my dreams come true!
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What’s an interesting fact about you outside of work?
I finished 480th in the 2017-2018 Fantasy Premier League out of 7,000,000+ players (top 0.006%). Flopped every season since… #onehitwonder
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How would you spend your last £1?
Surely the only answer is a lottery ticket!?
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Who has had the most impact on your career to date and why?
Definitely our owners, Dan & Spencer. They’ve gone completely above and beyond and given me an enormous amount of their time over the years, they genuinely care about helping people to become the best version of themselves.
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What’s your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)?
Take ‘ASBO Motorsport’ all the way to victory at Le Mans
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Finally, do you have any words of wisdom you’d like to share?