“give yourself permission to screw up.”
Kristen Hadeed | Relationships & Feedback (real feedback)
Kristen is unlike anyone I have EVER met. She is the rare type that can walk into a room, not say a word, and STILL have the presence to captivate every single person.
Her energy is contagious. She is a natural leader. She can effortlessly bring out the best in everyone. I am so grateful to have produced an iHeartMedia Learning Series with Kristen, and to have joined her at her first leadership conference in Gainesville, FL.
I get inspired just watching her daily routine Instagram stories.
Kristen was already changing the world for the better, but now she’s taking it up a notch. She’s transforming Student Maid (below) to focus entirely on developing students and empowering them to become our next generation of leaders.
Do you have chills? I do.
www.kristenhadeed.com | IG: @kristenhadeed
photo credit: adrianna casiano
Kristen and Student Maid have been featured in news outlets including PBS, FOX, Inc., NBC, TIME, and Forbes. Her first TED Talk has more than three million views on YouTube.
Kristen Hadeed is the founder of Student Maid, a successful cleaning company that has employed thousands of students over the last decade and that is known for building the next generation of leaders.
When Kristen started her journey, she had no idea what she was in for: The average turnover rate in the cleaning industry is 75%, and profit margins hover around just 15%. But even with the odds stacked against her, she built a company that blew the industry benchmarks out of the water. Her people love coming to work, they stick around for years, and some have even turned down dream jobs to join the executive team and build careers at Student Maid.
Kristen believes Student Maid’s success boils down to one thing and one thing only: creating a place with humanity at its core. A place where people feel accepted for who they are, where they are encouraged to fail and embrace their imperfections, and where they are empowered to reach their potential. Now she spends most of her time helping leaders and organizations around the world create similar environments for their people.
In 2017, she published her first book, Permission To Screw Up, in which she offers an unapologetic account of her biggest mistakes in leadership. She hopes that her vulnerability will give others the courage to open up about their own “perfectly imperfect” moments and proudly embrace them as the tremendous learning opportunities they are.
