Agata Fischer– Comfortable outside of the comfort zone

我们都知道舒适区域的危险（并吸引）。全世界有很多聪明人的行情鼓励我们“走出您的舒适区”，或“只有在您不舒服时才会发生成长”。当您学会喜欢在自己的舒适区域之外时，那是您自己成长的自己。

This is how Agata Fischer, business director for detection and services at Leica Geosystems, describes her success and the consistent forward trajectory of her career. Rising up through organisational structures, she was recently recognized as one ofXYHT 2020年40岁以下40岁以下.

The commendation reads:“尽管她的学术背景从事业务流程和营销，但Agata对地理学和地理空间理论，实践，尤其是新兴技术有了一个模范的了解。她的稳定上升是在希尔蒂（Hilti）和莱卡（Leica Geosystems）内的，这给我们留下了深刻的印象，但引起我们注意的是她的演讲和著作。精通技术和商务和出色的演讲者是一种有效的组合。多语言菲舍尔女士都是以上所有。”

确实令人印象深刻，但这是一种强烈的职业道德，以及向自己证明自己的渴望，她甚至可以超越自己的期望，即意识到自己实际上享受着挑战，并且始终如一地超出了她的舒适区域。

做出改变

Educated in business management and marketing, Fischer was first exposed to product management as an intern starting her career. Thrown head first into unchartered waters, she found herself providing product trainings with only a few days to learn the material. Managing the task well and with a strong mentor in the role, she aspired to become a product manager herself.

“With a great mentor who was a product manager, I always had a clear idea where I wanted to be,”said Fischer.“作为一名产品经理，我可能很像企业家在驾驶员座位上。我可能会与客户接近，了解工作流及其需求，并提供带来价值的解决方案。”

有了这一经验，菲舍尔还希望更好地了解业务的营销方面，因此她在实习后担任市场经理后的第一职位。在这里，她学会了功能，收益和价值观以及进行市场研究的过程。

Her sights, though, remained on her goal of becoming a product manager. Putting her networking skills to the test, Fischer was able to work on projects in other departments. Once again stepping outside of her comfort zone, she travelled alone to the UK to meet customers onsite and learn their needs firsthand. With her desire to learn and her willingness to work hard on full display, she pushed herself to prove she had what it took to succeed in the role.

“Though I prepared myself to fully succeed in this role, I was also willing to take a risk, really push myself into new territory,”recounts Fischer.“I was given opportunities to really think and act like an entrepreneur, being held responsible for the success of a complicated project.”

在从营销到产品经理过渡时，菲舍尔（Fischer）进行了复杂的工作，将服务线转变为业务中有利可图的一部分。首先，使用她的营销角色内置的技能，她进行了市场研究，以更好地了解她现在与之合作的客户。然后，她建立了一个利益相关者网络，她变成了支持者。

“There was a learning curve to overcome here, and I identified the people who I knew were key to making this line successful and gathering their input,”said Fischer.“在依靠其他人以成为负责任并拥有该项目的完全所有权之前，我的过渡一直在枢纽。”

When the services line turned into a successful part of the business, Fischer knew she had finally proven herself. Along with her determination to reach her goals, she also attributes her success to a strong sense of curiosity.

“I’m a really curious person, especially when it comes to customers. I want to know what they are doing, what drives them, what pains them,”解释说Fischer。“This genuine curiosity helps me to build trust with the customer and enables them to open up to me so I can help build better solutions for their problems.

我也总是愿意学习，这就是我认为将我推向新的水平。”

Today, Fischer leads a team of product managers and trainers in the Construction Tools Division of Leica Geosystems, being again promoted from product manager to business director. She’s now responsible for developing and guiding the product roadmap, go-to-market and sales strategy for Leica Geosystems detection solutions. Pulling from what she has learned in her own career journey, she aims to empower her team through a strong belief in them and trusting their abilities.

“在我的角色和这家公司内部工作，以及我所拥有的领导者以及一直学习愿意成长的同时学习的领导者，我对自己建立了强烈的信心和自豪感。我现在想把它还给我有领导特权的人，”said Fischer.“I focus on developing my team by showing them I believe in them, enabling them to grow in their positions with new responsibilities; essentially also pushing them outside of their own comfort zones to try new things even if they think they can’t do something. When they prove they can, it’s not only a celebration for them but the whole team.”

在工作场所建立自信的女性

有人在组织费舍尔says empowered her to take on challenging opportunities is Construction Tools President Katherine Broder. Fischer says Broder’s leadership skills inspired her to pursue her goals and model her own leadership style.

“凯蒂从一开始就鼓励我成为产品经理，”解释说Fischer。“She was and still is open to all of my questions, and she empowered me to design my own work programmes and style, implicitly believing in me.”

The feeling is mutual as Broder explains the mentoring relationship between the two actually goes both ways.

“Drive, dedication and the willingness to go beyond, that’s what makes Agata successful and a strong leader. It’s inspiring to me to see her grow and continue to unfold her talents,” said Broder. “Agata has truly become an asset to our business and organization. Meanwhile she has become my sounding board and mentor – a perfect development not only for me personally but also for the company.”

Seeing a minority of women leaders in the workplace, Fischer advocates for more opportunities for women to prove themselves in the boardroom. She points to the unique problem-solving and social skill set women possess to build strong results and more diverse work environments.

“Women, unfortunately, are not as initially confident in business as men even though they possess skill sets that are sorely needed to make business thrive,”解释说Fischer。“When we make space, though, to build that confidence, as was done with me in the company, they surprise not only themselves but those around them in how much they can actually accomplish.”

Fischer is currently working with the company’s Human Resources department to chair a working group to further review how the company can better support women in the workplace, such as reducing hinderances due to childcare concerns. As an up-and-coming woman leader in the company, she’s now also mentors to other women, paying back the mentorship she received earlier in her career.

她向妇女和希望证明自己的其他人推荐什么？

“尝试。那是关键。始终愿意尝试学习新事物。选择可以继续学习和受到挑战的角色，”菲舍尔鼓励。“Growth doesn’t happen unless you leave your comfort zone. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable because that’s where we truly prove what we’re capable of and succeed.”