5 tips from Form3’s Talent Lead – Engineering Alexandra Forsberg

Over the past year, we have grown massively at Form3, increasing our employee footprint to over 30 locations, and more recently, going global, with colleagues now based in Argentina & North America. We founded Form3 to be intentionally international, and to foster a company culture that embraces all nationalities.

In traditional Form3 fashion, we love an opportunity to recognise our achievements. Since starting in 2016 with four banking and technology leaders, Form3 celebrates an amazing accomplishment of reaching 500 employees in over 26 different countries!

In a fast-growing company such as Form3, where people and teams are constantly growing in number and responsibilities, it is crucial that everyone knows where to go for asking questions and for help. Ensuring everyone feels they can ask for help is a key method to ensure employees feel safe at work and can have healthy team relationships.  

On an industry level, we know that the landscape is bleak when it comes to diversity. That’s why we felt that it was important for us to recognise and celebrate Black History Month as part of our Form3 Social Calendar, with the caveat that it’s not just a month-long affair, but rather an embedding of the ongoing celebration of diversity and culture into our company DNA.

The universally known phrase, ‘this meeting could’ve been an email’, summarises our collective experience well. Too many meetings, that are too long and without any purpose to them. However, at Form3 we have taken steps to ensure that every meeting is an effective one. 

At Form3 we think that psychological safety is also related to the way we communicate each other. The inclusion in the communication, the freedom to disagree, respecting someone else’s opinions and polite language are pillars on top of which we build our communication strategy.

While it’s important to remember that a manager is not solely responsible for the mental wellbeing of their team, you cannot avoid the fact that managers often have the most insight into an individual’s life.