Megan Roberts on What Happens When You Stop Being Yourself at Work and What It Takes to Come Back

🎙️ From Playwriting to COO: Megan Roberts’ Unlikely Path to HD Growth PartnersMegan Roberts, COO of HD Growth Partners, graduated with a degree in playwriting, sorted defective spice caps on a factory floor for 12-hour shifts, spent nine years working her way from receptionist to director of operations at a wealth management firm, and earned a master’s in organizational leadership as the only civilian and only woman in a military cohort. None of it was planned. All of it was used. She joined HD Growth Partners in 2023 and helped scale the firm from $6 million to nearly $15 million in revenue in three years — not by working harder but by building systems that survive without any one person in them.✨ Key Insights You’ll Learn:What a factory floor sorting spice caps taught her about operational systems and scalabilityWhy playwriting’s feedback culture was the best leadership training she ever gotThe master’s degree from a military academy where she was the only civilian and only woman — and ended up leading the first group projectHow arriving at a wealth management firm with a post-it note of financial terms she’d Googled became a nine-year careerThe difference between a great process and a great employee — and why only one of them scalesHow the Level Up Program made career advancement transparent, application-based, and emotionally safeMonthly scorecards that used to take a week to produce and now auto-update dailyWhy HD Growth Partners wins clients almost entirely on responsivenessThe solo glamping trip that helped her stop performing and start leading as herself againA change management book in progress built around roundabout theory and automotive metaphors🌟 Megan’s Key Mentors:Tim Petrey (CEO, HD Growth Partners): The visionary who sees where they need to go — Megan’s job is building the 500 steps to get thereHer Military Cohort at Norwich University: Taught her discipline, a second language, and that leadership shows up in unexpected peopleHer Father (WeatherChem): Got her onto the factory floor where she first saw what a real operating system looks likeHer Staples Colleague: Handed her a post-it note with financial terms before her wealth management interview — she still has it framedHer Husband: First test subject for every process she builds — if it works for him, it works👉 Don’t miss this conversation about building career ladders that actually exist, why the people who can’t hear back from their accountant keep switching firms, and how a playwright ended up being the operational backbone of one of Ohio’s fastest-growing accounting firms.🔗 Connect with Megan Roberts:Website: hdgrowthpartners.comLinkedIn: Megan Roberts — HD Growth Partners📎 Transcript Available: Megan Roberts on What Happens When You Stop Being Yourself at Work and What It Takes to Come Back📺 Watch on YouTube: Inspired Stories Podcast🌐 Our Website: The Inspired Stories Podcast📎 Special Thanks to Anthony Codispoti & AddBack Benefits Agency: Providing innovative employee benefits solutions that improve employee well-being while optimizing your bottom line. Website: addbackbenefits.com