6:40 AM
First buzz of the alarm clock. Get up, get changed into gym gear. Walk upstairs to the fridge to grab breakfast and lunch I packed the night before. Walk out the door and head to the train station.
7:15 AM
Arrive at work, head straight to TAL’s onsite gym. Roll the back out and then get straight into the day’s program.
8:15 AM
Hit the showers and get into corporate get-up for the workday ahead.
8:30 AM
Set up my work desk for the day. I like to mix it up and sit at different desks depending who I am working closely with at the time. Today I’m taking the window seat to soak up some afternoon sunrays. Grab breakfast out of my bag and start eating with a cup of tea.
8:40 AM
Browse the AFR while finishing up breakfast.
8:50 AM
Open calendar and review upcoming meetings and tasks for the day (I plan a week in advance for to-do’s). Today is a busy one. Quickly check the status of my travel booking. Heading to Melbourne next week for some call listening.
9:00 AM
First of many meetings to come in the day. Today I’ll be meeting about the call centre support strategy for a new product launch, the accounting treatment of the new product, our distribution strategy, and will be finalizing the customer value proposition.
12:30 PM
After a morning of back-to-back meetings, I have 30 minutes to get some lunch. I eat this in the staff café and catch up with some friends from previous rotations.
1:00 PM
Desk time to capture actions from the morning meeting, and review some process flows I started earlier in the week.
3:00 PM
Meet with marketing and brand to finalize customer value proposition.
4:00 PM
Go to the staff café and pick up an ice-cream – the TAL social club regularly puts on events, and always has lots of food. Catch-up with colleagues I haven’t seen in a while.
4:20 PM
Back to the desk to get ready for my last meeting for the day.
4:30 PM
Meet with the distribution strategy team to update on progress of product training.
5:30 PM
Back to desk to take stock of what was achieved in the day, and what is coming up.
6:00 PM
Tonight we’ve got Innovation Society drinks in the city. Pack-up and meet colleagues in the lobby to head to the drinks.
8:00 PM
Train home. Shower, pack breakfast and lunch. Chill on the lounge and chat with my housemates.
9:30 PM
Head to bed – ideally read a book, but often get trapped on the Instagram vortex before clocking off the night. Catch zzzzz and start the whole process again the next day.