In Dynamic Duos, Mumbrella each week asks two colleagues with a professional and personal affiliation to share with readers the importance of workplace relationships in an increasingly hybridised world of work.

Corbin Bristol:

The first time I met Oscar was when I started at Impressive. I’m originally from New Zealand, and he grew up in Melbourne, so I didn’t catch him in any nightclubs prior to starting at the business.

I joined the Impressive growth team in 2023. We’re responsible for bringing new business into the company, servicing inbound marketing leads, as well as sourcing business through outreach and networking. There are a lot of discovery calls and pitching, and then, once we win the deal, we onboard the client and stay close to them for the first few months.

Given that we work in new business development, my relationship with Oscar is competitive in a healthy way. We have plenty of shared experiences from opportunities that we’ve worked on to our strategic approach to winning business.

Our team of two is a little different from the rest of the agency since we play by different rules than the client services teams. We don’t have to log our hours, for example. So other people at the agency often think we’ve got it easy. But we always say, “come and spend a month in our seat and you’ll see it’s anything but.”

What impresses me about Oscar is that he’s largely unbothered by anything. No matter what is going on, whether I’m beating him or he’s kicking my bum, he doesn’t seem to be flustered either way. I’m quite the........

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