One Take with Lizette Du Pond

👉 The Scoop – You can never tell if Lizette is stressed or not. A young widow with three children, she succeeded in the international arena that just multiplies stress. Yet, every time you see her she’s happy, smiling, joyful.

👉 Decisive Moment #1 – For Lizette, a decisive moment came when Carat offered her a regional Latin American role for Nokia. A widow with 3 children, Lizette had a brief doubt (“can I go that big?”) for 1 second and then accepted the challenge.

👉 Decisive Moment #2 – For me a real decisive moment came 25 years ago, when she was widowed. At that point, you have a choice: retrench or power forward, and, Lizette’s career –which took her through multinational posts with Carat, Dentsu, FCB and GrupoUno—the choice was obvious. Power through and succeed.

👉 Unexpected change or event – First, the arrival of artificial intelligence, it was quick and huge. And second, climate change, which is going to affect everything too.

👉 What did she do? – Lizette’s major change, however, came from leaving corporate. With a dynamic mindset and more time on her hands, she developed a healthy consulting business based solely on word of mouth. No social media. No website. No brochures. Pure word of mouth that said “you can trust Lizette and she delivers”

👉 About older workers – Older candidates have knowledge that can’t be replaced by young kids. But more importantly, who do you bring to your team that is entirely trustworthy? With older candidates you know what you’re getting.