I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I have one of my dearest friends who I've know for over 15 years and has done so much with her career and I'm really humbled to be her friend and have her on my Podcast. Get ready for my conversation with Angel Hoover coming to us from Amsterdam

Career Background:

• Currently in her 9th role at Willis Towers Watson as Managing Director of Benelux (18 years experience)
• Prior to WTW we met at NiSource where she spent 5 years
• Accenture for 5 years
• University of Minnesota
  - BA in Biz Mngt, Communications and Economics
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Masters in Industrial Relations

Highlghts

• One of the best first job stories at the age of 13 (5 year gig)
• Aspiration early to start her own business / do her own thing
• Knew early that she needed to improve her sales skills
• Early on having no clue about consulting
• Hear about the best sales training she experienced
• Self awareness once again is front and center of a successful individual
• ALWAYS be open to new opportunities
• Her vision of success today, give you insight into Angel
• Say yes to get to no
• One piece of advice - Always find your courage to ask for mentoring and getting career advice
• Mentors should be brutally honest and how you can use them in your career
• Angel's reaction to being asked to be a mentor
• 2 great pieces of advice
• Many proud moments, always love that people have many
• Shock and Awe moments
• Living past 100

Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got my first 3 way . . . . Conversation with 2 great friends from Australia Levi Waters and Pete Collins. This was one of my favorite podcasts to record and I just had the best time with these two "Blokes".

Career Background:
- Normally I walk you through individually, however with this one these guys are very similar in background:

• They grew up in Brisbane
• Both joined the Navy for the same reason
• Both left the Navy for the same reason
• Both Joined consulting for the same reason

Check out their linked in Profiles

Highlights
- How to choose between which brand of the military you'd like to join
- Middle of the bush or duty free shopping in Singapore
- Don't fight the why
- Military you are given directional intent with not as command and control as you would think
- The plan is the basis for change
- Course you are taking is a pencil line drawn in a chart and can be erased
- The path of least resistance
- Everything they do well in business was learned in the Navy
- What they look for in young people
- Perspective on really ambitious people
- Take the opportunity that is in front of you and trust the process
- The customer is always right, but the client can be wrong
- Don't be afraid to challenge, don't just be a "yes" person
- It takes a team to get things done
- Relationships perspective, don't be afraid to share personal information
- Learning what drives everyone

Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!

Highlights

• Moving around 10 times prior to age of 20
• Saw the world early and often
• Paris at 7 am is Magic
• The freedom of being a consultant
• You can take a 10 euro taxi home, c'mon
• No clue on what to do with her career, that changed quickly
• Learning something is a great day
• Falling in love with Japan and learning yet another language
• Traveling to China & Russia with her financial reporting floppy disks
• Bringing value at an early age and being very eager
• Working in the Salt Mines
• Being told how to make more money while in South Korea
• Not knowing what consulting was all about and starting the with KPMG at the beginning of their MC practice
• Many many small pride moments
• And being a life long learner

Career Background:

• Successful partner with KPMG for over 21 years
• Group Controller for Salins
• Business Analyst for SEB (Overseas experience)

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . "

A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I know when a guest comes on and doesn't feel like they have anything to share that it will be "off the charts" great and my conversation with @anne-claude was absolutely not exception, her career story is outstanding

Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!