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#56 Angelica Alt-Sherer - Audit Partner (Big 4) / 7 years to "Try things out" / Best selling advice I've heard / Martial Arts

Gary Nowak Season 2 Episode 56

I'm your host Gary Nowak and I've got a China / Germany KPMG connection for you with my outstanding guest Angelika Alt-Sherer.  I was blown away by the great perspective and advice provided throughout this conversations

Biography Snapshot

  • Borne and grew up in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Married for more than 25 years, met my husband at KPMG
  • Career start at KPMG after graduating 30 years ago with 7 years out of the box experience at another Big Four, a smaller consulting firm and as a freelancer in the first decade of my career
  • Audit Partner at KPMG Germany with stations in Munich, Stuttgart and Shanghai (3 years)
  • Serving a broad range of clients in different industries (main focus on Media and Automotive), listed companies as well as family owned business
  • Since 2018 part of the Audit Leadership of the German firm as CHRO

Highlights

  •  Working on the farm from ages 9 to 12 yo
  • Tax consulting early
  • 7 year checking things out of her career
  • Wanted to try out a lot of things and see what she liked
  • Being a very structured person and being german, go figure
  • Going from big company to her own company
  • Learning the advantages of a big company and how to make it work for her
  • The ideal combination of a KPMG
  • You can hear her smile throughout the discussion
  • Being mentored and mentoring, how she developed her style
  • Selling - listening and asking questions
  • Great questions when mentoring, really strong
  • Everything has a price and consequences
  • Using martial arts for career guidance
  • Her best advice
     
    • Learn
    • Work hard 
    • Be independent
  • Leave your comfort zone, as much as possible
  • Being positive and flexible
  • Setback discussion
  • Sink or swim without a lifeguard (metaphorically of course)
  • Working in china conversation and how to work their successfully
  • Solid celebrity crush

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