The Big Pivot: How Midlife Women Can Be More and Do More Over 50 pt. 1 with Denice Torres

By the time many women reach midlife, they’re on a quest for something new. That journey could including reinventing themselves, starting a career, changing careers, becoming an empty nester and so much more. What should midlife women do when they desire change? It’s time for the big pivot!

Denice Torres knows about the big pivot. Denice was a senior executive at Johnson & Johnson, as well as president of several multi-billion-dollar companies. After leading the turnaround of Tylenol and other OTC drugs after quality and manufacturing issues plagued the brands between 2011-2015, Denice retired from Johnson & Johnson, pivoted, and launched The Mentoring Place., an initiative to help women thrive in their careers through free resources and 1:1 mentoring with senior advisors. Not one to rest on her laurels, she is also CEO of The Ignited Company, a consultancy firm in the area of leadership development and change management.

Denice and I talk all about pivoting and how women can get back up and reinvent themselves to be whatever they want to be. Her favorite quote is:

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” ~Arnold H. Glasow

“We have to learn not only how to network but how to put ourselves in a situation to cultivate sponsorship.” ~Denice Torres

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“Having a mindset of ‘I’m going to get back up,’ that’s grit.” ~Denice Torres

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On The Show . . .

How working in the legal field just didn’t cut it
Soul searching
Denice’s journey to fulfillment didn’t happen overnight
The alternative to doing what you really want to do is being miserable
Coming out and being authentic
The ‘bumper sticker’ incident
From self-acceptance to self-celebration
Being authentic as a superpower
Setting the expectation of “Yes I can.”
The power of networking
Owning our situation and doing something about it
Giving the negative voice in our head a name
and more…

“Our ability to own it and do something about it. Is it easy? No.” ~Denice Torres

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“As I started to lead teams, I realized that being myself and being open and vulnerable was a superpower as it related to leading others..” ~Denice Torres

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Where to Find Denice Torres:
Website: The Mentoring Place | Email: Denice Torres

Mentioned on the Show:
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know

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“My Street” by Lee Rosevere Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
“Loopster” by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

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