#2 - Karen Williams "I’m a better person and a stronger manager"

Karen Williams is Global Academy and Education Director at MAKE UP FOR EVER. Every day, she teaches young people how to become make-up artists.  She came from a very polyglot family and lived all over the world: Germany, Africa, India, Portugal, wondering what she wanted to become. She dreamed herself as a make-up artist for horror films. Then she came to France and graduated from a make-up school. For twenty year, she has been working her way out to backstage, advertising, etc. in the make-up sector.  One day, Karen Williams was working as a make-up trainer at Parfums Christian Dior, when she met with a neuroscientist researcher named Kate-Mary. Kate-Mary was working on people’s brain and how they learn. At first sight, she appeared to Karen as eccentric. But then she turned out to be her role model.  Kate-Mary taught Karen how to be a better person and a much stronger manager. She checked Karen to be who she is today, including from a vocational perspective. She taught her about education.  And when Karen became Global Academy and Education Director at MAKE UP FOR EVER three years ago, she wanted to pay tribute to Kate-Mary. Thanks to her she realized that education is everything. 

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Il y a des moments dans une carrière où tout change. Des moments qui marquent un avant et un après. Et qui resteront gravés.  Tips to the top vous emmène à la rencontre de 12 femmes du groupe LVMH. Des femmes aux parcours inspirants, aux métiers très divers, parfois inattendus.  Elles sont Directrice des Ateliers Louis Vuitton, Cheffe Pâtissière adjointe à la Grande Épicerie de Paris, Ambassadrice Métiers d’Art, Directrice internationale e-commerce chez Christian Dior Couture, ou encore Directrice de Production des Eaux-de-vie chez Hennessy. L’une s’est dépassée pour ouvrir la première boutique de sa marque au Japon, l’autre a appris qu’elle pouvait être manager grâce à une expérience formatrice au Koweït. La troisième s’est tout simplement autorisée à réfléchir à ce qu’elle voulait vraiment. Des quatre coins du monde, elles racontent ce jour qui a tout changé. Elles partagent leur vécu, leur trajectoire, leurs réussites, leurs doutes aussi.  Des histoires qui résonnent comme autant d’expériences personnelles et professionnelles où passion rime avec ambition. --- There are times in a career when everything changes. Turning points after which nothing will be the same. These moments remain carved in our memories. The podcast series Tips to the Top meets with 12 women from the LVMH group. They are women with inspiring life stories – with diverse and sometimes unexpected career paths.  They are Leather Goods Manufacturing Director at Louis Vuitton, Deputy Pastry Chef for the Grande Epicerie de Paris, Métiers d'Art Ambassador, International E-Commerce Director at Chrisitan Dior Couture or Director of Spirit Production at Hennessy. One surpassed her limits and opened a flagship store for her brand in Japan, another learned she could become a manager thanks to a formative experience in Kuwait. A third quite simply admitted to herself what she really wanted. From all over the world, they tell about the day that changed their lives. They all share their experiences, journeys, successes, and even their doubts.  These are personal and professional stories where passion and ambition go hand in hand.