#29 Pete Liddell - Big 4 Partner (32 yrs) / Being a GREAT consultant / Failure builds character

Background

• Partner with KPMG for over 32 years
• Global Center of Excellence leader for Supply chain, Procurement and operational excellence)
• Designed and ran large scale transformational programs
• Partner in Charge of Life Sciences for the Australian practice

Highlights

• Meeting people of all walks of life as a youngster
• Rejecting KPMG early only to end up there for 32 years
• Passion about other cultures and people
• Realizing the FS sector isn't for him
• Grabbing the most out of experiences
• Advice on interviewing and getting better
• Calling someone out without calling them out (the art)
• Advice on giving honest feedback
• His key to success being agile and resilient
• The last once over, put it down, step away and one more review
• Adopting traits to your own style
• Mentoring, identify what you want to get out of it
• Failure builds character
• Keys to being a great consultant
• Fantasy career nearly came true