Sue Stockdale talks to Colombian entrepreneur Manuela Gil, majority owner of Vivaldi Ingenieria Hospitalaria, about how she transformed the family business by building a company driven by purpose. She talks openly about how she overcame her fear of losing control, why you need to listen to your heart, and how engaging clients and employees in conversations about purpose brings about unexpected outcomes.

Manuela is married with two children and moved back to Colombia having worked and studied in Germany for several years. She balances her roles of mother, entrepreneur, and CFO of the business, with making time to invest in her own development. Manuela's driving force is “be a lighthouse of inspiration, hope and empowerment by walking and showing new and outstanding paths’.

Website http://vivaldi.com.co/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuela-gil-de-tober/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vivaldi_inghospitalaria/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Vivaldi.ingenieria.hospitalaria

Key Quotes:

'I had a feeling I could give more and have a positive impact on society'.

'I would never change going into a family business. If you find yourself there, I think it's a beautiful path'.

'Colombia doesn't produce medical devices, so we import the devices, and distribute them. It’s more than just selling; we find the solutions that clients can use in order to care for life or save lives'.

‘I started to recognize that one of my biggest points of work in life is in trust’.

‘When I feel fear, I express this fear in wanting to control so wanting to put everything in place, to plan and secure everything.’

'Starting to work on myself was giving me a better understanding of balancing life.'

‘We want to bring this harmony and this balance to our customers.’

‘I realised my driving force, or my purpose had not been connected with the purpose of the business’.

‘Our central point in our customer experience is inspired transformation’.

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