"When you draw my story back, the first compelling and meaningful thing that would end up spread across everything I've done is helping people become who they didn't think they can become,"
"For me, teaching was not about the speciality of French or Italian, it was about helping those young people-especially the ones who were having difficulty unleashing their skill set and couldn't find themselves internally, I could help them become larger, bigger than what they thought, And I loved it very much."
"Not only I failed, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I had no clear path ahead of me. I had no clear goal."
Claire Isnard traces a 40-year career, including 17 years at Chanel, to a failed final exam that derailed a planned teaching path. Had she passed, she likely would have remained grading essays on Italian literature. With no HR qualifications, she became Chanel's chief people and chief organization officer. Teaching always meant helping people unlock skills and become larger than they believed possible. She taught languages in Italy and France while studying. The exam failure left her without a plan, but student forums and networking led to consulting and then Chanel. She remembers the failure as crushing and refuses to let younger generations see setbacks as final.
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