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Design Your Life
Former Ikea Executive Shares Her Tools for Personal Success
Published by Beyond Words
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Don't spend your whole life searching for the right job; make designing your life the most important one.
Pernille Spiers-Lopez left Denmark for the United States as a young, ambitious entrepreneur. Years later, she had reached the top as CEO of IKEA North America and then Global HR Manager for 130,000 employees. But at the peak of her success, a health scare and ambulance ride forced her to confront a devastating truth: she had built a career while losing her balance, her purpose, and herself.
In Design Your Life, Pernille shares her powerful journey from burnout to clarity, revealing how redefining personal leadership can transform not just your work, but your entire life. Through honest stories and practical insights, she shows readers how to recognize when achievement comes at too high a cost and how to create a more meaningful, sustainable path forward.
Perfect for readers seeking work-life balance, intentional living, reinvention, and authentic success, this inspiring book offers a clear roadmap to designing a life where you can truly thrive.
Pernille Spiers-Lopez left Denmark for the United States as a young, ambitious entrepreneur. Years later, she had reached the top as CEO of IKEA North America and then Global HR Manager for 130,000 employees. But at the peak of her success, a health scare and ambulance ride forced her to confront a devastating truth: she had built a career while losing her balance, her purpose, and herself.
In Design Your Life, Pernille shares her powerful journey from burnout to clarity, revealing how redefining personal leadership can transform not just your work, but your entire life. Through honest stories and practical insights, she shows readers how to recognize when achievement comes at too high a cost and how to create a more meaningful, sustainable path forward.
Perfect for readers seeking work-life balance, intentional living, reinvention, and authentic success, this inspiring book offers a clear roadmap to designing a life where you can truly thrive.
About The Author
Photograph by Chris William
Pernille Spiers-Lopez is an author, mentor, international corporate and nonprofit leader and the cofounder of Good Life Designed. She was an international business leader with IKEA for 21 years with a unique focus on developing both people and business. Among several top executive positions, Pernille was president for IKEA North America, global chief HR officer, and was a member of the executive management team of the IKEA Group for ten years. Pernille decided in 2011 that her season at IKEA was over and without a plan B, she took a year off to learn to “do nothing” and take the time to figure out what was next. Today, Pernille is on the board of directors of Meijer Corporation, Michigan, Northgate Gonzalez, California, IKANO Retail, Singapore, Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, Register Her, Los Angeles. She loves writing, mentoring, and coaching leaders and growing Good Life Designed with her daughter, Sine Maria.
Product Details
- Publisher: Beyond Words (October 1, 2014)
- Length: 288 pages
- ISBN13: 9781582705422
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