From Corporate to Consultant: Eloiza Domingo’s Bold Career Pivot

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

You’ve climbed to the top of the corporate ladder. But now what? The job is great, but maybe you’re feeling bored, stuck, or ready for something more flexible. What if the next step isn’t another corporate role, but building something entirely your own? Today, we dive into why consulting might just be the career move you’ve been waiting for, and how it offers the ideal balance of flexibility, excitement, and financial success. Jessi is joined in the studio by Eloiza Domingo, CEO and Founder of FourTen, a consulting firm focused on inclusive strategies for brands. Most recently, she served as the Chief Diversity Officer at Allstate, but when the company eliminated her position, she decided to make the leap to consulting after a successful career in high-level corporate positions. Just eight months in, she’s already crushing it. Eloiza shares her journey and offers key insights for anyone considering making the leap into consulting. Eloiza and Jessi discuss: Why consulting isn’t a last resort, but the future of flexible, high-impact careers How to define your own voice and expertise after leaving a corporate role How you don’t need to be a salesperson or entrepreneur to succeed How to build a team that supports you and helps your consulting business thrive The key to finding fulfillment and financial independence If you're thinking about consulting, or already pursuing it, this episode is packed with practical advice and inspiration to help you take your career to the next level. Continue the conversation with us at Hello Monday Office Hours! Join us here, on the LinkedIn News page, this Wednesday at 3 PM EST.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News
0:02.1	When I left corporate, it was devastating.
0:10.0	There was a massive identity crisis for me.
0:14.5	A lot of times when these positions are eliminated, there's not a lot of heads up.
0:19.7	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.
0:24.6	It's our show about work on our own terms.
0:31.1	I turn 50 next month.
0:33.4	I've been thinking a lot about this decade that I have before me,
0:37.4	and I've been watching friends who have already gone through it, thinking a lot about this decade that I have before me, and I've been watching
0:38.7	friends who have already gone through it, including a lot of you who are listening.
0:43.1	And I've begun to think of it as what I'm calling 50s roulette.
0:47.4	Hear me out.
0:48.3	You begin your 50s, and you finally arrived at that big job that you were working your whole
0:53.5	career for.
0:54.8	Maybe you have a real sense of authority in the place where you work.
0:58.7	Maybe you enjoy your work and really understand it.
1:02.2	Maybe you're a little bit bored and ready for something else, but it's hard to leave that job because you've arrived.
1:08.1	You look up and you realize there is no full-time opportunity out there that is as flexible, as exciting, and as great a fit as the one you can create for yourself. And that is when you choose consulting.
1:21.6	Today's episode is for anyone who has made this choice. Because I really believe that too often, we go about thinking about consulting all wrong.
1:31.7	We think about it as the thing that we end up doing because the job market doesn't afford us other opportunities, when in fact is just the opposite.
1:39.8	Consulting is the best path that we have to flexible work in the future, work that allows us to
1:45.8	exercise our best talents, and most importantly, to build the kind of wealth that supports
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