Lise Aagaard: “Respect people; let your ears be bigger than your mouth”

I have 3 management pieces of advice — 4 is too much and 2 is not enough: Be a good role model. Know that everything is temporary, be open to change. Management by sitting around. Respect people, let your ears be bigger than your mouth.

I had the pleasure to interview Lise Aagaard. Aagaard is the founder of the Danish jewelry company Trollbeads A/S and the inventor of the bead-on-bracelet concept. Today, Lise Aagaard is Chairmen and Creative Director in the company. She is married to Peter Aagaard and together they have 3 grown up children. Lise Aagaard comes out of a creative family of jewelers.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?

Being from a family of jewelers, I have had the lifelong privilege of being immersed in a constant learning environment of art, form, and material. Always facing the possibilities and boundaries of innovation as well as business from a professional point-of-view. With inspiration from my family, I opened a jewelry store near Copenhagen in Denmark. A constant encouragement and wishes from my customers lead to…