{"id":8235686,"date":"2024-12-30T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aese.pt\/testimonial\/dulce-mota\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:57:13","slug":"dulce-mota","status":"publish","type":"testimonial","link":"https:\/\/www.aese.pt\/en\/testimonials\/dulce-mota\/","title":{"rendered":"Dulce Mota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In good time, Dulce Mota bet on the financial sector and, without ever having relegated the Family to the background, she reached a top position, in a mostly male world. Vice President of Montepio Geral, he made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aese.pt\/programas\/programa-de-alta-direcao-de-empresas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the PADE \u2013 AESE&#8217;s Senior Management Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He bases his way of being in life on &#8220;unshakable values&#8221; and considers it essential &#8220;not to give up&#8221;, always maintaining an attitude of continuous learning.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the main milestones in your professional career, which contributed to reaching the position of Vice President of Caixa Econ\u00f3mica do Montepio Geral?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A successful academic career, complemented by permanent updates at the management level such as the Senior Management Program at AESE.<strong><br\/><\/strong>To have bet on a suitable time in the financial sector, where he would make a career in a reference Group.<strong><br\/><\/strong>To have accepted, with humility and the same enthusiasm, the various challenges that have arisen, never losing the ambition to reach the top.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What were your main achievements?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a world that is still very masculine, having achieved, through professional affirmation, a top place.<strong><br\/><\/strong>Never having put my family in the background, which has accompanied the evolution of my career and to whom I have always dedicated special and priority attention, particularly in moments of important decisions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the main lessons that make you the leader you are today?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never give up.<strong><br\/><\/strong>Base all action on unshakable values.<br\/>To enjoy every moment, every day, every negotiation, every project, every decision as moments of learning and growth.<br\/>And always respect teams and &#8220;peers&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What values do you govern yourself by and that you transmit to your teams?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honesty (also intellectual), loyalty, rigor, truth, justice, respect, humility, simplicity, as well as the will to evolve, permanent ambition and identification with the values of the organizations we serve.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would have invested more in networking.<br\/>It would perhaps have replaced more emotional decision-making moments with greater rationality.<br\/>I am happy and proud of my path and, above all, I would never deviate from the values and priorities that I have always known how to define.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professionally, how do you see yourself in 5 years?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I see myself with a calmer, less intense professional life, with non-executive positions, contributing with my knowledge and experience decisively to the development and growth of the companies\/organizations I serve. 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