- Accenture CEO Julie Sweet never thought she would one day be in the running for the top job at her company; she did not fit the traditional mold. However, when her former boss asked if she was interested, Sweet did not let her instincts of self-doubt kick in. Instead, she leaned on the advice of a former JPMorgan Chase exec who says never to question a promotion you don’t feel ready for.
You never know when your big break will come knocking. For Julie Sweet, it came just a month before she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of 2014, during a regular one-to-one with her boss—then-CEO of Accenture, Pierre Nanterme.
