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New Podcast Episode:
Creating Change Through Connection: Leadership Lessons from Season 4 with host Rebecca Coren
What you’ll learn:
When she first set foot in the United States, Ekta Vyas never dreamed she’d transform entire organizations with her courage, resilience, and strategic vision.
In this episode, Rebecca speaks with Ekta Vyas, PhD, Chief Human Resources Officer at Keck Medicine of USC, who has faced and overcome immense adversity to carve her place in the world of HR leadership. Ekta’s journey, beginning from her dream of becoming an Indian Administrative Services Officer to relocating to the United States, is filled with moments of vulnerability, persistence, and remarkable courage.
Throughout our conversation, Ekta transparently shares the challenges of navigating workplace politics and presenting bold visions as an emerging young leader. You’ll also hear her valuable lessons in diplomacy, patience, and the art of persuasion to drive transformational change.
“I’d say adversity builds character. I think that all of the adversity that I have dealt with or I have faced, or I’ve overcome, in many instances, those adverse situations and the learnings that came out of them have always informed where I landed next, gained me the wisdom to assess situations, people, right, in a better manner. ”
“Politics is a core reality of organizations. When you’re transforming things, you’re bringing a lot of people out of their comfort zone. You are challenging entitlements. You’re going to change things that people have built up for themselves that are serving them, not the organization. And people are going to try to stop you. Right. And all of that is adversity for you because you’re living through that in your journey at organization.”
“The more you knock me down, the more I’m going to spring back and I’m going to come back stronger. So you have to look at, and again, it’s the growth mindset thing. There’s a growth mindset component of is setbacks will make you stronger if you believe in yourself and you’re resilient.”
“So, you know, when I look back at my younger self, all those moments when I felt like I’m being tormented and the world is against me and I, you know, you start victimizing yourself. It was that adversity that was building my strength. It was building my character. It was building me to be positioned where I am sitting with you today, sharing my journey.”
“We all should find our grounding. You anchor yourself somewhere strongly so that you are unshakable. Yes, you’re gonna have high winds, are gonna kind of try to push you here, push you there. If your roots are strong, you’re going to be up there, you’re going to keep growing, and you’re going to be strong. So I am thankful for all the adversity, all the adversity that I’ve been through to build my character, where I can take more and more adversity.”
“You are better off having your team on your side during a transformational change because it will be easier. You’re going to have a lot of barriers and challenges coming from your external environment. If you are fighting it alone and your team doesn’t have the transparency from you, then you’re done.”
Explore transformative stories from healthcare executives as they share impactful moments of human connection from their professional journeys.