Meet Member
Dima Mutran
What motivated you to become a leader within your organization/community?
My father has been an entrepreneur for more than 25 years and has always worked SO hard to provide myself and my brother a good quality life. Growing up, he would always spend time with me, making sure I always got straight A’s in school. He would spend hours teaching me math, physics, algebra, and I am forever grateful to him for the success I am experiencing today. At the time, I found the process tough and difficult, but I look back now, and I realize it was all worth it. He saw the potential in me and always pushed me to do better.
That's really what motivated me to share my experience with my peers and community. I love discovering potential in talented people, teaching them everything I learned and watching them blossom into the leaders they become today and tomorrow.
How did you navigate your career early versus later when you had a more formal leadership role? What did you learn from this to empower future generations?
Early in my career, I was so focused on pleasing all my colleagues and managers that it ended up appearing as if I had low self-confidence. I cared too much about what people I worked with thought of me. That led me to asking for professional feedback from people at the organization who did not necessarily play a significant role in my career.
Later in my career, I started realizing that if I put all my focus and energy on understanding the requirements of my role and appreciating the learning process, I will naturally be rewarded by peers and leaders.
What is the most important thing you have learned that makes you an effective and inspirational leader?
The most important thing in my opinion is to always stay humble, no matter what position you earn in your organization and the responsibilities you are given. Listen to your team’s suggestions and problems and be open to their solutions and ideas. Titles are just titles, and you can be a leader at any stage in your career, if you have the confidence, potential and can demonstrate it.
For example, I started out as a marketing associate at GSK, and I started with minimal responsibility in the beginning of my role. However, the more I started proving my capabilities, and the more I gained my team’s trust, I was provided with larger opportunities and higher responsibility, which helped me become the leader I am today at FCB Health.
The other thing that is important as well is resilience. As a leader, you always have to take care of your overall health first. As the saying goes, you can’t pour from an empty cup.
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