S3-E6 EPIC Realisations with Kalavati Bhashyam

About this episode

Kalavati Bhashyam shares her career journey and insights on leadership and imposter syndrome.

In this episode, host Jacqueline Frost talks to Kalavati Bhashyam, Senior Director, Hardware Engineering for Robotics and Enabling Technologies at Smith+Nephew Kala shares the epic realisations that have shaped her twenty-year career, moving from technical expertise to senior leadership. She shares her thoughts on the distinction between healthy "good stress" and debilitating imposter syndrome. Kala also explains why she advocates for unpopular decisions. A significant realisation for Kala se...

People in this episode

Host: Jacqueline Frost

Guest: Kalavati Bhashyam

Topics covered

• career development
• leadership
• imposter syndrome
• engineering
• decision making

Keywords

• career
• leadership
• engineering
• imposter syndrome
• decision making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Smith+Nephew

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