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How You Build a Successful Virtual Team, CSO at Grey, Ankit Vahia
Description
Many leaders talk about virtual teams and how great they are, but rarely do they share the secret to building a strong one.
I host the Chief Strategy Officer of Grey, Ankit Vahi, who shares a key strategy that helped him create a successful virtual team that still gets results. His team never meets in-person yet still delivers big results.
He is an ex-cancer researcher turned advertising executive. Over the past decade he has worked across and launched multiple global pharmaceutical products covering everything from diabetes to oncology to COVID vaccines.
He also has a Phd in Molecular Biology and a postdoc in Clinical Oncology from Harvard Medical School.
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/avahia/
Company Link: https://www.grey.com/en/new-york
What You’ll Discover in this Episode:
- When he learned to avoid using humor at a business party.
- Ankit’s interesting career journey from cancer researcher to business executive.
- Why a career change can give you (and your company) a competitive advantage.
- Why you must hire for trust first.
- The strategy he used during the Pandemic to build his entire team virtually without any in person meetings.
- The art of leading with empathy.
- A playbook for presenting to the C-Suite.
- One thing that always strengthens any presentation.
- The music he uses to fuel his work day.
- The two biggest rock concerts of his life.
Resources:
What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, Shad Helmsstetter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055DW3WA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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