Stephanie Diana, MBA

I absolutely know that my most notable achievement is the privilege of impacting so many careers. When I look back over the last decades, I think of the number of people that I had the privilege of developing and promoting into so many different roles, and at this point, across so many different organizations. That's what I am most proud of. What really unlocked the best years of my career was when I did the inner work myself. When I began to really care for myself and thought about how disconnected I was - there was my work self, my home self, spiritual self - and when I was able to integrate and connect to something sacred within, which I believe we all have, I really unlocked the best years of my career. I began to let go of the outcome and focus on the individual, and I'm having a great time doing it. I've always been motivated by servant leadership, but when I was able to integrate and connect to my authentic self, that's when everything changed.

I've been so blessed with so many wonderful leaders who have truly shaped me. One mentor in particular, I didn't get to work with for a long period of time - maybe only a year - but to this day, I will say and do things that make me think of him. I only worked for him for about a year, but he continued to be a great advocate for me even after I was promoted and we became peers. Now at DaVita, my boss is completely inspiring to me and such a staunch advocate that really propels me to want to continue to pay it forward to others around me.

The advice I'd give, particularly to other women leaders, is that their greatest growth will actually not come from another certification, promotion, or achievement. It will come from the work they do inside, the inner work. For many years, like so many women, I was simply focused on caring for everyone else, achieving, producing, proving to myself that I could do it, that I wasn't an imposter. What I've learned is that lasting success is really an inside-out journey. Outside in just doesn't work or get us to the whole. That inner work really unlocks so much potential. The women I most admire are the ones who have really become the most fully themselves. When you're talking to a woman or in a meeting, and they just have so much inner confidence, and they're serving their team, but they're also serving their highest and best self - that's what makes the difference.

What's most important to me is helping people reconnect to who they truly are so they can create the greatest impact in every area of their own lives. I see people as a whole person, helping them connect to their why, their source of truth, so that they can bring the best to everything that they do. I'm really super proud of my track record of success in leading others, and I've always been motivated by servant leadership. The realization that drives my work is the belief that we are at our best, both personally and professionally, when we stop dividing ourselves into separate identities and instead live and serve from a place of wholeness. What gets me out of bed every day is seeing people as a whole person and helping them unlock their potential. When I was able to integrate and connect to something sacred within, which I believe we all have, I really unlocked the best years of my career.