Ep 62: [Republish] Seema Iyer: The Untraditional People Custodian

Atalanta Diaries Breakthrough Women in Conversation with Enma Popli

With a Masters Degree in Demographics from University of Berkeley, California, Seema is an HR Executive with over 25 years of progressive HR experience in the technology and space industry and has played a key role in Building, Transforming and Restructuring Organizations for Success through Organizational Innovation.

She started her career with Sun Microsystems where she spent more than a decade and moved on to take on HR leadership positions at SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SSL and most recently as CHRO of MetricStream in California.

Positioned in non-traditional and transformative roles, Seema is recognized and respected for building trust across the enterprise and being a strong voice of HR at the executive table.

Seema actively participates in Home of Hope and Bitiya, nonprofits focused on the education and wellbeing of young girls.

Seema currently resides in the Bay Area.

Insights from the episode:

• Don't reinvent the wheel, it's worth researching where else has it been done before, who else has done it before and can I use those learnings to create something different.
• Put yourself out there and showcase your work, Just the work itself isn't going to carry itself.
• Take a step back and evaluate, you don't have to chart your career only when you are at cross roads or on hindsight.
• Be deliberate about finding a hobby. If you put your mind to it, you can stretch yourself.
• Ask for help, sometimes work will come first. Stop feeling guilty, you cannot have it all.

Connect with Enma Popli on Linkedin:

>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/enmapopli/

Visit Enma Popli's website
>> http://www.enmapopli.com/