From Doing to Guiding: Leading Cross-Functional Environments with Situational Awareness

Are you growing as a leader through strong mentorship and reflection? In this episode, host Taiwo Olawehinmi sits down with Megan Fisher, Executive Director and U.S. Brand Lead for Rare Disease at Amgen, to discuss career development inside a complex corporate culture. She shares how intentional leadership transition, cross-functional leadership, and authentic leadership shaped her path. We explore her move into executive leadership and general management, and how integration skills, situational awareness, and clear organizational strategy shape her decisions. She also shares how she approaches team empowerment and selects the right strategic levers to strengthen brand leadership for the long term. You can lead with empathy and clear authority while staying grounded in your values as a leader. If you are growing into a bigger responsibility, this talk will ground you. Megan shares how staying mission-driven, strengthening integration skills, and investing in professional networking support steady growth without losing yourself.   This is leadership with intention, reflection, and heart. Listen in! Remember to subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Learn more about us: https://business.vanderbilt.edu/