President of Major Hospital (Yvette Saba)

The Dream Vocation Podcast with Tony Bellagamba

In this episode we speak with Yvette Saba, President of Edward Hospital in Naperville.

Yvette’s career story is one of pursuing what interests you and advocating for yourself. Her story shows that if you follow what interests you, what you have a passion for, you’ll be invested enough to put the time in to become great at it, and if you become great at it, things like promotions and money will begin to be attracted to you, as opposed to the other way around. But, that alone won’tr get you to where you want to be, as Yvette tells us that you also need to advocate for yourself and loudly tell people what you want. It’s these principles that have shaped Yvette’s career and helped her to become a powerhouse in the healthcare field.

Yvette started her career as a Cardiology nurse. After several years, she went back to get her Masters in nursing and was eventually asked to move into an administrator or management role. As she says, this was the fork in the road of her career, as that decision determined whether she would stay on the clinical side for the rest of her career or move into management. She chose management and quickly fell in love with it. She continued to move through the ranks, until she was eventually asked to help build a heart hospital. She took on the project with excitement but it was unfortunately put on hold. While she was disappointed, Yvette took it in stride and went back to work.

A little while later, however, she received a phone call from the President of Edward hospital saying she had been recommended as someone who could help them build their own Heart Hospital. The catch, however, was that it was a major risk because Edward didn’t even have the proper paperwork in place yet. But, Yvette once again let her interests and passion lead the way and made the leap. It worked out, as she eventually helped build that Heart Hospital and navigated across the organization, taking on various roles over the years. She was so successful, that she was tapped on the shoulder to be groomed to eventually take over as President of the entire hospital.

A few years back, Yvette officially landed that position and is now living out her Dream Vocation on a daily basis. As she herself says, she loves coming to work everyday.

Listen in to hear this empowering story of a strong career woman pursuing her passions over a successful and fulfilling career.

Quick note, I’m working through some audio issues as I try to optimize the tools and recording platform I use, so the audio is certainly not “pro level” right now. I know about careers

but podcast production is a whole other world so while the content is strong, please bare with me as I continue to try to get the audio right.