Unleashing Employee Superpowers and Leader Authenticity with Sandy Gould, Chief People Officer at Pinwheel

This episode features an interview with Sandy Gould, Chief People Officer at Pinwheel. Sandy has nearly three decades of experience in human resources and talent acquisition. He has worked for companies like Disney and Yahoo where he led recruitment and diversity efforts. Sandy’s mission in life is to help people unleash their super powers and lead with authenticity. 

In this episode, Shawn sits down with Sandy to discuss strategies for building company culture, insights into building trust and fostering psychological safety, and injecting humanity into HR.

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“There is one mission for HR, and I can state it in three words. Amplify everything human. That's our job. If it's helping the CEO understand and have empathy with their employees, if it's helping the employees decode the CEO and executives, yes, we should do that. Helping to amplify and enhance your relationship skills, your communication skills, your connection, your problem solving, anything. How you think, training, learning, resources, strategy, you name it, we should be amplifying every part of it that's human. But, we are not there to be a substitute. There is no substitute for direct relationships and direct communication and direct feedback.” – Sandy Gould

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Episode Timestamps:

*(02:32): Getting to know Sandy

*(09:02): Building company culture 

*(14:41): Sandy’s take on superpowers

*(26:55): Creating trust and authenticity

*(34:10): The challenges of authenticity 

*(47:23): How to scale authenticity in an organization

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Links:

Connect with Sandy on LinkedIn

Connect with Shawn on LinkedIn

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