How to change business, hiring, and the world through a “culture of caring and accountability,” with Gil Winch

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if most businesses have been going about their hiring, retention, and culture-building strategies all wrong? And how should today’s organizations rethink the traditional processes that might not actually be helpful? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest this week is someone reimagining many of those “traditional” way of doing things — and for the greater good. Gil Winch, Ph.D, is the founder of CY (Call Yachol), a unique, 100% underdog company composed primarily of people with severe disabilities; a keynote speaker; and author of “Winning with Underdogs: How Hiring the Least Likely Candidates Can Spark Creativity, Improve Service, and Boost Profits for Your Business.” </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to this episode for the full conversation about what businesses typically get wrong about the hiring process, how to build long-term employee engagement, strategies for keeping a team aligned around common values, and more.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn: </strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The backstory behind Call Yahol’s founding — and why it wasn’t originally built to be a business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why it’s important to treat people “as they will be,” rather than “as they are” and how that relates to paying higher wages for people with disabilities </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why the “business isn’t personal” philosophy isn’t actually helpful or realistic, according to Gil</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The employee engagement data from Gil’s company, and why those statistics are so much higher than most other companies</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The problem