December 17, 2024

Episode 119: Navigating Digital HR and Holistic Leadership with Puneet Sachdev

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Dane chats with Puneet Sachdev. Puneet is the founder of the Singularity Lab, a management consultancy that specializes in digital HR. Today, Puneet is sharing his story of how he came to work in digital HR, from working in five different continents and working with companies from 100 to 40,000 people, to now helping businesses and HR leaders take a holistic look at their performance ecosystem to attract and retain top talent. He explains how he takes a uniquely holistic approach with inner work to coaching leaders to push them to their full potential, how he uses data to engage with people in digital HR, and what he believes is most exciting about the future of teamwork.

Navigating Digital HR and Holistic Leadership with Puneet Sachdev

Guest Bio

Passionate about leveraging data, technology, and humanity for creating workplace cultures and hybrid employee experiences that deliver higher levels of inclusion and innovation for teams to be their most impactful, resulting in excellent customer experiences and exceptional long-term business results

Award-winning, globally experienced, senior human capital and digital change leader. Actively seeking equity advisory board roles and bringing gender balance in the VC industry.

Passionate about leveraging data, technology, and humanity for creating workplace cultures and hybrid employee experiences that deliver higher levels of inclusion and innovation for teams to be their most impactful, resulting in excellent customer experiences and exceptional long-term business results.

Work experience spans N.America, Europe, Australia, Asia across multiple tech sectors (SaaS and non-SaaS) including Fintech, Digital Healthcare, Aviation technology, Green Tech.

Current key focus are Future Workplace practices covering People Analytics, Change Management, Inclusive Hybrid Workplace Frameworks, ESG, Digitally enabled Employee Experience within the domain of ‘Digital HR’.

My success has come from leading with humanity and fairness. I get to know people, their career + personal aspirations, and their families very well and I do my best to make them succeed. This has often resulted in creating very high-performing teams and organizations.

Key Takeaways and Resources

00:00 Introduction to the Future of Teamwork
01:51 Meet Puneet Sachdev: A Journey Across Continents
02:59 Digital HR and the Future of Work
05:54 Holistic Coaching: Transforming Leaders from Within
10:33 The Inner Game: Personal Power and Self-Awareness
17:24 Impact of Holistic Coaching on Leadership
22:52 Exploring Feminine Power in Leadership
23:32 The Spiritual Burnout in Patriarchal Workplaces
24:45 The Challenge of Identifying True Desires
26:19 Transitioning to Digital HR
27:15 The Role of Technology in HR
29:17 Building a Digital-First HR Framework
31:51 Elevating the CHRO as a Strategic Leader
33:40 Holistic Evaluation and Change Management
40:17 The Future of Teamwork and Leadership
46:53 Concluding Thoughts and Resources