Empathetic Leadership with Bentley de Beyer

Original production by Thrive HR Exchange
Hosted by Matthew Chapman, Co-creator of Thrive HR Exchange and Founder of ChapmanCG

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If there’s one silver lining to this global pandemic, it’s the fact that we’re seeing the rise of a new leadership style built on empathy.

Like many other organisations, Goldman Sachs is taking this opportunity to redefine and re-shape its employee value proposition and culture of resilience.

Hear Bentley give insight into:

• Ways to build individual and organisational resilience

• Coaching leaders to communicate with empathy and as ‘one team’

• Conveying your employee value proposition to employees and the marketplace

Guest Bio:

Bentley is global head of Human Capital Management. He is a member of the Management Committee, Firmwide Enterprise Risk Committee and the Global Diversity Committee. Bentley first joined the firm in 1999 in the Investment Banking Division in the Sydney office. He rejoined Goldman Sachs in 2020 as a partner in the Human Capital Management Division in the New York office.

Previously, Bentley worked in human resources at several multinational organizations across various industries, including Johnson & Johnson, where he served as head of human resources for the global supply chain. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles in human resources for Standard Chartered Bank’s private banking and consumer banking businesses, based in Singapore and India, and worked at Barclays Capital in Asia.

Bentley serves on the Board of Directors for The Trevor Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning young people.

Bentley started his human resources career in executive compensation consulting at Mercer. Bentley earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Labor and Industrial Relations and Economics from the University of Sydney in 1997 and an MPhil in Management from Cambridge University in 1999.

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