Episode 21: Lessons in Leadership: a Conversation with Public Sector HR Professional Sandie Coutts
PSHRA's Public Eye PodcastShow Notes
Sandie Coutts is the Human Resources Director for the Jefferson Center for Mental Health. We speak about what brought her from the UK to the US in 2001, the lessons on leadership she took from the pandemic, and the lure that meaningful work has for today’s younger cohort entertaining a career in the private sector.
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