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Shaina Kandel

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Shaina Kandel

Team Member

I help organizations to create thriving work environments. I draw upon nine years of experience spanning the private & non-profit sector.

My fascination with how people work began while I was earning my undergraduate degree in Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan, examining the ways our deeper motivations and how we go about our work greatly determines our success and happiness.

After a few years at a top HR Consulting firm developing strategies for Fortune 500 companies to improve the health of their employee populations, I became disillusioned with our healthcare system and sought a deeper way to connect values with business. This led me to complete an MBA in Sustainable Business from Presidio Graduate School, learning the power of purpose-based leadership.

Diving even deeper into values-based work, I spent three years at the non-profit Fair Trade Certification, partnering with some of the largest food companies in the world on their sustainable sourcing strategies. When work has heart and meaning, a powerful galvanization of resources occurs. Driving purpose creates leaders at all levels of the organization. Honing in on that shared purpose is how leaders and teams thrive. That is my passion.

I reside in San Francisco and have spent the past nine years studying and teaching yoga. The profound practice of meditation and mindfulness has become an integral part of what I bring to my work.