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People Multiple
by People Multiple
People decisions make or break enterprise value. Most companies are just too late to notice.People Multiple is the podcast for founders, CEOs, CHROs, and the PE and VC investors evaluating them - exploring the hiring bets, leadership calls, and cultural tradeoffs that determine whether a company earns a premium multiple or quietly loses one, long before the numbers reflect it.We talk to operators and investors who've lived the consequences: the wins, the mistakes, and the scars. No theory. No fluff. Just hard-earned perspective from people who've scaled companies, sat on boards, and had to make the call.Hosted by Gia Ganesh, an operator who scaled from the ground up to Series C+ and completed Columbia's VC/PE program, People Multiple translates between talent and enterprise value.How talent shapes multiples. One conversation at a time.
Episodes
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The Hidden People Risks Behind Failed Acquisitions
What makes a merger or acquisition successful? The financials may justify the deal, but leadership decisions, cultural alignment, and talent retention often determine whether the expected value is realized. In this episode of People Multiple, host Gia Ganesh sits down with Jillian Moulton, Chief...
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The Business Case for Investing in Employee Well-Being | Jeri Hawthorne
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with seasoned HR executive Jeri Hawthorne to explore why human capital decisions are often harder to connect directly to business performance and how people leaders can build a stronger case for the investments they know matter. Drawing…
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The People Decisions Nobody Recognizes Until Later
In this special compilation episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh revisits answers to the show’s signature question: What’s a talent decision that changed a business outcome, but no one in the room recognized it as a talent decision at the time? Leaders including Lynee Luque, Steve Schloss…
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How to Measure the Business Impact of People Strategy | Priti Patel
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Priti Patel, a people executive at G2 with a background in finance and conscious leadership coaching, to explore how people strategy, financial thinking, and AI transformation come together to shape business performance. Priti…
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What GovCon Leaders Get Wrong About Talent Strategy | Halai Shukran
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Halai Shukran, an HR executive and COO whose career journey took her from broadcast journalism to talent management, people leadership, and ultimately business operations. Drawing from her experience in commercial technology,...
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70% of Your Work Could Be Automated. What Happens Next? | Shlomit Gruman-Navot
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Shlomit Gruman-Navot, former Chief People Officer at OLX and Miro and co-founder of Prakti, to explore what real AI transformation looks like inside an organization. Drawing on 25 years of experience across HR, organizational...
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The People Strategy Behind a $24 Billion Integration | William Ingham
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Will Ingham to explore how operating models, culture, leadership effectiveness, and people decisions directly influence business performance and enterprise value. Drawing from his experience across organizations including Visa Europe,...
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The People Decisions That Make or Break M&A | Lynn Herrick
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Lynn Herrick, a former M&A lawyer, Chief Human Resources Officer, and Chief Operating Officer who has experienced acquisitions from both sides of the deal table. Lynn brings a rare perspective: she has helped build the diligence file a...
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How to Redesign Work for AI Without Losing the Human Advantage | Sarika Lamont
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Sarika Lamont to explore how people leaders can connect talent decisions directly to business outcomes. Drawing from her experience across government contracting, global SaaS organizations, private equity-backed companies, and AI...
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From Employee #16 to IPO: Lessons Every Growth Leader Should Know | Kaja Odegard
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Kaja Odegard, Chief People Officer at SPAN and former people leader at iRhythm, where she helped scale the company from just 16 employees through multiple funding rounds, a successful IPO, and nearly 2,000 employees. Kaja shares an...
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The Recruiting Engine Every Growth Company Needs | Michelle Byrd Robinson
In this episode of People Multiple, host Gia Ganesh sits down with Michelle to explore how people decisions directly influence business outcomes in venture-backed and private equity-backed companies. Drawing on her experience leading the people function through multiple acquisitions, including...
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How One People Leader Increased Employee Retention from 30% to 80% | Stephanie Bonnet
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Stephanie Bonnet, Chief People Officer and global HR executive, to explore the talent decisions that transformed retention, accelerated growth, and strengthened business performance across high-growth startups, acquisitions, and...
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The CEO Wanted a 5-Minute Layoff Call. She Said No. | Payal Maheshwari
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Payal Maheshwari, former Lehman Brothers valuation analyst, former Chief People Officer at Embark Trucks, and founder of a fractional People Operations firm. Payal shares her unique perspective from both Wall Street and high-growth...
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After 45 Acquisitions, These Are the Leadership Red Flags She Never Ignores | Marty Reaume
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Marty Reaume to explore how talent decisions become leading indicators of enterprise value long before they appear in financial results. Drawing from leadership roles at NetSuite, Fitbit, and Twilio, along with experience spanning more...
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Why Great Founders Struggle to Become Great CEOs | Steve Schloss
Leadership is often discussed as a competitive advantage, but what if it's actually one of the earliest indicators of enterprise value? In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Steve Schloss, former Chief People Officer, executive coach, and Operating Partner at Edison...
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Inside the Talent Strategies of Twitter, Mozilla, Intel, and NerdWallet | Lynee Luque
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Lynee, a seasoned Chief People Officer whose career spans Chevron, Intel, Mozilla, Twitter, Envoy, and NerdWallet. Together, they explore how talent decisions shape business outcomes long before they show up in revenue, valuation, or...
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Startup Hiring Lessons from Google | Gabby Sirner-Cohen
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Gabby Sirner-Cohen to explore the people decisions that shaped one of Atlanta's most successful software growth stories. Drawing on leadership experience at Google and FullStory, Gabby shares lessons on building culture before scale,...
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The CEO Mistake That Drives Away Top Talent | Patrick Lyons
In this episode of People Multiple, host Gia Ganesh sits down with Patrick Lyons, founder of Lyons Group Consulting, to explore how people decisions shape business performance, organizational momentum, and ultimately enterprise value. Drawing from years of experience advising CEOs, founders, and...
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Why Retention Is a Business Strategy, Not an HR Metric | Drew Harden
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Drew Harden, Founder and CEO of Blue Compass and author of RETAIN, to explore why culture is far more than perks, mission statements, or HR initiatives. Drew shares how his own experiences working inside a once-great culture that…
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The Startup Talent Mistake That Costs MILLIONS | Natalie Ledbetter
In this episode of People Multiple, Gia Ganesh sits down with Natalie Ledbetter, Managing Partner of Ledbetter Global Advisory and former Operating Partner and Chief People Officer at Boldstart Ventures, to unpack how talent decisions quietly shape enterprise outcomes long before the numbers…
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Most HR Metrics Are Meaningless — What Actually Drives Business Value | Pilar Muner
What happens when the people function realizes it’s been measuring the wrong things all along? In this episode of People Multiple, Pilar Muner, VP of People and Talent at ChartHop, challenges the traditional playbook of HR and talent leadership. Drawing from her experience across multiple…
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The Hiring Mistakes That Ruin Company Growth | Amy Zimmerman
Amy Zimmerman believes most companies get people strategy backward. They treat culture like a support function, hiring like a gut decision, and retention like a compensation problem — when in reality, the strongest businesses understand that people decisions shape enterprise outcomes long before...
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People Multiple – Trailer
People decisions shape enterprise value long before the numbers ever reflect it. On People Multiple host Gia Ganesh sits down with CHROs, operators, investors, and executives inside VC- and PE-backed companies to explore one core question: How do people decisions shape the enterprise multiple? In...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
People decisions make or break enterprise value. Most companies are just too late to notice.People Multiple is the podcast for founders, CEOs, CHROs, and the PE and VC investors evaluating them - exploring the hiring bets, leadership calls, and cultural tradeoffs that determine whether a company earns a premium multiple or quietly loses one, long before the numbers reflect it.We talk to operators and investors who've lived the consequences: the wins, the mistakes, and the scars. No theory. No fluff. Just hard-earned perspective from people who've scaled companies, sat on boards, and had to make the call.Hosted by Gia Ganesh, an operator who scaled from the ground up to Series C+ and completed Columbia's VC/PE program, People Multiple translates between talent and enterprise value.How talent shapes multiples. One conversation at a time.
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