Sebastien Girard - Centura Health - Never Waste a Good Crisis

In this episode, Sebastien shares about:

-       How employee experience is different from engagement, and why experience trumps engagement every time;

-       How the health care industry adapted quickly to hybrid;

-       How the pandemic has accelerated a talent crisis;

-       The need for intentionality in maximizing the hybrid employee experience;

-       What types of technology he believes are most important now and into the future;

-       Why you should never waste a good crisis;

-       And more.


Sebastien Girard is Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Centura Health. A native of Montreal, Canada, Seb joined Centura from Atrium Health, where he served as the Senior Vice President responsible for workforce engagement and workforce operations. He previously served as the Chief Workforce Officer at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. He spent nearly fifteen years with Randstad, a Dutch-based global human resources consulting firm, in executive and operations roles in both the United States and Canada. Seb has a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He completed Randstad’s international Senior Executive Program and the Human Capital Institute’s strategic workforce planning development program. He also serves as an advisory board member with three independent HR companies, innovating in nurse staffing, professional nurse development, and health care workforce-managed solutions. In addition to his professional experience, Seb is passionate in giving back to the community and has engaged in international humanitarian projects to recruit and attract some of the world’s best engineers to support those living in India with mobility obstacles.