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About Gil Winch

CEO at Call Yachol (CY)

Compiled from 21 entries (1 videos, 20 articles) / updated 1d ago / v1

Gil Winch, Ph.D. in Psychology, is the CEO and founder of Call Yachol (CY), a pioneering company employing primarily individuals with severe disabilities, and a renowned organizational consultant and keynote speaker with 30 years of experience. His thinking revolves around 'caring leadership,' rethinking hiring to unlock human potential, fostering workplace well-being through empathy and accountability, and empowering underdogs in business and beyond. He authored 'Winning with Underdogs' and contributes regularly to Psychology Today on topics like goal-setting, employee satisfaction, and handling adversity.

Biography and Background

Gil Winch holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and has 30 years of experience as an organizational consultant and keynote speaker, working with major Israeli organizations.[1][7][8] He founded and leads Call Yachol (CY), a 100% underdog company composed primarily of people with severe disabilities, demonstrating his commitment to diversity and inclusion.[4][11] Winch is the author of Winning with Underdogs and a top influencer in caring leadership, with TED talks and podcasts on effective workplaces.[5][18]

Rethinking Hiring and Onboarding

Winch critiques traditional job interviews as stressful interrogations that fail to reveal true potential, advocating for processes that bring out the best in people through empathy and organic assessment.[2][5][9] He promotes hiring underdogs, like those with disabilities at CY, to transform business practices and foster cultures of caring and accountability.[4]

Caring Leadership Philosophy

Central to Winch's work is 'caring leadership,' which emphasizes empathy, accountability, and treating employees as humans rather than machines—ironically suggesting aspiration to computer-like treatment for clear feedback while prioritizing well-being.[12][13][18][19] Policies like open communication and handling wrongdoings with care greatly improve workplace satisfaction.[12][13][17]

Workplace Well-Being and Productivity

Winch offers practical strategies for goal-setting, using lost time effectively, and improving satisfaction without shouting to be heard.[15][16][17][21] He addresses customer service resilience, employee errors, and even personal stories like conquering terminal cancer fears to model resilience.[14][20]

Underdogs, Diversity, and Entrepreneurship

Winch champions underdogs, arguing to 'stop transferring money, start producing sweat' by enabling disabled individuals to contribute meaningfully.[11] His entrepreneurship at CY exemplifies diversity/inclusion, with talks on creating more effective diverse workplaces.[3][4]

Speaking and Public Influence

A TED speaker and podcast guest, Winch leads sessions (e.g., upcoming TED 2026 with twin brother Guy Winch) on these themes.[6][7][8]

Key themes

Caring Leadership

Empathy-driven management that balances accountability with support to enhance performance and well-being.

  • A Caring Approach to Employee Wrongdoings [13]

  • Caring Leadership blog [18]

  • A Simple Policy to Greatly Improve Workplace Well-Being [12]

Hiring and Unlocking Potential

Revamp interviews from interrogations to processes revealing true abilities, especially for underdogs.

  • How we can use the hiring process to bring out the best in people [2][5]

  • Transforming the Hiring Process [9]

Empowering Underdogs and Diversity

Building inclusive companies like CY that employ severely disabled people to drive business success.

Workplace Well-Being Strategies

Practical tips for goals, satisfaction, lost time, and handling rudeness or errors.

  • Secret of Successful Goal-Setting [15]

  • Improve Satisfaction at Work [17]

  • Customer Service: How to Be Nice [14]

Entrepreneurship and Resilience

Producing value through underdogs ('sweat over money transfers') and personal adversity stories.

  • Stop Transferring Money, Start Producing Sweat [11]

  • Conquered Fear with Terminal Cancer [20]

Sources (21)

Every entry that fed the multi-agent compile above. Inline citation markers in the wiki text (like [1], [2]) are not yet individually linked to specific sources — this is the full set of sources the compile considered.

  1. Gil Winch – Gil Wincharticle · 2026-04-14
  2. How we can use the hiring process to bring out the best in peoplearticle · 2026-04-14
  3. Gil Winch on how to create a m… - The Balance Theory - Apple ...article · 2026-04-14
  4. How to change business, hiring, and the world through a “culture of ...article · 2026-04-14
  5. How we can use the hiring process to bring out the best in peoplearticle · 2026-04-14
  6. Gil Winch's Post - LinkedInarticle · 2026-04-14
  7. Gil Winch | Speaker - TED Talksarticle · 2026-04-14
  8. Speaking - Gil Wincharticle · 2026-04-14
  9. Transforming the Hiring Process : Gil Winch - Keynote Speakarticle · 2026-04-14
  10. Call Gil Show: 72. Rafi Super Lawyer Bill Kelhoffer's Phone Recording to Gil Part 2podcast_episode · 2026-04-14
  11. Stop Transferring Money, Start Producing Sweat | Psychology Todayarticle · 2026-04-14
  12. A Simple Policy to Greatly Improve Workplace Well-Beingarticle · 2026-04-14
  13. A Caring Approach to Employee Wrongdoings | Psychology Todayarticle · 2026-04-14
  14. Customer Service: How to Be Nice When They're Notarticle · 2026-04-14
  15. The Secret of Successful Goal-Setting at the Workplacearticle · 2026-04-14
  16. 6 Ways to Use Lost Time to Enhance Your Career | Psychology Todayarticle · 2026-04-14
  17. How You Can Improve Your Overall Satisfaction at Workarticle · 2026-04-14
  18. Caring Leadership | Psychology Todayarticle · 2026-04-14
  19. Why Employees Should Aspire to Be Treated Like Computersarticle · 2026-04-14
  20. How I Conquered Fear When I Was Diagnosed With Terminal Cancerarticle · 2026-04-14
  21. How to be heard at work without shouting. - Psychology Todaynews_article · 2026-04-14