In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we’re chatting with Alexander Pullen, Human Resources Business Partner at Hubspot, Doctoral Candidate at the George Washington University (GW). At Hubspot, Alexander’s role accelerates the company’s mission to create an environment where everyone can do their best work and thrive regardless of background. Tune in to learn Alexander’s thoughts on celebrating and accomplishments and success of employees, leading with empathy as a leader, honoring and celebrating PRIDE, and more!

Alexander (he/him/his) is a doctoral candidate at the George Washington University (GW) with research interests in servant and transformational leadership; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and organizational resilience. Alexander has spoken at various conferences and events, including for the Society of Human Resource Management, Institute of Management Accountants, Michael J. Fox Parkinson Foundation, IDEA User Conference, and local non-profits across the DC and Atlanta Metropolitan area. A Human Resources scholar and senior certified professional, Alexander serves as the HR Business Partner for Inclusion & Belonging at HubSpot, a CRM platform developer. His role accelerates the company’s mission to create an environment where everyone can do their best work and thrive regardless of background. He supports HubSpot employees, especially employees from underrepresented groups, by listening, leading with empathy, and building solutions that ensure all of the company’s people, systems, and processes are working with the mission. Alexander has recently served as the lead HR advisor for departmental leadership and leads the human resources function for various divisions at GW. He was responsible for all HR activities for clients, such as leading workforce planning and organizational assessment, employee relations counseling and investigations, departmental policy development and implementation, training, recruiting and retention, diversity and inclusion, performance management, coaching, and employee recognition.