How HR Leaders Change the World: Recent Episodes
Cecilia Crossley
Explore how the work of HR Leaders is creating positive social change, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals - goals which the world’s companies are increasingly understanding the urgency of achieving, and investing in the action required.
If you’d like clear, actionable ideas for how you can use the power of your role to effect change in your company, you’re in the right place.
I’m the founder of social enterprise From Babies with Love, we provide services to HR Leaders, and through this work I realised that HR professionals and social entrepreneurs are working in the same areas, albeit in different ways.
So we created this podcast to share knowledge, on steps we can take through the work of HR.
In my opinion, if you’re an HR professional, you are also a change maker.
And this podcast will provide you with examples of how. By sharing the successes of some of the world’s most inspiring HR Leaders, you can frame your work in the context of positive change, implement brilliant ideas, and feel absolutely wonderful about doing so!
Becky discusses how pressures including polarisation, AI, climate change and geo-politics can push organisations into survival mode, explaining why thriving workplace cultures are vital for business success in today’s complex environment.
Becky urges HR leaders to build human-centred cultures that foster resilience, wellbeing, and sustainable impact, introducing Kin&Co’s six-pillar framework for thriving cultures. Emphasising foundations such as purpose, agility and psychological safety, Becky discusses how trust is developed through everyday behaviours and how innovation thrives when emotional safety is established. Her insights shed light on the power of shared purpose to energise teams, especially where demand outstrips capacity.
Challenging outdated command-and-control models, Becky calls on HR leaders to cultivate cultures rooted in trust, care, and intentional behaviour. Becky also offers a free diagnostic tool to help you assess your organisation’s cultural strengths and opportunities for improvement, providing a thoughtful and practical starting point for meaningful change.
References - Kin&Co's Free diagnostic tool
Thank you to Kin&Co for sponsoring this episode
What makes an organisation thrive in today’s complex world? It’s not just about strategy or financial results - it’s about culture.
This episode is sponsored by Kin&Co, a certified B Corp and female-owned consultancy on a mission to make work better for 10 million people by 2030. Kin&Co believe that the most impactful organisations will cultivate thriving, human-centred cultures where people are motivated by purpose, resilience, and empowered to perform at their best.
Drawing on cutting-edge behavioural science and an inclusive approach, Kin&Co help global organisations transform their cultures, sparking lasting behaviour change that drives measurable impact on strategy, people, and performance. Their new model for organisational change is shaped by deep experience in culture transformation.
If you’re intrigued, Kin&Co invites you to explore your own organisational culture with their free Thriving Cultures Diagnostic - a simple, insightful tool backed by behavioural science and inspired by nature. It provides a clear snapshot of your current culture and suggests practical actions to drive better behaviours, strategic shifts, and stronger organisational performance.
To learn more and take the diagnostic, click here: Kin&Co
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our June Book of the Month is The Joy of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again by Bruce Daisley. Who, wonderfully, is alumnus on this very podcast!
Bruce offers a refreshing and radical rethink of how we can transform our workdays - a guide packed with energising, evidence-based ideas that show how small changes can reignite joy, connection and purpose in our everyday working lives.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Kate discusses driving change through inclusive people strategies rooted in strong commercial foundations. For example, Kate shares the story behind LifeWorks, the Clyde & Co’s gender-neutral parental leave policy that provides six months of fully paid leave. Backed by a strong business case, the policy has driven real impact - boosting retention, engagement, and uptake among men - showing how HR can influence both culture and business outcomes.
Kate also shares how Clyde & Co is creating new pathways into the legal profession through initiatives such as solicitor apprenticeships, a paralegal academy, and the award-winning LIFT programme. These efforts support underrepresented talent by removing traditional barriers and offering paid placements. Rooted in the firm’s strategy of enabling everyone to thrive, this work reflects Kate’s own journey as the first in her family to attend university.
Kate shares one wish for every HR leader: to build commercial and data-led storytelling capability, sharing her view that understanding business drivers and using data to make a compelling case is key to driving positive change.
Thank you to Kin&Co for sponsoring this episode
What makes an organisation thrive in today’s complex world? It’s not just about strategy or financial results - it’s about culture.
This episode is sponsored by Kin&Co, a certified B Corp and female-owned consultancy on a mission to make work better for 10 million people by 2030. Kin & Co believe that the most impactful organisations will cultivate thriving, human-centred cultures where people are motivated by purpose, resilience, and empowered to perform at their best.
Drawing on cutting-edge behavioural science and an inclusive approach, Kin&Co help global organisations transform their cultures, sparking lasting behaviour change that drives measurable impact on strategy, people, and performance. Their new model for organisational change is shaped by deep experience in culture transformation.
If you’re intrigued, Kin&Co invites you to explore your own organisational culture with their free Thriving Cultures Diagnostic - a simple, insightful tool backed by behavioural science and inspired by nature. It provides a clear snapshot of your current culture and suggests practical actions to drive better behaviours, strategic shifts, and stronger organisational performance.
To learn more and take the diagnostic, click here: Kin&Co.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our June Book of the Month is The Joy of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again by Bruce Daisley. Who, wonderfully, is alumnus on this very podcast!
Bruce offers a refreshing and radical rethink of how we can transform our workdays - a guide packed with energising, evidence-based ideas that show how small changes can reignite joy, connection and purpose in our everyday working lives.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
We welcome back Rob to the podcast, who shares his journey from Chief People Officer at Nando’s to a purpose-driven scale-up focused on transforming the global food system. He explains how a passion for environmental issues led him to a role that brings people and sustainability together.
Rob talks about building the people function from scratch and explains how autonomy, mastery and purpose drive team commitment and rapid growth. Cecilia and Rob explore how HR leaders can embed sustainability by focusing on influence and change leadership, not technical expertise.
Reflecting on food poverty and economic insecurity, Rob shows how sustainability and social equity are now central to HR’s role. He offers encouragement for HR professionals starting their sustainability journey, reminding them it’s a change programme they are well placed to lead.
Rob’s final message is a powerful call to protect progress and keep pushing forward - a hopeful reminder of the transformative power HR leaders hold to shape a better future.
Now’s Your Chance! Ask your question to 5 of the world’s leading CHROs – 200th special episode
Exciting news – we’re turning the mic over to you – we want you in the spotlight!
To mark the upcoming 200th episode of this podcast, we’re inviting your questions to 5 visionary CHROs who are redefining the future of HR on a global scale.
Have you got a burning question about the biggest trends, toughest challenges, or boldest HR ideas?
Now’s your chance to ask:
- Dannii Portsmouth, Chief People Officer at Pepsico Europe
- Elaine Grell, Chief People Officer at Ogilvy
- Elly Tomlins, Chief People Officer at Easyjet plc
- Loren Schuster, Chief People Officer at The LEGO Group
- Natalia Wallenberg, CHRO at Ahold Delhaize
Five pioneering CHROs ready to receive your question.
Click on this link to send yours in today and it could be featured (with a shout-out to you on air of course!)
https://www.upliftingpeople.com/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-podcast-200th-episode
Plus, by way of thanks, you’ll be entered into our exclusive prize draw to win one of three tickets to How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! Each worth £495 - our sell out conference this year is on 12 November, London. (T&Cs apply).
Be part of this trailblazing episode and landmark celebration – and supercharge the power of HR!
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim, and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors, and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members, or functional leadership roles. They combine deep market expertise with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact. And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgrave’s People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs, and senior HR leaders who create the environments where businesses, and people, thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility, but as a compelling element of an organisation’s employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainability with performance. Whether it’s a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadership that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find out more.
👥 Join our free HR Changemakers community
You’ll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our June Book of the Month is The Joy of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again by Bruce Daisley. Who, wonderfully, is alumnus on this very podcast!
Bruce offers a refreshing and radical rethink of how we can transform our workdays - a guide packed with energising, evidence-based ideas that show how small changes can reignite joy, connection and purpose in our everyday working lives.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Nathan introduces how his early experiences helped shape his people-first approach to HR strategy. He shares moments where he's balanced commercial priorities with social responsibility, and how his work connects with wider environmentsl, social and governance ( ESG) goals.
Nathan explains how he's worked to bridge the gap between HR and the investor community, helping stakeholders see workforce strategy as central to organisational value. He emphasises the importance of aligning people with purpose and strategy, not just to drive performance, but to build sustainable, inclusive workplaces.
Looking ahead, Nathan reflects on the exciting potential of new technologies and the role HR leaders play in ensuring they're used ethically. He shares his thoughts on learning from the past, particularly the lessons of social media, and calls for responsible, transparent approached to AI. For Nathan, HR is about more than policies, it's about helping shape a better, fairer working world for all.
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members, or functional leadership roles. They combine deep market expertise with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact. And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgraves' People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs and senior HR leaders who create the environments where businesses, and people thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility, but as a compelling element of an organisation's employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainability with performance, Whether it's a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadership that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find out more.
Join our free HR Changemakers community
You'll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our May book of the month is Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater things by Adam Grant.
A guide to unlocking your growth by challenging the myth of innate talent - showing that success is less about natural ability and more about how well you learn and who you become. We chose it because it's an inspiring reminder that anyone can grow and succeed.
Head to UpliftingPeople.comto grab a copy and we hope you enjoy this month's Uplifting Book!
Syreeta shares insights from her moving new book, Bigger than the Moon, exploring her personal journey as a working parent of a neurodivergent child and how that experience has deeply shaped her leadership approach.
Syreeta reflects on the transformative impact of parenting on her understanding of patience, team dynamics and inclusive leadership. She offers practical advice for HR professionals on supporting neurodiversity in the workplace, including the importance of recognising hidden disabilities and avoiding unintended exclusion through performance or engagement practices.
Syreeta also explores what courageous leadership looks like in action, how to enable brave conversations, build inclusive cultures and plan for lasting, sustainable change. This episode is a must listen for HR Leaders looking to lead with empathy, resilience and impact.
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members or functional leadership roles. They combine deep market experience with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact. And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgrave's People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs, and senior HR leaders who create the enviroments where businesses, and people, thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility but as a compelling element of an orgnaisation's employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainably with performance. Whether it's a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadeship that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find our more.
Join our free HR Changemakers community
You'll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
Join us here: https://www.upliftingpeople.com/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
And join us on LinkedIn: Uplifting People LinkedIn
Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month, we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to speark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our May book of the month is Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant.
A guide to unlocking your growth by challenging the myth of innate ta;ent - showing that success is less about natural ability abd more about how well you can learn and who you become. We chose it because its and inspiring reminder that anyone can grow and succeed.
Head to Uplifting People to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month's Uplifting Book!
Referenced Resources:
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Combining perspectives and reflecting from their market-wide viewpoint, Naomi and Kate discuss the role of HR leaders in sustainability, exploring the connections and the gaps between the two professions.
Reflecting on how people and sustainability roles are evolving, they discuss how AI will influence in the future and how HR professionals can use their commercial understanding to drive positive impact for people and planet.
Naomi and Kate encourage you to take an active role in shaping and delivering your company's sustainability strategy, providing practical ideas on how, and highlight the exciting career opportunities ahead in leadership for a sustainable future.
References –
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) |
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim, and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors, and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members, or functional leadership roles. They combine deep market expertise with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact. And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgrave’s People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs, and senior HR leaders who create the environments where businesses, and people, thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility, but as a compelling element of an organisation’s employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainability with performance. Whether it’s a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadership that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find out more.
👥 Join our free HR Changemakers community
You’ll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
Join us here: upliftingpeople.com/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
And join us on Linkedin: Uplifting People | LinkedIn
Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our May book of the month is Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant.
A guide to unlocking your growth by challenging the myth of innate talent - showing that success is less about natural ability and more about how well you learn and who you become. We chose it because it’s an inspiring reminder that anyone can grow and succeed.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Reflecting on his journey in healthcare, Magnus explains how GSK’s Purpose shapes HR strategy, ensuring talent, leadership, and culture decisions are grounded in patient impact.
Magnus explores the future of work, highlighting the growing importance of skills as the new currency of the workforce. He discusses HR’s role in helping people build and apply future-ready capabilities, particularly in fast-changing scientific environments. He also stresses the need to protect entry-level roles and ensure inclusive career development, linking this to broader societal responsibilities.
Magnus urges HR leaders to embrace the global skills challenge and extend their influence beyond the workplace - unlocking the full potential of HR to shape a more inclusive, future-ready world.
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim, and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors, and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members, or functional leadership roles. They combine deep market expertise with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact. And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgrave’s People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs, and senior HR leaders who create the environments where businesses, and people, thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility, but as a compelling element of an organisation’s employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainability with performance. Whether it’s a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadership that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find out more.
👥 Join our free HR Changemakers community
You’ll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
Join us here: upliftingpeople.com/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
And join us on Linkedin: Uplifting People | LinkedIn
Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our May book of the month is Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant.
A guide to unlocking your growth by challenging the myth of innate talent - showing that success is less about natural ability and more about how well you learn and who you become. We chose it because it’s an inspiring reminder that anyone can grow and succeed.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Laura explores the power of taking risks on talent, especially those early in their careers, sharing her thoughts on hiring for mindset and potential over experience, and how being brave enough to back someone others might overlook has led to some of her proudest moments.
Sharing her passion for inclusion Laura calls out the need for courage in challenging poor behaviour, regardless of seniority, and emphasises that inclusion means holding everyone to account. Reflecting on societal changes and decades of experience across sectors, Laura highlights the importance of staying the course, reminding us that we’re still a long way from achieving true equity and must keep pushing forward with determination and heart.
Laura’s wish for HR leaders is simple: be brave. Be brave in taking a stand, making bold decisions, and leading with conviction. Laura reminds us, don’t forget to bring joy to the workplace - because even in serious times, joy is what keeps us all going.
This episode is sponsored by Redgrave
Today's episode is brought to you by Redgrave, a leading executive search, interim, and leadership advisory firm supporting business owners, investors, and leaders.
Redgrave specialises in identifying and securing senior leaders for businesses across diverse industries, whether it's CEOs, board members, or functional leadership roles.
They combine deep market expertise with a bespoke, relationship-driven approach, ensuring that every search delivers impact.
And when it comes to People & Culture leadership, they know just how critical the right HR and People leaders are to shaping business success.
Redgrave’s People & Culture Practice partners with organisations to find transformative CHROs, CPOs, and senior HR leaders who create the environments where businesses, and people, thrive. Sustainability is also rising on the HR agenda, responsibility, but as a compelling element of an organisation’s employee value proposition and operations.
Redgrave supports clients in finding leaders who can embed responsible practices into a firm's business strategy and align sustainability with performance. Whether it’s a permanent hire or technical interim support, they help HR functions drive meaningful, measurable change.
If you're looking for exceptional leadership that makes a difference, visit Redgrave Search to find out more.
👥 Join our free HR Changemakers community
You’ll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
Join us here: upliftingpeople.com/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
And join us on Linkedin: Uplifting People | LinkedIn
Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our April book of the month is Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein.
Instead of drastic overhauls, Nudge demonstrates how tweaking environments can lead to big improvements with minimal resistance. We chose it because for everyone in HR and leadership, it provides a powerful playbook for making change easier.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Ali reflects on her 30-year career driving inclusive people leadership, sharing how thoughtful succession planning uncovers hidden talent and future leaders.
Discussing the power of “nudges”, Ali provides timely insights to shift leadership thinking, and urges HR teams to act as product designers, crafting personalised, inclusive experiences. She highlights the need for flexibility in benefits and communication, grounded in a deep understanding of employee needs.
Ali also shares her commitment to equity, from early initiatives attracting women into finance to campaigning for gender equality in sport. Ali explores how everyday language, and actions can reinforce or challenge bias - and how HR, with intention and creativity, can lead meaningful change.
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter.
CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by Uplifting People
We’re an amazing community of cutting-edge HR Changemakers.
Together, we share experiences, tools and clear, actionable ideas.
Ideas that will help you solve the challenges you face today and will inspire you with brilliant opportunities to push boundaries and positively impact people in your organisation - and beyond.
And what’s even better, is every penny of our profit empowers vulnerable children to be safe, loved and learning.
Together, we uplift people.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our April book of the month is Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein.
Instead of drastic overhauls, Nudge demonstrates how tweaking environments can lead to big improvements with minimal resistance. We chose it because for everyone in HR and leadership, it provides a powerful playbook for making change easier.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Hayley shares how Formula E is tackling gender barriers and driving inclusion in motorsport. With women holding just 3% of racing licenses, initiatives like the women’s test programme aim to level the playing field and increase female representation at the highest levels.
Over the past 18 months, Formula E has strengthened its ED&I strategy by partnering with experts and collaborating with organisations such as the 93% Club. These efforts are expanding access to motorsport careers and fostering a more inclusive talent pipeline.
Hayley also champions HR as a strategic enabler, calling for more HR leaders at the executive table - and more CEOs from HR backgrounds. Her insights challenge traditional views of HR and inspire leaders to use their influence for real, systemic change.
References: The 93% Club
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter.
CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by Uplifting People
We’re an amazing community of cutting-edge HR Changemakers.
Together, we share experiences, tools and clear, actionable ideas.
Ideas that will help you solve the challenges you face today and will inspire you with brilliant opportunities to push boundaries and positively impact people in your organisation - and beyond.
And what’s even better, is every penny of our profit empowers vulnerable children to be safe, loved and learning.
Together, we uplift people.
👥 Join our free HR Changemakers community
You’ll be the first to hear about each podcast episode, about our events, and receive free bonus resources that enhance your influence and impact.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our April book of the month is Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler & Cass R. Sunstein.
Instead of drastic overhauls, Nudge demonstrates how tweaking environments can lead to big improvements with minimal resistance. We chose it because for everyone in HR and leadership, it provides a powerful playbook for making change easier.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Louisa highlights Manolo Blahnik’s core values, including kindness and respect, and how these are embedded into its culture. Stressing the importance of authenticity and a growth mindset in HR leadership, Louisa shares her approach that feedback and continuous learning are key to creating a positive workplace.
Discussing her work leading HR practices that foster an inclusive and supportive workplace, Louisa highlights initiatives including a programme that exposes underrepresented students to professional environments.
Louisa emphasises the importance of HR professionals prioritising their own well-being to be effective in their roles and that mental health and self-care are crucial for driving positive change.
In this episode we explore one of the most frequently discussed themes in our conversations with CHROs - empathy. As businesses navigate a rapidly changing world, empathy is rising up the people agenda, shaping leadership and workplace culture. We looked back through the library to bring you five perspectives on the benefits of empathy for your workplace culture: * Yetunde Hofmann, Non-Exec & Remco Chair – Exploring the powerful link between love and results, Yetunde shares how leading with love can transform organisational culture. * Stephane Charbonnier, Former CHRO, L’Oréal North America – Highlighting L’Oréal’s Listening Circles, Stephane demonstrates how genuine listening fosters a true sense of belonging. * Donna Murray Vilhelmsen, CHRO, Trustpilot – Advocating for vulnerability in leadership, Donna discusses its role in building trust and authenticity. * Helen Russell, Chief People Officer, HubSpot – Emphasising connection, Helen explains how HR leaders who embrace empathy drive meaningful change. * Kaylee Darkins, CHRO – UK and Lloyd’s, AXA XL – Sharing insights from AXA XL’s Authentic You programme, Kaylee underscores the importance of psychological safety.
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by Uplifting People
We’re an amazing community of cutting-edge HR Changemakers.
Together, we share experiences, tools and clear, actionable ideas.
Ideas that will help you solve the challenges you face today and will inspire you with brilliant opportunities to push boundaries and positively impact people in your organisation - and beyond.
And what’s even better, is every penny of our profit empowers vulnerable children to be safe, loved and learning.
Together, we uplift people.
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For deeper insights, find links in the show notes to each CHRO’s full episode, plus a recent conversation with Chris Garthwaite, CEO of CGA Experience, on How Empathy is Shaping the Future of Work.
Until next time, keep leading with empathy!
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter.
CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
For deeper insights, find links in the show notes to each CHRO’s full episode, plus a recent conversation with Chris Garthwaite, CEO of CGA Experience, on How Empathy is Shaping the Future of Work (see References below).
Until next time, keep leading with empathy!
Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our March book of the month is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown.
In a world full of uncertainty, this brilliant book is a powerful reminder that courage is essential to building brave leaders and creating cultures rooted in connection, bold action and meaningful change.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
References:
Episode 75: Leading with love: Yetunde Hofmann, NED and Remco Chair
Episode.90: Posture at work – what’s yours? Stephane Charbonnier, CHRO, L’Oreal USA
Episode 101: The business benefits of vulnerability: Donna Murray Vilhelmsen, CHRO, Trustpilot
Episode 168: The Power of Empathy & Customer-Centricity: Helen Russell, Chief People Officer, Hubspot
Episode 178: Wellbeing, Belonging & The Power of HR: Kaylee Darkins, CHRO - UK and Lloyd’s at AXA XL
Episode 181: How Empathy is Shaping the Future of Work, Chris Garthwaite, CEO, CGA Experience
Helen shares how ZSL fosters a culture of experimentation, inspired by the scientists and innovators within the organisation. This mindset has led to impactful initiatives, from diversifying visitor demographics to creating inclusive career pathways in conservation, transforming both workplace culture and the communities ZSL serves.
Helen highlights the power of storytelling in shaping culture. With purpose-driven employees investing deeply in their work, she emphasises the need to support wellbeing and resilience, particularly in roles involving care and conservation.
Reflecting on the evolving role of HR, Helen shares the importance of truly listening, and being open to unexpected insights. The conversation even explores how the natural world communicates in ways we may not yet understand. An inspiring reminder that HR can drive lasting change by challenging the status quo, embracing new perspectives, and embedding purpose into every aspect of work.
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter.
CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our March book of the month is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown.
In a world full of uncertainty, this brilliant book is a powerful reminder that courage is essential to building brave leaders and creating cultures rooted in connection, bold action and meaningful change.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Nick shares his approach to creating an inclusive, multi-generational workforce. Discussing a recruitment example, Nick describes how Canada Life successfully reimagined traditional work practices to welcome retirees back into flexible roles.
Nick also discusses Canada Life’s approach to creating a collaborative environment at work and advocates for ensuring the office is a space people want to be in.
Reflecting on his own career path, that began in music, Nick’s wish for HR practitioners is to remember where they came from and to offer growth opportunities to those who don’t fit conventional norms. He credits his success to leaders who recognised his potential beyond the expected mould and shares his passion for paying it forward.
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter. CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
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And what’s even better, is every penny of our profit empowers vulnerable children to be safe, loved and learning.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our March book of the month is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown.
In a world full of uncertainty, this brilliant book is a powerful reminder that courage is essential to building brave leaders and creating cultures rooted in connection, bold action and meaningful change. Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Chris shares his expertise on how empathy transforms leadership and organisations. Describing five pillars of empathy, including judgement and active listening, Chris describes case studies and how colleagues created better results having received experience-based empathy training.
Chris explains how empathy can break down organisational silos by shifting employees from functional to customer-centric mindsets. Emphasising the importance of authenticity and emotional intelligence, Chris discusses HR’s role in empowering employees and creating connected, empathetic work environments.
Chris shares how immersive empathy training develops emotional intelligence, helping organisations to unlock human potential through everyday acts of appreciation.
This episode is sponsored by CGA Empathy Lab®
If you want a happier, more confident workforce, to reduce absenteeism and workplace anxiety and put an end to situations that may result in conflict, you should experience the CGA Empathy Lab®.
By teaching employees the power of empathy, they can enjoy better conversations and create better experiences, not only for themselves but for other employees and customers, ultimately driving business purpose and performance.
There’s no better way to experience the world through the eyes of others and learn how to make every moment matter.
CGA Empathy Lab® - Winner of the ‘People, Skills, and Diversity Award’ for the Rail Industry.
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This February our book of the month is Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction.
We rarely connect our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and profound guide to time and time management.
And why not also get a copy for one of your team? You can select an Uplifting Gift Bundle, mix and match the book our Kind-hearted Chocolate, Supercharged Tea, and Well-informed Stationery, and send a brilliant moment of appreciation and inspiration to a colleague.
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Brian champions human-first, tech-enabled strategies to navigate complexity. By taking a commercial and forward-thinking approach, Brian demonstrates how HR has the power to drive meaningful change, including in times of rapid change and uncertainty.
Brian shares how Teneo is harnessing GenAI, for example transforming a people survey, cutting analysis time from six weeks to six days. This rapid approach not only boosts leadership effectiveness but also strengthens trust, transparency, and confidence across the organisation.
Passionate about opportunity and inclusion, Brian reflects on his journey from a rural town in Ohio to a global HR leader. Guided by the mantra “don’t fix, create,” he emphasises HR's role in helping people chart their unique career paths and in empowering leaders to see potential in others.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
This February our book of the month is Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction.
We rarely connect our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and profound guide to time and time management.
And why not also get a copy for one of your team? You can select an Uplifting Gift Bundle, mix and match the book our Kind-hearted Chocolate, Supercharged Tea, and Well-informed Stationery, and send a brilliant moment of appreciation and inspiration to a colleague.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Khadija discusses HR’s role in balancing human potential with technology and how at Merck, ‘precision upskilling’ ensures employees develop both technical and leadership skills to navigate hybrid teams with empathy.
Khadija describes how Merck’s AI-powered platform, My Growth at Merck, personalises learning and provides equitable access to career development, and beyond the workplace, how Merck’s Curiosity Cube and SPARK initiatives inspire young minds and increase diversity in STEM.
Khadija reflects on equity and inclusion stressing the need to close pay gaps, remove bias in hiring, and embed diversity throughout the employee journey. Khadija describes how Merck integrates its values, fostering a culture where diversity fuels innovation, performance, and belonging. HR must lead with empathy - proving that business success and heart-led leadership go hand in hand.
Kaylee explores how HR leaders are shaping the future of work through health, wellbeing, and cultural transformation, highlighting the need for agile benefits to support a multigenerational workforce.
Kaylee shares the vision behind AXA XL’s ‘Authentic’ You program, which fosters psychological safety through transparency, vulnerability, and personal accountability. Kaylee explains how the company’s culture roadmap integrates inclusion, belonging, and purpose into every stage of the employee experience, ensuring cultural transformation is embedded in everyday actions.
Passionate about HR’s role in driving meaningful change, Kaylee calls for greater attention to HR professionals’ own wellbeing, encouraging you to “put on your own oxygen mask first” so you can be at your best for others.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
This February our book of the month is Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction.
We rarely connect our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and profound guide to time and time management.
And why not also get a copy for one of your team? You can select an Uplifting Gift Bundle, mix and match the book our Kind-hearted Chocolate, Supercharged Tea, and Well-informed Stationery, and send a brilliant moment of appreciation and inspiration to a colleague.
Head to UpliftingPeople.com to grab a copy, and we hope you enjoy this month’s Uplifting Book!
Guided by business purpose - ‘renting homes and enriching lives’ - Michelle describes how Grainger’s values-driven people strategy, has enhanced outcomes for colleagues, customers and communities.
Michelle highlights Grainger’s commitment to DE&I, showcasing achievements such as attaining the National Equality Standard and, looking ahead, Michelle explores how AI and digital advancements can transform HR and business strategies.
Michelle emphasises the importance of agility and self-belief in navigating change, enabling HR leaders to align innovation with organisational purpose, and illustrating how HR can drive both commercial success and meaningful contributions to society.
References:
· National Equality Standard
· The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors: The Company - WCCS
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our Book of the Month is Atomic Habits, by James Clear, a book we found super practical for making small changes that build to transformation.
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Join us as Phillippa shares her passion for weaving ESG principles into business strategies and discusses the need to rethink workplace models, championing a skills-based, agile approach that values diverse aspirations and psychological safety.
Phillippa provides examples in PwC’s commitment to measurable inclusion outcomes, such as VR-based unconscious bias training, and shares how tailored onboarding programs can create fair opportunities.
Phillippa encourages HR leaders to see the commercial value in people-focused changes. Her reflections inspire HR professionals to lead with empathy and innovation, creating workplaces that make a difference for both business and society.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our Book of the Month is Atomic Habits, by James Clear, a book we found super practical for making small changes that build to transformation.
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In this thought-provoking episode Uxio shares his compelling vision for addressing inequality and rethinking the role of HR.
Delving into the essence of inclusion, Uxio challenges the fragmentation of diversity initiatives. He highlights the need for shared purpose, reminding us that inclusion must serve everyone.
Reflecting on inequality, Uxio speaks passionately about the disparities in access to education. He believes HR is uniquely positioned to address these gaps by aligning leadership priorities with the development of diverse talent.
Calling for courage in HR leadership, Uxio urges you to influence your organisation, furthering HR as a driver of both individual and collective success.
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Are you looking for your next great read that inspires you and helps your work?
Each month we recommend a book that challenges, motivates and uplifts, every pick is selected to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth.
Our Book of the Month is Atomic Habits, by James Clear, a book we found super practical for making small changes that build to transformation.
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Andrew shares his vision of HR as a transformative force, leaving outdated practices behind to embrace People Experience. By rebranding HR and launching Sony Music’s Global People Promise, Andrew highlights how this innovative approach fosters an engaging workplace culture, rooted in clear values and behaviours that attract and retain diverse talent.
Andrew’s personal journey adds depth to his professional insights, as he candidly explores how his background influenced his passion for addressing exclusion and inequality. From spearheading the Sony Music Group Global Scholars Programme to reframing inclusion efforts with bold language and meaningful action, Andrew demonstrates how linking personal values to professional work can amplify impact.
With heartfelt advice on self-care and purpose, Andrew inspires HR leaders to sustain their energy for driving real change, ensuring their efforts build a better and more equitable future.
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In transforming from a traditional manufacturer to a provider of smart solutions for cities and buildings, Andrea explains how HR has guided transformation by redefining leadership.
Describing the creation of six Leadership Guidelines that were developed through collaboration across the company, Andrea discusses how the Guidelines are enabling Fagerhult Group to balance its heritage with a culture of innovation and adaptability, while ensuring diverse perspectives drive meaningful progress.
Andrea highlights the importance of building a learning organisation that celebrates diversity of thought and reframes failure as growth, and shares some of the practical steps HR is taking, such as leadership workshops and inclusion initiatives to foster innovation and deliver a gradual cultural shift.
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Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.
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Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first CHRO and a renowned talent strategy expert, highlights the need to rethink outdated workplace systems that assume long-term employee tenure. Steve emphasises the importance of questioning old assumptions, experimenting with new ideas, and embracing HR’s role as a catalyst for change.
Steve explores how HR can lead with innovative solutions that benefit both businesses and communities, with inspiring examples - such as how one organisation solved talent shortages by tapping into new talent pools such as candidates without traditional qualifications - showing how HR can tackle business challenges while driving social change.
Steve reflects on how his early life shaped his commitment to inclusion and empathy in leadership. He underscores the value of engaging in tough conversations to create space for meaningful dialogue around divisive topics. Closing the episode, Steve shares his heartfelt wish for HR leaders: to ask thoughtful questions that empower others to uncover their own solutions, paving the way for a more innovative, inclusive, and impactful future.
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Self-care & Listening at the Heart of HR Leadership: Karl Edge, Chief People Officer at KPMG UK
Karl emphasises the importance of empathy, communication, and energy management as key leadership traits in navigating today’s complexities, offering insights from his decades of experience coaching leaders.
Karl advocates for the transformative power of listening, introducing the ‘SEED’ framework as a guide to meaningful conversations. Karl also shares his passion for advancing social mobility, shaped by his working-class upbringing, highlighting initiatives such as apprenticeships that have earned KPMG recognition as Social Mobility Organisation of the Year.
Karl underscores the importance of energy management for HR leaders; with actionable strategies and inspiring reflections, Karl challenges everyone in HR to integrate listening and self-care to create impactful change in their organisations and beyond.
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In this inspiring episode Dannii shares her approach to embedding sustainability and purpose into PepsiCo’s culture and discusses how PepsiCo is aligning people and planet goals with business operations. With examples such as social mobility programmes, Dannii demonstrates how PepsiCo empowers employees while driving positive societal change.
Sharing thoughts on resilience and the pressures facing HR, Dannii introduces ‘home club’, a network that promotes collaboration, emotional well-being, and professional growth.
Dannii calls on you and everyone in HR to be bold in telling the truth with empathy and courage, prioritising collective progress for the benefit of all.
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As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.
Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.
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References: Tent Partnership for Refugees
Annemie shares her insights into HR’s power to drive social change, elevate innovation, and build cultures of belonging. By challenging assumptions in the workplace, Annemie explains how HR can enable data-informed leadership that fosters employee engagement and inclusivity.
Exploring AI’s potential, Annemie envisions a future where AI frees HR to focus on more impactful, strategic work. With a passion for lifelong learning, Annemie shares practical steps such as book clubs, informal storytelling, and encouraging small, relatable actions to spark curiosity.
Annemie emphasises the ripple effect of small, consistent actions, and advocates that with simple acts of kindness and fostering human connections we can create lasting, positive change, building organisational culture centred on empathy and equity.
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Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.
As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.
Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.
Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com
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Sharing her journey from Yorkshire to California, Helen discusses the importance of customer empathy in driving meaningful business change and emphasises the value of opportunities for employees to interact with customers, fostering a culture of understanding and relatability.
Helen also explores the evolving landscape of HR, discussing the interaction between AI in enhancing workforce productivity and the potential for remote work to revitalise communities.
Helen advocates for empathy and connection and leaves us with a reminder that by embracing curiosity, respect, and empathy, HR leaders can build trust and integrity, driving positive change.
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Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.
HEX is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package.
They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders.
Above all, HEX brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.
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Head on over to HEX Talent & Development to see how they can help your organisation thrive.
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Martyn discusses his insights on how HR leaders can drive both business success and positive social change. Through his experience leading at the insurance company Lockton, Martyn shares actionable ways to foster an employee-centric culture, such as mental health support and enhanced parental leave.
Martyn shares his belief in the importance of purpose-driven HR leadership, highlighting how HR can navigate global challenges, promote equity and lead meaningful change. Be inspired by Martyn’s leadership and discover how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
Thank you to HEX Talent & Development for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.
HEX is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package.
They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders.
Above all, HEX brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to HEX Talent & Development to see how they can help your organisation thrive.
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Referenced Resources
· Ripple Suicide Prevention
· Free tool: Map your HR work to the UN SDGs
Tom shares two inspiring frameworks he’s developed to guide HR professionals in their leadership journey. The Intentional Leader Model encourages HR leaders to adopt deliberate and thoughtful leadership practices, and the CHRO Impact Framework helps HR professionals enhance their effectiveness. These models highlight the importance of intentionality, purposeful leadership and self-reflection to drive performance and personal growth.
Tom shares insights on how you can:
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Prioritise Purpose and Self-Awareness: Tom highlights the importance of aligning tasks with your purpose, be mindful of how you spend time, ensure your efforts contribute to your long-term goals, helping to prevent burnout and boost productivity.
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Develop Boundaries: Advocating that strong leaders set clear boundaries, Tom discusses delegating tasks that don't energise you and making self-reflection and personal development priorities for authenticity and resilience in leadership.
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Leverage HR's Role in Sustainability: Tom discusses how, by engaging with frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals, HR leaders can challenge the status quo and drive positive change on a global scale, promoting fairness, equity, and environmental sustainability.
Thank you to Hex Talent and Development for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.
Hex is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package. They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders. Above all, Hex brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to HEX talent and development to see how Hex can help your organisation thrive.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets we can't wait to see you there!
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Referenced Resources
Tom's book - People People: Reach your full potential as a Chief HR Officer
https://www.hex-development.com/
LinkedIn - Tom Emery
Join our community of HR Changemakers: see how your HR work is delivering ESG results
Data for the Emerging Trend – HR & Sustainability: Kerri O’Neill, Chief People Officer, Ipsos UK&I
Kerri shares a personal expert viewpoint on where sustainability and HR come together, based on her 20 years of practitioner experience in shaping organisations, plus insight from her new role with Ipsos UK & Ireland.
Sharing data that underpins this approach, from our intuitive views to what employees want, Kerri provides research that you can use to evidence why your organisation and your HR function have an opportunity to lean into the HR and Sustainability agenda.
Noting that you don’t need to be an expert in technical detail such as carbon capture in order to take action, Kerri shares some of the books she’s been reading to help think about HR through the lens of Sustainability, and leaves you with a moving call to action from David Attenborough...
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
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Referenced Resources
Episode 111: Why did you join HR? Kerri O’Neill
Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
A Life on Our Planet - My Witness Statement and a Vision for Our Future: David Attenborough
Describing a human-centred approach to adopting Generative AI, Mary Alice shares the principles of empowerment, adaptability and continuous learning, the energising steps Thomson Reuters has and is taking for their 27,000 workforce to learn, and how this is enabling higher-value work.
Reflecting on the factors leading to this exciting phase of leadership for the HR profession, Mary Alice describes her passion for removing systemic barriers to opportunity, sharing techniques such as her and the CEO’s periodic Talent Reviews.
Discussing flexibility, Mary Alice shares her own experience and Thomson Reuters’ equal approach to its working parents, as well as other initiatives for flexible working globally, and points to business strategy and employee listening data as the foundations for policy buy-in.
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Referenced Resources
Mindful Business Charter
Neil discusses the powerful role of communication and how companies that successfully implement long lasting change have an overarching strategic narrative, one that allows people to become part of and have agency in the change.
Sharing examples of harnessing communication to best effect, Neil discusses tools such as Sentiment Tracking, an exercise in ‘playing the movie forward’, and provides thoughts on well-channelled communication in a hybrid working world.
Noting that storytelling only gets you so far, Neil asks the question ‘so what’ on the topic of employee experience and reflects on how effective communication enhances strategies for an engaged workforce that delivers company goals.
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
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Referenced Resources
Episode 42: Why HR Needs to Think About the Concept of Time, Neil Morrison
The Narrative Age: How Leaders Can Inspire Change in a Polarised World by Frank Wolf
Emma reflects on change in the HR profession, the positive role it holds in business and discusses HR’s leadership in driving Baringa’s culture of being kind and being curious.
Discussing opportunities for AI to help us to think more creatively and intelligently, Emma provides thoughts on applying insights, and any newly created time, to work on respect and belonging in the workplace, and why this is important in today’s climate.
Emma shares practical steps that help prevent consequences of miscommunication, advocating the importance of building trust, and that everyone in HR should allow the time needed to build it.
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
Referenced Resources
Find out about BCorp
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Discussing multiple generations and intersectionality, Karen shares her thoughts on levers that enable everyone to thrive at work, providing the example of Knight Frank’s new multi-generation ERG, her advice on creating an ERG with this focus, and thoughts on why it’s important.
Karen describes the importance of understanding the world we’re in to determine how to take a business forward. Noting changes in diversity statistics in Knight Frank’s customer profile, Karen shares how she is harnessing this data to drive People and DE&I strategies, her approach to dismantling fear and the risk of disengagement, and to having courage in delivering the work.
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
Referenced Resources
Episode 81: Vulnerability in the Workplace, Karen Bowes on How HR Leaders Change the World
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Describing his passion for social justice, Alim shares his work on business culture. Reflecting on connecting with people at work and beyond, Alim discusses tools such as the of the role of ‘culture carriers’ and his approach to creativity and risk when driving change.
Discussing the relationship between work and societal issues happening around the world, Alim shares thoughts on providing guidance for employees’ expression of viewpoints in the workplace in the context of mutual respect, and the idea of ‘freedom within a frame’.
Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.
Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.
With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.
Want to learn more?
Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.
Referenced Resources
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Project Healthy Minds
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Reflecting on the pause provided by the pandemic, Gena discusses that people are considering how they want to work and who they want to work for, how this is driving employee relationships, a shift in the business environment to co-creating work, and the resulting opportunity for higher employee engagement.
Gena shares her pride in LVMH’s DE&I work and describes her vision for DE&I becoming embedded across all colleagues’ responsibilities. Discussing compassion and empathy, Gena shares the opportunities LVMH takes to harness its brand voice, and calls on you to lead with compassion through your daily work.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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Noting the impact of connections between personal experience and being fearless in business leadership, Thomas advocates for the importance of commercially understanding a business model in order to drive change, and discusses ways you can start a bold change initiative using commercial data.
Commenting that to sell to the world you must understand the world, Thomas shares thoughts on customers, investors and ESG, the role of HR in shareholder discussions and his approach to learning about societal trends and markets. And with a wonderful call to action, Thomas calls on you to stand up, and challenge!
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
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Describing ENGIE’s purpose and connection to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Jay shares how these business foundations translate to attracting and retaining inclusive talent.
In a highly competitive environment given growth in the renewable sector, Jay shares work on addressing historical gender stereotypes and going beyond the basics of DE&I, in order to engage the talent the business needs, and calls on you to consider how you can champion initiatives that integrate sustainable practices at your organisation.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
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In this special episode hear from some of the CHROs speaking at How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2024: Syreeta Brown at Virgin Money, Natalia Wallenberg at Ahold Delhaize, Neil Morrison at Staffbase and Claire Ainscough at Ocado Group.
Cecilia provides an overview of this year’s conference topics, including:
- What Sustainability in HR strategy looks like;
- The pressures and paradoxes in change - navigating AI, Hybrid and the exponential rate of change; and
- Communicating purpose and impact: how to socialise change in the narrative age.
Your Early Bird offer for this sell out conference is ending soon, click here to secure your place, enter code HRCHANGEMAKER24 to get a brilliant 20% off: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets.
Build your influence and impact, spend the day with these CHROs and many more, plus our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait!
Our EarlyBird offer closes on 31 July 2024, T&C’s apply.
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Recognising the pace of change in harnessing technology and describing today as the slowest day - in comparison to the future - Julia shares how SoftwareOne is currently using tech in its people processes, from recruitment to anticipating future development needs.
From working in Tupperware to Tech, Julia shares her passion for empowering women in business and describes steps to enhance gender equity by balancing family and career planning. Julia also describes SoftwareOne’s talent academy, which has an incredible 97% talent retention rate, and shares practical steps in embedding values in a business that acquires several companies a year.
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
Click to secure your place today, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Remember, this is a sell-out conference, so you need to grab your place now – and as a thank you we’ve got an Early Bird offer on in person tickets.
Enter code HRCHANGEMAKER24 to get a brilliant 20% off.
Our EarlyBird offer closes on 31 July, T&C’s apply.
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
Follow us on Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Noting that HR has never been as exciting as it is now, Angela shares the energy she gets from impacting one person and her view on a key role of HR being a place to find support. Discussing generative AI as a tool that can enable HR to better support colleagues, Angela considers invasion of privacy and stigma, and shares the example of a ‘rainy day fund’.
A champion of the Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) community, Angela describes using her platform to share the voice of AAPI groups and to help debunk the model minority myth, as well as providing examples of harnessing her leadership role at Harvard to progress DE&I.
Referenced Resources
· Article by Angela Cheng-Cimini & Joy Chen: Stop Overlooking the Leadership Potential of Asian Employees (hbr.org)
· The T Howard Foundation: https://www.t-howard.org/
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
Click to secure your place today, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there!
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Remember, this is a sell-out conference, so you need to grab your place now – and as a thank you we’ve got an Early Bird offer on in person tickets.
Enter code HRCHANGEMAKER24 to get a brilliant 20% off.
Our EarlyBird offer closes on 31 July, T&C’s apply.
👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers
Follow us on Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Hempel owns many paint brands around the world, including for example Crown Paints and Farrow & Ball.
Introducing its structure, with majority ownership by the Hempel Foundation, Pernille shares the story of origin and the social and environmental change that takes place when you buy a pot of their paint, from childrens' education to regenerating biodiversity. Pernille shares her personal journey and learning in understanding the scope of diversity, equity and inclusion and the impacts for creating the best teams at work. Discussing her leadership approach and HR’s role enhancing business value, Pernille reflects on how HR can support people to feel liberated by being comfortable with who they are. How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024
Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.
Click here to secure your place today, we can't wait to see you there!
The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda.
What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.
And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!
You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…
Remember, this is a sell-out conference, so you need to grab your place now – and as a thank you we’ve got an Early Bird offer on in person tickets.
Enter code HRCHANGEMAKER24 to get a brilliant 20% off.
Our EarlyBird offer closes on 31 July, T&C’s apply.
Topics in this episode:
- A personal journey in understanding the scope of DE&I
- Diversity and leadership
- A business model that educates children and regenerates biodiversity
- Being brave, feeling liberated
- Saying I don’t know and asking for help.
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Introducing Ferring’s work in reproductive medicine, Christelle shares their employee programme, Building Families at Ferring, the impact it’s having for employees and the business, as well colleagues’ families, for social inclusion, and notes the positive change instigated by leading the market. Going behind the scenes, Christelle shares how Ferring designed a global approach across different cultures in 55 countries.
With her passion for womens justice, Christelle talks about Ferring’s work addressing shocking maternal health statistics, and steps Christelle and Ferring takes on human rights – at work and at home.
Summarising the connections between HR, DE&I and ESG, Christelle calls on you to be proud of the impact you can have!
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Topics in this episode:
- Building Families at Ferring
- Behind the scenes in designing a global family friendly approach
- Being a business leader
- Working on Human Rights
- HR, DE&I and ESG
- Be proud of your impact!
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Describing the responsibility and opportunity that HR has to open conversations that may be sensitive, Vicky shares thoughts on blurring work life and our whole lives, and business attitudes towards speaking up without fear.
Considering future skills, Vicky advocates for a continuous learning environment, a culture that fosters adaption and is comfortable with ambiguity. Sharing her belief in social mobility and the opportunities for businesses to drive change, Vicky describes Direct Line Group’s initiatives, in particular young talent apprenticeships, and how they can benefit both the business and society.
With HR’s central role in an organisation, Vicky recognises the phenomenal insights HR gains, and the powerful position that creates for you and everyone in HR.
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
- HR’s opportunity to open conversations
- Future Skills
- Leadership and cascading change programmes
- Social Mobility and apprenticeships
- DE&I and office design
- The phenomenal insight of HR
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Dom describes significant culture change at Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean, created by actions including micro-behaviour change, changes to performance management and types of leave, that have had impact beyond the organisation.
Advocating that HR must start with business strategy before leading people strategy, Dom discusses how HR is moving up the value chain, and the opportunities this brings. Sharing the idea of ‘Purpose Bundling’, Dom describes his passions, how they connect with work and relate to the communities and markets he leads in.
Dom shares his experience of working on culturally sensitive topics, including gender-based violence, and, giving credit to a phrase from The Billie Jean King Foundation, calls on everyone in HR to ‘show up, stand up, speak up’
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
- Practical actions in human-centric culture change
- Business strategy before people strategy
- HR moving up the value chain
- Purpose bundling
- Connectivity driving inclusion
- Creating change in the culturally sensitive topics
- Show up, stand up, speak up
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Nikki shares the sense of personal fulfilment that being a People Director provides her and discusses how, alongside ground-breaking initiatives such as a gender-neutral uniform, enabling change for individuals creates powerful positive impact.
Discussing trust in the workplace, Nikki summarises the impact for policies and business performance in shifting to culture based on the assumption that people want to do good work.
Excited for the future of both technology and human experience, Nikki shares thoughts on people-centred leadership, summarising the work that leaders at Virgin put into being a purposeful business, and provides examples of the ways policies and business practices can drive change.
Referenced Resources:
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
- Personal fulfilment as a People Director
- The impact of gender-neutral uniforms
- Trust, choice and business results
- The best of both: technology and human experience
- Purpose and leadership
- Closing the gender gap, in business and societally
- Neurodiversity
- Leaving the ladder the down
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Jasmine provides an overview of the positive shift in perception of HR in APAC, sharing her work to understand cultural nuance as part of mentoring others, and her hopes for the voice of HR in the future.
Discussing how HR develops skills in resilience, agility and innovation, Jasmine considers what future learning in corporate environments will look like, and the mindsets that colleagues need to have in a fast-changing world.
Reflecting on her daily tasks in organisational design, Jasmine shares examples of DE&I initiatives such as Spirit Day, an LGBTQ+ awareness day, techniques to build awareness and bring community together beyond any specific ERG, and discusses the convergence of DE&I and CSR work.
Referenced Resources: Spirit Day
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
- Thoughts on the voice of HR in APAC
- Entrepreneurial mindsets at work
- Daily actions in organisational design
- Spirit Day and awareness beyond ERGs
- The convergence of DE&I and CSR
- Remembering to celebrate HR success!
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Providing the example of paid paternity leave in a male dominated environment, Helen discusses the results of incremental changes that balance commercial and societal impacts and referencing significant shifts such as AI and Net Zero, Helen discusses preparing a workforce to be able to navigate transitions.
Helen shares thoughts on her responsibilities for people and sustainability and explains why her role encompassing both enriches strategic thinking and opportunities for the business. Discussing why inclusion is a critical part of her role, Helen connects internal inclusion to community viewpoints, and provides a measurement of positive organisational culture that we think will make you smile!
Referenced Resources: Working Chance: Unlocking Women’s Potential
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
- Paternity in a male dominated workplace
- The Living Wage
- Enabling a workforce to navigate changes
- Sustainability & People Leadership
- Measuring organisational culture
- Thinking differently about leadership programmes
- Working with prison leavers
- HR Business Partners being disrupters
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Recognising each of our unique lives, Philipp provides examples of Virgin Media O2’s approach to people: ‘if it matters to you, it matters to us’, in action. Encouraging more leaders to connect people strategies with impact in society and discussing his deep commitment to an inclusive work environment, Philipp advocates that trust and phycological safety are foundations for business success.
Describing Virgin Media O2’s ‘All In’ inclusion targets, Philipp summarises that doing the right thing drives business results, and referencing Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle, reminds us why long-term thinking is vital. Plus, brilliantly, Philipp ends with a wonderful call to action – for you to be a changemaker!
Referenced Resources: The Golden Circle - Simon Sinek
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart. We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here! Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
· Virgin Media O2’s approach to people
· Foundations for an inclusive workplace
· Thinking longer term
· Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle
· Be a Changemaker!
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Andy summarises the work that led to ethical and sustainable growth being one of the seven objectives of Fitch Group’s business strategy, and, describing the changes in the workplace that create opportunities to increase HR influence and impact, discusses the principle ‘no bad jobs’.
Andy discusses DE&I and sustainability in the context of business risk, refencing, for example, what sales and marketing teams feed in about business transparency and impact, and calls on you to position HR as the trusted provider of insights and solutions to business problems.
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here!
Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
· Purpose and sustainability in business strategy
· Workplace shifts increasing HR influence and impact
· Social inequity and access to education
· DE&I and business risk
· HR – a trusted provider of insights and solutions
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Leigh introduces Enterprise Mobility’s global programme: Road Forward, to advance social and racial equity. From delivering books to schools to award winning Talent Acquisition teams and inclusive recruitment processes, Leigh explains what the programme and Enterprise Mobility’s values mean for people experience.
Discussing the positive change in gender balance and diversity in the transport sector, Leigh provides an overview of some of the steps and partnerships that have contributed. Advocating that it’s small steps every day that embed change in organisation and calls on you to collaborate to drive forward business success and positive change.
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Topics in this episode:
· Advancing social and racial equity: Road Forward
· Next Gen: Inclusive recruitment and developing future leaders
· Gender balance and diversity in the transport
· Business in the Community: Race at Work Charter
· Small steps every day
· Collaborating for business success and positive change.
Referenced Resources
· Business in the Community: Race of Work Charter
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Wendy discusses 3 dimensions of HR impact, including in times of crisis, focussing on principles of support, inclusion and creating stability, and shares practical steps you can take to solve difficult challenges.
Raising the question, how we can use Generative AI for good, Wendy considers mixing Generative AI with flexible and hybrid working models in the post pandemic world – and notes that HR has an exciting leadership role in how both changes come together to enable more purposeful work.
Reflecting on Maya Angelou’s words, “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”, Wendy reminds you the impact you and everyone in HR is having…
Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Do your people insights drive business impact?
This episode is sponsored by Visier, whose secure and extensible workforce data analytics platform and generative AI empower leaders to unlock data driven insights faster. Get more out of your HR tech stack; boost HR efficiency. Drive smarter, more impactful business decisions. Leading companies like eBay, Ford and Sanofi trust the Visier path.
Tracking DEI metrics can improve your inclusivity efforts, boost transparency, and help you reach your goals. While some data will vary from company to company, depending on location, industry, and other factors, there are a few critical metrics for any business.
👉 Take a look at this excellent article from visier.com to see 7 DEI Metrics you should be measuring for an inclusive workplace.
Topics in this episode:
· 3 dimensions of HR impact, including in times of crisis
· Next strides in attracting and retaining diverse talent
· The combination of Gen AI and flexible, hybrid working
· DE&I - advancing meaningful careers for all
· 10 Actions – aspirations to improve racial justice and equity
· Remembering the impact you create every day
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Describing HR at the epicentre of key business changes, Thomas discusses themes such as human-centred experience and AI, and how these topics must be worked on in collaboration with other functions – an important shift from previous changes that may have been ‘owned’ by one function.
Considering labour shortages now and in years to come, Thomas shares how approaches to inclusive talent attraction and management are key to workforce planning and introduces ‘Unlimited Learning’, a programme at VodafoneZiggo he describes as the ‘Netflixication’ of learning, that has driven significant results in unlocking skills and retaining talent, as well as creating opportunities to reduce inequality.
Noting the example of what happened during the peak of the #MeToo movement, Thomas discusses psychological safety at work, courage and leadership in creating a culture of speaking truth to power, and the benefits this brings, and calls on you to build your story as a way to mobilise your organisation, building a muscle, starting small…
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Do your people insights drive business impact?
This episode is sponsored by Visier, whose secure and extensible workforce data analytics platform and generative AI empower leaders to unlock data driven insights faster.
Read this excellent case study with Standard Bank Group and 6 Insider Tips for Unlocking Manager Effectiveness – how measurement via customised people analytics helps you.
Get more out of your HR tech stack; boost HR efficiency. Drive smarter, more impactful business decisions. Leading companies like eBay, Ford and Sanofi trust the Visier path. Find out more at visier.com
Topics in this episode:
· Purpose and congruence in everything we do
· HR at the epicentre of key business changes
· Labour shortages: inclusively attracting and harnessing talent
· Unlimited Learning – the ‘Netflixication’ of learning
· Psychological Safety at work – a case study with the #MeToo movement
· Building a story to mobilising your organisation
Referenced resources
· Humankind by Rutger Bregman
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Steve introduces ‘The Lighthouse Effect’, the qualities of a lighthouse and its symbology (and therefore why we still have lighthouses even though technology has moved on) and how the lighthouse provides a framework for leadership.
Reflecting on the shift from work-life balance to life-work balance, Steve discusses the inversion driven by the pandemic and the opportunities for HR. Noting that in many stories superheroes are orphans, and sharing his own story, Steve discusses examples of work and his thoughts on equity in systems, diversity and inclusion.
Acknowledging HR is often caught in the middle can feel fatigued, Steve encourages you, with humility, to celebrate HR’s achievements – asking you to be part of ‘HR celebrating HR’.
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This episode is sponsored by Visier, whose secure and extensible workforce data analytics platform and generative AI empower leaders to unlock data driven insights faster.
👉 Find out more, for example discover what employee engagement metrics you need to track to understand employee satisfaction to prevent performance dips and attrition in Visier’s article, 7 Employee Engagement Metrics to Track for a Productive Workforce
Get more out of your HR tech stack; boost HR efficiency. Drive smarter, more impactful business decisions. Leading companies like eBay, Ford and Sanofi trust the Visier path.
Topics in this episode:
· HR at the intersection of humans and systems
· The lighthouse and leadership
· Humility through your career
· From work-life balance to life-work balance
· Equity and inclusion when systems fail
· Diversity: in nature, finance and people
· HR celebrating HR
Referenced resources
· The Lighthouse Effect
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Maryjo introduces her HR leadership roles in business transformations and spin outs, discussing the importance for everyone in HR to focus on business acumen, digital delivery, and a business’ duty of care.
Summarising the leadership opportunities for HR as being a force multiplier and shock absorber, Maryjo shares why culture is a priority at Kyndryl. Describing the thoughtfulness in systems and behaviours, as well as practical processes and approaches to culture change, Maryjo encourages you that resources are out there, that you can take action!
Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Do your people insights drive business impact?
This episode is sponsored by Visier, whose secure and extensible workforce data analytics platform and generative AI empower leaders to unlock data driven insights faster. Get more out of your HR tech stack; boost HR efficiency. Drive smarter, more impactful business decisions. Leading companies like eBay, Ford and Sanofi trust the Visier path.
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Topics in this episode:
- Keeping business relevant to customers – HR working on sales compensation
- HR & digital delivery
- A business’ duty of care
- HR – a force multiplier and shock absorber
- Culture at Kyndryl, empathy, restlessness and shared success
- A sense of pride at work and how colleagues feel on Sunday night
- Creating a workforce that represents its communities
- Securing resources and taking action!
References Resources
· How HR Leaders Change the world: Posture at work - what's yours? Stephane Charbonnier, former CHRO, L'Oreal USA
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Rick provides an overview of DE&I challenges facing the construction sector and introduces Willmott Dixon’s approach to championing change, highlighting leadership development and culture change in a predominantly male workforce as key drivers.
Discussing what decency means in leadership and for people, Rick advocates a key opportunity for HR professionals in designing the future of work. Rick shares his family up bringing in describing why he’s passionate about re-balancing patriarchal norms and shares examples of work such as Willmott Dixon’s ‘Dignity at Work Principles’ – encouraging everyone to call out and speak up.
Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World
Do your people insights drive business impact?
This episode is sponsored by Visier, whose secure and extensible workforce data analytics platform and generative AI empower leaders to unlock data driven insights faster. Get more out of your HR tech stack; boost HR efficiency. Drive smarter, more impactful business decisions. Leading companies like eBay, Ford and Sanofi trust the Visier path.
👉 Find about more, close the gap between HR and business impact, go to visier.com today.
Topics in this episode:
· DE&I and skill shortages in construction
· Four elements of decency:
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Employ leaders with integrity, loyalty and kindness
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Employ people with these same characteristics
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Give the right structures to work in
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Measure the working environment to ensure it is decent.
· An example of decent leadership
· Dignity at Work Principles – calling out and speaking up
· Being a catalyst for change
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In the contemporary landscape of HR, the integration of data and analytics has become paramount. Ian Cook, a seasoned practitioner and innovator, delves into the transformative power of data-driven decision-making in business. Ian reflects on the pivotal role of CHROs as change agents, illustrating instances where data and analytics have been instrumental in driving organisational transformation.
Discussing the evolving trend of utilising people data, Ian explores the emerging concept of generative artificial intelligence and its implications for HR strategy. Looking ahead, Ian envisions a future where every HR professional prioritises the investment and elevation of people data to the C-suite and board level, advocating that this approach leads to progress and benefits for businesses and individuals, so too creating a better world.
Find out more about Generative AI for better people analytics, insights and decisions!
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Thank you to Visier for sponsoring this episode! Topics include:
· CHROs as “Data-Driven” Change Agents: Harnessing Workforce Data for Impact
· Gen AI and its Impact on Integrating People Data into HR Strategies
· Future Outlook: Prioritising People Data at the C-suite and Board Level
· Achieving Balance: Leveraging Data for Business and Individual Growth
· Influencing Executive Conversations with Data: Driving Positive Outcomes
Referenced Resources
· https://www.visualcapitalist.com/
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Sharing 7 facets of Babson College’s holistic approach to wellbeing, Donna discusses work-life integration, the shift to a results-based focus, leveraging AI in wellness strategy, and why sustainability is one of the 7 facets.
Donna introduces the values and entrepreneurial mindset that Babson College leads with, and gives examples of people leadership within inclusion, talent acquisition and employee experience strategies, from economic empowerment for underemployed groups to the impact of authenticity on talent retention.
Recalling that HR has a seat at the table, Donna calls on you to be courageous, indeed – to design the table!
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Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here!
Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
· Entrepreneurialism as a mindset
· Social mobility and living organisational values
· Babson’s 7 facets of wellness
· Economic empowerment and representation
· Gen Z, Agility and Talent Acquisition mindsets
· A seat at the table? Design the table!
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Caoimhe introduces AVEVA’s ESG strategy, describing it’s three pillars: i) its products and the positive impact they create for customers, ii) the footprint of AVEVA’s own operations, and iii) inclusive culture, and shares how the C-Suite worked together to create it.
Reflecting on her early career during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Caoimhe describes how this has influenced her approach to inclusion and social mobility. Encouraging you to take a stand, Caoimhe shares examples of making work more equitable, discussing AVEVA’s work in early careers, being a leader in disclosing the ethnicity pay gap, and the role of CSR in ESG.
👉 Your free 2024 Guide: Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice
Did you know, our research showed that only 15% of people feel company support for working parents has kept up to date with society.
This episode is brought to you by From Babies with Love. We believe that every child should be safe, loved and learning, and donate 100% of our profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
We provide our flagship parental leave gift service to hundreds of global HR functions, helping them connect with colleagues across parental leave and in returning to work, contributing to engagement and retention objectives, and so too gender balance goals.
It’s the story of how your parental leave gifts, celebrating and appreciating your colleagues, and at the same time empowering vulnerable children, that creates such poignant employee engagement. Such enhanced value compared to a bunch of flowers! Or any other gift that doesn’t have the Sustainable Development Goals at its heart.
We transform often existing, ad-hoc spend in to a strategic, consistent and inclusive tool in your Working Parents strategy.
In doing this work, across our clients we see many other strategies and tools that provide exceptional employee experience across family planning and care, and we’re delighted to share that knowledge with you, in our new 2024 guide, Cutting Edge Family Friendly policy and practice.
As well as data and latest examples across 5 key themes in family friendly workplaces, from gender inclusive policy to grandparents at work, you’ll enjoy exclusive behind the scenes features from M&G plc, Standard Chartered and The LEGO Group.
Save time in preparing your business cases and learn from others across industries: Download your free Guide here
Make an impact, at a defining moment.
Topics in this episode:
· Aveva’s ESG strategy
· Gender representation in tech
· Investment in early careers
· Inclusion and social mobility
· Disclosing the ethnicity pay gap
· CSR as part of ESG
· Taking a stand
Referenced resource:
5% Club:
5percentclub.org.uk
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Melinda discusses factors influencing mental health for today’s workforce and shares thoughts on where the responsibilities of the organisation versus the individual lie in our changing society. Sharing the theory of Positive Psychology and how this can apply at work, Melinda provides examples of how to provide support to colleagues, including considering global differences in culture and infrastructure.
Ahead of International Women’s Day this year, Melinda discusses creating opportunity and removing bias, and practical steps, sometimes for individuals and sometimes organisation wide, that contribute to equity. With a wonderful to call to action at the end… hear Melinda share her definition of optimism… and see if you feel as empowered as I did!
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Topics in this episode:
· The story of Polaroid
· Women at work and steps to create change
· Mental health and the role of work
· Positive psychology
· Organisations as communities of people
· Recruiting a diverse workforce
· Driving optimism – a willingness to show up to reality
Referenced resources
Martin Seligman & Positive Psychology: Theory and Practice (pursuit-of-happiness.org)
Anderson, P., Jane-llopis, E., & Hosman, C. (2011). Reducing the silent burden of impaired mental health. Health Promotion International, 26(suppl 1), i4–i9. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dar051
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Kavita shares the process of digital transformation at UST, discussing approaches that helped ensure its success, in particular the transparency and communication vital to culture change. Sharing her thoughts on the future of work, Kavita discusses changing approaches to work-life harmony and DE&I, and to what being a sustainable business leader means at work and at home.
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Topics in this episode:
· Shifting to a digital DNA – HR alignment to business goals
· Transparency and communication during change
· The new world of work, DE&I and work-life harmony
· Connecting any role to the UN SDGs
· Sustainable business: beyond achieving Net Zero and opportunities for HR leaders
· Step it up: multi-generational social mobility
· Building social connections – staying human
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Nhlamu summarises KPMG’s leadership approach in connecting the purpose of work to impact in society and shares practical examples of their approach in action, including holding ‘courageous conversations’ and creating plans based on the voices of KPMG people – including how company values come to life when times are tough.
Discussing the transformation of the workplace, Nhlamu shares her thoughts on how we can harness change positively and inclusively – in ways that respond to the needs of all people, and meet client and business needs too.
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Topics in this episode:
· Bringing values to life
· Transformation of the workplace: AI and beyond
· Finding the gold thread in both business and human needs
· Women in leadership
· Being more confident in expressing what we believe
Referenced Resources
· KPMG Impact Plan: https://kpmg.com/xx/en/home/insights/2022/03/our-impact-plan.html
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
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Sarah encourages you to consider yourself disrupter, an HR or Inclusion professional that questions the status quo. Sharing learning across her career leading people strategy, Sarah discusses examples of work in culture change, emotional intelligence in leadership, building gender balance and the connections to flexible working and family friendly workplaces.
Referenced Resources
· Launch invitation: 2024 Guide: Family Friendly policy and practice: https://bit.ly/3OkjDSt
· Download the 2023 Guide: Family Friendly policy and practice: https://bit.ly/4b98ePf
· Elliott Rae’s episode on How HR Leaders Change the World: Episode 39 Masculinity and fatherhood at work: https://bit.ly/42hmLUU
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Topics in this episode:
- Diversity is now a fact, focussing on inclusion
- Talent goals: achieving transparency and being held to account
- Building a play book when creating change
- Future leaders and emotional intelligence
- Disrupting and challenging the status quo
- Gender balance, flexible working and family friendly workplaces
- Who can you help to step into your shoes – someone you don’t currently know?
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A strong advocate for flexible and remote working, Jessie discusses the benefits for individuals, business, the environment and society. Hear Jessie summarise the business case, share practical ways that Doodle implements its approach, and the results for people and culture.
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This episode is brought to you by our good friends at The Clearing. They’d like you to ask yourself some crucial questions:
- How aligned are your people to your organisation’s strategy?
- How well do they understand their role in delivering it?
- And perhaps most importantly, how confident are you that they genuinely buy in to where your organisation is headed?
If these questions strike a chord, you’re not alone – many organisations struggle to put people at the heart of a brand or business change. But The Clearing is here to help you rewrite that narrative through the power of ‘Buy-in’. Whatever you’re trying to achieve, they can help you inspire your people through change, helping them feel connected to where your business is going, and empowering them to shape and deliver that future.
Buy-in is more than a concept – it’s the People Operating System for business and brand change. It’s about creating an environment where every one of your colleagues not only understands what you’re trying to achieve, but believes in it and acts on it. It helps your people become advocates. Clear about their roles. And ensures they show up for your customers and each other when it matters.
The Clearing believes that Buy-in is essential to business performance – especially during times of change or growth. If you’d like to find out more about how they could help you address your key strategic challenges through Buy-in, drop them a line at getintouch@theclearing.co.uk or visit https://theclearing.co.uk/
Topics in this episode: 🔊
- Flexible working and diversity
- Global empathy that goes beyond CSR
- An individual wellbeing budget
- Working remote work with a sense of togetherness
- Transparent career paths
- Partnerships with community organisations
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Caroline describes a change in work culture, centring on people first, and shares initiatives including ‘PTO’ (Predictability, Teaming, Open Communication) – a methodology for everyone to voice personal time or other requirements, enabling a team to deliver a client assignment and team members to have control of their lives.
Describing HR as the gatekeepers of an ethical culture, Caroline considers the future impact of AI and HR’s role in skills and culture development, shares her passions for equal opportunities and education, and discusses initiatives that create a more inclusive workplace and world.
Topics in this episode:
- The culture change from putting people first
- PTO: Predictability, Teaming, Open Communication
- AI, human conscience, and the role of HR
- Equal opportunities and education
- Integrating inclusion
- KPIs for behaviour change
- Mastering your time and your life
Buy In – a People Operating System by The Clearing
This episode is brought to you by our good friends at The Clearing. They’d like you to ask yourself some crucial questions:
- How aligned are your people to your organisation’s strategy?
- How well do they understand their role in delivering it?
- And perhaps most importantly, how confident are you that they genuinely buy in to where your organisation is headed?
If these questions strike a chord, you’re not alone – many organisations struggle to put people at the heart of a brand or business change. But The Clearing is here to help you rewrite that narrative through the power of ‘Buy-in’. Whatever you’re trying to achieve, they can help you inspire your people through change, helping them feel connected to where your business is going, and empowering them to shape and deliver that future.
Buy-in is more than a concept – it’s the People Operating System for business and brand change. It’s about creating an environment where every one of your colleagues not only understands what you’re trying to achieve, but believes in it and acts on it. It helps your people become advocates. Clear about their roles. And ensures they show up for your customers and each other when it matters.
The Clearing believes that Buy-in is essential to business performance – especially during times of change or growth. If you’d like to find out more about how they could help you address your key strategic challenges through Buy-in, drop them a line at getintouch@theclearing.co.uk or visit https://theclearing.co.uk/
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Starting with an overview of how SIG’s strategy contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and her belief that every HR professional creates social change, Suzanne shares the example of her work on human rights across the whole value chain, summarising leadership, cross functional working and measurement approaches.
Discussing future opportunities for the role of HR, Suzanne discusses techniques for reducing gender inequality and the connection to paying living wages, as well as an example of a new competency framework and how it supports what a company wants to stand for.
Calling on everyone in HR to dive into the ESG agenda, Suzanne encourages you to assess how your people practices contribute (or not yet contribute) and to get involved!
Topics in this episode:
- Human Rights due diligence
- Measuring progress with Ecovardis
- Cross functional working
- Reducing gender inequality and the connection to living wages
- A new competency framework for being well and doing well
- Getting involved in the ESG agenda
Referenced resources
· Ecovardis
Buy In – a People Operating System by The Clearing
This episode is brought to you by our good friends at The Clearing. They’d like you to ask yourself some crucial questions:
- How aligned are your people to your organisation’s strategy?
- How well do they understand their role in delivering it?
- And perhaps most importantly, how confident are you that they genuinely buy in to where your organisation is headed?
If these questions strike a chord, you’re not alone – many organisations struggle to put people at the heart of a brand or business change. But The Clearing is here to help you rewrite that narrative through the power of ‘Buy-in’. Whatever you’re trying to achieve, they can help you inspire your people through change, helping them feel connected to where your business is going, and empowering them to shape and deliver that future.
Buy-in is more than a concept – it’s the People Operating System for business and brand change. It’s about creating an environment where every one of your colleagues not only understands what you’re trying to achieve, but believes in it and acts on it. It helps your people become advocates. Clear about their roles. And ensures they show up for your customers and each other when it matters.
The Clearing believes that Buy-in is essential to business performance – especially during times of change or growth. If you’d like to find out more about how they could help you address your key strategic challenges through Buy-in, drop them a line at getintouch@theclearing.co.uk or visit https://theclearing.co.uk/
Download your free cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
Helping you showcase the enhanced value HR creates, this quick and simple tool you can spend just 10 - 15 minutes to connect the dots between HR and ESG, briefly assess progress at your company, and identify opportunities for next quarter and next year: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hresgcheatsheet
Join the How HR Leaders Change the World community!
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Syreeta shares her wide lens view of HR, and why a macro perspective is beneficial for leading HR and leading business. From political agendas to global economics, Syreeta discusses opportunities for HR to be a force for good.
Framing DE&I work in the impact it has for economic empowerment and wider society, Syreeta shares examples of initiatives and discusses the approach of starting with business strategy first, and keeping a clear line of sight, be it a direct or indirect line, to the business’ KPIs.
Leaving you with a call to action to step into the challenges of creating a high performing business, we’ve no doubt you’ll feel inspired listening to Syreeta’s bold leadership…
Topics in this episode:
- Taking a macro view to showcase HR
- HR and business being a force for good
- Supporting other business leaders to be effective
- Economic empowerment through DE&I initiatives
- Starting people strategy with business strategy
- HR makes people better: step into the challenges
Download your free cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Elizabeth introduces people leadership strategies that are framed within Deloitte’s business purpose: ‘making an impact that matters’ and with a ‘human-centred, technology enabled’ approach.
Sharing why climate-action and education are so important to Deloitte’s business model, Elizabeth references their research and describes the voices of Deloitte people - how their values impact delivery of Deloitte’s products and services.
Elizabeth summarises practical examples of work on women’s equity, and calls on you, thinking of profit and purpose as hand in hand, to prepare talent for tomorrow - for skills and equitable opportunity for all.
Topics in this episode:
- The impact of learning and development
- Leadership in digital transformation – a pivotal role for HR
- Wellbeing: the role of empathy in the future of work
- SDG13 and SD4: what matters to Deloitte’s people
- SDG5: Women’s equity – the panel promise
- Prepare talent for tomorrow: skills and equitable opportunities
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Referenced Resources:
· Deloitte Gen Z and Millennial Survey 2023
· 16 Days of Activism UN Campaign
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
In this special episode to mark the impact of HR during COP28, Matt introduces what the COP is, how the series relates to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and why both are relevant to business.
Discussing the relationship between HR and Sustainability teams, Matt shares thoughts on the work of influencing others in the business, noting similarities, synergies, and the ways that Sustainability professionals are benefitting from, for example shifts in DE&I leadership. Noting some of the many connections between HR, Inclusion and Sustainability, Matt comments on examples such as green pensions, whistleblowing policies and The Real Living Wage.
In these few weeks of COP28, Matt calls on you to listen out, and reflect on how what you hear relates to your job...
Topics in this episode:
- What is COP28?
- Why is it relevant to business?
- HR, Inclusion & Sustainability teams working together
- Examples of connections in the E, the S and the G
- The Real Living Wage
- Connecting what you hear during COP28 to your day job
Referenced Resources
Download your free 10 minute cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
Find out more about: The Living Wage Foundation
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Hanneke describes the mission at Tony’s Chocolonely and what this means for talent strategy, and with experience in both large corporate HR as well as smaller business, advocates for the significant opportunity HR has to create positive change.
Discussing the impacts of being a mission-led business for talent acquisition and performance, Hanneke also provides examples of approaches to inclusion from across her career, and calls on you to create space at work to begin a conversation about what your business can do – one small step that can ignite change.
Topics in this episode:
- Talent strategy at a mission led business
- Responsibility to create change in business
- Accessing talent at Pepsico: people with a refugee background
- Being an attractive employer in today’s world
- Equality at work and home
- Creating the agency to start change
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How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Describing the contribution HR can make as ‘changing what work means’ and with a brilliant pie chart technique to illustrate, Ellis discusses the way people view their jobs and the role of work in someones whole life.
Ellis calls on you to see yourself as a gateway for people to live their lives differently. Introducing her approach to open leadership, Ellis shares techniques to support others to do the same and why this is beneficial for organisational performance, and society.
Discussing thoughts on celebrating diversity of human culture, Ellis advocates that there’s work for HR and Inclusion professionals to do on micro-aggressions and provides insights from her masterclasses on intentional inclusivity.
Topics in this episode:
- Being an open leader to change culture
- Changing what work means – the contribution of HR
- Practical and meaningful balance between life and career
- Micro-aggressions and intentional inclusivity
- Challenging people to tell their stories
- You are an instrument for change
Referenced resources
· ERM
Coming up this week - How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Thank you to everyone that’s joining us in person and on the live stream for How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! this week.
We’re so excited to learn from pioneering CHROs discussing how HR leadership is driving positive change and ESG results, including from Aviva Investors, Bain Capital, Britvic, First Bus, Fitch Ratings, Kantar, Ogilvy, Skyscanner, Tate & Lyle, Trustpilot, VodafoneZiggo and more!
...AND cherry on the cake Sir Lenny Henry CBE is joining us with a closing conversation on his experience of transforming a profession and driving social value, on how to get it done, what we can learn and take forward into the transformation of HR. An enormous thank you to our wonderful headline partners Enterprise, Skyscanner, The Clearing and Well, and our brilliant Impact ambassadors Allianz, Frazer Jones, Legal & General, LGBT Great and Oxygen House Group.
Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn
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Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Marcelle provides an overview of her academic research in the experience and outcomes for black employees, and the results of building inclusion strategies centred on lived experience and workforce data.
As well as sharing five trends Marcelle sees for HR: Global talent management; embedding sustainability in the EVP; hybrid & flexible working; mental health; and data driven decision making, Marcelle shares her experience at the intersection of race and health inequalities, provides tools and techniques you can use to build a psychologically safe workplace and shares practical steps to tackle inequality and bias.
Topics in this episode:
- Social justice: research findings in the experience of black employees
- A change of mood in HR
- Five key HR themes in the future of work
- Celebrating our Sisters: Black History Month
- Health inequalities, mental health and psychological safety
- Being courageous in tackling inequality
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on:
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn
Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months.
Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards.
Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation.
Find out more about Well here.
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Ahead of International Men’s Day on 19th November 2023, Sharon joins us to share her work in helping organisations build gender balance. Recognising the importance of gender equality for women, men and non-binary people, Sharon notes that on the current trajectory we’re 140 years away from achieving gender balance at manager level.
Describing strategies that don’t work as well as those that do, Sharon provides an overview of five foundations that enable sustained progress, three structural and two behavioural, and discusses the challenges with, yet importance of, data.
Sharon shares thoughts on the role of men at work, and the pressures they face, as well as practical steps we can take to include men in the work to build gender balance, including ideas you can implement ahead of this year's International Men's Day...
Topics this episode:
· What doesn’t work in building gender balance
· Five foundations for building gender balance
· Delivering Gender Equality through ESG – APPG report
· Challenges with and the importance of data
· Gender Equality for everyone – the role of and impacts for men
· Practical steps to include men in gender balance work
· Dismantling stereotypes: tiny steps in your day-to-day life
Referenced Resources
· APPG on ESG: Delivering Gender Equality through ESG, October 2023
· Shape Talent
· Specialist in helping organisations support working men: Elliot Rae
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn
Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months.
Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards.
Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation.
Find out more about Well here.
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Rob introduces his passion for HR and the opportunities the profession provides for business to be a force for good.
Rob shares examples of his HR leadership in youth employment and economic inclusion, describing measurable business benefits such as reducing labour turnover, increasing productivity and improving engagement scores. Rob also shares an example of HR contributing to a bold net zero commitment, as well as thoughts on building an inclusive workplace.
Calling on you to use your voice, Rob passionately advocates for the opportunities you and everyone in HR has that can effect positive change.
Topics this episode:
- The power of good jobs and the case for Social Mobility
- Using data to shift passion projects to business as usual
- HR having a point of view: the climate crisis, AI and wealth inequality
- Untapped innovation
- HR and a net zero commitment
- Driving change at pace
- Using your voice and harnessing HR’s superpower
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
- How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
- Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
- Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
- Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn
Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months.
Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards.
Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation.
You can find out more about Well here.
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
A year on from How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 and with a new portfolio of leadership roles, Kevin reflects on key areas of change, discussing topics such as economic conditions, and what the challenges mean for HR.
Sharing thoughts on the permanency of shifts, Kevin gives examples of seeing how a people-centred approach, HR in business leadership and DE&I remain central, even in difficult times, and calls on everyone in HR to remain focussed and stay true to Purpose, Values and Culture.
Topics this episode:
- Change in economic conditions
- A people-centred approach and the Cost of Living Crisis
- Running the business: HR and the C-Suite
- Business reputation, HR and ESG
- Remaining focussed and staying true to organisational purpose, values and culture
Referenced Resources
· Free Cheat-Sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn
Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months.
Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards.
Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation.
Find out more about Well here.
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Margareta describes the change at Stena Line, a company in the industrial maritime sector, in putting people at the centre of the business.
Summarising how people and sustainability goals are aligned as part of Stena Line’s commercial business objectives, Margareta shares the 3 key Sustainable Development Goals their people strategy is contributing to and Stena Line’s work with Inner Development Goals.
Discussing inclusion in a context of groups of colleagues historically described as ‘white collar’ and ‘blue collar’ Margareta shares her passion for fairness and how the word ‘care’ is embedded at Stena Line.
Topics this episode:
- People at the core of a traditionally industrial business
- Sustainability in Stena Line’s People Strategy
- The Future of Work: Inner Development Goals
- Fairness at work and The White Book
- Truly listening
Referenced Resources
· Inner Development Goals
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer
(Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs.
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Tamsin shares her approach to HR and business leadership discussing how to create space to reflect, to question the status quo, and thereby to best serve colleagues and customers.
Describing the importance of collaborating, Tamsin shares her experience of finding purpose, her thoughts on how to keep connected with people and planet in a fast-changing world, and on how vulnerability and trust are key to building a culture of inclusion.
Ending with a seemingly simple call to action to underpin innovation and change, Tamsin asks you to: listen…
Topics this episode:
- How to build workplace culture that creates space to step back
- HR questioning the status quo
- Collaboration to enable a thriving workforce
- Meaningfully connecting with purpose and using the UN SDGs framework
- Building inclusion through vulnerable conversations
- Listening
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer
(Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs.
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Marking UK National Inclusion Week we welcome Matt Cameron, Founder & CEO at LGBT Great, who shares his work building inclusive workplaces that confidently attract, engage and retain LGBTQ+ talent.
Matt discusses key strategies to foster inclusion, such as harnessing data and learning from a macro perspective across an industry, and provides thoughts on areas that are often considered the hardest, such as inclusion for colleagues who identify as transgender or non-binary, and navigating legal and cultural differences in global companies.
LGBT Great and From Babies with Love are working together, along with our friends at Fertility Matters @ Work, on our latest Cutting Edge Update, on Surrogacy & Adoption. Matt & Cecilia invite you to join the free Insights Webinar at 1pm, 17th October 2023.
Topics this episode:
- Why Matt created LGBT Great
- What companies are doing to create inclusive workplaces that attract, engage and retain LGBTQ+ talent
- Areas of LGBTQ+ inclusion that companies often find hard
- Sharing insights in our Cutting Edge Update: Surrogacy & Adoption
- Creating LGBTQ+ confident leadership, HR teams and organisations.
Reference resources
· LGBT Great website
· Cutting Edge Update: Surrogacy & Adoption webinar 17th October 2023
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals.
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on.
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP.
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change.
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer
(Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs.
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
How HR Leaders Change the World is at UNGA Week in New York, and in this episode we welcome two of our favourite people back to the podcast to share their perspectives… Stephanie Hasenbos-Case, a pioneering CHRO, and Tom Dannatt, a pioneering a NGO CEO.
UNGA stands for United Nations General Assembly – you’ll see lots of news about UN Week, Global Goals Week, Climate Action Week – there’s a lot going on and NYC is packed!
We're at the half way mark for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we know HR must be at the heart of innovation and change. Healthy happy people, with healthy happy work, in a healthy happy planet right?!
Many of the world’s biggest businesses have workforce sizes that are larger that countries’ populations… so it’s really no overstatement when we talk about How HR Leaders Change the World!
Topics this special episode:
- Gender Inclusion and Street Child’s work in Afghanistan
- The change in corporate-charity partnerships in the last 15 years
- The change in the HR profession in the context of the UN Global Goals
- Pay and equality: an example of HR driving change
- Educating your business on your HR role and impact
- A special offer! Resources to help harness the power of your role to drive change
To mark UN Global Goals Week we’ve got a special offer on your ticket for How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals
· Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on
· Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP
· Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer
(Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs.
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Welcome to this special episode of How HR Leaders Change the World!
Which is a different format to usual, as there’s a big week coming up… the UN General Assembly, also known as UNGA Week and Global Goals Week. It’s a brilliant opportunity for HR and certainly every HR Changemaker, and so we thought to create this episode to tell you about it!
Plus, we’ve created a free cheat-sheet for you: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
In this episode we'll cover:
- What UNGA week is
- Why it matters
- Why it’s relevant to HR
- What I’m doing during UNGA week
- What you can do too, and importantly, why doing so will help your work
Click here to get your free cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results
Plus here's further information about UNGA Week and the link to our free digital tool mapping HR - UN SDGs
The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
Join us to learn and discuss:
- How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?
- How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?
- How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP?
- Demystifying psychological safety: embedding a workplace culture that drives innovation and change.
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss out on your place!
Join us In Person or via Live Stream, get your ticket here: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change:
https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
Claire describes Ocado Group’s three key areas in using AI: customer relationships, efficiency and ESG, and how they apply to HR. Recognising challenges that AI presents, Claire discusses working with the Ocado’s Head of AI Ethics and processes to support decision making.
Following approaches commonly found in the tech sector, Claire summarises applying a product mindset to HR and shares the example of Ocado Group’s ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy - the process to create it and business response.
Claire shares Ocado’s social mobility work and the opportunities created with reskilling programmes including ‘Recode Your Career’ and ‘Bot School’, and leaves us with an approach to delivering change that provides both personal and business credibility for you, and makes the greatest impact with whatever resources you have.
Topics in Claire’s episode:
- Creating a product mindset in HR
- Ocado Group’s Work from Anywhere policy
- AI, HR and ethics
- Social mobility and reskilling
- Achieving the greatest impact
The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results
Join us to learn and discuss:
- How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?
- How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?
- How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP?
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
Find out more and don't miss out on a limited time Earlybird ticket!
(Offer ends 6pm BST 8Sep23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code HRChangemaker to get 30% off your place: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023
Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change:
https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world
We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!
Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove
Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org
Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.
What are the 5 key HR trends shared by leading CHROs on How HR Leaders Change the World?
What are the pioneering podcast alumni most excited for in the future of how HR will lead business success and at the same time deliver ESG results?
What's the one action host Cecilia Crossley woud like to see every HR professional take to make a positive change in the world?
Chaired by news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, in this brilliant Q&A with podcast host Cecilia Crossley, you can hear a summary of the How HR Leaders Change the World – Summer Celebration, a wonderful evening with a room full of your fellow #HRChangemakers.
If you missed out on the evening, where we networked, celebrated and pioneered at the cutting edge of HR leadership, don’t miss out on our next brilliant event…
The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
15 November 2023
How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results
Join us to learn and discuss:
· How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?
· How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?
· How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP?
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too.
Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
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Sharing examples of her work at Ofcom, Aviva and House of Fraser, Kerri-Ann describes how starting with organisational purpose provided powerful learning that informed business and people strategy, underpinning the connections between commercial success and societal impact.
With the example of child safety online, Kerri-Ann describes how a diverse and inclusive group enables pioneering work and provides a brilliant reference to Bletchley Park during WWII in describing the benefits.
Kerri-Ann advocates that every HR professional must have an opinion, use their agency to influence business and change, and to help connect with this, your own purpose and power, recommends that you ask yourself: Why did I join this profession?
Topics in Kerri Ann’s episode:
- Starting with Purpose – an example from Aviva
- ESG and People Strategy
- HR having a business opinion
- Future forward thinking, Ofcom and the example of child safety online
- Bletchley Park – inspiring diversity and inclusion
- Why did you join this profession?
Referenced resources: Nudge, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R Sunstein
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15 November 2023
How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results
Join us to learn and discuss:
- How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?
- How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?
- How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP?
Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.
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Stendert introduces his role in leading people and sustainability across the group of Ecotone’s food and drinks brands, sharing examples of work that take a holistic view of sustainability and how he measures success for people strategy.
Advocating that HR has the exciting role to accelerate energy for change, and for being a bridge between sustainability measures and the people agenda, Stendert discusses positive impacts for people topics such as talent acquisition and leadership, as well as for you and your role, and for business success.
Topics in Stendert’s episode:
- HR as igniters of change
- Distance to employment
- Being the bridge between sustainability measures and the people agenda
- Profit and purpose
- What does it mean to be a sustainable leader?
- Tools to unlock people energy
- The people & sustainability agenda – how you can add value
Referenced resources:
· Paul Polman - Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
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Andrew describes the business transformation he has helped lead Communisis through, sharing how this centred around clarity in business purpose, and how strategy, outcomes and impact, including mapping to the UN SDGs, cascaded out.
Bringing business purpose to life across a diverse organisation with colleagues in 28 countries, Andrew describes building psychological safety and rewarding vulnerability, including with listening sessions, and shares the guidelines for how Communisis has made these successful, the role of exec sponsors and ‘spikey questions’, and what the results have been.
Topics in Andrew’s episode:
- Business transformation - the role of Purpose
- Rewarding vulnerability - psychological safety
- When Exec Board members share personal experience
- Spikey questions
- Mapping every employee’s role to the UN SDGs
- Human-centricity in business
- Being a single dad of a neuro-diverse 8-year-old
- Being yourself
Referenced resources:
· https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/mapping-hr-to-the-un-sdgs
· https://communisis.com/
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Sharing her perspective on finding your why and organisational purpose, Jane discusses key changes taking place in HR and business leadership.
On hybrid and flexible working, Jane provides the idea of ‘putting up scaffolding’ – how to create principles and a framework – for bringing together different expectations on this aspect of the Future of Work. Reflecting on AI, Jane offers thoughts on how to take all colleagues in to the future with optimism. Advocating for HR’s role in bringing energy to DE&I leadership across the business, Jane picks out reverse mentoring as an example of impactful work.
Topics in Jane’s episode:
- Inspiring better workplaces
- Successful and productive flexible working
- AI and skills, life-long learning and opportunity
- Jane’s experience of feeling excluded
- HR’s critical role in enabling DE&I
- The mutual benefit of reverse mentoring
- Finding your why
Referenced resources: Simon Sinek
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Scott introduces Bates Wells’ decision to become the first B Corp certified law firm and shares how this connects with HR deliverables. Providing the example of Bates Wells’ Climate Programme, Scott cites a green workplace pension as one of several HR opportunities.
Discussing initiatives such as engaging colleagues with a climate focussed Employee Resource Group, Scott also shares his lived experience and thoughts on social mobility, opportunities for business to lead, and why he advocates that everyone in HR unlock the potential of their people for the future of both business success and a healthy planet.
Topics in Scott’s episode:
- A Climate Programme and HR strategy
- One HR opportunity: a green workplace pension
- A climate related Employee Resource Group
- Role modelling and social mobility
- DE&I in the legal sector
- B Corps and the Better Business Act
- HR unlocking business potential
Referenced resources:
- Bates Wells website
- B Corp website
- HR – UN SDGs mapping tool
- The Better Business Act
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In leading a maritime business Sophie describes her work to build inclusive culture for colleagues across 62 countries, who are at sea and on land. Sophie advocates a systems approach and for collaborating over competing to overcome systemic challenges such as gender imbalance.
Sharing the many ways that HR is helping drive decarbonisation, from skills design and recruiting to remuneration and performance management – Sophie discusses the significant role of HR in delivering the E in ESG.
Topics in Sophie’s episode:
- HR’s opportunity to influence social change
- Inclusion at sea and on land
- 100,000 hours – human-centric culture
- The role of HR in decarbonisation
- Have confidence in your voice in all business matters
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Jonathan introduces the academic study behind the organisation he founded, Element of Inclusion and his research into the 3 biggest problems that companies experience in their Inclusion work.
Providing tools to measure and communicate the impact of your inclusion strategy, Jonathan shares the ‘PICOC’ model as a persuasive way to present your business case to a decision maker, and recommends that you begin your very own in-house podcast!
Topics in Jonathan’s episode:
- Intersectionality and the Element of Inclusion
- The 3 biggest problems in Inclusion
- Evidenced based in Inclusion
- What people leaders want to achieve in Inclusion work
- 4 ways to collection information
- Communicating inclusion impacts with your decision maker
- The ‘PICOC’ model
- Start an in-house podcast!
Referenced resources: Element of Inclusion of podcast
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Emma shares her pioneering approach in connecting HR colleagues with the Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) framework, describing work that took place at a townhall meeting and, why this is important and inspiring for HR and the business.
Discussing her passions for supporting neurodiverse colleagues and working parents, including the process to gender equalise parental leave at QBE, Emma suggests a technique to help you achieve change and further support your colleagues - to look at whether your company’s internal culture, policies and practices match its PR.
Topics in Emma’s episode:
- Gender equal parental leave
- Connecting HR to the E, S and G in ESG
- Supporting neurodiverse colleagues
- Does your internal culture match your PR?
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Janine describes her CHRO role in the context of making work meaningful, sharing how tools such as health and productivity data can help change work culture, and why re-humanising HR and business through seemingly simple actions can be highly effective.
Janine considers how AI can create opportunities to reduce inequality, such as in recruitment processes, and how her business leadership and passion for reducing inequality contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Topics in Janine’s episode:
- Creating meaning at work
- The essence of leadership
- Where do you get your energy?
- How AI can help create equity
- HR and the SDGs
- Vulnerability – simple actions that reach large groups
- The benefits of giving time to someone who’s different to you
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Describing people experience at the heart of Bank al Etihad’s customer proposition, Daniel connects the results from inclusion and social initiatives that lead to measurable commercial success.
Daniel describes the position of Jordan in respect of women in the workplace and the work taking place to build gender balance. Sharing his approach in how all of us helping one person is the way to change the world, Daniel considers the role of culture and values in achieving change, of continuous learning, scaling impact and partnering with others, and that not only is doing the right thing often free, it’s also right for your business.
Topics in Daniel’s episode:
- Women in the workplace in Jordan
- Helping one person
- Everyday empathy - the role of culture and values
- The commercial results of building inclusion
- Learning, scaling and partnering
- Doing the right thing is often free!
Referenced resource: https://www.bankaletihad.com/en
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Discussing the Trustpilot value: ‘being positively human’, Donna, advocates that vulnerability is a key approach to creating a culture with humanity at its centre. Donna shares her own experience, how to encourage senior leaders to be vulnerable and what the business benefits of this approach are.
Sharing the work of Trustpilot, Donna considers the huge change in society in how we receive information and know whether to trust it and explains how being business led in your approach to HR drives your success.
Topics in Donna’s episode:
- Being positively human
- The business benefits of leading with vulnerability
- Optimising HR work for business outcomes
- Trust online
- Check your footing – being business led
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Explaining how HR leadership drives both business and societal success, Josh comments on the unquenchable power of the human spirit – and the positive impacts when all your stakeholders believe in it.
Josh discusses the ‘decomposition of work’ – how companies are creating agile models of work, changing job architecture away from industrial hierarchiwa to fluid, project orientated businesses – and how this is impacting people and company performance.
Noting a straight line between HR and environmental sustainability issues, Josh describes the concept of “People Sustainability” and how through this lens many areas of HR and Inclusion work can be elevated on a company’s agenda.
Josh’s one wish? That you believe in and take care of yourself - that you understand how valuable, important and complex your role is - because there is so much opportunity for impact.
Topics in Josh’s episode:
- The unquenchable power of the human spirit
- Moving from a description of a job, to work
- People Sustainability
- Impacting society through your people
- Commercial success when inclusion is at the core of the business
- Take care of yourself - understanding how valuable your role is
Referenced resources: Irresistible by Josh Bersin
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Elise describes the inclusion principles at Lundbeck, and, as a neuroscience pharmaceutical, shares the work to reduce stigma in society around mental health disease. Providing examples from colleague storytelling to having a migraine friendly space in an office, Elise shares initiatives to build an inclusive workplace across all elements of both brain health and neurodiversity.
Advocating that HR has the opportunity to boldly drive company ESG strategy, Elise shares why the work is central to your Employer Value Proposition, and encourages you to be courageous in leading this work.
Topics in Elise’s episode:
- Inclusion at Lundbeck
- Creating change if you dare – HR, your EVP and ESG
- Fighting stigma around Mental Health disease
- Gender Equality and behaviour change
- Neurodiversity and inclusion
- Being courageous in leading change
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Narelle thinks of her organisation as a catalyst for change, and advocates that having this lens creates opportunities for people and business leadership, that also have positive impacts for society.
Providing an example of the gender pay gap and results achieved at Kantar, Narelle describes her implementation approach, discussing business alignment, data and critical moments in the employee journey. Noting that there are now five generations in the workforce, Narelle describes the opportunity to support careers and the business and societal benefits of inclusive households.
Narelle calls on you to understand the business imperative of getting inclusion right, and to know the value of your role in making a difference at Moments that Matter for your people, that also has positive impacts for your community.
Topics in Narelle’s episode:
- Campaign Asia: women leading change
- Addressing the gender pay gap and women in leadership roles
- Data at Moments that Matter
- Five generations at work
- Thinking of your organisation as a catalyst for change
- Leadership, global cultural differences and representation
- Knowing the value of your role
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With its aim to act as a global citizen, Katarina explains how Spotify combined change-making roles across HR and other functions, into an Equity & Impact team, and the benefits this created. Sharing how to approach connecting work to, for example the Global Goals (SDGs) Katarina advocates focussing on what your company is and its ambition.
Katarina shares Spotify’s experience of enhancing parental leave and its positive impact for colleagues’ careers, families, the company, and so too for society. Providing learning from Spotify’s data, Katarina explains her approach to making the change globally, and describes the many benefits, including that enhanced parental leave is “leadership development that you don’t have to pay for”.
Topics in Katarina’s episode:
- Spotify’s experience of globally enhancing Parental Leave
- Why Spotify created an Equity & Impact team
- The Global Goals (SDGs) – starting with who you are and your ambition
- Katarina’s experience of DE&I
- Continuous learning and creating real impact
- Katarina’s book recommendation: Bold - a new era in HR
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Discussing talent strategy, Erik asks, with a commercial mindset – why leave anyone behind? In creating a high performing and inclusive business, Erik shares change management tools that help shift perception, activities and results, with examples including asking why 3 times, and an approach thought to be used by Walt Disney.
Erik shares his experience in building gender parity at Pandora, including techniques such as connecting goals to performance management and reward, and provides his thoughts on gender and the future of the HR profession.
Advocating that HR must help ensure everyone enjoys going to work, have a chance to bring their all, and the chance to make their mark, Erik asks you to consider how you can go after this noble goal.
Topics in Erik’s episode:
- Access and opportunity
- Tools to help create behaviour change
- Learning and social mobility
- The influence of HR and gender balance in the function
- Achieving gender parity
- Linking performance to sustainability goals
- Making sure everyone enjoys going to work
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Akhona joins us with a recent promotion from Chief People Officer to General Manager at KFC Africa, showing the trend in people leaders moving to the top job continues its momentum.
Sharing her strategies to empower women and achieve gender parity, Akhona describes the incredible results from programmes such as ‘Women on the Move’ and ‘Shine’, and speaks about her aspiration for representation of all colleagues.
Framing business opportunities within the language of impact, Akhona connects commerce with livelihoods and advocates that true leadership shapes the future by considering both.
Topics in Akhona’s episode:
- Responding to the pandemic
- Women on the Move – upward mobility programme
- Business leadership and impact
- Access to education
- Representation for all colleagues, globally
- Considering people first
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Mary describes her experiences in building inclusion across sectors, from television to technology. Discussing the links between inclusion, commerciality and ESG, Mary describes why the work, and measuring its outcomes, is important to investors and customers – alongside employees.
Sharing her personal connection to neurodiversity, Mary provides thoughts on how to ensure a neurodiverse colleague that joins, also stays, and gives examples of inclusion strategies in gender representation and social mobility.
Mary advocates that inclusion is embedded in every element of a business – that an inclusion lens is always applied – and calls on us to be courageous in ensuring this happens.
Topics in Mary’s episode:
- Female representation in TV
- Navigating uncomfortable conversations with storytelling
- ESG and the future of commercial business: the role of inclusion and empathy
- Measuring inclusion to feed into investor reporting
- Neurodiversity, masking and belonging
- System change through talent attraction
- Applying an inclusion lens in all elements of business
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back from maternity and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
Comeback Coach podcast
Comeback Community
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Emma shares her approach to people strategy as a business design principle, providing an example that brings together business objectives, employee focus, community impact and sustainability, with the example of creating a new office in Cardiff. From hybrid working to the impact for the city, Emma explains how a commercial approach is a key part of being an HR Leader.
Emma describes her passions for gender equality and social mobility, naming Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a heroine, and shares her own experience in advocating that your set of experiences are an incredible tool to support others.
Calling on you to use commercial levers and know that your place at the table is as important as any other, don’t miss the inspiring words Emma shares at the end!
Topics in Emma’s episode:
- Real Estate: an example in people strategy, community and sustainability
- HR and ESG as organisational design principles
- Gender equality, ethnic diversity and social mobility
- The impact of ad-hoc opportunities – an example in learning from listening and an open culture
- Being focussed in D&I and a football analogy!
- Choosing how you use your seat at the table
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back from maternity and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
- Comeback Coach podcast
- Comeback Community
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In this special episode to mark International Women’s Day, hear Erin Brockovich’s keynote at How HR Leaders Change the World- Live!, “Being bold in the corporate world – personal empowerment and persistence”. Erin was so passionate and inspiring she moved the room to tears!
Erin assumes you’ve seen the film, and goes behind the scenes to her upbringing, her family and her relationships to explain her approach to achieving justice, with approaches you can also use to overcome hurdles and achieve your goals.
With incredible openness, honesty and vulnerability, Erin’s speech will leave with energy and tools to question the status quo, address issues that you see, and drive positive change.
Topics in Erin’s episode:
- Being centred
- ‘Stick-to-it-ive-ness’ – dogged persistence
- Being accepted when you’re different
- Logic, Leverage, Loyalty, Love
- Environmental and water contamination around the world
- RAM: realisation, assessment and accountability, motivation
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back from maternity and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
- Comeback Coach podcast
- Comeback Community
- Erin Brockovich’s Community Healthbook
- Superman’s Not Coming – Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can do about it – Erin Brockovich
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Celebrating International Women’s Day and the 2023 theme, #EmbraceEquity, Vanessa shares the steps in her career that led her to create WeAreTheCity – which helps progress female careers.
Suggesting ways that can best advance gender balance and inclusion at work, Vanessa recommends considering an equity (rather than equality) model and a focus on sponsorship - describing what best practice sponsorship looks like.
Vanessa shares ideas on how to be ‘intrapreneurial’, how to start and grow an area of work that you feel passionate about – turning it from ‘a side of the desk’ project to an embedded part of your role, highlighting collaboration and self-belief as two important ingredients.
Topics in Vanessa’s episode:
-
EmbraceEquity – an equity model approach
- Sponsorship and male allyship
- Intersectionality
- AI, HR tech and being human
- Being an intrapreneur by bringing your passion to work
- The importance of identifying and trying to remove bias
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back from maternity and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
Comeback Coach podcast
Comeback Community
2023 Guide: Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave policy and practice
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Stephane describes both small actions in creating opportunity for colleagues and his approach to leading change at scale.
Sharing the example of the Listening Circle at L’Oreal, Stephane explains why a deep willingness to listen and understand is a fundamental starting point to creating a culture of belonging, and reflects on the emotions involved.
Discussing the posture we choose at work, how this can help us as well as others, Stephane highlights the opportunity for HR to move forward by being brave.
Topics in Stephane’s episode:
- Opportunities for employment and social mobility
- Listening at work
- Posture - how do you want to show up?
- HR: being brave and holding up the mirror
- Sharing knowledge to create opportunities through work
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back form maternity leave and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
- Comeback Coach podcast
- Comeback Community
- Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When The Stakes Are High
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In this special episode Cecilia shares cutting edge initiatives that are enhancing family friendly culture in the workplace.
Covering the 5 key trends in From Babies with Love’s 2023 Guide, Cecilia summarises the latest policy and practice on gender inclusive leave, fertility, neonatal, pregnancy loss and baby loss leave, in recognising returning to work and in grandparents at work.
With insightful behind the scenes features by Aon, Sony Music UK and William Hill, this episode and the Guide can give you new ideas for best practice actions you can take at your company to enhance family friendly and inclusive culture, and to attract, engage and retain talent.
Your call to action this week comes from Cecilia, go grab your free copy of the guide - we hope it’s a helpful resource for you!
Here’s a snapshot:
[2:00] Introducing the 2023 Guide
[5:00] Gender Inclusive Parental Leave and Behind the Scenes with Dads@Aon
[8:45] Fertility and Neonatal Leave and Behind the Scenes with William Hill
[12:40] Recognising Returning Work and Behind the Scenes with Sony Music UK
[18:00] Grandparents at Work – the rising profile of age inclusivity
Thank you to our sponsor for this week's episode, The Talent Keeper Specialists. Their brilliant podcast, COMEBACK COACH is the podcast for people coming back from maternity and other work breaks recommended by HR professionals.
Referenced resources
- Comeback Community
- Comeback Coach podcast
- 2023 Guide: Cutting Edge Family & Parental Leave policy and practice
- Cutting Edge Update with The Co-op
Mary shares her experience in how to support business leaders to lead differently, and the changes she has seen in what’s required of successful leaders today.
Considering changes in working practices and culture, Mary advocates that HR must be intentional in designing the spaces in which we work, to ensure they contribute to talent strategy, and reflect company culture and values.
Explaining why inclusion is a vital building block to other programmes, Mary calls on everyone to be conscious in owning their journey, discusses how HR can facilitate, and why HR must hold leaders accountable for their behaviours.
Noting that HR is the voice in the room representing everyone, Mary calls on you to grab this opportunity, and responsibility.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] The changing requirements of business leaders
[11:20] Spaces as part of talent strategy
[18:00] Why demonstrating inclusion is a building block for change and success
[22:30] Self-awareness: owning your journey and being conscious!
[27:30] HR as the voice for people not in the room
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Leila advocates for the importance of intersectionality in diversity and inclusion, describes the ten facets of diversity analysed in the DIAL Diversity Review, and shares examples of how they map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Discussing the work of DIAL Global, Leila considers how DE&I is an incredible lever for businesses to grow profit and at the same time have positive impact in society. From measuring change to communicating value to the C-Suite, Leila explains why the work of DE&I will continue to rise up business' agendas.
The DIAL Diversity Review is a free resource for you to use in your work – please do download it! And after reading, get in touch with the DIAL Global team to get involved in the 2023 Review – the survey is currently in progress, and you can be part of, and benefit, from this brilliant and important work.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Intersectionality, Diversity & Inclusion, and the UN SDGs
[8:00] DIAL Global and harnessing DE&I as a lever for profitable and impactful businesses
[14:30] Measuring to drive change
[21:00] Communicating the value of DE&I to business leaders
[25:30] Which Sustainable Development Goals does DE&I map to?
[34:00] Using the DIAL Diversity Review to move forward, faster!
Referenced resources
- McKenzie-Delis (DIAL Diversity) Review
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Stephen describes the role of culture in the transformation that has taken place at Panasonic Automotive over recent years. Summarising before and after metrics, Stephen openly shares successes and learnings along the way.
Sharing the benefits of building transparency in an organisation, Stephen describes his approach, and examples of how a transparent culture has helped identify and address opportunities to improve business performance.
Advocating that all HR professionals have the opportunity to step out of HR thinking into business leadership thinking, Stephen asks you to take your seat in leading a ‘culture rebelution’!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:10] Culture at the centre of transformation
[7:00] Successes and learnings in the culture change process
[10:15] The measurable results of culture change
[13:20] Turning HR discussions into business discussions
[18:00] Building transparency
[22:00] Your seat at the leadership table
[25:00] Volunteering, transformation, and leadership coaching
[30:30] Pay equity – an example of transparency helping drive change
[34:00] Take responsibility for the role you might not even have yet…
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Noting the shift in the role of HR in business leadership, Anabel provides thoughts on how to reinforce the importance of HR’s role, including the relationship with the CEO and adding value for all C-Suite leaders.
Anabel shares her approach to sustainability as part of people and business strategies, and shares her passion for impact as a driver for career development, explaining how individual passions and capabilities are fundamental to career design.
Anabel calls on us to invest in developing our leaders, and above all, to take your place, at the leadership table.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[03:10] Creating their own careers in an impact led way
[06:10] Evolving the role of HR in business success
[13:40] Sustainability and HR
[18:50] Articulating what inclusion means
[23:20] Developing leaders of tomorrow
This week we’re also delighted to announce that we’ve been selected for The Big Issue’s 2023 accolade: 100 Changemakers! What a brilliant start to the 2023, and as always, thank you for being part of How HR Leaders Change the World and a pioneering #HRChangemaker!
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Sharing his experience at First Bus and Royal Mail, Kevin introduces the modernisation strategies he has and is helping lead.
Describing people strategy in the context of decarbonisation objectives, Kevin gives example initiatives such as considering colleagues’ commutes to work to repurposing legacy assets in ways that benefit employees and communities.
Kevin provides thoughts on diversity, high performing teams and innovation, discussing how to make your organisation a great place to work. Identifying the need to re-present HR and attract the best talent, Kevin calls on you to influence the future of the HR profession.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] Connecting and decarbonising
[12:00] The future of work and carbon targets
[18:00] Flexible working
[21:30] Making your organisation a great place to work
[26:10] 3 key questions for high performing teams
[28:00] The start of creating diversity
[36:00] Getting the best talent in to HR, leading and taking risks
Referenced resources
- Competitive People Strategy
- Timewise
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Steve shares his approach to life and work, based on the concept of flourishing. Describing what this looks like, Steve summarises elements that contribute to a culture where everyone flourishes, and what the human and business benefits are.
From preventing illness to promoting wellness, Steve provides steps and questions you can ask of your organisation to help create culture that supports mental health and wellbeing. Advocating that everyone works towards the goal of work having a net positive impact on colleagues’ health, Steve also provides a suggestion for reflecting and prioritising as we head into the new year.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:00] A wellbeing focus – Steve’s path to co-founding Unmind
[7.40] Flourishing as a central theme
[12:30] Organisational responsibility for colleague wellbeing
[16:30] Steps you can take to create culture change
[20:50] Measuring progress – the Workplace Index
[23:00] Connecting health at work to the impact colleagues have
[31:00] Does work have a net positive impact on your mental health and wellbeing?
Referenced resources
- Flourishing podcast
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 edition is now available on demand. Click here to watch HR Leaders share how your strategic, commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, plus you can watch Erin Brockovich’s incredible closing keynote – Erin moved the room to tears! Don’t miss all the goodness and inspiration on how you can harness the power of your HR role create positive social and environmental change.
Elaine advocates that to win a business case and create change, we need to win hearts and minds, and to do this, we must give a bit of ourselves. Starting with cataloguing your life and what you’ve learned along the way, Elaine describes how to adopt this approach and how it can help you achieve your goals.
Discussing the momentum in creating representation in the workplace, using your sphere of influence and harnessing collaborative ways of working, Elaine shares her vision for how we work together in the years to come and encourages you to think about one thing that you, uniquely, can do.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:48] Being open to build connections and win a business case
[7:14] Creating change: Step 1 - catalogue your life and what you learned
[12:20] Representation in the workplace and your sphere of influence
[16:50] A collaboration mindset
[22:15] Social Mobility, examples in the hospitality and marketing industries
[27:08] The evolution of Employee Network Groups
[30:50] What’s the one thing you can do?
Referenced resources
- Springboard
- Brixton Finishing School
- Uptree
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 2022 edition
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Karen discusses her experience in transforming culture to connect colleagues with business purpose and their wider societal impacts.
Sharing her experience at Capital One, Karen describes the emotional impacts for customers and employees, and how by understanding emotion employees helped transform the lives of customers.
Advocating both the colleague and commercial benefits of vulnerability in the workplace, Karen provides practical suggestions on how to start changing culture, and shares her experience of reflection and learning following the murder of George Floyd.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:25] Bringing culture to life – a case study in money and emotion at Capital One
[13:00] Forgotten talent cohorts
[18:10] Internal apprenticeships
[21:57] Vulnerability in the workplace
[28:00] Reflecting and learning following the murder of George Floyd
[32:40] Clarifying a problem and using the data
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
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In this episode host Cecilia Crossley summarises the discussions from our recent conference, How HR Leaders Change the World – Live!
From UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health & Wellbeing to SDG11 Sustainable Cities & Communities, plus all the environmental goals, Cecilia recaps the examples the CHRO panellists provided at the conference – showcasing how commercial, strategic, HR work is also creating positive social change and driving ESG results.
Working on a collective exercise in mapping HR work to the UN SDGs, Cecilia invites you to join in and harness the power of your role as a #HRChangemaker…
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[1:30] How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! overview
[4:00] SDG11 and an example of a new office
[8:00] Talent, Social Mobility and the SDGs, examples from TFG Brands London
[12:30] The macro perspective – people strategy, business purpose and transformation
[16:00] DE&I, SDG5 Gender Equity and SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
[17:00] Mapping your HR work to the SDGs and how this will help you
Referenced resources
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- How HR Leaders Change the World community – join us!
- World Economic Forum CEO’s letter
- Email your mapping doodles to impact@frombabieswithlove.org
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
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The recordings are only available for a limited time, so click on the link today!
Natalia discusses the impact HR creates by empowering people; how many small actions by HR support people to achieve their dreams.
Natalia describes Ahold Delhaize’s moto, “Open for Everyone” and the culture this drives for both customers and employees, and shares examples that are having significant impact in achieving inclusion goals, such as training in Inclusive Leadership and Business Resource Groups.
Calling on everyone in HR to find ways to give to society, Natalia reminds us that we are making a difference in the world, and whilst doing so, that we must take care of ourselves too.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:00] Empowering people to follow their dreams
[8:10] Recommendations for a wellbeing programme
[13:00] Open for everyone – customers and employees
[18:30] Training in Inclusive Leadership
[22:15] Business Resource Groups – why BRG not ERG
[26:40] Responding to the invasion of Ukraine
Referenced resources
- Tom Baxter, Just Eat for Business Q&A
- https://business.just-eat.co.uk
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
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Gian shares the personal experiences that led him to create TLC Lions; with the goal to create a more human working world.
Explaining why storytelling can be one of your greatest strengths, Gian describes the first steps you can take to create a culture where colleagues share and harness the power of their stories.
Advocating for the power of listening, and the need to enhance training in listening skills, Gian also describes how being more self-aware makes you a stronger leader.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Why Gian founded TLC Lions
[6:00] Storytelling can be your greatest strength
[9:50] First steps for HR to take to create a storytelling culture
[13:00] Doubling down on human skills
[16:00] Being a stronger leader by being more self-aware
[21:00] The H in HR
[27:20] Gian’s call to action, please just listen
Referenced resources
- Tom Baxter , Just Eat for Business Q&A
- https://business.just-eat.co.uk
- Tools of the Titans by Tim Ferris
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Passionate about gender balance and inclusion, Asma shares initiatives that build opportunities for both customers and employees.
Harnessing the power of commerce to create positive change, Asma describes her leadership role in a business growth strategy that also developed opportunities for women in rural areas, contributing to SDG5, gender equality, amongst others.
Asma calls on everyone in HR to invest in wellbeing, basing this work on human empathy rather than business return calculations.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:30] Harnessing a business strategy to create opportunities for rural women
[10:00] Re-skilling the workforce
[16:20] Creating a culture of respect
[20:20] Building both customer and employee inclusion
[24:50] Employee wellbeing
Referenced resources
- Tom Baxter , Just Eat for Business Q&A
- https://business.just-eat.co.uk
- Purple Tuesday
- Wellbeing at Work forum
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Carolanne describes examples of key shifts she helped create for inclusion at work, including enhancing parental leave, designing a return-to-work programme, and working with health insurance providers to support transgender colleagues. Providing a step-by-step calculation to help secure sign off for equalising parental leave, Carolanne shares how this worked, alongside sentiment analysis.
Carolanne shares her experience with investors, the Chairman and CEO – all now wanting to speak to inclusion leaders, and how companies are stepping ahead of local legislation to pioneer change.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:00] Significant shifts: A principles-based approach to parental leave, returning to work and supporting transgender colleagues
[9:30] A calculation to help get sign off for equalising parental leave
[16:00] A new stage of maturity for inclusion strategy
[19:00] Pay gap reporting and stepping ahead of local legislation
[24:00] Social Mobility – widening workforce participation and culture that enables people to thrive
[32:15] Carolanne’s 3 wishes: Principles not policies, using data, and work with your C-Suite
Referenced resources
Uncovering Talent – a new model of inclusion
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Yetunde shares what leadership means to her, focussing on the notion of love, and results.
Reflecting on her long career and portfolio of experience, Yetunde describes her response to the murder of George Floyd and setting up Solaris, and how she views the opportunity for HR to create a human-centred workplace and bring justice through the world of work.
Yetunde provides a step-by-step plan for how you can introduce the language of love, leading with love in your organisation, and remind you how critical you are, to your business and the communities your business serves.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:30] What leadership means to Yetunde
[5:30] Responding to the murder of George – Solaris
[9:00] The opportunity for HR to create a human centred workplace
[14:00] The role of HR on the Remuneration Committee
[17:44] Leading from a place of love – Beyond Engagement
[30:00] How to introduce leading with love at your organisation
[33:00] Your leadership role and how critical your work is!
Referenced resources
Solaris Global Executive Leadership Development - Yetunde Hofmann–Solaris Programme
Enjoyable Life Series/ Conference - Yetunde Hofmann–Whats Your Story
Yetunde’s book - Beyond Engagement - Yetunde Hofmann–Book
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Orlagh describes her experience in responding to the financial crash in 2008, and how her learning, sharing in particular the importance of clear anchors, is helping her lead her organisation through current shocks society.
Discussing the shift to hybrid working Orlagh advocates measuring performance on outcomes and describes the benefits of team charters, and using them for cross team collaboration too.
Orlagh shares her passion for helping people to realise their talents, learn and grow, and encourages us to create a sense of hope and stability through our place of work.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:30] Responding to the 2008 financial crash – creating hope for the future
[6:40] Clarity for leadership - anchors in times of significant change
[9:00] Hybrid working, productivity and measuring on outcomes
[17:00] Orlagh’s passion for education, learning and growth
[21:50] Creating active employee groups that foster inclusion
[29:45] Strengthening connection and sense of hope through work
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Saskia describes Henkel’s drive for gender parity, discussing activities across the employee lifecycle that, working together with the whole business of over 50,000 colleagues, contribute to creating change.
Providing the examples of role modelling and influencing, Saskia discusses laying aside competitive behaviours, the power of working together and tips for best practice.
Saskia shares her long-term dream that so much positive change will see DE&I roles become obsolete, and her hope that constant dialogue progresses us towards this.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:40] Achieving gender parity
[11:50] The impact of and best practice role modelling
[20:40] Healthcare initiatives and topics at work
[26:00] A dream that DE&I roles become obsolete; staying in dialogue to move towards that
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
In this special episode we take a look at examples of how HR delivers the E, the S and the G in ESG.
It's brilliant to see the momentum in linking how your commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. So, we selected a few examples from a handful of CHROs' episodes, and we connect the dots.
We only scratch the surface of the topics and connections – but I hope the examples will be useful to you in seeing how naturally they come, how rewarding it is to see the work in the context of the change it creates, and how helpful that can be to winning the hearts and minds of any stakeholders you need to, to effect change at your company.
Make sure you stay tuned to the end of the episode because I share an idea for a brilliant and easy exercise you can do…
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Don't miss out on HR Leaders Change the World - Live!, the inspiring event for designing best practice in the new world of work and pioneering how people leaders deliver ESG strategy.
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Discussing that the role of HR leaders is as a powerful catalyst for others creating change, Elly shares her views on how the culmination of small changes over many years creates tectonic shifts in approaches to people and business.
Elly also shares her personal passion for understanding of race and ethnicity in society, and a wonderfully simple one line to summarise her approach to inclusion.
Highlighting the importance of kindness and empathic leadership, Elly invites you to step into this approach to role modelling, and to encourage others to do the same.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:30] Culture change one conversation at a time
[9:30] HR helping leaders advocate for change
[12:30] HR on an ESG Committee
[17:30] Race, ethnicity, and class in modern society
[26:05] One line to remember for your approach to inclusion
[32:00] Having courage and kindness to hold people to account and drive change
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
Watch Erin introduce How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! here
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
As well as flexible and personal, Marieke believes that the future of work is green.
Discussing several of the trends she sees in the labour market from attracting to retaining, Marieke shares her thoughts on the impacts for companies and HR in a fierce, demand-led context.
Sharing her personal passion for addressing the climate crisis, Marieke describes how HR professionals can best influence, from leadership strategy to hybrid working design. Indeed, if Marieke could ask you to take only one action, it would be to put sustainability on the agenda, for every decision.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] Coaching across cultures
[8:20] Everyone having their own advisory board
[10:00] Dynamics in the labour market
[22:00] The future of HR is green
[30:00] Building diverse and inclusive teams
[35:30] Putting sustainability on the agenda for every decision
Referenced resources
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
In sharing his career across many sectors and counties, including for companies with a billion customers, Roberto describes a common theme in leaving a positive mark on society and follows the logic in how a business that helps people to live better, results in a business that makes profit.
Roberto considers the revolutions in leadership and people management that have and are happening through the pandemic, advocating that flexibility is key in ways of working and redefining the workplace, and providing examples of new initiatives at Danone.
Asking everyone in HR to help shape and deliver the purpose of their organisation, Roberto emphasises that the power is in your hands!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] A common theme: positive impact in society
[7:25] Purpose and financial to return to shareholders
[11:42] Revolutions in leadership and people management through the pandemic
[19:00] First principle: no strict principles – redefining the workplace
[24:50] The role of business in Diversity & Inclusion
[31:30] The power is in your hands
Referenced resource
UN Manifesto Standards of Conduct for Business
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5-star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Cornelia shares her experience of the pandemic, the mental and physical issues it led to, and how she responded with a new approach to caring for herself as part of her professional performance.
Cornelia describes how caring sets the tone for leadership and performance at Bahlsen, as well as her work creating a culture trying new ideas and making mistakes to both come through challenges and uncover opportunities.
Cornelia notes HR’s responsibility, and duty, to help people by making self-care a priority; by focussing on health and wellbeing, and by being human.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:10] Caring for yourself as part of your performance
[8:40] Resilience and caring at Bahlsen
[11:30] Culture driving performance - the simple elements of how we behave
[15:00] Making mistakes – a culture of curiosity, courage and learning
[18:30] People strategy based on diverse teams
[26:00] Customer centred DE&I
[29:00] The human being at the centre
Referenced resources
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Ashira discusses her thoughts on how she leads and impacts the energy of her colleagues, driving wellbeing and business performance. Providing fantastic analogies such as the role of a conductor in an orchestra, and the shared feeling of ‘jet lag’ coming out of the pandemic, Ashira describes how you can reflect on and harness your own energy too.
Connecting her passions for people, graphology and neurology, Ashira shares her interests and learning that support her approach to embracing differences, understanding people, and educating – as a person, a parent and at work.
Thinking of HR as being on the front line through the pandemic and into the future, Ashira reminds us that everyone in HR has the tools, skills and energy to influence and impact a new world – at work and beyond.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Your ability to change energy
[7:00] A conductor and an orchestra – an energy analogy
[11:00] Coming out of a crisis - energy depletion and the future of work
[18:20] Embracing differences and understanding people
[26:40] Logic and intuition: a structure, data, and making decisions to foster inclusion
[30:40] You have the opportunity and tools to do something amazing!
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Joy shares her approach to HR and business leadership through the lens of a golden triangle: Purpose, Leadership and Culture, discussing achievements to date as well as work ahead.
Joy describes leading HR as a guardian of culture, providing practical examples such as #winningteam and Manulife’s Global Day of Reflection & Learning, as well as the principles that underly areas including performance management. Joy also shares the transformation in and compounding impact of employee engagement and customer satisfaction that Manulife has experienced, evidenced by significant jumps in net promotor scores.
Joy advocates that we lead holistically; that all HR professionals see themselves as changemakers and are ambitious in driving commercial and social impact for their businesses and society beyond.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] A Golden Triangle: Purpose, Leadership and Culture
[9:00] Manulife’s Global Day of Reflection & Learning
[11:10] HR as the guardian of winning culture
[19:45] Building equity through a learning culture
[25:00] Compounding impact: employee engagement and customer satisfaction
[34:00] Holistic impact - being ambitious commercially and socially
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback you've sent us, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peers and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Frauke introduces her passion for transformation, having seen several across her career, and her excitement for the transformation to climate solutions at Viessmann.
From the principles in creating a business centred on a net positive contribution, to strategies such as a new Talent Architecture for the skills needed today and tomorrow, Frauke describes people as the soul of an organisation, and how working with the heart must be alongside a market orientated people function.
Frauke also shares her thoughts on privilege and describes the importance of creating an inclusive environment at work by looking at where decisions are made.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:00] HR at the centre of transformations
[6:00] People & Organisation examples of transformation
[11:00] A new Talent Architecture for the skills of today and tomorrow
[20:00] HR for a net positive system – a new generation of thinking
[26:45] Frauke and Viessmann’s support for families fleeing Ukraine
[30:00] Harnessing our privilege
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Eugenio shares his career in HR that has included his move from CHRO to COO at The Dorchester Collection.
Advocating that doing the right thing is the essence of HR leadership, Eugenio discusses its importance even when you’re doing work that’s continually challenged, and shares thoughts on the changing role descriptions for HR professionals – why this is a good thing and the opportunities it brings.
Providing examples such as how to support managers with all the changes taking place, Eugenio provides guidance on asking the right questions rather than having all the answers, and calls on everyone in HR to take more risks.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:00] From CHRO to COO – logical career progression
[4:00] Doing the right thing, including when you’re challenged
[11:00] Changing the HR job description
[17:00] Human rights, employment law and inclusion
[24:00] The shift in how we learn and continuous development
[31:00] Taking risks and not being afraid to change
How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
Have you heard the exciting news?!
With huge thanks to you for the 5 star reviews and wonderful feedback, we're launching our first one day conference, How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
As well as learning from inspiring HR Leaders on how your strategic, commercial HR work is also creating change and delivering ESG goals, you'll be able to discuss ideas, challenges, co-create best practice with your peer and... there's more...
We're utterly thrilled to announce that our special guest, presenting a galvanising keynote, is the amazing Erin Brockovich!
In her inspiring session you'll hear Erin share her experience and advice on how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.
It's on 16th November 2022, at Linklaters, London.
Don't delay - we'll be in a big auditorium, but we know we won't be able to fit everyone that wants to come... so visit our website today to grab your seat before tickets sell out!
It's set to be the most inspiring, changemaking, HR event ever, and we can't wait to see you there!
Sharing insights from multiple Board of Director roles and a career in HR, Gary discusses a shift in approach with Chief Executives leading on businesses’ role in society, how this provides their competitive edge, and what this means for people strategy.
Discussing how measuring can create progress, Gary advocates that in respect of targets we all need to be a bit impatient, and provides examples of measurement enabling positive change in areas such as hiring and promotion.
Advocating that we move from passive to active, from by-standers to up-standers, Gary reminds us that change starts with us and that HR leaders must show they’re different.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Purpose and developing the people agenda
[11:25] Chief Executives’ market statements and the role of HR
[17:00] Access to education
[24:00] Measuring to create progress - hiring and promotion
[27:00] Moving from passive to active
[29:00] Change starts with you
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Sharing her views on the shift in business and the focus on people, Pauly provides an overview of initiatives such as Publicis Groupe ANZ’s Reconciliation Action Plan.
Having launched a flexible working policy before Covid, Pauly discusses how this is helping people and performance post Covid, and how the launch process uncovered some unexpected biases…
A wonderful advocate for radical disruption, Pauly describes the need for us to lead with humanity, and to help our colleagues, our leaders and CEOs, do the same.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Launching a flexible working policy before Covid, and the impact post Covid
[6:30] Discovering unexpected biases towards flexibility and performance
[11:00] Business results and impact in people-led companies
[14:50] Mapping HR to ESG and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
[16:30] Developing a Reconciliation Plan and listening to our elders
[23:30] Returning to work after parental leave – Cub Care
[29:00] Radical disruption and leading with humanity at the heart
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Yasir shares insights in leading D&I in media, from news channels to newspapers, discussing both employee and audience facing facets of building D&I strategy.
Providing examples of work such as his approach to creating an Inclusion Toolkit, Yasir shares his views on creating confidence and capability to manage D&I, where we are with the D&I business case, and how to make mistakes well.
Yasir notes the courage it takes for us to create change; and encourages us to continually self-reflect as we progress.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Building blocks for diversity and inclusion
[10:00] Confidence and capability to manage D&I
[11:50] Creating an Inclusion Toolkit
[14:45] What lead Yasir to becoming a D&I Leader
[19:30] Does everyone get D&I the business case now?
[23:00] Making mistakes well
[27:00] Self-reflection and courage
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Sergio shares Netflix’s holistic approach to excellence, an approach that empowers individuals to lead their own performance, and results in Netflix’s policies such as for annual leave: ‘take as much time as you need’.
Providing insights into Netflix’s work on representation behind and in front of the camera, and on eliminating bias, Sergio discusses the risk of missing unexpected talent, including colleagues such as himself, who didn’t get an MBA or study at an Ivy League university.
Highlighting the benefits, Sergio calls on everyone in HR to work with an open approach to talent.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] A holistic approach to excellence: vacation and parental leave at Netflix
[7:00] Performance: a Netflix of one
[10:50] Representation behind and in front of the camera
[17:00] People profiles in corporate America
[21:40] Eliminating bias: Legitimate drivers for advancement
[25:50] Taking an open approach to talent
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Jane shares her approach to finding points in the employee lifecycle to make positive impact, providing examples such as HR’s role in designing leaders’ decarbonisation and gender targets that create transparency and accountability.
Describing Dentsu’s approach to attracting Millennial and GenZ talent through its employer value proposition and brand message as champions for meaningful progress, Jane highlights the partnership between HR and Social Impact teams.
Encouraging us to listen more and stay curious, don’t miss all the examples Jane provides in this brilliant episode – and we’d love to know what you think about having a personal carbon budget at work!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:20] Finding points in an employee lifecycle to make an impact
[6:00] HR supporting decarbonisation targets
[11:20] Championing meaningful progress: HR and Social Impact partnering
[17:00] Social Mobility
[20:00] Reviewing corporate values through an inclusion lens
[26:30] Listening more and stay curious
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Describing her work to help colleagues break down and understand Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chasity shares her approach to get from theory to steps we can take each day. Noting changes across generations, Chasity provides thoughts on human nature at work and changing how we view talent, as well as her work to drive equity through access to employment.
Sharing how breaking down barriers and eliminating biases stems from building relationships, Chasity advocates relationship work is one of the best ways to build equity and inclusion and calls on us to be courageous in speaking up for diverse populations and challenging bad behaviour.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:30] Translating DE&I into actionable steps we can all take
[8:00] Building relationships in safe spaces across generations
[12:00] Changing traditional views of talent
[16:00] Helping create equity inside and outside of work
[21:00] Challenging people to do the work
[26:00] The Diverse Attorney Pipeline programme
[29:00] Being courageous
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
The Diverse Attorney Pipeline Programme
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Danny discusses the opportunities and risks arising from changes in work that have been fast forwarded due to the pandemic. From inclusion to technology and rewarding work, Danny describes her approach at Aviva.
Danny advocates that creating an inclusive environment is a culmination of small, daily activities, akin to getting fit or being healthy, and shares examples of cost-free steps everyone can take, including why allies are so impactful.
Asking everyone in HR to start collecting data on hybrid working, Danny calls on the HR profession to use this data to show models of working that are best for both business and people.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Responding to the pandemic
[4:40] Creating careers and opportunities
[6:30] The future of work – opportunities and risks
[12:00] The future of work – technology
[15:50] Inclusion – how organisations change society
[19:20] D&I – no silver bullet, keep going every day
[23:55] Capturing data on hybrid working
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Ahead of World Wellbeing Week starting on 27 June, in this special episode we hear from Rachel Vecht who shares her decades of experience helping companies to support their colleagues’ wellbeing. Discussing strategies for strong relationships, from parent-child to colleague-colleague, Rachel provides practical examples we can all use day to day, (I loved the magic ratio of 5:1!) as well as underlying principles that inform her approach.
Discussing the impact of how the pandemic has ‘humanised’ businesses, Rachel calls on us to keep the momentum in the seismic changes taking place in the workplace.
Hear Rachel’s fantastic examples and simple suggestions you can implement at work and at home, including approaches you could launch during this year’s Wellbeing Week.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3.00] Strategies for strong relationships
[5:40] Examples of practical steps you can take
[8:25] A seismic acceleration of change in the workplace
[11:35] Gender balance and addressing societal bias
[15:24] Examples of projects that deliver inclusion
[18:44] Opening doors of communication
[21:20] Authentic and normalised communication
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Tripti shares her passion for the role of HR in delivering Novartis’ purpose, to reimagine medicine. Discussing the role of individuals in organisational transformation, Tripti talks about shaping leadership and talent in a way that brings culture to life. Discussing her work to make career opportunities more transparent, Tripti provides an example of a pilot mentoring programme that is more agile, encourages a mindset change and empowers talent. Advocating that the best way to drive Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is to ‘listen to learn’, Tripti describes the approach of giving leaders the tools to listen, as listening is perhaps one of the most presumed skills, and how this approach creates transformation.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:50] HR for the work of reimagining medicine
[5:40] A different look at transformation – personal change
[7:29] Shaping leadership and talent to bring a culture to life
[12:45] Making career opportunities more transparent
[16:30] DE&I must be reflected in a business’ work and how listening to learn drives DE&I
[25:00] Using individual superpowers and a learning approach to achieve collective success
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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In this special episode we hear from colleagues Ulf Bengtsson and Hortense Thorpe on their experience of changing workplace culture and support for colleague fertility.
Describing their personal and professional journeys, Ulf and Hortense share the steps they took to build the support and approach to fertility that Centrica has today, how personal stories became a business case.
Advocating for the power of networks and Employee Resource Groups, Ulf and Hortense call on us to bring our passions to work, and to be curious – to have open minded conversations with colleagues – not for a specific reason – just to chat.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3.00] Hortense and Ulf’s personal experience and why they created a Fertility Employee Resource Group
[8.30] Starting with a story and a digital, social network
[11:20] Leadership roles: C-suite buy in
[17:45] 4 elements to creating Fertility support, and starting with passion and openness
[22:15] The power of a network
[29:00] Present the case for what you’re passionate about and being curious
[31:50] Creating change: spend a couple of ours in a network and encourage openness
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Describing her belief that business success or failure is underpinned by culture, Alex shares a wonderful litmus test we can use when considering company culture: colleagues’ desire to come to work, even if they didn’t get paid.
Alex reflects on the Great Re-evaluation arising from the pandemic, preferring this phrase to the Great Resignation, and noting resignations are happening where a company or a role lacks purpose.
Recommending that we take a holistic approach and raise awareness of issues such as gender equality and mental health, Alex also discusses TFG London’s strategy on flexible working and shares fantastic examples of how HR Leaders create social mobility.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:20] Culture that drives success business
[8:15] The Great Re-evaluation
[12:14] Why flexibility is the future of work
[16:20] How HR Directors create social mobility
[21:00] Recognising unconscious bias
[27:00] A holistic approach and raising awareness
Referenced resources
- Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Mona describes how her role as CHRO helped BMO Financial Group create and bring to life their purpose statement, to Boldly Grow the Good. Mona shares how, in turn, the purpose statement helps design and deliver people strategies.
Mona advocates that HR practitioners build expertise across a broad range of HR areas and discusses HR skill sets that business needs today. Describing her passion for learning, personal growth and opportunity for all, Mona also summarises integrated opportunities that support customers, communities and diverse employees.
Asking you to believe in the huge impact of the HR profession, and in yourself as an agent of change, Mona calls on you to reflect on your own passions and purpose, and how you can connect with like-minded people - because when that happens, enormous things are possible!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:20] Creating and bringing a purpose statement to life
[9:15] More needs to be done – an exciting future and the role of financial services
[12:40] HR skill sets to achieve BMO’s purpose
[15:00] Building out HR expertise across different areas of HR
[18:30] Learning, personal growth and opportunity for all
[22:20] Advancement of women and the Canadian indigenous community
[26:50] Mindset: believing in the huge impact of HR and yourself as an agent of change.
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
BMO Financial Group purpose statement
Leadership Character Framework from Ivey University
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Salma discusses her personal experience of race, at home, work and as a CHRO, sharing strategies to create belonging including spaces for conversation and helping all colleagues recognise that everyone is responsible for organisational culture.
Reflecting on changes driven by the pandemic, Salma raises the trend of a ‘boomerang employee’ and shares new themes in creating a people plan and employee engagement. I loved Salma’s example of setting work commitments rather than work objectives.
Salma encourages us to use simple language to support honest and safe conversations – with straight forward communication at the heart of all work that HR is leading.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:22] Supporting through the pandemic, even in seemingly small ways
[11:15] Post-pandemic employee engagement and the ‘boomerang employee’
[15:30] Education and the talent pipeline
[17:20] Creating a sense of belonging
[23:20] Practical ways to bring about change, such as ‘commitments’
[28:00] Using simple language
Referenced resources
- Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Catty shares her experience in humanising HR for a global workforce, that includes colleagues working in emergency situations and conflict zones. Advocating that one of the most important things HR can do is upskill and support managers, as well as frame their work in a team-based approach, Catty describes how across an entire workforce, small changes made by every manager create a huge difference.
Sharing leadership and practical approaches to enhancing inclusion, Catty also shares her advice on how HR can access talent and support refugees, including employment and internship opportunities as well as using your HR skills to directly help respond to emergencies.
With multiple refugee crises around the world, I’d like to say a special thank you to Catty, and all her colleagues, for their vital work.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:49] Humanising HR – putting people at the centre
[9.33] Everyone’s daily lives – your experience with your manager
[13:00] A culture of asking questions without losing face – sitting in the uncomfortable
[15:50] Inclusion: being aware of your own power and permission to be open
[21:20] Flexible working post pandemic and the right to disconnect
[25:00] Leadership for a volatile future: taking decisions with limited information
[28:40] How your company access talent from a refugee community
[36:20] Never stop re-inventing HR
Referenced resources
- UNHCR
- Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Martijn shares his approach to listening and responding to 80,000 colleagues around the world, from the principles to the practicalities, and how this shifts the social contract between colleagues and leadership.
Providing examples of how to create employee centric culture across multiple generations, from a journey mindset to simple steps that foster inclusivity and concepts such as a T profile.
Advocating a change from organisational structure with service centres and HR Business Partners, to HR 3:0, organising ourselves around the value that we add, hear Martijn’s call to action for creating an employee-centric approach.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:52] Giving employees a voice, and listening
[9:31] Shifting the social contract
[15:00] Being employee centric across different generations
[18:00] People feeling they belong, and are loved
[20:50] Noise cancelling phones – an example of inclusivity
[23:45] A journey mindset and developing a T profile
[27:50] Breaking the HR mould – HR 3.0
Referenced resources
Cutting Edge Parental and Family Leave Policy and Practice (frombabieswithlove.org)
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I’m KPMG alumni, and so creating this episode with Kevin was extra special for me!
In taking a trip down memory lane I enjoyed thinking about how much has changed in the last 20 years and reflecting on many positive shifts in how business operates, for people and society.
Kevin describes his passion for improving social mobility and shares approaches and learnings at KPMG, including the measurement model and data collection process KPMG developed – based on the job your parents had when you were age 14.
Noting how the phrase “I’m going to work” is becoming outdated, Kevin discusses the fundamental change work is going through and the huge opportunity this creates for HR, and for society.
Kevin advocates setting stretching goals; for the impact of publicly stating goals, knowing that they may not be achieved - but that this is okay, because even so we make progress and push ourselves and our organisations.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:30] The impact of stretching targets and what to do when you don’t meet them.
[11:35] The privilege of working in HR in this new age of work
[13:50] Valuing output not input, and connecting with outcomes
[19:52] Social mobility: what jobs did your parents have when you were 14? KPMG’s approach to measurement and the resulting goals.
[31:30] The success of talent programs in inclusion strategy
[34:40] Setting an ambitious goal, allowing time and measuring
Referenced resources
Download Your Free Guide: Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Anne-Christine shares her view that the ESG agenda is the most important employee engagement driver for DFDS. Discussing what ESG means for talent strategy, and the role of the Chief People Officer and HR function in delivering ESG, Anne-Christine shares examples of creating change and how many small changes culminate in transformation.
Describing societal changes that enable HR to amplify its voice, Anne-Christine considers how HR professionals are the guardians of culture and the opportunities this presents.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] Systems to enable input from everyone
[9:30] Gender balance in a historically male sector
[15:00] Creating ownership: a Chief Climate Officer or a Climate Team?
[17:18] Being a business professional passionate about people
[25:00] Achieving change: the combination of many small things and the role of HR in ESG
[28:25] The guardians of culture
Resources
Download Your Free Guide: Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Tim inspires us with his vision for the future of work and HR’s role in creating it, discussing his passion for enabling individuals to connect with their own purpose, and the purpose of their company.
Within this Tim describes his work at Unilever on mental health, on the importance of creating psychologically safe workplaces, and shares a framework with 4 lenses for an inclusive approach.
Reflecting on the significant changes required of today’s leadership, Tim’s one wish is for you to discover your purpose and bring it to life in your HR work. Don’t miss Tim’s recommendations for first steps to do this, and the whole of this incredible episode - which left me full of energy and with a huge smile.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:37] Purpose and the opportunity to connect individually
[10:00] Mental health at work and beyond
[12:45] Psychologically safe workplaces
[16:40] 4 lenses for an inclusive approach to mental health
[21:50] The 20 – 21st century shift in the leadership model
[25:00] Discover your purpose and bring it to life in your HR work
Referenced resources
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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In this special episode celebrating International Women’s Day, we feature the work of HR leaders striving towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender Equality.
Recognising the incredible gender equality work our male guests have shared on this podcast, in this episode we feature 5 of our female guests, with snippets of their inspiring approaches and examples of how their work helps to #BreakTheBias.
Listen and learn from global HR Leaders’ strategies and experience - huge thanks to Andrea Euenheim at Metro.AG, Daniela Seabrook at Philips, Elizabeth Nieto at Spotify, Emma Codd at Deloitte and Salima Bhimani at Alphabet for joining us!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:55] Salima Bhimani, Chief Strategist & Director of Equity & Inclusion & Systemic Change at Other Bets (Alphabet) on using your privilege to create change for yourself and others.
[7:21] Andrea Euenheim, CHRO at Metro AG on inclusive leadership across a global company.
[12:28] Emma Codd, Global Inclusion Leader at Deloitte on transforming culture and gender balance.
[21:20] Daniela Seabrook, CHRO at Philips on achieving systemic and long-term change.
[29:13] Elizabeth Nieto, Global Head of Equity & Impact at Spotify on speaking truth to power.
[37:37] Wishing you an ambitious and very happy International Women’s Day!
If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more, listen to the full episodes of our 5 guests, here are the episode numbers:
- Episode 11: Andrea Euenheim - HR is a source of innovation – the opportunities ahead
- Episode 13: Emma Codd - Everyday Culture – a strategy that builds inclusion
- Episode 18: Salima Bhimani - Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - What is your vision of the world?
- Episode 32: Daniela Seabrook – Achieving long term culture change
- Episode 36: Elizabeth Nieto – Speaking truth to power
References
UN Women – Headquarters
Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave Policy and Practice
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Van discusses how he has challenged historical practices to reduce barriers and create access to opportunity. From education on unconscious bias to implementing ‘the Rooney rule’ and a Reconciliation Action Plan, Van describes practical steps that have created progress.
Advocating that we all work to open society for everyone to participate and benefit, Van shares his thoughts on significant changes exacerbated by the Pandemic: the shift away from providing face to face services and its positive impacts for an inclusive workforce, and the change in business to treating people as humans, not assets.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:50] Recognising privilege and creating access to opportunity
[10:59] Transitioning from face-to-face services: the impact for an inclusive workforce and for reducing emissions
[17:40] Domestic abuse and gender equity
[19:54] The Pandemic, mental health and talent attrition
[25:00] Reconciliation Action Plan – the Indigenous Community in Canada
[28:20] Opening up the world for all to participate
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Tom casts a vision for the future of work that enables everyone to participate in the labour market through complete individualisation of HR practices. Reflecting that everyone has different circumstances, Tom views personalisation as the ultimate goal for HR.
Tom also shares his thoughts on the importance of medium-term thinking and his medium-term approach to achieving Bupa’s D&I targets. Tom discusses how he thinks it’s going so far and how he and his colleagues lead a D&I strategy for a global workforce that spans many cultures.
Advocating for the importance of listening, Tom reminds everyone in HR to allow time to keep connected and to be the ambassadors for what’s important to a company’s people.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:00] Aspirational diversity targets
[7:20] Structural talent challenges in healthcare
[10:30] The shift to a medium-term time horizon
[13:45] D&I: why Tom feels personally driven and leading across cultures
[17:20] Individualisation of HR
[20:00] Listening, being the advocate and keeping it real
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Is time an employee benefit? Moving on from 9 – 5 models, Neil shares KFC’s approach to work that supports both high performing colleagues and their wellbeing. Neil explains how he aims to protect time, for colleagues to use it for them as a whole person, not just their role at work. From a virtual commute to “Leave me the cluck alone” time, Neil describes examples of how KFC puts this in to practice for colleagues to manage their work and wellbeing.
Neil also discusses KFC’s role in creating social mobility, and gives us a sneak peek into their pilot of a fantastic new programme, Hatch, that provides pre-employment training and support, creating a safe, calm and proactive path into employability.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] Social mobility and retail & hospitality
[8:55] HR bringing the art of listening, empathy and truth telling
[11:50] The reasons to go to the office and ringfencing time
[18:31] Time, flexibility and trust
[21:00] Opportunity and authenticity
[25:30] Hatch: a pre-employability social mobility pilot
[29:27] Catalysing change: break some rules for the right reasons
Referenced resources
Just Like Us | LGBT+ charity for young people
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With his career experience spanning from shopfloor to global CHRO, Jez shares his passion for equality of opportunity and how workplace Learning & Development creates change for individuals and communities.
A Fortune 250 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Jez describes how Global Partners LP roles provides flexible working opportunities that support multiple generations of the same family to work for the company and fulfil their home and caring responsibilities.
Noting the common challenges being experienced by companies across sectors, Jez advocates for HR to share experience and collaborate, helping to avoid burn out and implement best practice.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:45] Creating equality of opportunity
[11:40] Careers in mid-life; how companies need to adapt
[15:00] A multi-generation workforce: flexible job opportunities for families
[18:33] Companies as community hubs
[21:00] Open dialogue on DE&I policy and how to be an ally
[25:00] HR collaborating to solve common challenges
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Matt shares his thoughts on the cultural test point workplaces are experiencing and how approaches to colleague wellbeing, and HR’s role, have changed dramatically.
Describing some of the changes that have taken place at the Bank of Ireland, Matt shares how he has worked on supporting the mental health of colleagues, including suicide prevention.
Matt also discusses initiatives that have opened access to employment and enhanced inclusivity, identifying and addressing imbalance.
Reflecting on the changes and challenges of the last couple of years, Matt also looks to the positive opportunities for the future of work and the role of HR in shaping them.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:30] A change in approach to colleague wellbeing
[7.00] Equipping managers to engage in suicide prevention
[12:00] Changing the way we work – a listening and cultural test point
[15:00] Challenges facing hybrid working and tools to face them
[20:54] Social equality – work and development opportunities for the roles of the future
[28:00] Achieving greater balance – the targeted work
[34:40] Being visible on the issues that matter to us
Referenced resources
- Ohana Zero Suicide Prevention (Ireland) - https://www.ohana.ie/
- Zero Suicide Alliance (UK) - Welcome to the Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA)
- Involve - involve | people at the heart of decision-making | involve.org.uk
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Elliott summarises the cultural change taking place regarding the role of men at work and in family life.
Discussing masculinity and gender equality, Elliott shares his methodology for opening conversations and facilitating allyship. Sharing the benefits to businesses and society of the changing role of working dads, Elliott describes how companies can support men to enhance gender balance.
To move forward on this significant topic, Elliott calls on us to recognise that the world has changed, and to reflect on how employers can be transformative by supporting men.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[7:42] Re-evaluating balance: changes to family priorities
[12:56] Masculinity and men as allies
[16:47] Dads mental health
[21:49] The process for facilitating
[25:45] Policy, Culture & Managers: impactful, practical action you can take
[37:00] Elliott’s new tv programme: Becoming Dad on the BBC
[40:14] Recognising that the world has changed
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Eve Baldwin, Chief People & Organisation Officer at Upfield describes her work building a people-led culture in a business spun out of a conglomerate.
Sharing examples and stories of how HR Leaders are creating equality of opportunity, Eve also discusses the new initiatives Upfield is implementing to enhance inclusion of colleagues around the world.
With her passion for engagement and culture, Eve advocates the open approach we must take in order to be successful.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:45] Shaping an environment for people to be at their best
[9:20] How HR leaders are reducing inequality
[12:20] People impacts of working in a business creating positive environmental change
[18:30] Access to education and equality of opportunity
[24:30] DE&I led policy and culture changes
[30:40] Sitting in others’ shoes
Referenced resources
- The Dialogue Project
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Jayde Tipper, Chief People Officer at Temenos shares her vision and strategies to ensure company culture enables us to thrive at work and fulfil our caring responsibilities.
Discussing her own experiences of being a working parent, Jayde provides examples of practical changes she is leading in her team and company-wide.
Noting the prominence of HR as business leaders, Jayde calls on all HR practitioners, for an agenda at an upcoming meeting, to ask for HR to go first.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:10] The Motherhood penalty and changing working parent culture
[12:50] Business issues not HR issues – everyone is responsible for the culture of the company
[17:20] An inclusive approach to a team ‘offsite’ or ‘away days’
[25:26] The 9 – 5 is dead, but there’s still a lot of work to do
[29:00] Put yourself first on the next meeting agenda
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Elizabeth shares her view on the importance of speaking truth to power and allowing time to implement the changes that result.
Providing suggestions on having the confidence to do so, and giving examples of work that improves inclusion, creates belonging and supports diverse talent, Elizabeth calls on us to be intentional in our approach - a brilliant message to hear at the start of the new year.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:30] Speaking truth to power
[7:45] Removing the glass ceiling for women
[13:30] A workforce that’s both efficient and has a sense of belonging
[24:20] Spotify’s role in supporting underserved communities
[26:00] Spotify’s people and platform - achieving Net Zero
[32:45] Being intentional
Referenced resources
- Spotify’s Band Manifesto
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In this very special episode for the holiday season, we introduce Tom Dannatt Founder and CEO of Street Child – From Babies with Love’s key partner in caring for vulnerable children around the world.
Tom shares his views on the best practice partnership opportunities for companies – increasingly less charity at the edges – and more impact partner driving measurable change for the customers and employees of the future.
Hear his recommendations for A+, cutting edge corporate-charity partnerships for your people and company strategies, as well as some pitfalls to avoid.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:30] Street Child’s model to help children in the world’s toughest places
[11:00] The wellbeing of the world - the role of business in achieving the SDGs
[14:00] Recommendations for a high achieving corporate-charity partnership
[24:20] And what to avoid in designing corporate-charity partnership
[29:50] The A+ model for partnerships – colleagues feeling whole as human beings
Referenced resources
- Find out more about Street Child here
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Helle Bay, EVP and Head of People & Culture at Scania, describes her passion for a truly inclusive society, where everyone in business leads with an inclusive mindset.
Helle and I recorded this episode whilst COP26 was taking place in Glasgow; Helle shares her views on the connections between Inclusive Leadership and Sustainability, and how these are increasingly priorities for business.
In this weeks episode also learn how Helle leads a global Skills Capture initiative, to enable inclusive participation across 53,000 colleagues around the world.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:05] Skill Capture Model – Scania’s global approach to D&I
[6:00] The role of the CEO
[7.20] The role of HR in leading a transition to sustainable transport
[11:45] Integrating D&I in everything we do, D&I is not a campaign or project
[16:20] The increasing role of sustainability in business
[17:40] Crossing cultures – inclusive participation in a global company
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Paul Sesay describes the challenges he overcame that fuelled his passion for diversity, inclusion and belonging. As creator of The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers and National Diversity Awards, Paul shares the best practice he has seen over the decades, and across a multitude of markets.
Explaining why C-suite leadership and sponsorship is key to success, Paul also describes the simple things every colleague can do to foster a culture of belonging, advocating for the simplest, and most impactful of all: help the person next to you.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] Looking at inclusion as a whole – not just following the fads
[7:20] Language matters: the word ‘belonging’
[13:41] Help the person next to you!
[16:20] Why the Chief Executive is key – D&I professionals are not miracle workers
[21:00] An example of incredible talent and change from the National Diversity Awards
[23:00] Strong networks and C-Suite sponsors - ensuring people aren’t just talking to themselves
[25:00] Examples of best practice from The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers
Referenced resources
- Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers | Inclusive Companies
- National Diversity Awards
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Hear Daniela share with you her passion for creating a work culture that prioritises wellbeing and inclusion.
Daniela provides examples across leadership initiatives and workforce-wide approaches, and advocates that we must allow the time required to work holistically to create impactful change.
In a world of time pressures Daniela’s perspective and proven results are refreshing and reassuring; thank you Daniela!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:20] Building an environment where people can thrive
[8:24] Insights in creating culture change, which takes time
[15:00] The role of companies in our need to evolve – creating opportunities to grow
[17:05] Mental health and the pandemic – impact for cultures around the world
[24:18] A systemic approach to inclusion, examples of making our own health and wellbeing part of who we are
[35:40] Giving a voice to people who might not always speak up
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Emma Walsh, CEO at Parents at Work, discusses her work leading societal change in the relationship between our lives at work and home.
Describing why a family friendly workplace is imperative for business success, what this looks like, steps to get there and pitfalls to avoid, Emma shares her experience over 25 years of working in HR and as CEO of Parents at Work.
How do we achieve Gender Equality?
Hear Emma’s inspiring words and deep understanding of how we get to the heart of, and address, imbalance.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:25] The impact of a career dedicated to HR – social change in Australia
[7:20] Women, parenthood and work: examining the case for change
[10:30] The vested business interest in supporting home life - why workplace family policies matter
[13:10] A Work & Family action plan – enabling the future of work
[20:50] Gender equality – remembering that it’s equality for all, no need for labels
[30:00] The secret sauce to productive organisations!
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In this week’s episode, Amanda discusses Sage's Sustainability and Society strategy and how it has influenced Talent strategy.
Advocating for listening and learning, Amanda explains the direction Sage has taken as a result - from the process of applying to Sage to creating a brilliant place to work.
By mixing up the status quo Amanda illustrates how Sage is creating a better future of work, building an environment where their diverse customer community is reflected in a diverse workforce.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3.37] How the Sustainability & Society programme is influencing Talent strategy
[7:00] Unintended consequences and their impact for D&I
[11:00] Mixing everything up a little bit – the future of work
[15:01] The future of work and barriers to work for today’s children
[20:40] Can you be yourself at work? Scoring, ceilings and sponsorship
[25:00] Creative ways to recruit
Referenced resources
- Auticon – a social enterprise bringing Autistic skills for your IT and data projects
- Radical Recruit - innovative social recruitment consultancy supporting
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In this week’s episode Kristen shares her passion for ensuring no one feels they need to hide themselves at work.
Discussing the productivity and business impacts of diverse and homogenous teams, Kristen shares Barilla’s approach to embedding D&I across the business and provides specific examples of how D&I has helped deliver commercial business goals.
With the pandemic creating adjustments to the working world, Kristen asks us to consider the inclusion impacts of remote working – to avoid taking steps back and leaving people behind.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:30] The business impact of having to hide yourself at work
[6:20] Diverse teams can perform much better, but also much worse
[8:00] Barilla’s approach to D&I not being a separate function
[12:09] D&I is not a spectator sport
[18:40] Examples of D&I delivering commercial business goals
[23:00] The Inner Circle exercise
[25:45] The impact of remote working on inclusion
Referenced resources
- The International Dimensions of Organisational Behaviour
- The New York Times: Will remote workers get left behind in the hybrid office?
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Bruce Daisley formerly ran Twitter's business in EMEA, responsible for the development of Twitter in three continents. He’s now bestselling author and writer on better working.
In this bumper episode Bruce introduces his passion for creating a workplace where working at your company is your colleagues’ favourite job – from which they take meaning, satisfaction and laughter.
Discussing the timely topic of “Workplace Whys” – asking why people go to the office – and reflecting on the reason we bring people together to achieve business objectives, Bruce notes that there are challenges ahead for creating cohesion, shares reasons why he believes hybrid working isn’t going to work and advocates that HR has a brilliant opportunity to conduct a ‘pre-mortem’.
From flexible working to the climate crisis, Bruce shares his thoughts on the role of HR and invites us to recognise ‘the power of us’.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[6:00] How can we ensure people have a good day at work?
[11:20] The role of meaning in work
[20.10] “Workplace Whys” – why do your colleagues come to the office?
[21:40] Resilience – examples in life that we can take in to work
[31:10] Why hybrid working isn’t going to work – the benefit of conducting a ‘pre-mortem’ and how HR can help
[38:00] Flexible working – the change that’s coming
[43:44] HR and the climate crisis
[52:38] Recognising the power of us – stop thinking about me and starting think of we.
Referenced resources:
- The Joy of Work by Bruce Daisley
- The Good Jobs Strategy by Zeynep Ton
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
- Solo: How to Work Alone by Rebecca Seal
- Drawdown – solutions to climate change
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With the goal of creating a business world where companies supporting working parents is the norm, not a perk, Jodi and Kate introduce Circle In and the positive impacts they have for talent retention and for society.
Noting that 89% of people will become a parent, leaders can’t afford not to look after working parents. Witnessing The Great Resignation around the world, Jodi & Kate comment on the balance of power shifting from employer to employee, with significant consequences and opportunities for HR.
Sharing their view on best practice for working parents, such as a gender-neutral parental leave policy, they provide examples and case studies that you can reference for your company too.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:13] Building a better working world for parents and caregivers
[8:10] The Great Resignation – the post Covid disconnect and the opportunity for HR
[12:10] A practical first step for any sized company – role modelling to show empathy
[16:40] Equity for working dads – the shared responsibility of parenting
[19:00] The positive, measurable impacts of a gender-neutral parental leave policy
[27:46] Taking a moment to reflect - working parents and carers are feeling the strain – how are you supporting them?
Referenced resources:
- Medibank case study - gender-neutral working parents policy: https://circlein.com/case-studies/medibank/
- Circle In resources and Parental Leave Benchmarking tool – circlein.com
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Lauren advocates for ED&I as a business growth driver and revenue generator, which successful businesses are embedding into the role of every single colleague.
Sharing ways to create culture change including the benefits of collaboration, even with competitors, the importance of inclusive policy, and ally skills training across workforces, Lauren provides many brilliant examples of success across financial services, travel and food sectors.
Asking everyone in HR to consider how ED&I sits outside HR as well as within, Lauren advocates that we all invest in further learning to continuing building ED&I expertise.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[6:27] Collaboration over competition – tips for building your collaborative network
[11:40] Why inclusive policies and practices are transformative
[16:04] Embedding enterprise-wide to deliver the ED&I agenda – future proofing your business
[25:03] Equitable opportunities for the young - Lauren’s work at Trustees for Schools and the connection to workplace inclusion
[29:34] Breaking the perception of ED&I as a cost centre – it is a revenue generator
[35:20] Continuing to learn and build our ED&I expertise.
Referenced resources:
- The Wealthier Network: https://www.wealthihernetwork.com/
- CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion: Inclusion™https://www.ceoaction.com/
- Fearless Futures: Design for inclusion courses: https://www.fearlessfutures.org/
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Leading HR functions in the energy sector, Catherine shares her work to build a Net Zero Workforce, the approaches to skills and diversity required to meet a company’s Net Zero target.
Catherine also shares her passion for creating employment opportunities that contribute to greater equality in society, in her corporate HR roles and in leading the Taskforce on Future Skills & Good Work at Business in the Community.
Encouraging us to create transparent business cultures, Catherine advocates for the importance and impact of being able to have a honest conversation.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:40] The functions of HR to ensure good quality of life and the opportunity to learn
[8:55] Building a net zero workforce
[13:55] Catherine’s passion for employment opportunities that create greater equality in society
[20:16] Building a culture of transparency
[25:22] Having an honest conversation
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Sarah has dedicated her career to making work work - campaigning to ensure people with caring responsibilities are not excluded.
Sarah shares her experience of creating workplace and social change across three decades, discussing the most effective tools and providing examples such as the power of ‘real models’ and the benefit of personal experience in selling the business case.
I consider myself a beneficiary of Sarah’s work, indeed suggest we all are, and so as well as the chance to share a personal thank you, I loved hearing how, with her HR is PR motto, Sarah is such a successful campaigner, and how she is looking to the unmissable opportunity ahead to drive change using models of hybrid working.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[6:00] HR is PR: campaigning and creating evidence to make the business case come alive
[9:25] The hype about hybrid working
[11:30] ‘Real Models’: how personal experience helps change minds
[14:30] Having caring responsibilities must not exclude people from work
[21:30] The business case and a burning platform
[25:50] Flexible working – saying “Yes! Why not?”
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Flo and Kevin share their approach to go beyond surface level understanding and create a work environment that empathises with the lived experience of colleagues and understands the human condition.
Including having courageous conversations on areas of life often considered taboo at work, to how data and tech help move businesses forward, Flo and Kevin provide practical examples of how they’re creating change, across 200 countries, at Pearson plc.
Inviting us to use the word ‘love’ in our work, Flo and Kevin call on everyone in HR to put Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the top of their agendas.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[6:42] The impact of acting as part of a community and the ongoing change this inspires
[10:50] Understanding the lived experience of employees, particularly in relation to areas often considered to be taboo
[16:46] Going beyond the surface for a greater understanding of the human condition, especially in the most under-represented areas
[21:21] The transformative opportunities that tech creates for an inclusive workforce
[24:35] Harnessing data and technology to focus equity and evolve the impacts of business in society
[29:07] Female equality – the wonderful opportunity for organisations
[31:35] Having courageous conversations, being vulnerable and increasing empathy
[36:00] Calling HR: Put ED&I at the top of your agenda and help businesses to be more loving.
Kevin’s recommended reading: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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With 20 years of experience working in equity and inclusion, Asif advocates for a long-term process of culture change, providing examples of ways to effect change such as a series of “equity and inclusion workouts” and the enhanced benefits of experiential learning.
Asif shares his thoughts on conscious inclusion, using our privilege to create equity for people from different socio-economic backgrounds, and the evident business case for equity and inclusion at work.
With a wonderful call to action, Asif leaves us each with a simple task, that could lead you to a new experience – a new restaurant, or night out perhaps – make sure you listen to the end not to miss it!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:40] Creating a culture of inclusion – delivering a “workout” series
[6:15] The Entertainment Industry and the opportunity for fair and authentic representation – matching external and internal approaches
[10:30] Unconscious bias, being consciously inclusive and the day-to-day opportunities using experiential learning
[18:15] Asif’s passion for creating equity for people from different socio-economic backgrounds and using our privilege to drive change
[24:40] Customer engagement – the evident business case for equity and inclusion – not working on equity and inclusion is no longer an option
[27:20] An action for you - write down your 5 closest friends… Equity & Inclusion can’t just be at work.
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Jenn discusses her view on the role of HR leaders and professionals as advocates, sharing examples including her work in creating impactful Employee Resource Groups and fostering belonging, sharing her passion for normalising members of the LGBTQ+ community feeling able to be themselves at work.
Discussing the powerful connections between producing inclusive content and employee inclusion, Jenn’s vision for the role of HR, and why HR professionals must take a position and own the podium, leads to her inspiring and simple call to action for us all.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:00] Employee volunteerism and the power of employee connections to the community
[10:00] Inclusion in programming and production as part of people and business strategy
[12:40] Content and change through storytelling
[18:23] Employee Resource Groups - from active to transformative – ERGs driving commercial success
[26:00] Normalising the LGBTQ community being themselves within financial services
[30:58] Using your voice, taking a position and owning the podium
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Discussing how HR can support the transition to hybrid working, and the profound impact this will have for gender equity, Virginia shares her vast experience supporting business to create flexible and inclusive work cultures.
Virginia invites us to consider the part we can play in our own lives, recognising where we can role model and make small changes that together create big impacts.
Advocating for the use of data above opinion, Virginia explains why data is a powerful tool, and, for example, for working parent retention, the importance of ensuring data sets include men.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:36] Setting up How Do You Do It - at a time when support for working parents was not strong, and working fathers were barely considered
[5:20] Making hybrid working a norm – a game changer for working parents and gender equity
[10:20] The position of power that you have, the part you play and role modelling
[17:12] The importance of data, in particular building good data for men’s experience
[23:05] Becoming data led not opinion led; speak from the statistics of what your people are doing
Referenced resources:
- Exceptional Experience – Returning to Work: 5 Key Elements for Talent Retention: How Do You Do It x From Babies with Love
- Equitable Flexibility, Reshaping our Workforce: Bain & Company
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Hugo Bague shares his experience across a long career as an HR Leader, including most recently as the Global CHRO at Rio Tinto.
Advocating for collaboration across companies and industries, Hugo describes his vision for how HR professionals can work together to provide the new skills, training and mindset needed for the future.
Sharing experiences from the Ebola crisis to addressing gender imbalance in the mining industry, Hugo describes his successful approach to quantifying areas of people strategy that can be difficult to measure and promotes long term thinking.
Noting that Human Resources is an area of business experiencing significant change, Hugo describes the leadership opportunities for HR and his optimism for the impact HR can have in caring for people and planet.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:30] The role of HR in creating sustainable communities, balancing the short and long term social impacts
[5:45] The Ebola crisis in West Africa, the importance of local empowerment and supporting mental health
[12:20] The opportunity to ‘New Skill’ in a digital and automated world
[15:42] Training and development – collaborating with other companies, across industries, to develop new skills
[20:00] Gender equality in the mining industry, how measurability helped create change
[27:40] The biggest change is happening in Human Resources, now is the time for HR to drive.
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Salima shares how her personal, academic and work experience comes together to drive systemic change, asking us to reflect on the world we want to see, our own social capital and the barriers we ourselves face.
Describing the importance of addressing equity and unjust outcomes arising in organisational culture and processes, Salima provides examples of how to drive change including the role of managers and the task of baseline analysis in designing ED&I strategy.
Calling on all HR Leaders to invest in the capability of the profession to drive long-term change, Salima’s systems-thinking, from the personal to the company-wide and leadership perspectives, is incredibly inspiring and thought provoking.
I have huge affinity with Salima’s outlook and approach, feeling more and more which each of our episodes that people leaders and social entrepreneurs have so much in common… Do you agree?
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:03] EI&D as an organisational design question and business challenge to solve, not only for HR to lead
[8:18] Re-orienting to address equity – do we have a culture, systems and processes where some people have an unjust outcome because of their social identity?
[15:07] Your view of the world you want – what would it look like and who would be included?
[23:00] The commonality between People Leaders and Social Entrepreneurs and how we make small choices that create change
[26:15] Thinking about our own advantages, our social capital and the assumptions people make – where do we have power and where will we experience barriers?
[29:26] Racial equity – using social capital to create change and shifting the burden of change and the role of managers
[34:00] Where to start with EI&D strategy – landscape analysis and a baseline
[41:37] The opportunity for HR to invest in their own capability to drive long term change.
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Jessica Peacock presents her view on the meaning of sustainability and how this encompasses HR, inclusion and wellbeing.
From changing perceptions of what sustainability means, examples of the connections between teams that often work separately, to Jessica’s personal experience of living with ADHD, Jessica shares her work to build inclusion in a green energy company.
Asking us to consider the impacts of the word ‘professional’ in the context of inclusion, Jessica describes her brilliant ideas for how we could use different language to help us all and effect positive change.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] The word impact, what this means in the work of diversity and inclusion and how we measure it
[7:43] Changing the perception of sustainability – how inclusion and wellbeing professionals are part of the work
[15:06] People-centred aspects of sustainability
[23:10] Living with ADHD and the use of the word ‘professional’ in the context of inclusion
[31:00] The benefits of a consensus-driven organisation
[37:15] Replacing the word ‘professional’ with phrases for the behaviours we want to see.
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Jim Devine shares his view on the benefits of medium and long-term thinking for business and people strategy, providing examples ranging from Spirax Sarco’s response to the pandemic to its role in girls’ education for creating the talent pipeline.
Sharing his views on the opportunities ahead for HR, to shape corporate direction not just corporate culture, Jim describes the investor-facing role of his Head of Talent, why shareholders and other stakeholders want to hear from HR, and how this helps create positive change.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:00] The positive impacts of working to global minimum standards and local flexibility
[6:40] People remember how they were treated in the tough times – why we must think long term
[8:48] HR can now shape corporate direction, not just corporate culture
[15:18] Measuring employee data globally; navigating local laws and cultures
[18:12] Girls education in HR strategy: improving gender inclusion through STEM career pathways
[22:05] Inclusion: including white men, including everyone
[26:45] Employee wellbeing and assistance – how Covid accelerated Spirax Sarco’s global offering
[28:30] Shareholders are interested in HR – aligning the internal and external
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David Henderson shares his work in building organisational health in a purpose and performance led business.
David also describes how technology and the pace of change impact talent strategy and work sustainability, why youth employment pathways are vital, his views on driving out unconscious bias and examples of success in gender balance.
Leaving us with an inspiring call to action, David explains why aspiring to a superior employee experience impacts positive change in society.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:09] The intersection of performance and purpose and creating a culture where they co-exist
[5:00] Organisational health, from an initial health check to a journey to employee-centric and purpose-led action
[8:59] Managing performance through purpose
[11:44] Technological change and the impact on work sustainability
[20:15] Youth employment and equal access to workplace opportunities, the positive impacts for an inclusive workforce and for society
[31:05] Driving out unconscious bias and example of success in gender balance
[37.43] Why we must aspire to creating a superior employee experience
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In this episode Geoff shares his inspiring vision for the future of work, a future where work enhances, not diminishes, our lives.
Sharing his experience in catalysing conversations about mental health, Geoff sets out the barriers for why wellbeing has not been seen as a strategic priority, why this must change, and how HR can take the lead.
Geoff inspires us to take a first step in creating an environment that enhances the lives of every employee, prioritising and caring for our own health and wellbeing too.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:09] Creating workplaces where every person has a choice to ask for help if they are struggling with mental ill health - catalysing conversations
[10:55] The incredible opportunity for HR to ensure work enhances, not diminishes, our lives
[16:37] Five barriers to wellbeing at work
[21:10] An Employee Value Proposition: “Come and work for us, we’ll enhance your life” What would this look like?
[26:04] The injustice of not being able to bring your whole self to work
[29:00] The return on investment of prioritising wellbeing – the Unilever example
[31:37] Role modelling to maintain your most valuable asset – your health
Referenced resources
- Dying for A Paycheck by Jeffrey Pfeffer: https://jeffreypfeffer.com/books/dying-for-a-paycheck/
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With priorities including Work-life Balance and Gender Diversity, Emma shares her journey in building inclusion, sharing improvements in people-related metrics driven by change in ‘Everyday Culture’.
Describing challenges, programmes of work and successes across the whole of Deloitte’s workforce, Emma also provides examples of positive change for groups of talent such as working parents, women, and Millennials.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:20] Becoming a Managing Partner for Talent tasked with Work-life Balance and Gender Diversity priorities
[6:20] Working Parent attrition – culture change and employee engagement
[12:58] Measuring impact: societal and employee metrics – 50 Million Futures, lower than average attrition and a 41% female partner promotion rate
[22:39] The impact of the Pandemic on women in the workplace and the opportunity for HR Leaders to create change whilst recognising the risk of exclusion
[27:00] Agile working and the role of managers
[30:00] Mental Health – a priority, prior to the Pandemic, and opportunity for employers and CEOs
[36: 54] Everyday culture: how you feel, micro-aggressions and allyship
Referenced resources:
- Deloitte Global Gender Impact Report: https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/global-gender-impact-report.html
- Deloitte Can You See Me videos: https://www2.deloitte.com/ch/en/pages/careers/articles/can-you-see-me.html
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A business leader working with HR and D&I teams, Chris describes the scale of the global mental health challenge, shares his personal experience of mental ill-health, the work he champions and the approaches for successful mental wellbeing strategy that have transpired.
Describing a preventative approach, Chris provides a framework and set of actions that HR practitioners can take, including how to engage Board level leadership with personal and financial data, and why mental health must be one of their top priorities.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:17] The impact of sharing mental health struggles to reduce stigma
[7:04] The three pillars for a successful mental wellbeing strategy
[10:42] The importance of sleep
[14:52] The scale of the mental wellbeing challenge and the impact for the workplace
[18:25] Next steps: research and support that creates effective change across global cultures
[24:14] A preventative approach - getting buy in from the Board: the personal and the financial – calculating the cost of mental ill-health
[33:20] Supporting the D&I team in their leadership of health and wellbeing strategy
Referenced resources:
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/why-we-sleep/matthew-walker/9780141983769
- The Farmer Stevenson Report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thriving-at-work-a-review-of-mental-health-and-employers
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In this episode Andrea shares the opportunities she is leading for METRO AG and its 90,000 employees around the world.
Covering inclusive leadership, flexible work models, an employer’s role in fighting for LGBTQ+ rights; Andrea provides examples of success and the work ahead.
Andrea reminds us that everyone HR is a source of innovation and inspiration – hear her wonderful call to action at the end!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:48] The opportunity in HR – the Future of Work and bringing your whole self to work
[4:00] Being the first female Board member – how to inspire inclusive leadership
[9:05] Emotional connections in recovering from the pandemic – the opportunity to support customers by adjusting to flexible working models
[15:42] Flexibility – for all colleagues, and the impact for working parents and carers
[18:55] Supporting all talent to participate in the workforce – Andrea’s experience in neuro-diversity and views on social mobility
[26:16] Fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community – the employers role
[28:44] Challenging the business – HR is a source of inspiration and innovation
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With Olam ingredients in 7 out of 10 chocolate bars globally, in this episode Joydeep describes the impact of his work in implementing living wages and standardising work practices across ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries.
Joydeep also shares his experience in addressing the root causes of gender imbalance for colleagues in farming and office-based roles, as well as his work to improve employee wellbeing through the concept of purpose.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[5:07] Implementing the living wage and standardising work practices across ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries, looking beyond the short term.
[8:19] Brand differentiation – the role of HR in winning business and people related measures of success.
[11:36] Investing in technology to improve livelihoods for small holder farmers, 40% of whom are women.
[21:11] An inclusive workforce – the impact of job security and reducing seasonal employment.
[25:14] Improving employee wellbeing through the concept of purpose.
[35:35] The importance for HR professionals using at least 25% of their time to reflect on having meaningful impact and taking action on medium – long term goals.
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In this episode Stephanie describes her multiple experiences of ensuring equitable pay across global organisations, as well as her views on the importance of incorporating performance metrics that reward inclusive behaviours and SDG drivers.
Stephanie also shares examples of day-to-day behaviours that help create an inclusive culture, including how asking ‘why’ helps to unpick assumptions.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:59] Pay equity: how to achieve within a year using data and a personal approach.
[12:42] Including the SDGs as part of performance related pay.
[19:27] Behaving differently every day - what does inclusive behaviour look like?
[25:35] Bringing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to life – working with culture change specialists and supporting leaders.
[34:00] The opportunity for CHROs to define what’s important and create a better world.
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In this episode Antonio shares his thoughts on the future of work, including his work in leading an experimental approach, why listening is important in a volatile environment and the business benefits of giving everyone the opportunity to learn.
Antonio also describes why all managers are leaders in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and why we must all remember to take caring approach.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[4:52] Little actions and changing the way we make decisions
[12:00] The beauty of doing something new: reinventing the future
[17:30] Learning from the pandemic: the importance of listening
[26:38] Empowering all managers to be leaders in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
[27:50] Democratising the opportunity to learn
[32:18] The importance of taking a caring approach
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Hear Catherine, former Chief People Officer at The British Council, Interserve and BMI Healthcare, share thoughts on why this is an exciting time to be in HR.
In this episode Catherine also shares examples of her work in addressing gender imbalance and driving social mobility through employment pathways.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[6:46] Creating a talent management strategy across global cultures
[9:37] Reimagining work and an exciting moment for HR
[15:30] Diversity & Inclusion: the influence and responsibility of HR
[19:08] Social Mobility pathways that give access to work and qualifications
[25:16] Wellbeing and work design: time for HR to stand up and be counted!
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Chris Norbury, Chief People Officer at E.ON UK shares his experience in building diverse and inclusive businesses that are transforming the energy sector.
From ensuring talent capabilities to achieve net zero, to an inclusive approach to developing talent, in this episode Chris encourages everyone in HR to be bold and brave.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:49] Good, purposeful employment can be a hugely positive catalyst
[4:14] Leading the energy transition and the role of HR
[9:35] Using data to look ahead, drive diversity and improve inclusion
[11:51] Ensuring skills and capabilities to achieve de-carbonisation goals
[17:54] Income inequality – the role of organisations in creating good, sustainable employment
[22:00] Democratising inclusive talent development
[27:28] Who you are as a leader: being bold and brave
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Hear from Loren Shuster, Chief People Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at The LEGO Group, describe The LEGO Group’s approach to leadership.
Loren shares examples of developing a leadership culture that includes everyone and fosters a mindset that everyone has a leadership role.
In this episode Loren also shares his perspective on valuing differences; how this impacts culture, brand, the bottom line and society.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:09] HR Leaders do change the world!
[4:17] The Leadership Playground: every employee has a leadership role.
[9:22] A unconventional approach: designing leadership culture that is cultivated by a large and diverse group.
[18:44] Valuing differences: in our culture and our brand; looking across our whole value change with a conscious approach to inclusion.
[24:43] Being your best self to work and why this impacts social equality.
[34:04] The importance of HR being influential in the business.
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Hear from Eileen McDonough Kiley, Senior Advisor and former CHRO at The RMR Group, on how to create a collaborative, listening and learning environment for employees to thrive.
Eileen shares examples from management development programmes to ways to collect and share data that builds consensus.
In this episode Eileen also shares her vision on the role for HR in helping to lead organisations, and the imperative for HR to advocate for itself.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:31] Working with senior leaders to support all employees to thrive inside and outside the workplace.
[6:54] Involving all employees in listening and sharing data throughout an organisation, for powerful collaboration and consensus building.
[12:43] Executive training for mid-level management: placement programmes that foster diverse viewpoints.
[19:21] Retaining talent and paths for development: optimising capabilities by connecting and sharing.
[23:02] The benefits of “lunch and learn” sessions for creativity and innovation.
[26:18] The imperative for HR to advocate for itself and plan to be on Executive Committees and Boards.
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Representation: the role of brands and how leaders are leaning in to the uncomfortable
If you’re interested in the role of business in creating an inclusive society you’ll love hearing thoughts from Geoffrey O’ Williams, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Dr Martens.
Geoffrey shares his experience and vision on topics including the role of making mistakes, having difficult conversations and how teams at a fashion brand can create change.
In this episode you’ll hear how Geoffrey leads on reflecting a diverse customer base within a company, the benefits of doing so and steps to make it happen.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:54] Embracing mistakes: learning through storytelling and Geoffrey’s top book recommendations on how mistakes can drive you forward.
[7:03] Reflecting your customer base in your organisation; your workforce and your products.
[10:33] Black Lives Matter: the role of brands, leaning in to the uncomfortable and next steps.
[13:18] Connecting with the next generation: the role of diversity and inclusion at a fashion brand.
[18:42] A 21st century approach to the business case for diversity and inclusion.
[24:15] Why listening to minority creates effective change.
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Removing systemic barriers: leadership in gender balance and social mobility
Sarah Morris’ leadership created a movement in achieving gender balance. Hear why and how Sarah broke new ground and the change that’s happening as a result.
Discussing removing systemic barriers, in both gender equality and social mobility, plus sharing Sarah’s framework on how to create a persuasive business case for your work, this episode is packed with inspiring examples of success, and steps you can take for your company too.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[3:56] Removing barriers to gender balance: equalising parental leave and starting a movement.
[10:00] Valuing front line jobs and the opportunity for social mobility
[16:01] Gender balance: systemic issues and the role of mentoring
[18:18] The four angles you need to cover in your business case diversity and inclusion
[18:42] A 21st century approach to the business case for diversity and inclusion.
[22:16] The real living wage and parental leave: taking one small step
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How being an HR disrupter unleashes talent and creates social change
If you love to innovate, to question the status quo and improve on the way things have always been done before, you will love hearing from Stefan Ries.
Senior External Advisor at McKinsey & Co, and until recently the global CHRO of SAP, Stefan founded the movement, #HRPunks.
In this episode you’ll hear how Stefan unleashes talent – globally. As Stefan says, don’t take a seat at the table, stand!
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:22] #HRPunks: how Stefan accessed and inspired HR talent from around the world, including key practical steps that Stefan took to embed innovation and change in organisational culture.
[5:00] How HR practitioners can use business language and data to drive positive change.
[8.22] How HR can harness digital team effectiveness tools to re-design ways of working post pandemic, and in doing so enhance performance.
[16:58] How HR can use facts and figures to help eliminate unconscious bias.
[21:16] The business case for diversity: connecting with customers across markets and using data to make the case.
[27:13] How the simple act of changing your t-shirt can inspire a questioning approach, leading to incredible change!
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Explore how the work of HR Leaders is creating positive social change, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals - goals which the world’s companies are increasingly understanding the urgency of achieving, and investing in the action required.
If you’d like clear, actionable ideas for how you can use the power of your role to effect change in your company, you’re in the right place.
I’m the founder of social enterprise From Babies with Love, we provide services to HR Leaders, and through this work I realised that HR professionals and social entrepreneurs are working in the same areas, albeit in different ways.
So we created this podcast to share knowledge, on steps we can take through the work of HR.
In my opinion, if you’re an HR professional, you are also a change maker.
And this podcast will provide you with examples of how. By sharing the successes of some of the world’s most inspiring HR Leaders, you can frame your work in the context of positive change, implement brilliant ideas, and feel absolutely wonderful about doing so!