HR People Pod – Ep 19: Curiosity to learn | Right to switch off | Toxic cultures | Career catfishing
With plans to introduce a ‘right to switch off’ facing the axe in the UK, do we need formal legislation, or could boundaries be better managed by employers? What role should people professionals play ...
11 Mar 202534min
Podcast 216: Why and how people professionals should prioritise their wellbeing
HR professionals play a unique role within organisations but often find themselves in morally challenging or conflicting situations. These challenges may include balancing business needs—such as manag...
4 Mar 202534min
HR People Pod – Ep 18: Labour Market Outlook | Managing redundancy | Mini-retirement
Times are tough; is there an alternative to headcount reductions and hiring freezes? With redundancy intentions at their highest level in a decade, how can HR professionals manage the mental load of i...
26 Feb 202537min
HR People Pod - Ep 17: Dry promotions | Determining job value | Work ethic | Intelligent failure
Workers are being afforded more responsibility with no uplift in pay - but how commonplace are ‘dry promotions’? How do we decide the value of a job and therefore how much an employee gets paid? Does ...
12 Feb 202536min
Podcast 215: Are apprenticeships the forgotten key to building talent pipelines?
If employers were offered a way to meet their skills and workforce needs while also addressing long-term engagement and retention challenges, wouldn’t most, if not all, jump at the chance? Statistical...
4 Feb 202531min
HR People Pod – Ep 16: US – UK business relations | AI agents | ‘Snitch tagging’
How will a new government in the White House and changing business attitudes in the United States affect the UK? Is 2025 the year where ‘AI agents’ enter the workforce, and if so, how should the peopl...
29 Jan 202537min
HR People Pod – Ep 15: The Traitors | Business confidence | ‘Corporate catfishing’
From strategic alignment to establishing a common purpose, what lessons can people professionals learn from the hit TV show ‘The Traitors’? As business confidence diminishes, and employers face rising...
15 Jan 202536min
Podcast 214: Success starts small - Building sustainable workplace habits
New Year’s resolutions fail. Surprised? Probably not. But is the high failure rate a reason to avoid setting goals – especially in our professional lives? Behavioural science would argue ‘failure’ isn...
7 Jan 202528min
