How HR Leaders Change the World

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 c...

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 dif...

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...

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...

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,...

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 go...

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 Way...

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 examp...

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 G...

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 pr...

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...

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 vulnerab...

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...

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 exper...

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 per...

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...

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 sug...

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 pas...

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 chang...

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 inform...

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...

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...

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 jour...

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 parent...

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, includ...