The HR Grapevine Podcast

We sat down for a conversation with Peter Morris, Director of Core HR and Payroll Technology at IBM. In this conversation, we touch on the payroll trends that have defined the last 12 months, what you need to consider when choosing your own vendors, and managing payroll in a large, global company.

'Change' is a word that adequately describes the business world over the past five years. A pandemic, a recession, and changes in employee attitudes have all left employers scratching their heads at various points. This has been very obvious to the business consultancy Protiviti, which offers their expertise to a myriad of businesses...

Gen Z is an enigma to most employers, but by next year, they will make up a quarter of the UK workforce – so employers need to figure out how to understand them, and quickly. To help us get to the bottom of how to attract and retain those at the start of their career, we sat down for a conversation with James Gordanifar, Director of Talent Acquisition at WTW.

Getting the best out of Gen Z at work means giving the best employee experience to them – but that’s easier said than done. On today’s episode of the HR Grapevine Podcast, we are joined by Dan Black, EY’s Global Talent Leader, to discuss how this cohort is redefining the workplace from cultural awareness to digital capability and strategies for attracting and retaining Gen Z workers.

In this week's edition of the HR Grapevine podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down once again with Gethin Nadin, an award winning author who serves as CIO at Zellis, and Jacqui Summons, a prominent Chief People Officer herself, and an NED at Zellis. The trio explore some fresh and often under-considered elements in the ongoing debate around remote working, and employee experience. As Nadin highligh...

On this week's very special edition of the HR Grapevine podcast, our guest host Abigail Yeboah, Senior List & Organisational Trends Manager at Great Place To Work UK, talks us through what has been a phenomenal year for the Great Place To Work Awards, and what truly makes those featured on the list exceptional employers. For this podcast, Abigail is joined by Xanthe Watkins, Senior Consultant at G...

On this week's edition of the HR Grapevine podcast, Head of Content Kieran Howells and Editor at Large Ben Broomfield sit down to discuss three elements of wellbeing that are near and dear to their hearts. The duo discuss formative moments from throughout their careers, such as being asked to join an ERG, or feeling the paranoia of being a small cog in a large machine with no insight to leadership...

On this week's HR Grapevine podcast, host Kieran Howells connects with Raj Mukherjee, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Indeed, to talk about how technology is revolutionising the talent acquisition process, and perhaps most importantly, free up vital time for hiring managers to focus on the human-centric areas of the job. With his decades of experience, and insight from Indeed's own...

In this week's edition of the HR Grapevine podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down once again with Gethin Nadin, an award winning author who serves as CIO at Zellis, and Jacqui Summons, a prominent Chief People Officer herself, and an NED at Zellis. The trio explore some fresh and often under-considered elements in the ongoing debate around remote working, and employee experience. As Nadin highligh...

In this week’s HR Grapevine Podcast, Senior Features Editor Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Aaron Reading, Group Talent Director at fast-growing videogame developer TripleDot studios. The duo discuss Reading’s storied career through companies such as Safestore, Ocado, Mothercare and Specsavers, and his incredibly nuanced and refined view of development, informed by his own journey and experience...

Our performance management practices are long overdue for a re-think. Traditional models are time-consuming, disengaging, and do not deliver the skills growth that employees or employers want. One company turning its back on broken traditional performance management processes is Imagination, a global experience design company that has previously been named in the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces...

From 1 July 2024, all London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) employees with more than 12 months of service who welcome a child into their family will be offered 26 weeks of fully paid leave. They are entitled to the benefit irrespective of the parent’s gender, how they become a parent, or where they are located globally. Employees are also entitled to an eight-week phased return to work, working 80% o...

Much of the work DE&I leaders do is to unravel historic inequalities and biases. As we enter a new era of work amid the AI revolution, how can we make sure we create the right infrastructure and provisions for equity in AI now, to avoid having to correct mistakes in the future? Sheree Atcheson joins us on the HR Grapevine Podcast to answer this question and discuss the relationship between AI and...

In this week's episode of the HR Grapevine podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down with two incredible HR experts to talk about financial wellbeing, and the state of employee finances in 2024. Joining Kieran is Gethin Nadin, an award winning author who serves as CIO at Zellis, and Jacqui Summons, a prominent Chief People Officer herself, and an NED at Zellis. The trio delve into the core tenets of...

In this week's edition of the HR Grapevine Podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down with Indeed's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Raj Mukherjee, to talk about the fundamentals of the talent market as they stand in 2024. The pair discuss the challenges facing hiring managers, how candidates are utilising the tools at their disposal when applying for jobs and, of course, the impact that...

In this week's episode of the HR Grapevine podcast, Host Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Damon Anderson, the UK Managing Director of Employment Hero, to talk about the impact the emerging technology is having on the resourcing market, and what 2024 holds for the industry. Anderson, who has extensive experience in the market along with identifying what quality talent looks like, gives unique insi...

This week, the HR Grapevine podcast sits down with Luke Hicks, a veteran in the talent and internal mobility space. Along with podcast host Kieran Howells, the pair talk through the expectations of the modern workforce, and how organisations can capitalise on the immense wealth of talent and agility within their organisations. This podcast forms part of HR Grapevine's exclusive series with Corners...

This week, HR Grapevine's very own Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Nauman Janjua, Senior Manager - Global Talent Acquisition at Booking.com, to talk about the current state of the talent market. The pair discuss what good talent looks like, how Booking.com's strategy has changed since the pandemic, and Janjua's recent talk at industry event, RecFest.

This week, podcast host Kieran Howells sits down with a fascinating serial entrepreneur named Fasie Malherbe, to discuss the transformational health and wellbeing path the leader has undertaken, and why his business, Feed Me Seymour, is all about improving the health of workers. In this revelatory conversation, Fasie shares where we're going wrong with employee physical health, and what you can do...

This week, podcast host Kieran Howells sits down with Joe Ryle, Director of the 4-Day Week campaign, to delve into all the goings on in the campaign to shorten the working week. The pair discuss the recent controversies around a trial bySouth Cambridge Council, which was dubbed an 'undeniable success' and where Ryle believes the movement will lead.

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This week, Features Editor Serena Haththotuwa sits down for an extensive conversation with technology visionary, keynote speaker and advisor to businesses and Governments, Bernard Marr. The pair discuss the emerging trends in AI and automation, and the role that HR will play in the future of our businesses and the world of work in general.

This week, podcast host Kieran Howells is joined by Dr Jonathan Lord, Senior Lecturer in HRM & Employment Law at Salford Business School. The pair analyse the recent news about institutional sexism and racism in the fire service, and delve into how HR can prevent toxic cultures from growing within their own businesses.

This week, podcast host Kieran Howells is sitting down with Executive Vice President and General Manager for Employer at Indeed, Raj Mukherjee. The pair talk about the shifting talent market, and the complexities in not only finding the right talent for your organisation, but also the needs and wants of talent in the modern workplace. If you're currently hiring, or considering the talent shortage...

This week, we’re heading full-tilt into a divisive conversation about conflict resolution. We live in an age of seemingly constant strike action. People expect drastically different things from their employers, and opening up a dialogue between the two is essential. That’s why, on this week’s HR Grapevine podcast, we’re speaking to David Liddle, CEO of the TCM Group, and a conflict resolution life...