The HR Uprising Podcast

Lucinda interviews Katy Walton from Make Real Progress, with a focus upon learning and development, particularly for HR professionals who may not have a background in L&D. Katy shares her expertise in helping HR professionals feel more comfortable and confident in handling training and development responsibilities. They discuss the challenges HR professionals face in understanding the possibilitie...

Lucinda explores the topic of AI in HR with guest Brandon Stevens, founder and CEO of Scouter. They discuss the role of AI in recruitment and talent management, highlighting the challenges and limitations of current AI systems. Brandon also focusses upon the importance of accurate and comprehensive data inputs for AI to be truly predictive and prescriptive, introducing the concept of creating inte...

Lucinda welcomes Fay Wallis, the host of the HR Coffee Time podcast and a career and executive coach. Fay shares her insights on the five recurring pain points that HR professionals often face, including time management, being strategic, building confidence, feeling undervalued, and dealing with difficult people. Fay also talks about the importance of self-awareness, growth mindset, and taking con...

Lucinda is joined by HR expert Jim Moore from Hamilton Nash, who discusses the challenging task of conducting investigations into tricky people problems.  Jim shares his experiences and provides valuable insights and tips for HR professionals and managers who may find themselves in the position of investigating sensitive allegations or grievances. From dealing with high-profile cases to navigating...

Lucinda is joined by Victoria Lewis-Stevens, MD at United Culture, to discuss the importance of purpose over perks in organisations. They explore how organisations can add greater value during a downturn by focusing on purpose and engaging employees. Victoria shares her expertise in helping businesses articulate their culture and align it with their purpose, and talks about the role of line manage...

Lucinda talks to Nick Rion, a personal and professional relationship coach. Nicholas specialises in helping individuals build strong, healthy, and sustainable relationships, particularly focusing on conflict resolution. The conversation delves into the definition of conflict and the different ways people perceive and handle it. Nick shares his personal journey of avoiding conflict and the negative...

Lucinda is joined by author and personal growth expert, Yvonne Guerineau to explore the topic of building positive working relationships in the workplace. Yvonne, an HR professional and author of the book "People in Their Element: How to Create Positive Working Relationships," shares her expertise on the concept of a growth mindset in relationships, breaking away from cultural patterns, and the ro...

Lucinda is back, and to kick off this new season of the show, she discusses the topic of rethinking appraisals, acknowledging that the traditional end-of-year appraisal process is often seen as backward-looking and outdated in today's fast-paced work environment. Lucinda proposes dividing the appraisal process into four defined touch points throughout the year: objective setting, development conve...

Lucinda talks once more about engagement in light of the state of the global workforce and working methodologies being adopted globally. KEY TAKEAWAYS Engagement is undeniably a leading indicator of productivity, profitability, health and safety issues, customer satisfaction and overall people happiness. Global engagement levels are at 23%. European engagement levels are at 13%, and the UK (33rd i...

Lucinda is joined by Teresa Rose, an award-winning learning consultant and the founder of Consult Her Ltd, to discuss the most effective ways of building a learning pathway for our organisations - what they are, how to do it, and the most often-seen barriers to engagement. KEY TAKEAWAYS Learning experience platforms are all about giving employees a much better consumer-grade experience when it com...

Steven is a global leadership consultant, executive coach, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and globally recognised specialist in the art of connection building and leadership. In this episode, Steven talks to Lucinda about an all-new epidemic in the workplace - loneliness - and how we can increase a sense of belonging in order to promote talent acquisition and retention in our organisation...

Sonya Shelton founded Executive Leadership Consulting in 2007 from her passion for partnering with leaders and high achievers to create a clear vision and build work environments where employees are fulfilled and completely committed to their organisation’s success. Sonya joins Lucinda this week to talk about strategy, culture, and how we can best encourage both in the organisations we lead. KEY T...

Lucinda talks about why it is that users find themselves unable to engage with systems in the long term following change, how to motivate them to want to embrace new ways of working, and the processes, roles and responsibilities you need to embed any kind of new system in the workplace. KEY TAKEAWAYS Buy-in is key. Resistance can sometimes arise when people aren't involved in the formation of the...

For this very special 200th episode, Lucinda is joined by the wonderful Lucy Adams, the CEO of Disruptive HR to talk about not just her prolific and renowned career in the HR sector, but also the ever-changing world of HR itself, and why she has chosen to pioneer a more disruptive approach. KEY TAKEAWAYS Change comes far easier if we question the narrative and test the boundaries of what is possib...

This week, Lucinda is joined by licensed psychologist and emotional intelligence specialist, Dr Robert Hernandez, to talk about emotional intelligence, and how by placing it at the forefront of development, we can help to shape future leaders. KEY TAKEAWAYS Emotional intelligence is the art of being aware of data or information in which emotions arise. Emotions come from the unconscious - emotiona...

Rameez Kaleem is the founder and managing director at 3R Strategy, an independent reward consultancy, as well as the author of 'A Case of the Mondays: How to build a culture of trust through pay transparency'. Rameez joins Lucinda to talk about the research in which he has been recently involved - Salary Trends for 2023 - a highly topical subject that has far-reaching implications for anyone in em...

Carla Miller is the author of 'Closing The Influence Gap: A practical guide for women leaders who want to be heard', which reached #1 in the Amazon charts for Business Leadership Skills and Business Management and Leadership. Carla joins Lucinda this week to discuss the book and how best to apply its central core theme and message to our own organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first step towards clos...

Building a successful business is all about the art of collaboration, and harnessing the varied and empowering talents of others in order to build strength. With this in mind, Lucinda welcomes Deb Mashek, the author of 'Collabor(h)ate', to explore the importance of effective collaboration, and how we can work to create a culture that encourages rather than divides. KEY TAKEAWAYS Some are more natu...

Lucinda is joined by Gemma Rabbini from Coach & Bloom, for a discussion around positive intelligence - what it means, and how you can retrain your brain to act in a more positive, forward thing and centred way in order to get the best out of life. KEY TAKEAWAYS In terms of self belief, women are significantly lacking in that area when it comes to men. It's a niche that needs attention in order to...

Emma Hossack is an ICF accredited Personal and Business Coach, NLP and Resilience Practitioner with a passion for helping clients and organisations flourish, as well as the founder of Transforming Minds for Business. Emma joins Lucinda to discuss the ways in which data can play a vital role in strategies designed to ensure wellbeing at all times. KEY TAKEAWAYS In recent years, studies have shown t...

Eleanor Manley is the co-founder of Metta Space, and a specialist in helping companies to prevent, report & resolve workplace misconduct. Eleanor joins Lucinda too discuss the most effective ways of managing misconduct in the workplace - from prevention, to reporting and resolution - and the fascinating role that technology is having in helping to highlight misconduct. KEY TAKEAWAYS Women are more...

This week, Lucinda is joined by wellness and nutrition specialist Katherine Horstmann, to talk about the most effective ways that we can focus upon our personal wellbeing, and subsequently apply this to the people in our care as HR professionals. KEY TAKEAWAYS Wellbeing and wellness should be staples of the HR conversation, instead of something we need to fight for. The evidence between the things...

Lucinda talks to expert trainer and consultant Carol Norbeck Hines, the author of 'Joyful Leadership', about why people should always be at the heart of leadership and the decisions we make, the value of excellence and trust, and why we should never be afraid of apologies and the benefits they can provide. KEY TAKEAWAYS Human Resources should always focus upon our people. The people aspect is the...

This week, Lucinda is joined by Julie Kratz, the Founder and Chief Engagement Officer of Next Pivot Point, created to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, to discuss the topic of allyship - supporting people who may be different to us - and why it's a crucial part of not just advancing culture in the workplace, but in society as a whole. KEY TAKEAWAYS Allyship and inclusive le...

Lucinda is joined by Barbara Wilson and Dr Liz O'Riordan, to discuss the important topic of working with cancer. As professionals who have both experienced this devastating condition up close, Barbara and Liz share their invaluable insights, discussing all-important legal entitlements, and the best ways of ensuring that those who find themselves suffering through a cancer diagnosis are treated wit...