The People Agenda

In this podcast we are joined by our HR Transformation Senior Manager Debbie Mitchell to talk about a book she wrote, called 50 Top Tools for Employee Engagement. The book discusses how you don't need expensive interventions to achieve good employee experience. Chris speaks with Debbie as she explains some of the tools in the book

Chris is once again joined by Emma Leonis-Hughes as they speak with Steven Rothberg from College Recruiter as they discuss why employers are finding it difficult to recruit Gen Z. Is it due to a shift in attitude towards work? How are employers unknowingly alienating these digital natives?

Quiet quitting: what is it and why is it becoming more common? Cathy Acratopulo our co-founder was featured on an article around this topic. In this episode, Chris and Cathy discuss how quiet quitting doesn't just affects both the employer and employee but the business as a whole.

Increasingly businesses are recognising that their policies and culture need to promote the representation and participation of different employees; but how can they do this effectively? We speak to diversity, equity and inclusion expert and speaker Guilherme Klein from PMI to get his insight on this essential topic– read on for the summary or listen to the podcast here.

Today is a very special day - we've hit episode number 100! Listen in to hear from the team which episodes we enjoyed the most, which ones we recommend and also some bloopers from behind the scenes.

Who is responsible for good employee experience? Can the culture of a company affect it? Does leadership play a role? Chris discusses this with Tope Sadiku from Kraft Heinz.

The two Chris' from LACE Partners talk to Stephen Ousley from SD Worx about the whitepaper they produced, Reinventing HR, which looked at how HR has supported post pandemic business model changes, the impact of inaccurate data in payroll amongst other functions, as well as how businesses navigate the complexity question when it comes to managing payroll.

In this week's podcast Chris speaks with Emma Leonis about her new whitepaper, HR Shared Services Trends 2022 Report. They briefly talk about some of the key statistics from the report.

How valuable can employee network groups/employee resource groups (ENG/ERGs) be to businesses who are looking to get an accurate pulse of the thoughts and feelings of their diverse workforce? In the latest podcast Chris Howard and Emma Scriven from LACE Partners talk to Kate Nash from Purple Space about the value they bring.

How much of the gender pay gap discussion is related to pay? And why should businesses focus on more than just pay? How much of the gender pay gap challenge is industry-specifically related? How much does size and geography play in issues surrounding the gender pay gap? In this latest LACE Partners podcast we talk to Josh Harmston-Gething, who undertook extensive work in his previous employment an...

In this week’s podcast, we spoke to Mervyn Dinnen about a new book he has written with Matt Alder called ‘Digital Talent’. Chris sat down with Mervyn and discussed some of the core themes, including how to continuously develop employees, as well as leaders, to ensure that the organization has the skills it needs both for today and the future.

In this week's podcast we spoke to Christian Voelkl from HR Pepper about a book they have recently released called 'Human Business Design'. Aaron and Chris chat with him on some of the core themes, including how organisations need to embrace change and the importance of understanding who is involved in that change and what they need to buy in to it.

Amanda Coulson from SVC Solutions speaks to Chris Howard from LACE Partners about how the relationship between the HR function and recruitment teams - both internal and external agencies - has changed and is constantly evolving.

What are the biggest challenges the Payroll function faces when it comes to attracting talent? Has the skills required to succeed in payroll changed pre and post pandemic? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with Sam Field from Oakleaf Partnership.

How can businesses leverage people data to improve on their approach to predicting attrition, improving culture and identifying the key talent levers in a business? Chris and Aaron explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast.

Tim Ringo, author of 'Solving the Productivity puzzle' joins Aaron and Chris from LACE to discuss how businesses can solve their own challenges with the productivity of their own people through giving autonomy, purpose and mastery to their own people. They also explore some of the five trends to turbocharge future success. Get your copy of the book here -https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=9781789664751&...

How has the global pandemic shifted businesses approach to how the look at financial wellbeing? What more can employers be doing to support employees? How can employees and employers work together to make employees feel less vulnerable when it comes to financial wellbeing? We explore this in the latest podcast, based on a whitepaper Wagestream have produced which you can download here -https://wag...

In this week's podcast speak to Zellis about their recent report 'The Resilience Factor: CPOs - Post-COVID Boardroom Insights 2021'. We discuss what changes businesses have made and how that has impacted Chief People Officers in their roles. Read the report here - https://www.zellis.com/chro2022

We recently hosted an event focused on HR technology implementation and asked our guests to tell us what their key lessons learned were from projects they have worked on. In this podcast Max and Chris chat through the takeaways from event panelists Mark Corden from Parkdean resorts and Alastair Logan and Ceridian.

What changes are we likely to see in the payroll function? What impact will things like blockchain have? Which function should Payroll sit within - HR or Finance? We explore this and more in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast with Chris Kirby and Chris Howard.

What is neurodiversity and why aren't employers tapping in to this important talent pool at a time of talent shortages we ware seeing? What are some of the strengths and challenges that exist within a neurodiverse workforce? We explore this and more with Mel Francis, a neurodiversity speaker and champion, in the latest podcast.

What is keeping HR Directors up at night right now? We talk this, hybrid working, wellbeing and much more with Sunila Jethwa from Ceridian.

What are the tools you need to focus your performance management on outcomes rather than a 'box ticking' exercise? How can businesses get better at leveraging data in performance management? How can you performance manage people on shorter, contract assignments? We explore this and more in the latest podcast with Roly Walter from Appraisd.

Gary from HowNow discusses their thoughts on some of the big workplace trends that we are all going to see more of in 2022. Hybrid working is here to stay, but in what form? What is the changing relationships we'll have with our offices? Will we see the end of weird office perks and how will the Great Resignation have an impact? We explore in the latest pod.

What are the emerging trends in the EX space? How much of an impact does a mobile-first approach have? What about hybrid? How has the landscape shifted? We explored this and more with our partners at Applaud, following their Digital Employee Experience trends report 2022 report, which you can view here - https://www.applaudhr.com/2022-digital-employee-experience-trends-0