The Sticky From The Inside Podcast

The world is now a much smaller place, thanks largely to technology. The person you sit next to at work, virtually, is less likely to come from the same town as you, have the same accent as you, or have the same cultural customs as you than ever before. If you struggled to communicate before, imagine what it's like now!   In this episode of the popular employee engagement, workplace culture and le...

Menopause affects 52% of the workforce, and it is reckoned that c.1m women in the UK, or persons going through it, have left work because of it.  Its effect on employee engagement is not a topic I thought I would be discussing when I started this podcast, but I'm glad I did. I'm just sad it didn't happen earlier.   In episode 48 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast , host Andy Goram , from the em...

90% of companies have some sort of employee listening programme, but only 7% of employees feel their company is very good at doing anything with that feedback.   When it comes to employee data, how many companies are ticking the box of collecting various bits of information, including sentiment towards the business, through surveys and other such listening mechanisms, and then do very little with...

The world of scaling up a business can be a frenetic, chaotic, crazy and rewarding experience at the best of times. During all the hurly-burly and constant change, hard-wiring your ideal enabling culture into the embryonic fabric of your business and creating an environment where employees are engaged and feel like they are thriving, can get left until later. If it's left too late, it can create a...

What are the future requirements of successful leadership? The world of the last 3 years is almost unrecognisable. Many things we took for granted, or had never imagined have either changed or happened. When you think of it like that, is it any wonder that the celebrated concepts of leadership, that have been commonplace over the last three decades are now looking outdated and out of place? Couple...

There's a talent war, so how do we unlock sustainable growth, when there's such fierce competition for talent?   We're also told that innovation is a critical factor of sustainable growth.  But how do we achieve that when 67% of our people give us their time, but not their best effort or ideas.  The fact is most of the time, these people have never even been asked for those ideas or input, so they...

In a recent poll, a staggering 42% of people working in the Hospitality industry said that they wanted to leave.  But this number fell to 6% from a list of businesses that made it into the long list of the Best Places To Work in UK Hospitality, run by The Caterer magazine. So what are these guys doing that's so different?   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to experienced Hospitality-f...

Rapid growth and change bring unique people challenges to deal with.  Legend has it that Google's founders were still interviewing and signing off on new Googlers well into the first 1000 employees.  But is that sensible for everyone?  There's a point at which you have to let go of some stuff, right?   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to the experienced scale-up HR professional, and a...

The landscape of the world of work is changing, rapidly, and employee engagement and employee experience have become a huge focus for businesses.  But what's the difference between them? Why do they matter? What should we be doing to future-proof our efforts?   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to global employee engagement expert, MD of People Lab, and author of the book "Employee Eng...

What does it take to be successful leader today?  Breaking the mould of all those poor leaders you had in your career and being your true, authentic self lies at the heart of it.   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to Tim Roberts, coach, motivational speaker and now the author of the book "Break The Mould, Volume 1. How  To Be Your Best Version Of You."  Tim doesn't take a conventional...

What does it take to generate a truly caring culture within a business?  What moves you from talking about caring about the people you work with and have the privilege to lead, to actually doing it?  What are the benefits of truly caring?  Is that even a question we need to ask? Isn't it obvious?  Well, whether it is obvious or not, it certainly isn't common practice, despite what the last two yea...

"When the work of your heart, your hands, and your mind is done to serve others with delight, that is joy."  That is the mantra of Rich Sheridan, Co-Founder of Menlo Innovations, a software development company that is known the world over for its intentionally joyful culture.   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram talks to the international speaker and best-selling author of Joy Inc., and Chief...

In this episode, Andy Goram speaks to Emma Harvey, from Candid HR who's written a novel called "Have You Got A Minute?" which takes a look at the issues faced by HR professionals and businesses today, from a different perspective. The characters and funny stories in the book are based on Emma's real-life experiences and she shares some of those as the two talk about issues like The Great Resignati...

In a post-Pandemic world, how well you execute your go-forward strategy will heavily determine if you go on to just survive or thrive. So why do some businesses continue to separate strategy from employee engagement? Engagement without strategy execution, leaves you with people happily, productively doing things that are not actually benefitting the business. But strategy execution without engagem...

Understanding how and why the brain functions as it does can have a dramatic effect on your ability to engage with yourself and others.  In this episode, Andy Goram talks to Change Specialist, Neuroscientist, and Founder of Neuro At Work , Dominique Ashby about the influence our brains have on our ability to engage with the people in our teams, and the things we can all do to engage them more effe...

Andy Goram and Business Psychologist, Pip Gwynn, from Insight-HRC discuss the concept of fairness at work, which has become a hot topic recently, based on the alleged behaviour at No. 10 Downing Street, lately.   Just 18% of us think we work in a high-fairness workplace, according to research by Gartner.  During this conversation, Andy & Pip discuss what this means for business, what's going on in...

Andy Goram and Rob Robson from The People Experience Hub, look to answer the seemingly simple question, "What Is Employee Engagement, Anyway?" and see where they differ in their opinions.   During the conversation they discuss the plethora of definitions there are out there for employee and engagement and why that might be. They also dig into the measurement of it, sharing their opinions on what's...

An ex-Chicago trial lawyer shares their perspectives on the not-so-secret secrets of employee engagement and leadership on the Sticky From The Inside Podcast.   Andy Goram talks to Paul Glover about making the journey from defending clients to engaging employees, creating positive company cultures and coaching leaders to be more effective, and shares a few surprises along the way. ----more---- Joi...

Being a kind leader starts with being kind to yourself.  Andy Goram & Jen Hope discuss how on the Sticky From The Inside Podcast Episode 31.  Their conversation covers employee engagement, employee experience, employee wellbeing, and skills and practises a leader can use to show how being kind is important. After all, actions speak louder than words.   The conversation takes in elements of Kim Sco...

Andy Goram looks ahead to 2022. He takes a look at the foundations of how businesses can engage their employees in 2022 and beyond, and what's in store for the Sticky From The Inside Podcast in 2022. ----more---- Join The Conversation Find me on LinkedIn here Follow the Podcast on Instagram here Follow the Podcast on Twitter here Check out the Bizjuicer website here Download the podcast here Read...

A great employee onboarding experience will create a real sense of belonging, connection and exciting possibilities for the future. This is the moment your shiny, newest asset is at their most excited; enthused to properly understand how they will play their part in the future success of the company. So why, in general, are they so awful? There has to be a better way.   My guest on Episode 29, is...

Once the bastion of executives, coaching is now being offered to many more employees to counter the low levels of global employee engagement.   In this episode of the employee engagement podcast, Sticky From The Inside, your host, Andy Goram, talks to Jo Wright, CEO of Coaching Culture about how she is on a quest to bring coaching to the masses and get companies to build coaching cultures within t...

Video meetings are here to stay. But we've all experienced the endless cavalcade of soulless video meetings, where half the cameras and microphones are turned off, you suspect (or can clearly see) that other participants are doing other things, and the whole experience lacks engagement, productivity and any sense of collective wellbeing. The whole video-thing can lack any emotion or personal conne...

Dan Toma, a leading thinker on innovation shares his thoughts and insights on the guiding principles that lie behind having an effective and innovative, workplace culture. Is there a blueprint or a magic formula to having an innovative culture that we can all follow?  Your host, Andy Goram and Dan, discuss the processes. measurements and actions that lie behind making your business truly innovativ...

Perry Timms , Chief Energy Officer of PTHR shares his thoughts and insights on the evolution of teams and the workplace. The way the workplace functions and how teams best perform is changing, rapidly.  Your host, Andy Goram and Perry, discuss how the emergence of transient and self-managed teams is changing the way that some forward-thinking businesses function, for the better, and the central ro...