How HR Leaders Change the World
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsExplore how the work of HR Leaders is creating positive social change, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals - goals which the world’s companies are increasingly understanding the urgency of achieving, and investing in the action required.
If you’d like clear, actionable ideas for how you can use the power of your role to effect change in your company, you’re in the right place.
I’m the founder of social enterprise From Babies with Love, we provide services to HR Leaders, and through this work I realised that HR professionals and social entrepreneurs are working in the same areas, albeit in different ways.
So we created this podcast to share knowledge, on steps we can take through the work of HR.
In my opinion, if you’re an HR professional, you are also a change maker.
And this podcast will provide you with examples of how. By sharing the successes of some of the world’s most inspiring HR Leaders, you can frame your work in the context of positive change, implement brilliant ideas, and feel absolutely wonderful about doing so!
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HR Unlocking Business Potential: Scott Sullivan, HR Director, Bates Wells
July 04, 2023 03:00 - 33 minutes - 32.2 MBScott 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 experience and thoughts on social mobility, opportunities for business to lead, and why he advocate...
100,000 hours - human-centric culture: Sophie Smith, CHRO, BW Group
June 28, 2023 03:00 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBIn 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 performance management – Sophie discusses the significant role of HR in delivering the E in ESG. ...
The 3 Biggest Problems in Inclusion Work & Tools to Persuade and Progress: Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey, Founder, Element of Inclusion
June 20, 2023 03:00 - 37 minutes - 35.6 MBJonathan 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 you begin your very own in-house podcast! Topics in Jonathan’s episode: Interse...
The Exciting Moment for HR - Connecting to ESG: Emma Higgins Chief People Officer International Division, QBE Insurance
June 13, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes - 27.2 MBEmma 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 suggests a technique to help you achieve change and further support your colleagues - to look a...
Leading HR with your Personal Purpose: Janine Vos, CHRO, Rabobank
June 06, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBJanine 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 passion for reducing inequality contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Topics i...
The Commercial Results of Inclusive People Strategy: Daniel Sharaiha, Chief People & Customer Experience Officer, Bank al Etihad
May 30, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBDescribing 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 change the world, Daniel considers the role of culture and values in achieving change, of continu...
The business benefits of vulnerability: Donna Murray Vilhelmsen, CHRO, Trustpilot
May 23, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBDiscussing 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 information and know whether to trust it and explains how being business led in your approach to H...
The unquenchable power of the human spirit: Josh Bersin, CEO & Founder, The Josh Bersin Company
May 16, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 30.3 MBExplaining 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 how this is impacting people and company performance. Noting a straight line between HR an...
Your EVP, ESG and Mental Health: Elise Hauge Larsen, Chief People & Communications Officer, Lundbeck
May 09, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MBElise 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 has the opportunity to boldly drive company ESG strategy, Elise shares why the work is centra...
Your organisation as a catalyst for change: Narelle Burke, CHRO, Kantar Insights APAC
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MBNarelle 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 journey. Noting that there are now five generations in the workforce, Narelle describes the opport...
Your company as a Global Citizen: Katarina Berg, CHRO, Spotify
April 25, 2023 03:00 - 31 minutes - 30.4 MBWith 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 parental leave and its positive impact for colleagues’ careers, families, the company, and so too fo...
Why leave anyone behind? Erik Schmidt, former CHRO, Pandora
April 18, 2023 03:00 - 35 minutes - 33.6 MBDiscussing 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, including techniques such as connecting goals to performance management and reward, and provides his...
Leadership in business and impact: Akhona Qengqe, General Manager, KFC Africa
March 28, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MBAkhona joins us with a recent promotion from Chief People Officer to General Manager at KFC Africa, showing the trend in people leaders moving to the top job continues its momentum. Sharing her strategies to empower women and achieve gender parity, Akhona describes the incredible results from programmes such as ‘Women on the Move’ and ‘Shine’, and speaks about her aspiration for representation of all colleagues. Framing business opportunities within the language of impact, Akhona conn...
Empathy, Inclusion & Commerciality: Mary FitzPatrick, Global Head of D&I, Rolls-Royce
March 21, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBMary describes her experiences in building inclusion across sectors, from television to technology. Discussing the links between inclusion, commerciality and ESG, Mary describes why the work, and measuring its outcomes, is important to investors and customers – alongside employees. Sharing her personal connection to neurodiversity, Mary provides thoughts on how to ensure a neurodiverse colleague that joins, also stays, and gives examples of inclusion strategies in gender representation and...
People as a business design principle: Emma Hardaker-Jones, Group HR Director, Legal & General
March 14, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 26.7 MBEmma shares her approach to people strategy as a business design principle, providing an example that brings together business objectives, employee focus, community impact and sustainability, with the example of creating a new office in Cardiff. From hybrid working to the impact for the city, Emma explains how a commercial approach is a key part of being an HR Leader. Emma describes her passions for gender equality and social mobility, naming Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a heroine, and shares he...
Being bold in the corporate world: Erin Brockovich – celebrating International Women’s Day
March 07, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 54.6 MBIn this special episode to mark International Women’s Day, hear Erin Brockovich’s keynote at How HR Leaders Change the World- Live!, “Being bold in the corporate world – personal empowerment and persistence”. Erin was so passionate and inspiring she moved the room to tears! Erin assumes you’ve seen the film, and goes behind the scenes to her upbringing, her family and her relationships to explain her approach to achieving justice, with approaches you can also use to overcome hurdles and ac...
Being an intrapreneur; bringing your passions to work: Vanessa Vallely OBE, Founder, WeAreTheCity
February 28, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBCelebrating International Women’s Day and the 2023 theme, #EmbraceEquity, Vanessa shares the steps in her career that led her to create WeAreTheCity – which helps progress female careers. Suggesting ways that can best advance gender balance and inclusion at work, Vanessa recommends considering an equity (rather than equality) model and a focus on sponsorship - describing what best practice sponsorship looks like. Vanessa shares ideas on how to be ‘intrapreneurial’, how to start and grow ...
Ep.90: Posture at work – what’s yours? Stephane Charbonnier, CHRO, L’Oreal USA
February 21, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 28.2 MBStephane describes both small actions in creating opportunity for colleagues and his approach to leading change at scale. Sharing the example of the Listening Circle at L’Oreal, Stephane explains why a deep willingness to listen and understand is a fundamental starting point to creating a culture of belonging, and reflects on the emotions involved. Discussing the posture we choose at work, how this can help us as well as others, Stephane highlights the opportunity for HR to move forwar...
Ep89: 2023 Guide - Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave policy and practice
February 14, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this special episode Cecilia shares cutting edge initiatives that are enhancing family friendly culture in the workplace. Covering the 5 key trends in From Babies with Love’s 2023 Guide, Cecilia summarises the latest policy and practice on gender inclusive leave, fertility, neonatal, pregnancy loss and baby loss leave, in recognising returning to work and in grandparents at work. With insightful behind the scenes features by Aon, Sony Music UK and William Hill, this episode and the G...
Ep.88: Be conscious! Why inclusion is a vital building block: Mary Bilbrey, former CHRO, JLL
February 07, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 28.6 MBMary shares her experience in how to support business leaders to lead differently, and the changes she has seen in what’s required of successful leaders today. Considering changes in working practices and culture, Mary advocates that HR must be intentional in designing the spaces in which we work, to ensure they contribute to talent strategy, and reflect company culture and values. Explaining why inclusion is a vital building block to other programmes, Mary calls on everyone to be consci...
Ep87: Inclusion, intersectionality & the UN SDGs: Leila McKenzie-Delis, CEO & Founder DIAL Global
January 31, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBLeila advocates for the importance of intersectionality in diversity and inclusion, describes the ten facets of diversity analysed in the DIAL Diversity Review, and shares examples of how they map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discussing the work of DIAL Global, Leila considers how DE&I is an incredible lever for businesses to grow profit and at the same time have positive impact in society. From measuring change to communicating value to the C-Suite, Leila explains why t...
Ep86: A Culture ‘Rebelution’: Stephen Childs, CHRO, Panasonic Automotive
January 24, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBStephen describes the role of culture in the transformation that has taken place at Panasonic Automotive over recent years. Summarising before and after metrics, Stephen openly shares successes and learnings along the way. Sharing the benefits of building transparency in an organisation, Stephen describes his approach, and examples of how a transparent culture has helped identify and address opportunities to improve business performance. Advocating that all HR professionals have the oppo...
Ep85: Sustainability is a key ingredient of HR: Anabel Fall, Chief People Officer, Zühlke
January 17, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes - 24.4 MBNoting the shift in the role of HR in business leadership, Anabel provides thoughts on how to reinforce the importance of HR’s role, including the relationship with the CEO and adding value for all C-Suite leaders. Anabel shares her approach to sustainability as part of people and business strategies, and shares her passion for impact as a driver for career development, explaining how individual passions and capabilities are fundamental to career design. Anabel calls on us to invest in d...
Ep84: Transformation in business, and in HR: Kevin Green, Chief People Officer, First Bus
January 10, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 39.6 MBSharing his experience at First Bus and Royal Mail, Kevin introduces the modernisation strategies he has and is helping lead. Describing people strategy in the context of decarbonisation objectives, Kevin gives example initiatives such as considering colleagues’ commutes to work to repurposing legacy assets in ways that benefit employees and communities. Kevin provides thoughts on diversity, high performing teams and innovation, discussing how to make your organisation a great place to w...
Ep.83: Helping your colleagues to flourish at work: Steve Peralta, Chief Wellbeing Officer, Unmind
December 20, 2022 07:24 - 37 minutes - 35.2 MBSteve shares his approach to life and work, based on the concept of flourishing. Describing what this looks like, Steve summarises elements that contribute to a culture where everyone flourishes, and what the human and business benefits are. From preventing illness to promoting wellness, Steve provides steps and questions you can ask of your organisation to help create culture that supports mental health and wellbeing. Advocating that everyone works towards the goal of work having a net po...
Ep. 82: How to effect change by being open: Elaine Grell, Chief People Officer, Ogilvy
December 13, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 31.6 MBElaine advocates that to win a business case and create change, we need to win hearts and minds, and to do this, we must give a bit of ourselves. Starting with cataloguing your life and what you’ve learned along the way, Elaine describes how to adopt this approach and how it can help you achieve your goals. Discussing the momentum in creating representation in the workplace, using your sphere of influence and harnessing collaborative ways of working, Elaine shares her vision for how we wor...
Ep.81: Vulnerability in the Workplace: Karen Bowes, former Chief People Officer, Capital One
December 06, 2022 05:03 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBKaren discusses her experience in transforming culture to connect colleagues with business purpose and their wider societal impacts. Sharing her experience at Capital One, Karen describes the emotional impacts for customers and employees, and how by understanding emotion employees helped transform the lives of customers. Advocating both the colleague and commercial benefits of vulnerability in the workplace, Karen provides practical suggestions on how to start changing culture, and share...
Ep.80: You are a #HRChangemaker! How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
November 29, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode host Cecilia Crossley summarises the discussions from our recent conference, How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! From UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health & Wellbeing to SDG11 Sustainable Cities & Communities, plus all the environmental goals, Cecilia recaps the examples the CHRO panellists provided at the conference – showcasing how commercial, strategic, HR work is also creating positive social change and driving ESG results. Working on a collective exercis...
Ep79: Open for Everyone: Natalia Wallenberg, CHRO, Ahold Delhaize
November 22, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 33.2 MBNatalia discusses the impact HR creates by empowering people; how many small actions by HR support people to achieve their dreams. Natalia describes Ahold Delhaize’s moto, “Open for Everyone” and the culture this drives for both customers and employees, and shares examples that are having significant impact in achieving inclusion goals, such as training in Inclusive Leadership and Business Resource Groups. Calling on everyone in HR to find ways to give to society, Natalia reminds us that...
Ep78: A more human working world: Gian Power, Founder & CEO TLC Lions
November 15, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 28.1 MBGian shares the personal experiences that led him to create TLC Lions; with the goal to create a more human working world. Explaining why storytelling can be one of your greatest strengths, Gian describes the first steps you can take to create a culture where colleagues share and harness the power of their stories. Advocating for the power of listening, and the need to enhance training in listening skills, Gian also describes how being more self-aware makes you a stronger leader. Here’...
Ep77: Inclusion for customers and employees: Asma Shaikh, CHRO, National Bank of Pakistan
November 08, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBPassionate about gender balance and inclusion, Asma shares initiatives that build opportunities for both customers and employees. Harnessing the power of commerce to create positive change, Asma describes her leadership role in a business growth strategy that also developed opportunities for women in rural areas, contributing to SDG5, gender equality, amongst others. Asma calls on everyone in HR to invest in wellbeing, basing this work on human empathy rather than business return calcula...
Episode 76: A non-negotiable for the CEO: Carolanne Minashi, Global Head of Inclusion, HSBC
November 01, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBCarolanne describes examples of key shifts she helped create for inclusion at work, including enhancing parental leave, designing a return-to-work programme, and working with health insurance providers to support transgender colleagues. Providing a step-by-step calculation to help secure sign off for equalising parental leave, Carolanne shares how this worked, alongside sentiment analysis. Carolanne shares her experience with investors, the Chairman and CEO – all now wanting to speak to in...
Episode 75: Leading with love: Yetunde Hofmann, NED and Remco Chair
October 25, 2022 03:00 - 35 minutes - 33.7 MBYetunde shares what leadership means to her, focussing on the notion of love, and results. Reflecting on her long career and portfolio of experience, Yetunde describes her response to the murder of George Floyd and setting up Solaris, and how she views the opportunity for HR to create a human-centred workplace and bring justice through the world of work. Yetunde provides a step-by-step plan for how you can introduce the language of love, leading with love in your organisation, and remind...
Episode 74: Creating hope and stability through work: Orlagh Hunt, Chief People Officer, Yorkshire Building Society
October 18, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBOrlagh describes her experience in responding to the financial crash in 2008, and how her learning, sharing in particular the importance of clear anchors, is helping her lead her organisation through current shocks society. Discussing the shift to hybrid working Orlagh advocates measuring performance on outcomes and describes the benefits of team charters, and using them for cross team collaboration too. Orlagh shares her passion for helping people to realise their talents, learn and gro...
Episode 73: Towards DE&I roles becoming obsolete: Saskia Schmaus Global Head of DE&I, Henkel
October 11, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 26.7 MBSaskia describes Henkel’s drive for gender parity, discussing activities across the employee lifecycle that, working together with the whole business of over 50,000 colleagues, contribute to creating change. Providing the examples of role modelling and influencing, Saskia discusses laying aside competitive behaviours, the power of working together and tips for best practice. Saskia shares her long-term dream that so much positive change will see DE&I roles become obsolete, and her hope t...
Episode 72: How your HR work delivers the E, the S, the G in ESG
October 04, 2022 11:21 - 31 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this special episode we take a look at examples of how HR delivers the E, the S and the G in ESG. It's brilliant to see the momentum in linking how your commercial HR work is also driving ESG results, and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. So, we selected a few examples from a handful of CHROs' episodes, and we connect the dots. We only scratch the surface of the topics and connections – but I hope the examples will be useful to you in seeing how naturally they come...
Episode 71: HR is a powerful catalyst: Elly Tomlins, Chief People Officer, Britvic
September 27, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBDiscussing that the role of HR leaders is as a powerful catalyst for others creating change, Elly shares her views on how the culmination of small changes over many years creates tectonic shifts in approaches to people and business. Elly also shares her personal passion for understanding of race and ethnicity in society, and a wonderfully simple one line to summarise her approach to inclusion. Highlighting the importance of kindness and empathic leadership, Elly invites you to step into ...
Episode 70: The Future of HR is Green: Marieke Bos - van den Berg, Group SVP HR Northern Europe & DACH, The Adecco Group
September 20, 2022 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBAs well as flexible and personal, Marieke believes that the future of work is green. Discussing several of the trends she sees in the labour market from attracting to retaining, Marieke shares her thoughts on the impacts for companies and HR in a fierce, demand-led context. Sharing her personal passion for addressing the climate crisis, Marieke describes how HR professionals can best influence, from leadership strategy to hybrid working design. Indeed, if Marieke could ask you to take on...
Episode 69: The power is in HR’s hands: Roberto di Bernardini, CHRO, Danone
September 13, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 31.8 MBIn sharing his career across many sectors and counties, including for companies with a billion customers, Roberto describes a common theme in leaving a positive mark on society and follows the logic in how a business that helps people to live better, results in a business that makes profit. Roberto considers the revolutions in leadership and people management that have and are happening through the pandemic, advocating that flexibility is key in ways of working and redefining the workplace...
Episode 68: Self-care for professional performance: Cornelia Kaufmann, Chief Culture Officer, Bahlsen
September 06, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBCornelia shares her experience of the pandemic, the mental and physical issues it led to, and how she responded with a new approach to caring for herself as part of her professional performance. Cornelia describes how caring sets the tone for leadership and performance at Bahlsen, as well as her work creating a culture trying new ideas and making mistakes to both come through challenges and uncover opportunities. Cornelia notes HR’s responsibility, and duty, to help people by making self...
Episode 67: Energy at work – your role in the reset: Ashira Gobrin, Chief People & Culture Officer, Wave
August 09, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAshira discusses her thoughts on how she leads and impacts the energy of her colleagues, driving wellbeing and business performance. Providing fantastic analogies such as the role of a conductor in an orchestra, and the shared feeling of ‘jet lag’ coming out of the pandemic, Ashira describes how you can reflect on and harness your own energy too. Connecting her passions for people, graphology and neurology, Ashira shares her interests and learning that support her approach to embracing dif...
Episode 66: HR leading holistic business impact: Joy Jinghui Xu, CHRO, Manulife Asia
August 02, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 38.1 MBJoy shares her approach to HR and business leadership through the lens of a golden triangle: Purpose, Leadership and Culture, discussing achievements to date as well as work ahead. Joy describes leading HR as a guardian of culture, providing practical examples such as #winningteam and Manulife’s Global Day of Reflection & Learning, as well as the principles that underly areas including performance management. Joy also shares the transformation in and compounding impact of employee engageme...
Episode 65: A new generation for HR: Frauke von Polier, Chief People Officer at Viessmann
July 26, 2022 03:00 - 38 minutes - 36.6 MBFrauke introduces her passion for transformation, having seen several across her career, and her excitement for the transformation to climate solutions at Viessmann. From the principles in creating a business centred on a net positive contribution, to strategies such as a new Talent Architecture for the skills needed today and tomorrow, Frauke describes people as the soul of an organisation, and how working with the heart must be alongside a market orientated people function. Frauke also...
Episode 64: Doing the right thing: Eugenio Pirri, COO at The Dorchester Collection
July 19, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBEugenio shares his career in HR that has included his move from CHRO to COO at The Dorchester Collection. Advocating that doing the right thing is the essence of HR leadership, Eugenio discusses its importance even when you’re doing work that’s continually challenged, and shares thoughts on the changing role descriptions for HR professionals – why this is a good thing and the opportunities it brings. Providing examples such as how to support managers with all the changes taking place, Eu...
Episode 63: Moving from passive to active: Gary Kildare, Non-Exec Director and former CHRO IBM Europe
July 12, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes - 30.7 MBSharing insights from multiple Board of Director roles and a career in HR, Gary discusses a shift in approach with Chief Executives leading on businesses’ role in society, how this provides their competitive edge, and what this means for people strategy. Discussing how measuring can create progress, Gary advocates that in respect of targets we all need to be a bit impatient, and provides examples of measurement enabling positive change in areas such as hiring and promotion. Advocating th...
Episode 62: Leading with humanity: Pauly Grant, Chief Talent Officer, Publicis Groupe ANZ
July 05, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes - 31.1 MBSharing her views on the shift in business and the focus on people, Pauly provides an overview of initiatives such as Publicis Groupe ANZ’s Reconciliation Action Plan. Having launched a flexible working policy before Covid, Pauly discusses how this is helping people and performance post Covid, and how the launch process uncovered some unexpected biases… A wonderful advocate for radical disruption, Pauly describes the need for us to lead with humanity, and to help our colleagues, our lead...
Episode 61: Making mistakes well: Yasir Mirza, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, the Financial Times
June 28, 2022 03:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBYasir shares insights in leading D&I in media, from news channels to newspapers, discussing both employee and audience facing facets of building D&I strategy. Providing examples of work such as his approach to creating an Inclusion Toolkit, Yasir shares his views on creating confidence and capability to manage D&I, where we are with the D&I business case, and how to make mistakes well. Yasir notes the courage it takes for us to create change; and encourages us to continually self-reflect...
Episode 60: A holistic approach to excellence: Sergio Ezama, CHRO, Netflix
June 21, 2022 03:00 - 28 minutes - 27.2 MBSergio shares Netflix’s holistic approach to excellence, an approach that empowers individuals to lead their own performance, and results in Netflix’s policies such as for annual leave: ‘take as much time as you need’. Providing insights into Netflix’s work on representation behind and in front of the camera, and on eliminating bias, Sergio discusses the risk of missing unexpected talent, including colleagues such as himself, who didn’t get an MBA or study at an Ivy League university. Hi...
Episode 59: HR and the CEO’s impact targets: Jane Roques-Shaw, Global Director Employee Experience, Dentsu International
June 14, 2022 03:00 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MBJane shares her approach to finding points in the employee lifecycle to make positive impact, providing examples such as HR’s role in designing leaders’ decarbonisation and gender targets that create transparency and accountability. Describing Dentsu’s approach to attracting Millennial and GenZ talent through its employer value proposition and brand message as champions for meaningful progress, Jane highlights the partnership between HR and Social Impact teams. Encouraging us to listen m...
Episode 58: Normalising the conversation, Chasity Boyce, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Barings
June 07, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBDescribing her work to help colleagues break down and understand Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chasity shares her approach to get from theory to steps we can take each day. Noting changes across generations, Chasity provides thoughts on human nature at work and changing how we view talent, as well as her work to drive equity through access to employment. Sharing how breaking down barriers and eliminating biases stems from building relationships, Chasity advocates relationship work is ...