Latest Hrleaders Podcast Episodes
Your company as a Global Citizen: Katarina Berg, CHRO, Spotify
How HR Leaders Change the World - April 25, 2023 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith 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 focus...
Why leave anyone behind? Erik Schmidt, former CHRO, Pandora
How HR Leaders Change the World - April 18, 2023 03:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDiscussing 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 th...
Leadership in business and impact: Akhona Qengqe, General Manager, KFC Africa
How HR Leaders Change the World - March 28, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAkhona 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 fro...
Empathy, Inclusion & Commerciality: Mary FitzPatrick, Global Head of D&I, Rolls-Royce
How HR Leaders Change the World - March 21, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMary 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...
People as a business design principle: Emma Hardaker-Jones, Group HR Director, Legal & General
How HR Leaders Change the World - March 14, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEmma 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, Em...
Being bold in the corporate world: Erin Brockovich – celebrating International Women’s Day
How HR Leaders Change the World - March 07, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 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...
Being an intrapreneur; bringing your passions to work: Vanessa Vallely OBE, Founder, WeAreTheCity
How HR Leaders Change the World - February 28, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCelebrating 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...
Ep.90: Posture at work – what’s yours? Stephane Charbonnier, CHRO, L’Oreal USA
How HR Leaders Change the World - February 21, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsStephane 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 cul...
Ep89: 2023 Guide - Cutting Edge Parental & Family Leave policy and practice
How HR Leaders Change the World - February 14, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 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, pregna...
Ep.88: Be conscious! Why inclusion is a vital building block: Mary Bilbrey, former CHRO, JLL
How HR Leaders Change the World - February 07, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMary 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 w...
Ep87: Inclusion, intersectionality & the UN SDGs: Leila McKenzie-Delis, CEO & Founder DIAL Global
How HR Leaders Change the World - January 31, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLeila 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 conside...
Ep86: A Culture ‘Rebelution’: Stephen Childs, CHRO, Panasonic Automotive
How HR Leaders Change the World - January 24, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsStephen 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, Steph...
Ep85: Sustainability is a key ingredient of HR: Anabel Fall, Chief People Officer, Zühlke
How HR Leaders Change the World - January 17, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNoting 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 str...
Ep84: Transformation in business, and in HR: Kevin Green, Chief People Officer, First Bus
How HR Leaders Change the World - January 10, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSharing 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...
Ep.83: Helping your colleagues to flourish at work: Steve Peralta, Chief Wellbeing Officer, Unmind
How HR Leaders Change the World - December 20, 2022 07:24 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSteve 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...
Ep. 82: How to effect change by being open: Elaine Grell, Chief People Officer, Ogilvy
How HR Leaders Change the World - December 13, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsElaine 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...
Ep.81: Vulnerability in the Workplace: Karen Bowes, former Chief People Officer, Capital One
How HR Leaders Change the World - December 06, 2022 05:03 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsKaren 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 trans...
Ep.80: You are a #HRChangemaker! How HR Leaders Change the World - Live!
How HR Leaders Change the World - November 29, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 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 ex...
Ep79: Open for Everyone: Natalia Wallenberg, CHRO, Ahold Delhaize
How HR Leaders Change the World - November 22, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNatalia 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 sign...
Ep78: A more human working world: Gian Power, Founder & CEO TLC Lions
How HR Leaders Change the World - November 15, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGian 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 p...
Ep77: Inclusion for customers and employees: Asma Shaikh, CHRO, National Bank of Pakistan
How HR Leaders Change the World - November 08, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPassionate 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 w...
Episode 76: A non-negotiable for the CEO: Carolanne Minashi, Global Head of Inclusion, HSBC
How HR Leaders Change the World - November 01, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarolanne 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 of...
Episode 75: Leading with love: Yetunde Hofmann, NED and Remco Chair
How HR Leaders Change the World - October 25, 2022 03:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsYetunde 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-...
Episode 74: Creating hope and stability through work: Orlagh Hunt, Chief People Officer, Yorkshire Building Society
How HR Leaders Change the World - October 18, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOrlagh 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 perf...
Episode 73: Towards DE&I roles becoming obsolete: Saskia Schmaus Global Head of DE&I, Henkel
How HR Leaders Change the World - October 11, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSaskia 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 asid...
Episode 72: How your HR work delivers the E, the S, the G in ESG
How HR Leaders Change the World - October 04, 2022 11:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 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 f...
Episode 71: HR is a powerful catalyst: Elly Tomlins, Chief People Officer, Britvic
How HR Leaders Change the World - September 27, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDiscussing 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 ra...
Episode 70: The Future of HR is Green: Marieke Bos - van den Berg, Group SVP HR Northern Europe & DACH, The Adecco Group
How HR Leaders Change the World - September 20, 2022 03:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAs 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 perso...
Episode 69: The power is in HR’s hands: Roberto di Bernardini, CHRO, Danone
How HR Leaders Change the World - September 13, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn 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. Ro...
Episode 68: Self-care for professional performance: Cornelia Kaufmann, Chief Culture Officer, Bahlsen
How HR Leaders Change the World - September 06, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCornelia 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 h...
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