The HR Grapevine Podcast
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HR Grapevine's podcast is a weekly deep dive into a single news story - exploring the most topical HR issues hitting the headlines.
The HR Grapevine Podcast
1w ago
In this week’s HR Grapevine Podcast, Senior Features Editor Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Aaron Reading, Group Talent Director at fast-growing videogame developer TripleDot studios. The duo discuss Reading’s storied career through companies such as Safestore, Ocado, Mothercare and Specsavers, and his incredibly nuanced and refined view of development, informed by his own journey and experiences. Reading explains why some may be perpetuating an incorrect perception of certain development interventions for younger generations being a one-stop solution, and better routes to engage each indivi ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
2w ago
Our performance management practices are long overdue for a re-think. Traditional models are time-consuming, disengaging, and do not deliver the skills growth that employees or employers want. One company turning its back on broken traditional performance management processes is Imagination, a global experience design company that has previously been named in the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces. Global Chief People Officer Philomena Gray joins us on the HR Grapevine podcast to unpack where traditional performance management falls short, and to delve into the outstanding work Imagination is ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
2w ago
From 1 July 2024, all London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) employees with more than 12 months of service who welcome a child into their family will be offered 26 weeks of fully paid leave. They are entitled to the benefit irrespective of the parent’s gender, how they become a parent, or where they are located globally. Employees are also entitled to an eight-week phased return to work, working 80% of normal hours at full pay. LSEG’s progressive and pioneering parental leave policy is truly equitable and through its global minimum standard offers a substantial structural and culture change for wo ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
1M ago
Much of the work DE&I leaders do is to unravel historic inequalities and biases. As we enter a new era of work amid the AI revolution, how can we make sure we create the right infrastructure and provisions for equity in AI now, to avoid having to correct mistakes in the future? Sheree Atcheson joins us on the HR Grapevine Podcast to answer this question and discuss the relationship between AI and ED&I in depth. As the Global Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Valtech, one of the UK’s Top Most Influential Women in Tech, and an international multi-award winner for her services ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
1M ago
In this week's episode of the HR Grapevine podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down with two incredible HR experts to talk about financial wellbeing, and the state of employee finances in 2024. Joining Kieran is Gethin Nadin, an award winning author who serves as CIO at Zellis, and Jacqui Summons, a prominent Chief People Officer herself, and an NED at Zellis. The trio delve into the core tenets of financial wellbeing, and assess where organisations are both succeeding in servicing their people, and where there are clear errors taking place. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode, brought to ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
1M ago
In this week's edition of the HR Grapevine Podcast, host Kieran Howells sits down with Indeed's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Raj Mukherjee, to talk about the fundamentals of the talent market as they stand in 2024. The pair discuss the challenges facing hiring managers, how candidates are utilising the tools at their disposal when applying for jobs and, of course, the impact that AI is having on the industry. Mukherjee, a veteran of the industry having worked for Indeed for the better part of eight years, shares his insight for those within recruitment, and offers some vital a ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
4M ago
In this week's episode of the HR Grapevine podcast, Host Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Damon Anderson, the UK Managing Director of Employment Hero, to talk about the impact the emerging technology is having on the resourcing market, and what 2024 holds for the industry. Anderson, who has extensive experience in the market along with identifying what quality talent looks like, gives unique insight into some of the top priorities for talent specialists and HR alike ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
5M ago
This week, the HR Grapevine podcast sits down with Luke Hicks, a veteran in the talent and internal mobility space. Along with podcast host Kieran Howells, the pair talk through the expectations of the modern workforce, and how organisations can capitalise on the immense wealth of talent and agility within their organisations. This podcast forms part of HR Grapevine's exclusive series with Cornerstone ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
7M ago
This week, HR Grapevine's very own Serena Haththotuwa sits down with Nauman Janjua, Senior Manager - Global Talent Acquisition at Booking.com, to talk about the current state of the talent market. The pair discuss what good talent looks like, how Booking.com's strategy has changed since the pandemic, and Janjua's recent talk at industry event, RecFest ..read more
The HR Grapevine Podcast
9M ago
This week, podcast host Kieran Howells sits down with a fascinating serial entrepreneur named Fasie Malherbe, to discuss the transformational health and wellbeing path the leader has undertaken, and why his business, Feed Me Seymour, is all about improving the health of workers. In this revelatory conversation, Fasie shares where we're going wrong with employee physical health, and what you can do about it ..read more