A year into lockdown, more and more people have started new roles without ever having met a colleague face-to-face. In this week's episode of The Good Practice Podcast, we find out what that's like for people professionals.

To discuss, Ross G is joined by Emerald Works CEO John Yates, Frontline Pedagogy Lead Laura Watkin, and Study Group HRD Ed Griffin. Our guests all have different roles in different organisations, but one thing in common: they're working with strangers.

We discuss:

• their experiences of joining an organisation during lockdown
• the challenges of these experiences
• the surprising benefits of of not meeting anyone face-to-face.

Show notes

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And don't forget! We'll be chatting about this topic further, on Thursday, March 18th, at 3pm, on Clubhouse.

In 'What I Learned This Week', Ross shared that American hitman Charles Harrelson was the father of actor Woody Harrelson. See Wikipedia for details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson

Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter:

• Ross Garner - @RossGarnerEW
• John Yates - @JYlearner
• Laura Watkin - @TalentEdMagpie
• Ed Griffin - @EdJGriffin