Andrew shares his vision of HR as a transformative force, leaving outdated practices behind to embrace People Experience. By rebranding HR and launching Sony Music’s Global People Promise, Andrew highlights how this innovative approach fosters an engaging workplace culture, rooted in clear values and behaviours that attract and retain diverse talent.

Andrew’s personal journey adds depth to his professional insights, as he candidly explores how his background influenced his passion for addressing exclusion and inequality. From spearheading the Sony Music Group Global Scholars Programme to reframing inclusion efforts with bold language and meaningful action, Andrew demonstrates how linking personal values to professional work can amplify impact.

With heartfelt advice on self-care and purpose, Andrew inspires HR leaders to sustain their energy for driving real change, ensuring their efforts build a better and more equitable future.

Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.

As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.

Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

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In transforming from a traditional manufacturer to a provider of smart solutions for cities and buildings, Andrea explains how HR has guided transformation by redefining leadership.

Describing the creation of six Leadership Guidelines that were developed through collaboration across the company, Andrea discusses how the Guidelines are enabling Fagerhult Group to balance its heritage with a culture of innovation and adaptability, while ensuring diverse perspectives drive meaningful progress.

Andrea highlights the importance of building a learning organisation that celebrates diversity of thought and reframes failure as growth, and shares some of the practical steps HR is taking, such as leadership workshops and inclusion initiatives to foster innovation and deliver a gradual cultural shift.

Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.

As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.

Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com

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Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first CHRO and a renowned talent strategy expert, highlights the need to rethink outdated workplace systems that assume long-term employee tenure. Steve emphasises the importance of questioning old assumptions, experimenting with new ideas, and embracing HR’s role as a catalyst for change.

Steve explores how HR can lead with innovative solutions that benefit both businesses and communities, with inspiring examples - such as how one organisation solved talent shortages by tapping into new talent pools such as candidates without traditional qualifications - showing how HR can tackle business challenges while driving social change.

Steve reflects on how his early life shaped his commitment to inclusion and empathy in leadership. He underscores the value of engaging in tough conversations to create space for meaningful dialogue around divisive topics. Closing the episode, Steve shares his heartfelt wish for HR leaders: to ask thoughtful questions that empower others to uncover their own solutions, paving the way for a more innovative, inclusive, and impactful future.

Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.

As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.

Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com

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Self-care & Listening at the Heart of HR Leadership: Karl Edge, Chief People Officer at KPMG UK

Karl emphasises the importance of empathy, communication, and energy management as key leadership traits in navigating today’s complexities, offering insights from his decades of experience coaching leaders.

Karl advocates for the transformative power of listening, introducing the ‘SEED’ framework as a guide to meaningful conversations. Karl also shares his passion for advancing social mobility, shaped by his working-class upbringing, highlighting initiatives such as apprenticeships that have earned KPMG recognition as Social Mobility Organisation of the Year.

Karl underscores the importance of energy management for HR leaders; with actionable strategies and inspiring reflections, Karl challenges everyone in HR to integrate listening and self-care to create impactful change in their organisations and beyond.

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In this inspiring episode Dannii shares her approach to embedding sustainability and purpose into PepsiCo’s culture and discusses how PepsiCo is aligning people and planet goals with business operations. With examples such as social mobility programmes, Dannii demonstrates how PepsiCo empowers employees while driving positive societal change.

Sharing thoughts on resilience and the pressures facing HR, Dannii introduces ‘home club’, a network that promotes collaboration, emotional well-being, and professional growth.

Dannii calls on you and everyone in HR to be bold in telling the truth with empathy and courage, prioritising collective progress for the benefit of all.

Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.

As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.

Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com

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References: Tent Partnership for Refugees

Annemie shares her insights into HR’s power to drive social change, elevate innovation, and build cultures of belonging. By challenging assumptions in the workplace, Annemie explains how HR can enable data-informed leadership that fosters employee engagement and inclusivity.

Exploring AI’s potential, Annemie envisions a future where AI frees HR to focus on more impactful, strategic work. With a passion for lifelong learning, Annemie shares practical steps such as book clubs, informal storytelling, and encouraging small, relatable actions to spark curiosity.

Annemie emphasises the ripple effect of small, consistent actions, and advocates that with simple acts of kindness and fostering human connections we can create lasting, positive change, building organisational culture centred on empathy and equity.

Thank you to Visier for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Visier gives organisations a workforce AI edge, helping leaders drive productivity, performance, and agility in the face of change.

As a global leader in AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation, Visier leverages its real-time people data platform to harness the transformative potential of both people and work data. By combining these insights, Visier enables smarter workforce decisions and elevates performance across teams.

Visier proudly serves over 60,000 customers across 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Sanofi, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Discover more about how Visier can transform your organisation, visit www.visier.com

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Sharing her journey from Yorkshire to California, Helen discusses the importance of customer empathy in driving meaningful business change and emphasises the value of opportunities for employees to interact with customers, fostering a culture of understanding and relatability.

Helen also explores the evolving landscape of HR, discussing the interaction between AI in enhancing workforce productivity and the potential for remote work to revitalise communities.

Helen advocates for empathy and connection and leaves us with a reminder that by embracing curiosity, respect, and empathy, HR leaders can build trust and integrity, driving positive change.

Thank you to HEX Talent & Development for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.

HEX is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package.

They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders.

Above all, HEX brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.

Want to learn more?

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Martyn discusses his insights on how HR leaders can drive both business success and positive social change. Through his experience leading at the insurance company Lockton, Martyn shares actionable ways to foster an employee-centric culture, such as mental health support and enhanced parental leave.

Martyn shares his belief in the importance of purpose-driven HR leadership, highlighting how HR can navigate global challenges, promote equity and lead meaningful change. Be inspired by Martyn’s leadership and discover how you too can harness the power of your role to create positive social change.

Thank you to HEX Talent & Development for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.

HEX is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package.

They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders.

Above all, HEX brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.

Want to learn more?

Head on over to HEX Talent & Development to see how they can help your organisation thrive.  

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Referenced Resources

·        Ripple Suicide Prevention

·        Free tool: Map your HR work to the UN SDGs

Tom shares two inspiring frameworks he’s developed to guide HR professionals in their leadership journey. The Intentional Leader Model encourages HR leaders to adopt deliberate and thoughtful leadership practices, and the CHRO Impact Framework helps HR professionals enhance their effectiveness. These models highlight the importance of intentionality, purposeful leadership and self-reflection to drive performance and personal growth.

Tom shares insights on how you can:

• Prioritise Purpose and Self-Awareness: Tom highlights the importance of aligning tasks with your purpose, be mindful of how you spend time, ensure your efforts contribute to your long-term goals, helping to prevent burnout and boost productivity. 

• Develop Boundaries: Advocating that strong leaders set clear boundaries, Tom discusses delegating tasks that don't energise you and making self-reflection and personal development priorities for authenticity and resilience in leadership.

• Leverage HR's Role in Sustainability: Tom discusses how, by engaging with frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals, HR leaders can challenge the status quo and drive positive change on a global scale, promoting fairness, equity, and environmental sustainability.

Thank you to Hex Talent and Development for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Is your organisation doing everything it can to ensure its people and teams are reaching their full potential? This episode is sponsored by Hex Talent and Development.

Hex is a people performance consultancy that's laser focused on making individuals, teams and organisations the best they can be. Hex isn't just another learning provider, they are the full package. They offer individual and team coaching, facilitation of team events and gatherings, leadership development and broader HR consultancy. They are thought leaders and have their own model for leadership, the intentional leader and the CHRO impact framework for developing high performing senior HR leaders. Above all, Hex brings passion, challenge and joy to all their clients.

Want to learn more?

Head on over to HEX talent and development to see how Hex can help your organisation thrive.  

How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024

Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.

The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda. 

What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.

And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!

You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…  

Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets we can't wait to see you there! 

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Referenced Resources

Tom's book - People People: Reach your full potential as a Chief HR Officer

https://www.hex-development.com/

LinkedIn - Tom Emery

Join our community of HR Changemakers: see how your HR work is delivering ESG results

Data for the Emerging Trend – HR & Sustainability: Kerri O’Neill, Chief People Officer, Ipsos UK&I

Kerri shares a personal expert viewpoint on where sustainability and HR come together, based on her 20 years of practitioner experience in shaping organisations, plus insight from her new role with Ipsos UK & Ireland.  

Sharing data that underpins this approach, from our intuitive views to what employees want, Kerri provides research that you can use to evidence why your organisation and your HR function have an opportunity to lean into the HR and Sustainability agenda.

Noting that you don’t need to be an expert in technical detail such as carbon capture in order to take action, Kerri shares some of the books she’s been reading to help think about HR through the lens of Sustainability, and leaves you with a moving call to action from David Attenborough...

Thank you to Staffbase for supporting How HR Leaders Change the World

Staffbase knows that HR leaders are driving transformation in the workplace, and they’re here to help.

Their internal communications platform empowers companies to connect with their people, whether at their desks or on the frontlines.

With tools that improve engagement, amplify employee voices, and align everyone with your company’s goals, Staffbase makes it easier for HR leaders to create and measure lasting change.

Want to learn more?

Head on over to staffbase.com/en/staffbase-for-hr to see how Staffbase can help your organisation thrive.  

How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 13 November 2024

Our sell out conference is back! In London and on Live Stream.

The role of HR in ESG and Sustainability is rising up the agenda. 

What brilliant opportunities ahead for you and your teams to create even more business value and positive change.

And so, if you’d like to build your influence and impact, if you’d like to spend a day with pioneering CHROs and fellow HR Changemakers, come and join us!

You’ll leave with knowledge and actionable ideas that you can implement too, and, for even more inspiration – we’re so excited to share this - our keynote this year is acclaimed Swazi-British actor, Richard E Grant. Speaking on the topic, 'From global perspectives to daily to do lists'… we can’t wait…  

Check out the inspiring agenda and click here to secure your place today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2024-tickets, we can't wait to see you there! 

👥 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers

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Referenced Resources

Episode 111: Why did you join HR? Kerri O’Neill

Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist

A Life on Our Planet - My Witness Statement and a Vision for Our Future: David Attenborough