HR Leaders

In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, we are joined by my guest Siobhan McHale, Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup.

Episode Highlights

[01:37] - What inspired you to write the book?

[04:22] - How do you define culture?

[05:10] - Looking for 'patterns' in our company culture

[07:04] - Similar to a ship's captain, you need to spend time on the bridge and the deck to spot these patterns

[09:43] - How Nokia's bad culture affected its bottom line

[12:58] - Reframing (roles) to bring about faster change, with less noise

[16:34] - Steps you can take to influence your companies culture

[22:42] - Maintaining culture whilst onboarding virtually

[25:46] - What's the feedback been for the book?

[27:26] - Parting advice for you

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by my guest Cara Bibbiani, Director, HR Mergers & Acquisitions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Episode Highlights

[07:22] - What did you take away from dance that helped in your career?

[08:40] - How has COVID affected your M&A activities?

[10:02] - Have you missed business travel and other mobility aspects?

[10:43] - How are you maintaining connectivity in virtual environments?

[12:47] - How do you keep these conversations inclusive?

[14:02] - The importance of keeping traditional one to one interactions

[15:06] - What's the role of the business partner in HR acquisition?

[16:46] - What are some of your best practices and things to avoid during M&A's?

[20:45] - How M&A appears sexy but is in fact very tactical and ever-changing

[22:05] - Is this process harder with startups?

[23:40 - The new trends in the M&A field

[25:41] - Why we mustn't lose sight of a companies secret sauce during an acquisition

[30:46] - What's kept you engaged over the years at HPE?

[31:47] - How do you manage culture effectively during M&A?

[36:29] - HR Leaders Quick Fire Round

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by my guest Noreena Hertz, Globally Bestselling Author, Thought Leader & Economist.

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by my guest Nicolas Behbahani, Head of Global People Analytics & HR Innovation at TechnipFMC.

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by my guest Eileen McDargh, Chief Energy Officer at The Resilience Group.

Episode highlights

[01:58] - What was the inspiration behind your new book?

[03:23] - Chris and Eileen's thoughts on burnout

[05:41] - Why Eileen refers to resilience as "energy management"

[07:14] - What are some of the things that drain our energy?

[09:13] - How the physical body can help us recharge

[10:57] - Managing our energy by controlling the controllable

[13:06] - Eileen's tip for keeping track of our time

[14:28] - The good and bad technology can have on burnout

[17:40] - What can we do to help our people avoid burning out?

[23:17] - How the pandemic has brought us closer

[28:22] - Resiliency is a muscle we can build

[30;47] - Chris shares his personal purpose

[33:31] - "If your not clear on your why, you do a lot that doesn't feed you"

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, we are joined by James Fulton, Chief Learning Officer at Goldman Sachs.

Episode highlights

[02:16] - What's been keeping you pre-occupied the past few months?

[03:17] - What inspired you to rethink your approach to leadership development?

[04:56] - How have current events accelerated this roadmap?

[05:29] - How they are using technology to increase communication and connectedness

[07:13] - How the crisis has brought us closer than we've ever been

[09:11] - Why we need to be hungry for alternate experiences and viewpoints

[10:22] - James' thoughts on curiosity, presence and openness

[11:08 ] - Has what it takes to be successful changed?

[14:44] - Do we need new ideas or new ways of implementing them?

[16:06] - Chris and James' thoughts on learning

[20:28] - What Motivates Learning?

[21:47] How are you supporting your employees learning during this time?

[23:27] - Has the move to work from home changed the relationship we have with learning?

[24:50] - What are some of the opportunities for L&D going forward?

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by Claire Renaud, Global Leadership Consulting Director at Dell Technologies.

Episode highlights

[01:21] - How Dell is using technology to support their leaders

[03:48] - What was HR's role in this, how did they navigate the change?

[05:46] - Give us an idea of the key challenges your leaders are experiencing at the moment

[09:03] - Work from home is not new to Dell, did this help during a lockdown?

[10:11] - What are some of the best practices for an effective work from home policy?

[13:18] - How are you supporting your employees working from home

[14:13] - What have you learned from your data regarding engagement during the lockdown

[15:22] - How have current events affected you personally?

[19:02] - How are you currently communicating new products and services internally?

[22:05] - Why do you refer to your employees as customers?

[24:22] - What does this system look like?

[28:37] - How are you harnessing the data you collect from these tools?

[31:03] - Their focus on automation

[32:43] - What's kept Claire engaged at Dell over the years

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by Niels Walch, SVP HR Europe at Teva Pharmaceuticals.

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Episode highlights

[02:25] - Niels journey into HR

[03:29] - What has kept you engaged at Teva for so long

[05:22] - How has the pandemic changed how you do things?

[07:04] - Why communication is more important now than ever

[09:21] - The role of purpose in times of uncertainty

[12:21] - A look at Teva's approach to working from home

[15:51] - How they are harnessing technology to assist with communication

[17:35] - How Niels hired an HR Director virtually

[18:33] - How are you taking care of your employees?

[20:54] - How are you attracting talented people to join Teva?

[25:40] - Niels thought on the future of performance reviews

[26:59] - HR Leaders Quick Fire Round

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, we are joined by Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind.

Episode highlights

[00:52] - A brief look at Emma's journey to today

[03:35] - Have current events accelerated the work that you do at Mind?

[07:25] - Has social isolation exacerbated mental health issues?

[11:36] - How can we take advantage of Mind's resources?

[16:08] - As head of wellbeing it's important to put on your own mask first

[17:27] - Why it's important to cut ourselves some slack

[21:27] - What's your opinion on how companies responded to the crisis?

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In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast we are joined by Deepak Kumar, Chief HR Officer at Sidel.

Episode highlights

[06:07] - What was it like taking your first international role?

[08:20] - Deepak shares the impact this move had on his family

[10:18] - How are you supporting your employees through this time?

[15:11] - A look at the systems and processes that support blended work

[16:41] - The benefits of giving employees flexibility over their schedule

[18:41] - How have you used this time to challenge the status quo

[21:14] - Why they replaced volatility in VUCA with vision

[23:36] - How have you re-evaluated your current technology

[27:47] - What have been your personal learnings through this crisis

[29:12] - Why Gratitude makes leaders more effective

[31:46] - Parting advice for you

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