In this episode, Anwen Bottois (your host and founder of Purple Sky Consulting) is joined by Roxy Allen, a workforce transformation specialist working in the gas industry, with a background spanning Agile HR, design thinking, systems thinking and socio-technical systems. Roxy shares how she has applied systems thinking to reshape how managers approach performance conversations and why starting with conditions, not targets, is the key to unlocking real organisational performance.

Whether you're an HR leader trying to make sense of performance frameworks or someone looking to bring more strategic thinking into your people function, this conversation is packed with practical insights and some genuinely fresh thinking.

The main topics include:

• Why HR functions struggle to see performance as a system
• The difference between managing the system and leading the people
• How Roxy developed and adapted the Performance Chain framework for her organisation
• Practical approaches to embedding systems thinking in performance conversations
• Where HR leaders should start if they're new to this way of working

High performance isn't necessarily built through more activity but through better conditions.

Resources & Links:

Six Boxes Performance Thinking: https://www.sixboxes.com/

Agile Culture Development Matrix: https://toolkit.agilebusiness.org/agile-culture-development-matrix

Find Roxy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missroxanneallen/

Find out more about more about Anwen Bottois here: https://expertservicesdirectory.com/directory/anwen-bottois/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anwen-bottois-leadership-coach

Purple Sky Consulting Website: https://www.purpleskyconsulting.co.uk/