Tap'd Talks HR

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Jo Drury, Senior Inclusion Consultant at Tap'd Solutions on the topic of Inclusive Organisations. They discuss the insight behind our recently released report: 'Inclusive Organisations: How inclusion leads to strategic success', and explore the inclusion issues and challenges organisations are facing today, and what leaders can do to truly build inclusion.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Dr. Aeron O'Connor an Anthropologist from University College London (UCL). Dr. O'Connor discusses a recent study conducted at UCL that examined the challenges of working remotely. The aim of the research was to understand how the shift to working from home has impacted staff at UCL, the nature of their work and working relationships, all with the aim of seeking out ideas for improvements.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to diversity & inclusion leadership expert Jo Drury. They discuss 'engaging with allies' in an organisation. Jo explains what she means by an 'ally' and the impact an 'ally' can have in supporting the inclusion cause.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Author and Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion Expert Deanna Singh. They discuss the concept of 'Purposeful Hustle' and how people can direct their life's work towards making a positive impact and to create positive change.

2020 has been a crazy year, full of change, so for our final Tap'd Talks HR episode of the year, we reflect back - through podcast snippets - on the important topics we discussed this year, including D&I, employee engagement, remote working, the importance of resilience, mental health and wellbeing, outdoor coaching, agile HR and leading dispersed teams.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Natal Dank, co-author of the recently published book 'Agile HR: Deliver Value in a Changing World of Work'. They discuss what agile HR is and why she wrote the book, the effect of the pandemic on the HR function and why the HR profession has never had a better opportunity to transform our workplaces.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Emma Bridger, Managing Director of the People Lab and author of the CIPD publication 'An Introduction to Employee Engagement', on Employee Engagement in 2020. They discuss why it matters so much, the rise this year of the 'human connection' and what you can do to raise engagement during these challenging times.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to our leadership expert Andi Roberts on the topic of leading dispersed teams. They discuss why leaders will need to lead and interact differently in the new world of work with a particular focus on concentrating more on the emotional side of their leadership.

A year ago we spoke with Karen Notaro and Ruth Patel, People Insight Managers at the Ministry of Justice about their engagement journey, 12 months on, Karen and Ruth rejoin us to explain how they have driven engagement through Covid, the experiences of their engagement champions and their advice on building engagement through a pandemic.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Opemipo Koshemani, HR Business Partner at UCL, on VUCA and its impact on HR. They discuss what VUCA is, how Ope has seen VUCA play out as an HR Business Partner and how HR leaders can develop skills of VUCA in their teams.