Menopause affects 52% of the workforce, and it is reckoned that c.1m women in the UK, or persons going through it, have left work because of it.  Its effect on employee engagement is not a topic I thought I would be discussing when I started this podcast, but I'm glad I did. I'm just sad it didn't happen earlier.

 

In episode 48 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Bev Thorogood, the menopause training specialist about how the transition through the various stages of menopause can seriously affect the engagement and performance of those people going through it, and the steps you can take to help, support and retain that precious talent.

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90% of companies have some sort of employee listening programme, but only 7% of employees feel their company is very good at doing anything with that feedback.

 

When it comes to employee data, how many companies are ticking the box of collecting various bits of information, including sentiment towards the business, through surveys and other such listening mechanisms, and then do very little with it?  Is it because they are overwhelmed, don't have the skills, or can't be bothered?

 

In episode 47 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Kevin Campbell, an employee data scientist from Qualtrics. Kevin shares his experiences of working for Qualtircs, Gallup, Deloitte, and as an independent data consultant and shines a light on how to turn all this data into real action, that moves the business, and those in it, forward.

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The world of scaling up a business can be a frenetic, chaotic, crazy and rewarding experience at the best of times. During all the hurly-burly and constant change, hard-wiring your ideal enabling culture into the embryonic fabric of your business and creating an environment where employees are engaged and feel like they are thriving, can get left until later. If it's left too late, it can create a mountain of issues that's hard work to climb eventually, such as talent loss, constant recruitment, poor levels of employee engagement and revenue and profit dilution. But it doesn't have to be that way.

 

In episode 46 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Tom Holliss, Chief People Officer of Zappi. Tom talks about the lessons they've learned during their scaling-up activities, and honestly shares their successes and mistakes, including the time they tried self-set salaries! But all the way through their journey they've put respect, trust and treating their people like adults at the very heart of the organisation.

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What are the future requirements of successful leadership? The world of the last 3 years is almost unrecognisable. Many things we took for granted, or had never imagined have either changed or happened. When you think of it like that, is it any wonder that the celebrated concepts of leadership, that have been commonplace over the last three decades are now looking outdated and out of place? Couple that with the generational shift that's taking place in the workplace, and the differing needs of today's workplace, and I think there is clearly a need for a good deal more humanity for leaders to be successful going forwards.

 

In episode 45 of the employee engagement and workplace culture podcast Sticky From The Inside, host Andy Goram, speaks with the author of 3 best-selling books on teams and leadership, and motivational speaker, Caspar Craven. The pair exchange views on what traits are required to be a successful leader of people in the future. The conversation covers mistakes the pair have made, why the command and control leadership model is inappropriate today, emotional understanding, tattoos, sailing around the world with 3 kids under 10, their aversion to phrases such as "soft skills" and "feminisation of the workplace" and how unresolved trauma may be a hidden inhibitor of team success.

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There's a talent war, so how do we unlock sustainable growth, when there's such fierce competition for talent?

 

We're also told that innovation is a critical factor of sustainable growth.  But how do we achieve that when 67% of our people give us their time, but not their best effort or ideas.  The fact is most of the time, these people have never even been asked for those ideas or input, so they end up being indifferent to your business.  Involvement is another key ingredient to re-engaging these people and growing sustainably.  However, changes in remote and hybrid working have made that more challenging.

 

In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to growth specialist, Tim Cakir.  With a real focus on people and a passion for involvement and technology, Tim offers up some simple, practical advice on how to involve and engage all your employees in useful, growth conversations.  He also shares his recommendations for technology and apps that make the whole involvement and engagement process much easier.

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In a recent poll, a staggering 42% of people working in the Hospitality industry said that they wanted to leave.  But this number fell to 6% from a list of businesses that made it into the long list of the Best Places To Work in UK Hospitality, run by The Caterer magazine. So what are these guys doing that's so different?

 

In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to experienced Hospitality-focused engagement and culture specialist and long time Hospitality campaigner, Jane Sunley, as they exchange notes from their recent attendance at The Caterer's 2022 People Summit, and work through what the best places to work in UK Hospitality are actually doing to attract and retain their people.

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Rapid growth and change bring unique people challenges to deal with.  Legend has it that Google's founders were still interviewing and signing off on new Googlers well into the first 1000 employees.  But is that sensible for everyone?  There's a point at which you have to let go of some stuff, right?

 

In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to the experienced scale-up HR professional, and author of the book "Scaling For Success", Andrew Bartlow, on what it really takes to successfully deal with hypergrowth and take your people with you at the same time.

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The landscape of the world of work is changing, rapidly, and employee engagement and employee experience have become a huge focus for businesses.  But what's the difference between them? Why do they matter? What should we be doing to future-proof our efforts?

 

In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to global employee engagement expert, MD of People Lab, and author of the book "Employee Engagement", Emma Bridger, as they both try to answer these questions and more including what have Elon Musk, Lord Alan Sugar and Boris Johnson got to do with it all?

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What does it take to be successful leader today?  Breaking the mould of all those poor leaders you had in your career and being your true, authentic self lies at the heart of it.

 

In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to Tim Roberts, coach, motivational speaker and now the author of the book "Break The Mould, Volume 1. How  To Be Your Best Version Of You."  Tim doesn't take a conventional view of what makes a good leader.  He's got his own take on it and in this episode he shares that along with the inspiration for the book and some of the lessons contained within it.

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What does it take to generate a truly caring culture within a business?  What moves you from talking about caring about the people you work with and have the privilege to lead, to actually doing it?  What are the benefits of truly caring?  Is that even a question we need to ask? Isn't it obvious?  Well, whether it is obvious or not, it certainly isn't common practice, despite what the last two years have shown us about the importance of looking out for each other and showing that people really matter.

 

In this episode your host, Andy Goram, talks to Jane Adshead-Grant, executive coach, and author of the books “Are you listening, or just waiting to speak?” and the recently published “The Listening Coach”.  Jane is also an Ambassador of Truly Human Leadership and part of the Chapman & Co. Institute who want to create more businesses who truly care.  The wonderful Bob Chapman and Barry Wehmiller story provides the backdrop for a great conversation on what it really takes to generate a truly caring culture.

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