Women Who Make It Happen

Women Who Make It Happen

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Women Who Make It Happen episodes

  • Burnout In The Workplace: How To Recognise, Support & Prevent

    Burnout in the workplace is unfortunately common, but often goes unrecognised or acknowledged. In this conversation, we will be dissecting what it is, how to recognise, how to support, and what businesses can do to prevent it happening to the workforce - oh, and some practical advice for individuals to avoid it as well!


    Dr Tracey Leghorn, Chief HR and H&S Officer, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

    Dr Tracey Leghorn holds the Board position of Chief HR and H&S Officer with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. As a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, Tracey has enjoyed a successful 25-year career in HR roles and as a senior consultant with PwC, which span a range of businesses in healthcare, technology, foodservices, pharmaceuticals, banking and currently waste and resources where she has successfully led the people agenda to retain SUEZ UK’s position as one of The Sunday Times Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For 2020.

    Having spent a significant part of her career in health and social care organisations, Tracey is passionate about wellbeing on individual, organisational and public health basis and formed part of a Department of Health national working group for several year which aimed to improve health in the workplace under the Chairmanship of Dame Carol Black.

    Tracey is an advocate for gender equality and all aspects of inclusion. Her passion to improve the lives, position and opportunities of women, in and outside of the workplace, is informed by research in this area which has earned her a doctorate from the University of Leicester and more recently a place on the Waste and Resources Sector ‘Hot 100’ key industry influencers list for 2020.

    Simon Richardson, Director, Golden Tree Wellbeing

    Simon Richardson (LL.M, LL.B, RMN, RGN) has over 25 years experience in the health and education sectors. With experience in a variety of mental health settings, he has extensive experience in counselling and facilitating positive approaches to physical and mental health.
    Simon is an energetic and accomplished public speaker on the subject of Emotional Health and Wellbeing.

    He is also a fully accredited Circle Time Trainer, Award winning Mental Health Trainer and First Aid for Mental Health, Simon is also training as a Psychotherapist (Transactional Analysis) and runs a small private practice in Guisborough; he is also a qualified Meditation Instructor and Laughter Yoga Teacher.

    Simon qualified as an RGN and RMN, and has worked in a variety of mental health settings, an Acute Mental Health (Adult) ward; Addiction’s Nurse; as Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) and as the Manager of a multi-agency Deliberate Self-harm Liaison Team before becoming a lecturer in Health and Social Care. Simon worked as Coordinator of the Drug Education Team working with approximately 300 schools across 4 local authorities. His first degree is in Law and he holds a Masters in Child Law. He is also one of the directors of Golden Tree Wellbeing CIC working with organisations across the UK delivering a range of mental health and wellbeing training.

    51 min
  • Workplace Bullying: How To Identify & Stamp Out

    Bullying in the workplace is still unfortunately rife. It is a common problem yet not commonly spoken about and thus, the problem continues.


    Join my speakers and I as we discuss how businesses can identify workplace bullying, how to handle it, how to stamp it out and how to create a culture which protects against it.

    Jessica Rowson, Head of Psychiatric Injury & Director at Oakwood Solicitors

    Jessica is a specialist lawyer in the niche legal field of stress at work cases with a particular interest in cases involving matters of workplace bullying. She hopes that by supporting her clients in taking legal action against their employers that companies will become better educated and informed on the importance of good mental health in the workplace and avoid the likelihood of future workplace disputes from arising.

    In 2019, she obtained a TQUK Level 2 Certificate in awareness of Mental Health Problems and is also a qualified Mental Health First Aider. Jessica also recently contributed her expertise to a BBC documentary. This one-off special highlighted daily workplace interactions and asked a group of 18-30 year-olds whether the behaviours displayed could be deemed as bullying and sexual harassment at work.

    Nicki Eyre, Founder & Director of Conduct Change

    Nicki Eyre had a varied career before becoming a coach, working in finance before moving into education and training roles with senior management experience in the public, private and charity sectors. During her career, she has experienced both opportunity and adversity, including her own experience of feeling bullied at work, and is able to bring this wealth of experience to her role as a coach, speaker and trainer.

    She founded Conduct Change as a result of her passion for working with individuals and businesses to prevent and resolve workplace bullying. She leads the work of the Advisory Board as they strive to ensure that everyone feels heard, valued and respected in the workplace.

    51 min
  • Creating A Winning Culture, So You Can Attract & Retain The Best Talent

    As the founder and president of By George HR Solutions, Diana George brings with her a wealth of experience. Landing in HR after many years of Management Consulting with small business owners, Diana found a common thread with most of her clients; the ability to hire employees that fit their company culture.


    Diana has worked with global companies such as BOSE and the Swatch Group, specifically their luxury brand OMEGA. Diana brings with her over three decades experience in a career that has encompassed leadership in retail, non-profit, health and wellness and the private sector. She learned early on how to motivate and get the best out of people which she now teaches organizations.

    A co-author in “Anatomy of Accomplishment” Diana’s shares seven strategies on how to have a winning company culture. She teaches luxury companies how to WOW, communicate to, coach, and retain top talent whose values match their company culture. Diana is the number one person you go to when you want to hire right the first time.

    50 min
  • Racism In Business: How To Identify, Handle & Stamp Out

    Shereen Daniels, Managing Director, HR Rewired


    An advocate for anti-racism in business, Shereen is Vice Chair of the Black Business Association for London Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Founder + Managing Director of HR rewired.

    An accomplished HR leader , Shereen is cited as one of the leading voices of anti-racism in the workplace and is a sought after speaker, instructor and advisor. Nicknamed the Oprah of Anti-racism’ due to the international popularity of her LinkedIn/YouTube Live shows, Shereen has been featured in Forbes, BBC Worklife and voted one of LinkedIn's Top Voices for 2020.

    Working alongside Founding Chair, Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick, as the Vice Chair of the Black Business Association, Shereen plays an integral role in lobbying and supporting the effective business activity of Black entrepreneurs and owners, showing the investable credibility of Black business and significantly influencing the government’s agenda on racial injustice, discrimination and economic empowerment.

    A supporter of the Sustainable Development Goals – 17 Goals to transform our world, adopted by the United Nations Member States in 2015, Shereen is focused on driving sustainable economic growth and providing equitable employment opportunities for all.

    Her corporate HR global leadership career spans over seventeen years, working within companies with turnovers ranging from £100 million to £2.2 billion; such as Caffe Nero, Greene King, Hobbs, Gala Coral, Carphone Warehouse, Orion Publishing Group and ArmorGroup (now part of G4S).

    54 min
  • Managing Conflict In The Workplace

    Conflict is inevitable and whilst we might not choose to have it, there are things we can do to make it more constructive. In this focused and practical presentation, we’ll be exploring the psychology of conflict, and applied methods for navigating tricky conversations. We will introduce a variety of tools and techniques that you can immediately put into practice towards seeking a better outcome.


    About the presenter

    Sarah Naidoo-Banks is a Business Psychologist, Coach and Mediator. In 2018 she set up Think Team, which provides coaching, leadership development and mediation services. She is a Principal Practitioner with the Association of Business Psychology and full member of the Association of Coaching.

    50 min
  • Rewriting the Benefits Package

    After the year we have all just had, the benefits package as we know it, is broken!


    The workforce wants different things which means companies will need to be creative with their benefits to entice new talent and to hold onto their existing superstars

    With my guests, we will tear up the existing benefits package and rewrite it so it s more in line with the expectations of the workforce.

    Our guests will be:

    Olya Yakzhina, People Manager, Switchee

    Olya is a People Manager at Switchee, she is a people-focused professional, educated in Counselling Psychology and Transformational Coaching, who's a unique approach to employee engagement and culture has brought tangible results in small to medium-sized tech startups. Olya's passion lies with employee experience and her work revolves around ensuring that not one person's interests are ever left behind.

    Marie Krebs, People Operations Manager, Learnerbly

    Marie cares about building and fostering engaging, enabling and inclusive workplace cultures. She works at Learnerbly, a workplace Learning platform, where she handles Talent & People Operations. She won the HRZone Culture Pioneer award for her inclusive work, informed by people and led by shared values. Marie co-founded People Stories, which is a London-based community of progressive, driven and engaged People professionals who meet up to learn and share.

    53 min
  • Diversity, Inclusion And The Role Of Talent Acquisition

    D&I is a topic (rightfully) in the thoughts of most businesses right now, so Talent Acquisition have a huge role to play both in terms of making sure the process of bringing new talent into a business is done the right way and also making sure that authentic D&I initiatives being implemented by businesses are easily accessible to potential future employees.


    67% of job seekers consider workplace diversity an important factor when considering employment opportunities. So, it begins in part with TA!

    Garry Clarke-Strange, Experienced Inclusion & Diversity and Talent Acquisition Leader

    Originally from Dublin, Garry spent six years working in a number of operational roles within the travel industry. He was based across the Mediterranean before moving to Manchester 15 years ago to focus on his career in Human Resources. Working for brands like Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, Thomas Cook and Virgin Care his experience varies from Inclusion & Diversity to Talent Acquisition to HR systems. His ‘why’ is People; how they are engaged into joining an organisation, how they are developed and retained once onboard.

    As a leader, he believes success is achieved through collaborative working and his role is to motivate his teams to achieve their goals. He has led on Employer Brand, HR system implementation and business change projects. During his recent time at MAG a focus on Inclusion and Diversity initiatives at MAG led to the creation of a refreshed strategy and vision paving the way for change towards a culture of Everyday Inclusion.

    Reece Batchelor, Lead Technical Recruiter, tray.io

    Reece has 5 years of recruitment experience starting in agency for 3 years before moving to internal. He made the transition because he wanted to make an impact in the way companies attracted and attain the best talent in the market. His main passions are Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion. Being an underrepresented person himself, he has experienced discrimination in his life and being in the position he is, he wants to help empower diverse communities to have an equal opportunity in life, specifically when it comes to the working world.

    54 min
  • Lessons On Well-being And Performance From An Olympian

    Mental health and wellbeing have never been as hot a topic as they have over the past 12 months, which is one of the good things to come out of 2020.


    We absolutely must look after ourselves, to prevent burnout and poor mental health. We must also of course support those in our business.

    If we get mental well-being right, then our performances will be better. The performances of our people will be better.

    So in this webinar, we hear from Olympian Jack Green as he gives us tangible advice on wellbeing and performance.

    Jack Green, Founder, Olywel

    Jack Green is a double Olympian in the 400m hurdles and 400m events having represented Great Britain at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

    Retiring at the age of 28 from a career that included winning bronze medals at the European and world championships, Jack stepped into the corporate world to lead on well-being at BBC Studios.

    Using his philosophy and passion for performance and well-being, Jack continues to support organisations with their well-being strategies through his consultancy, Olywel.

    Outside of his well-being consultancy, Jack coaches professionally in track and field and is a notable name on the keynote speaking circuit.

    49 min
  • Brexit: What does your business need to prepare for?

    We will be discussing the impact on businesses of Brexit, as we welcome an HR expert in Martin Nicholson and an expert of the legalities of immigration, employment and plenty more Richard Devall.


    From 1 January 2021, the UK implemented a points-based immigration system that brings EU citizens into line with non-EU citizens – we will provide key information, insight and practical take-away’s on the new UK immigration rules. Broadly the topics would be:

    • The end of free movement

    • EU citizens already in the UK (EU Settlement Scheme)

    • New immigration routes from 1 January 2021: Skilled workers, graduates, Intra-company transfers

    • Frontier workers

    • Right to Work Checks

    And everything else you need to know.

    51 min
  • Women In Technology: Part Two

    Despite all the pushes on increasing the average percentile (15%) of females in teams in the UK, the numbers are still largely the same. As such, we must continue to drive conversations and actions around this topic.


    In 2021, each month we will dedicate one of our weekly episodes to Women In Technology. This week, we will feature Vicky Wills (CTO @ Zego) and Tatiana Campagna (Director of Engineering @ Clim8 Invest), as we discuss their own journeys into senior positions, challenges, obstacles, advice to those looking to take their journey into technology and

    52 min

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