The People Agenda
Real voices. Fresh thinking.
Are you an HR leader grappling with the complexities of HR tech, transformation, or change management?
Listen to The People Agenda podcast (previously the HR on the Offensive) for cutting-edge insights, actionable strategies, and real-world success stories to tackle your biggest HR and Payroll challenges.
In each episode, we dive into the latest trends, expert advice, and practical solutions to help you stay ahead in a rapidly evolving workplace.
Whether you’re looking to drive adoption of new technology, lead organisational change, or simply optimise your HR strategy, you’ll leave every episode with fresh perspectives and tools to take your initiatives to the next level.
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What is human business design?
In this week's podcast we spoke to Christian Voelkl from HR Pepper about a book they have recently released called 'Human Business Design'. Aaron and Chris chat with him on some of the core themes, including how organisations need to embrace change and the importance...
The ever evolving relationship between HR and recruitment
Amanda Coulson from SVC Solutions speaks to Chris Howard from LACE Partners about how the relationship between the HR function and recruitment teams - both internal and external agencies - has changed and is constantly evolving....
The challenges of talent attraction in Payroll
What are the biggest challenges the Payroll function faces when it comes to attracting talent? Has the skills required to succeed in payroll changed pre and post pandemic? How hot is the market right now? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with...
What is the art of the possible when it comes to people data and analytics?
How can businesses leverage people data and analytics to improve on their approach to predicting attrition, improving culture and identifying the key talent levers in a business? Chris and Aaron explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with Kevin...
How can you solve your productivity puzzle?
Tim Ringo, author of 'Solving the Productivity puzzle' joins Aaron and Chris from LACE to discuss how businesses can solve their own challenges with the productivity of their own people through giving autonomy, purpose and mastery to their own people. They also...
What is the state of financial wellbeing in the UK?
How has the global pandemic shifted businesses approach to how the look at financial wellbeing? What more can employers be doing to support employees? How can employees and employers work together to make employees feel less vulnerable when it comes to financial...
What is the Resilience Factor for CPOs?
In this week's podcast, we speak to Zellis about their recent report 'The Resilience Factor: CPOs - Post-COVID Boardroom Insights 2021'. We discuss what changes businesses have made and how that has impacted Chief People Officers in their roles. How does resilience...
Reflections on our latest HR tech event ‘Bridging the gap’
In case you missed it, we recently hosted an event focused entirely on HR technology implementation where we asked panellists Mark Corden from Parkdean resorts and Alastair Logan and Ceridian to tell us what their key lessons learned were from projects they have...
What does the future hold for the Payroll function?
What changes are we likely to see in the payroll function? What impact will things like blockchain have? Which function should Payroll sit within - HR or Finance? We explore this and more in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast with Chris Kirby and Chris Howard....
How can HR make a difference in championing neurodiverse talent?
What is neurodiversity and why aren't employers tapping in to this important talent pool at a time of talent shortages we ware seeing? What are some of the strengths and challenges that exist within a neurodiverse workforce? We explore this and more with Mel Francis,...
What is keeping HR shared services directors up at night?
What is keeping HR Shared Services directors up at night? How good are HRSS professionals at managing change? What are the tools needed to be successful? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast, with Sunila Jethwa from Ceridian joining Chris Howard...
How can you create an outcomes-driven performance culture?
In the latest podcast Chris and Emma Leonis-Hughes talk to Appraisd Founder Roly Walter about how to create a an outcomes-driven performance culture. The trio discuss the distinction between an 'output-based culture' and an 'outcome-driven' culture - How does one...
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