The People Agenda
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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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In the Spotlight – Episode 3 – ‘Remote workplace’ with Paul Hucknall
Master of the Guild Paul Hucknall talks to Chris Howard and Annette Andrews about how his business - Quilter - has adapted quickly to moving from an office-based environment to a remote workplace, touching on policies, support, but also how their leaders have adapted...
What will the office of the future look like?
What will the office of the future look like when everybody returns back to work? Will there be creative and news ways of utilising space? Will businesses need as much space? How can you social distance in a lift designed to get 20 people in it and up to the 20th...
In the Spotlight – Episode 2 – Peter Cheese
In the second episode of the 'In the Spotlight' series from the Guild of HR Professionals, Peter Cheese, CEO of the CIPD, talks about how HR needs to position the 'human' at the centre of the business after the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to subside. HR needs to come...
How can HR teams use data more effectively to show its value?
Chris from LACE Partners is joined by Jig Ramji, Head of Talent at the London Stock Exchange, to talk about the importance of HR teams using data to evidence their decision making and delivering ROI to the people function. Jig talks about challenges of businesses who...
In the Spotlight – HR Guild Podcast – Episode 1 – Danny Harmer
This first episode of 'In the Spotlight' series featured Danny Harmer, Chief People Officer from Aviva, talking about her experiences during the COVID lockdown of 2020, having joined Aviva during the pandemic. ...
How important should coaching be during the current crisis?
What are the common challenges that leadership teams are facing and what coaching support do they need? Do HR Directors need to focus more on themselves in getting coaching support? Jessica Raby from Jess Raby Associates talks to Chris and Aaron from LACE Partners....
How effective is your digital learning platform in the current climate?
How effective is your digital learning platform and how much are you utilising it in the current climate? With some businesses using digital learning to re-skill employees in light of the Covid-19 global pandemic, or with furloughed employees able to undertake...
What are you doing about wellbeing in the current crisis?
What is your business doing about it's wellbeing strategy? What are other HR teams looking at right now? What will be the focus as we come out of the current global pandemic? The LACE Partners Team spoke to Annette Andrews, former Chief People Officer at Lloyds of...
How does HR know it’s making the right decisions during this crisis?
How can HR teams react appropriately to the current crisis brought about by Covid-19? Is HR the conscience of the business? What does the return to work plan look like? What will 'business as usual' look like when the crisis starts to subside? Chris from LACE Partners...
What workforce planning strategies do you have in this crisis?
Workforce planning may not be new, but the environment we are currently operating in caused by the global pandemic is. Chris Howard and Charlie Donaldson, HR Transformation and HR Operations Lead, talk about why agility is needed more than ever from HR during this...
How do you maintain your culture with a remote workforce?
With large numbers of people working from home during the global pandemic, how can you maintain business continuity in your culture, your people and your processes? Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo look at this issue, as well as the impact that technology is playing...
Are your line managers good ‘people’ managers?
We all know what it feels like to be managed well, but how many of us have been trained to be better people managers? How many companies have effective processes in place to help line managers become better people managers? Cathy Acratopulo from LACE Partners shares...
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