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HR Most Influential Podcast
HR Most Influential Podcast
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The HR Most Influential podcast speaks to some of the practitioners, academics and consultants making up HR magazine's annual HR Most Influential list, which celebrates instrumental figures in the people profession.
We’ll be asking them to pull back the curtain on their working lives and explore the major issues facing the world of work.
HR Focus Podcast
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HR Focus dives into practical issues surrounding HR leaders. Interviewing expert guests, and bringing them…
Episodes
HR Most Influential Podcast6.2 The trust imperative, with Woosh Raza
Trust is vital to shaping organisational culture and driving employee engagement. But how can HR professionals build lasting organisational trust? Woosh Raza…
HR Most Influential Podcast6.1 Preventing workplace polarisation, with Binna Kandola
Are workplaces more divided than ever? And what can HR professionals do to meaningfully address polarisation of opinion at work? Season six begins with expert…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (8): How to nurture neurodivergent talent
If you’re in need of neuroinclusive success strategies and advice, look no further. This episode of HR Focus features insights from the founder and CEO of an…
HR Most Influential Podcast5.5 Why wellbeing needs a reframe, with Oliver Henry
Oliver Henry, head of inclusion and wellbeing at the airline easyJet, joins the podcast to discuss why leaders should change the way they talk and think about…
HR Most Influential Podcast5.4: Focus on future-ready leaders, with Danny Harmer
What defines great leadership? And how can HR support the leaders of the future? Business leaders are facing rising pressure to take on a growing list of…
HR Most Influential Podcast5.3: Why autonomous working is the future, with Alex Hirst and Lizzie Penny
Does flexible working actually work? Or are today’s ways of working stuck in the past? Alex Hirst and Lizzie Penny, who jointly ranked at #4 in our HR Most…
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5.2: How to better care for carers, with Natalie Quilter
Are employers doing enough to support the nearly three million people in the UK who juggle unpaid care and work? Natalie Quilter, HR magazine’s #4 HR Most…
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5.1: Adapt to win, with Tim Pointer
Tim Pointer, HR magazine's #1 Most Influential HR practitioner for 2025, focuses on the transformational power of agility in business, offering tips on how to…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (7): Innovation success secrets from Experian
Chief people officer Jacky Simmonds shares how Experian has fostered a thriving culture of innovation throughout the business, offering tips that other…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (6): Perfecting positive company culture
Episode six of the HR Focus podcast features insights from Anna Oliver, HR director (UK) for biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, who shares what she’s learned…
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4.5 Transformational performance management, with David Liddle
As HR professionals face ever-increasing scrutiny for delivering high performance in the age of AI, it’s never been more important to talk about shaking up…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (5): How to align wellbeing and ESG strategy
As the health of our natural environment declines, employers are under increasing pressure to look after the health and wellbeing of employees, and to take…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (4): Leadership success secrets from Admiral
In the latest episode of our HR Focus podcast, our editor speaks to Lorna Connelly, Admiral’s UK director of people, to find out the secrets to success of this…
HR Most Influential Podcast4.4 Inclusion is the answer to everything, with Aggie Mutuma
Of all the components in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) umbrella, inclusion is rapidly gaining a prominence of its own. But why favour…
HR Most Influential Podcast4.3 Defending the profession, with David Blackburn
UK national newspapers have called HR a "parasite," "bloated" and a "shadow empire" – and the vitriol keeps coming. The criticism has been enough to drive the…
HR Most Influential Podcast4.2 Personal branding gets you noticed, with Georgina Kelly
As an internal-facing function, HR professionals are often shy to shout about their own successes in public. Georgina Kelly, our 2024 2nd HR Most Influential…
HR Most Influential Podcast4.1 The future of HR (is giving transactional work the boot), with James Devine
Did HR miss its chance to win real recognition after the pandemic? Possibly. Can HR win that acclaim anyway? Absolutely. As automated HR technology becomes…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.6 Taking the pulse, with Tiger de Souza
Once, HR professionals could walk around the office or factory floor and see employees' mood for themselves. Now, the workforce is more separated than ever. So…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.5 How to work with your CEO, with Kerry Smith
No matter where you are in your career, it's important to get on with your boss. But for an HR leader, it's vital – and not just for selfish reasons. In…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.4 Don't let DEI die, with Woosh Raza
You've seen the headines: "DEI must die," "Progressive diktat," "A lightning rod for controversy." It is no secret that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.3 Siding against stress, with Rachel Lewis
The UK is in the grip of a mental health crisis. Some 20-30% of UK working adults showing signs of emotional exhaustion, and burnout has been stuck firmly on…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (3): How to introduce AI to talent management
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform HR. But just like any tool, it needs direction. After all the hype of 2023, it's fair to say that…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.2 When change meets resistance, with Pam Parkes
Change – the only constant of the past few years – is notoriously difficult to navigate. And for every successful change initiative dreamed up by HR…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (2): The Talent Mismatch
The skills needed by employees have evolved rapidly over the past few decades, with employees racing to keep up with time. But with just 30% of CEOs confident…
HR Most Influential Podcast3.1 Hyper-personalisation, with Bertie Tonks
Does your phone ever show you adverts for things you hadn't even realised you wanted? Hyper-personalisation may not be new to customer experience teams, but…
HR Most Influential PodcastHR Focus (1): SME Talent
In the war for talent, how can David beat Goliath? In the first episode of our brand-new podcast, HR Focus, we zoom in on the difficulties facing SMEs in…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.7 Understanding employee experience, with Jabbar Sardar
Employee experience has become a defining feature of modern HR practice. Weaving together the threads of wellbeing, reward, development, organisational…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.6 Putting the 'S' in ESG, with Neil Morrison
When so many companies accept ESG as a fact of life – why do so few commit to the 'S', societal good? HR director of FTSE-100 water company Severn Trent, and…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.5 Solving the hybrid working conundrum, with Gemma Dale
HR Most Influential Thinker Gemma Dale has literally written the book on hybrid and flexible working – twice over. A lecturer at Liverpool John Moores…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.4 AI: The Human Impact, with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
HR Most Influential Thinker Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic has dedicated much of his life to studying human intelligence. Now, he turns his attention to Artificial…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.3 Breaking the mould, with John Amaechi
HR Most Influential Hall of Fame inductee John Amaechi is no stranger to breaking moulds. NBA star turned business leader, Amaechi is a highly successful…
HR Most Influential Podcast2.2 Employee activism, with Megan Reitz
How should HR engage with activist employees? Why are many leaders in an 'optimism bubble'? Megan Reitz talks to Jo about leadership, dialogue, and change…
HR Most Influential PodcastS2.1 Doing more with less, with Hayley Lewis
Encouraging staff to 'do more with less' may well be an appealing concept, but is it ethical? Jo meets Hayley Lewis to discuss whether HR is facilitating this…
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4. Building outcomes-based cultures, with Philippa Bonay
Philippa Bonay, the HR director for the Government Analysis Function and director of people and business services for the Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
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3. Responsible business, with Shereen Daniels
Jo speaks to Shereen Daniels, anti-racism advocate, founder of HR Rewired, and HMRI 2021's #1 Thinker about what it means for business to be responsible…
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2. Communicating purpose, with Eugenio Pirri
HR magazine editor Jo Gallacher talks to HRMI 2021's #1 Practitioner Eugenio Pirri about how organisations can communicate their purpose to employees, and the…
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1. Lifelong learning, with David Frost
We speak to David Frost, people and organisational development director at fruit and vegetable company Dole, about lifelong learning in the workplace. He talks…