Vana Talks Vana HR Resourcing

Vana co-founder and co-director, Jo White, talks to Julie-Ann Haines - CEO of the Principality Building Society. 

In their conversation, Julie-Ann describes how the business has adapted to the pandemic and the emphasis placed on colleague wellbeing, the move to a more inclusive agenda... and the joys of home-baking and virtual pilates.  

(20 minute listen)

Vana co-founder and director, Debbie Flowers, catches up with Graeme Johnson, Talent Director for GVC.

Graeme  describes the award-winning programme to build a common identity and  purpose across GVC's global workforce, his experiences of tackling  diversity and inclusion, and how lockdown led to some new  extracurricular activities...

Vana Co-founder and Co-Director, Debbie Flowers, catches up online with  Ruth Filor, Global Head of Talent for  Superdry.With  oversight for Resourcing, Learning and Talent Development, Ruth explains  how the team have adapted during a tumultuous 12 months, and shares  some of their successes including a new employee-focused Talent  philosophy, an updated employee value proposition, and rollout of a  Superdry brand 'playbook'. The conversation also covers the current  Learning experience at the company and efforts to create a more  consistent and inclusive learning culture - plus the creation of the  Superdry Tavern

Vana co-founder and director, Debbie Flowers, catches up with Alasdair  McDonald, Global Head of Talent Acquisition for  Entain.Alasdair shares some fascinating insight on  working for two of the world's biggest brands - Amazon and Nike - and  the contrast in their workplace cultures. He also describes the  experience of being at both ends of the talent acquisition process, how  digital technology is revolutionising this area... and, at a time like  no other, how it's possible to step away from work altogether and relax.

Vana Co-founder and Co-Director, Debbie Flowers, catches up  online with Guy Youll, Group HR Director for  Superdry.At a hugely difficult  time for retail, Guy talks to Debbie about the changes they’ve made at  Superdry and how the Covid pandemic has actually provided an opportunity  to 'reset'. Guy also talks about his career path to date, and how  working in other areas of a business has proved invaluable when taking  on an HR Leadership role. It's a  wide-ranging conversation that includes Superdry's focus on  sustainability, their ED&I strategy, revamping employee voice  channels ..... and his recommended reading!

Vana co-founder and co-director, Jo White, talks to Dr Sally Hemming  about the importance of workplace employee wellbeing, the cost to  businesses when this is not managed properly or seen as important, how  it can be done effectively, and the enabling power of resilience