TALK HR UK powered by Alexander Lloyd HR Recruitment TALK HR UK Podcast

Talk HR UK is a Video Podcast powered by Alexander Lloyd. Members of the HR Recruitment team will be talking to HR Leaders based in the South East of the UK about their professional and personal experiences.

Our discussions will detail HR initiatives and industry topics. We will share ideas and concepts that are currently being delivered in a variety of sectors, and aim to allow HR Leaders to showcase how HR challenges differ from organisation to organisation.

In episode 16, Simon Geere talks to Bertie Tonks from Collinson, the most influential HR practitioner in 2023 according to HR Magazine.

We titled this episode, “HR THE REINVENTION - SHAKING UP THE PROFESSION!”

In this mini journey through HR as we know it, we discuss :

o Reinventing the HR Operating Model
o How we organise ourselves and grow the right capability in order to deliver something new
o Strategic People Planning – translating the capabilities
o How we get the right weight of leadership standing by our side to deliver change and difference.

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Talk HR UK is a Podcast powered by Alexander Lloyd. Members of the HR Recruitment team will be talking to HR Leaders based in the South East of the UK about their professional and personal experiences.

Our discussions will detail HR initiatives and industry topics. We will share ideas and concepts that are currently being delivered in a variety of sectors, and aim to allow HR Leaders to showcase how HR challenges differ from organisation to organisation.

In episode 15, Simon Geere talks to Gavin Russell, Founder of Pepper Moth, an online coaching academy and membership club that enables leaders to master their culture.

This podcast is a recording of an in-person event we ran in 2023.......for those who couldn't make it on the day, or those who are just interested in the principles of successful culture transformation....welcome to Culture Timebomb…..five pragmatic steps to lead your Leadership Team to culture heaven, before they reach culture hell!


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In episode 14, Simon Geere talks to James Gordanifar, Global Head of Early Careers Talent Acquisition at WTW about how early careers recruitment and development has changed since the pandemic.

In the podcast we discuss :

• Pre-pandemic, how we traditionally attracted Early Careers talent to the organisation
• The challenges and obstacles that COVID put in the way
• The tools now being utilised in Early Careers Recruitment
• How students have responded to these new methods – successes and failures
• Now that things are returning to a degree of normality what pressure is there in this area to resume face to face recruitment activity?
• Further changes and improvements to predict for the future of Early Careers



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In episode 13, Simon Geere talks to Steve Woodhouse, HR Director at Marsh UK and Ireland about the increasing the capability of managers.  

In the podcast we discuss :  

◼ How the role of the manager and the required skills of a leader have changed with hybrid working over the last 18 months. 

◼ New initiatives or processes that Marsh are trying out to help support managers, and the successes so far. 

◼ How managers are reacting to the renewed focus. 

◼ The changes to the culture at Marsh we are seeing as a result of remote working. 

◼ The successes in keeping people connected.



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This episode follows on as a companion piece to episode 9 recorded with Gavin Russell (why culture and engagement isn't working). 

In this second part, Simon Geere asks Gavin Russell (Founder of Peppermoth), Ben Foulkes (Business Psychologist) and Imogen March (HR Director, Executive Coach & NED) a series of questions posed by YOU, the subscribers to Talk HR UK.  

Gavin, Ben and Imogen discuss:  

◼ If HR focusses on upskilling leaders, does culture take care of itself?  

◼ How do you enable culture and engagement to work in our new hybrid world? 

◼ How does HR get everyone to understand what culture is, and what it takes to get it to deliver real value?



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In episode 11, Simon Geere talks to Sam Geis, VP and People Partner at KBR about the concept of becoming a values based organisation.  In the podcast we discuss :  

◼ What is a values based organisation? 

◼ What organisations are doing in order to behave like a values based organisation. 

◼ How HR can help an organisation moved to a values based culture. 

◼ The challenges facing organisations trying to create this kind of cultural transformation. 

◼ How to bring values to life on a daily basis. 

◼ Why it is so important for organisations to have a clear, relatable purpose. 

◼ The changes we're seeing to the concept of Employee Value Proposition as new generations enter the workforce.  



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