Women Who Lead Ruth Penfold-Brown

Charu Malhotra is an OG of the Talent world. She and I have been knocking around in this space for a looooooong time, and she has worked with some incredible businesses during her career. I invited Charu onto the pod to provide a special perspective for those of you in Talent (well and beyond!), because I want to make sure you get every ounce of inspiration to be all you can be at work and in life. ✳️ The importance of values when it comes to speaking up at work, let this bit push you into finding your voice and taking up space✳️ The real challenges in recruitment around self esteem and feeling like a service provider, but only to remind you of the magic you bring!✳️ AI is here, does it give us a chance to dial up on our human-ness, what might you want to change in order to evolve with it?✳️ The magic that happens in your career and life, when you let yourself be just who you areThere's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss, all about challenging conversations, go find it!Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.

As I say in the start of this episode, when I saw Saira Gangji posting online and felt her energy, I knew I had to say hello. There are so many elements within the HR arena that we are just expected to know how to do well, workplace investigations is one of them. 

I love that she brings so much love and humanity to something that can be a really hard moment in time for humans as Founder of hrology. Join us as we unpack: 

✳️  The fact that if you were ever on the fence about the value of values, after this episode you will be running to grab my free values exercise here

✳️  That one of the biggest challenges in relationships is when you don’t know yourself well enough, it’s so hard to lead others when you don’t

✳️ How to approach workplace investigations with humanity and integrity, and not contribute to the trauma that already exists

✳️ And how to do all that taking all the parties involved in the process with you, really creating the right vibe with leaders

There's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss, all about VALUES! Because we love them.

Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.

I first connected with Naomi Trickey as I kept hearing about how amazing she is, and they all were right! She's generous with her time, heart-led with her counsel, and really is a Chief People Officer to know.She is the master of a career pivot, but describes her move into the People world as like she was coming home. I love the idea of humans from different background entering the HR profession, and if that's you, you will love this!Join us as we cover: ✳️ How to stop constantly proving your worth as an HR leader✳️ How much freedom you get from being at the top table, and how much influence you can have in steering the strategy✳️ How to harness the power of agile to unlock creativity There's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss, all about recovering your creativity - which trust me, you want to do!Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.

Daryn Edgar is a phenomenal 2nd time CEO (and counting). I was lucky enough to get to work closely with her, and I've made it my business to keep her in my world ever since. She brings a lot of heart into how she leads, but balances it with commercial acumen and decisiveness. And boy did she bring the goodness for us gang. This episode is for you if you want to know about:✳️ How to step into leadership in a way where your heart is right in the middle of it, getting past feeling like you always have something to prove.✳️ The importance of the women you surround yourself with, and how to make mentorship what you really need it to be✳️ How important it is to ffind your sweet spot and try to work as much as possible within that - I like to call it the zone of genius! There's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss. It tells you the stages of career development, so you can take a breath and see where you want to be.Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.

Saná Rasul Walker is the woman you meet once and feel like you've known her forever. She also founded a truly amazing community for women in HR called HR Girlfriends that you have to be a part of.What I love about her is just how much accountability and honesty she leads with. For me, that's everything and honestly, was one of the biggest ways I learnt how to start to step into myself. This episode is for you if you want to know about:✳️ How to overcome fear and use it as a catalyst rather than something that holds you back✳️ How we can be soooooo bad at taking care of and investing in ourselves as women in HR, and she's right!✳️ What we can do to build ourselves up and take up space at work, but in real and tangible ways There's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss. It helps with things like burnout so look out for it! Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.

This is a really special episode my friends. I managed to assemble four brilliant women who have gone through the Bloom programme together for a conversation about what it means to be a woman in HR. We have Hanna Smith, Natasha Norman, Allison Anti and Gemma Lockhart. I am so thankful for their honesty, and humility... and for the fact they they chose to empower themselves and Bloom. This episode is for you if you want to know about:✳️ That as a People leader, it is okay to be the heart of an organisation... it's more than okay actually, it is badass! ✳️ That rather than building confidence, it's more about rebuilding it - we lose confidence through our experiences as women but we used to have it ✳️ How to bringing your authentic energy as a People leader and learn how to take up space at the leadership table. ✳️ Overcoming the negative perceptions of HR in the workplace, things like being called HR robots There's also a brilliant interlude, baked in the middle of our conversation somewhere, but one that you won't want to miss. See if you can find it. Thank you for being here. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you at ruth@ourtimetobloom.com.