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Welcome back to another episode of HR Insights: The Podcast! This week, our host Stuart Elliott is joined by returning guest, Ria Davey to speak about the impact of Generative AI on the world of work, particularly within the HR Function, as well as the risks and benefits that come with it.  Ria Davey is the Global Head of HR in Engineering at Bloomberg where she has just celebrated her 11-year anniversary. Throughout her time at Bloomberg, Ria has been privy to the rapid evolution of AI within the industry and the ways in which its capability has potential for broad application.  Despite its time-saving benefits, there are many risks that come with AI, whether that be through inaccuracies or loss of human empathy and intelligence. In this episode, Stuart and Ria discuss the endless possibilities AI, particularly ChatGPT, could have on the HR Function, the pros and cons of the technology, and how it can be utilized to support HR Leaders.  Key Timestamps:-       1:30 - Intro into Ria Davey and her role within Bloomberg-       6:45 - Key themes and trends  -       13:15 - Possibilities of AI-       20:30 - Risks of AI-       25:45 - Overall impacts of ChatGPT at work-       32:25 - What HR leaders should be doing to support their businesses 

Welcome to this week’s episode of HR Insights: The Podcast!This week, our CEO & Host Stuart Elliott sat down with a familiar face at Elliott Scott HR, Charlie Girling, to speak about coaching, burnout and flourishing environments. Charlie has previously worked with the team in the UK as a key speaker at the ‘Making Coaching Accessible’ event. She is an experienced Executive Coach with an MSc in Coaching Psychology and Applied Positive Coaching. Charlie is also the Founder of W-health, a coaching and consulting business which provides performance coaching, workshops and Positive Psychology based toolkits for HR professionals to help their organisations flourish. She has a mission to create more healthy and prosperous workplaces, make coaching accessible and upskill HR’s toolkit in these rapidly changing times.  In this episode Charlie and Stuart sit down to discuss her company; W-health, burnout, work stress, mental health crisis, positive psychology, flourishing workplaces, and escaping the downward spiral.   Key Timestamps:-       02:12 – Intro into Charlie Girling and W-health-       11:13 – Defining burnout-       16:02 – Stress at work-       19:26 – Mental health crisis -       24:06 – Positive psychology -       29:15 – Flourishing workplaces-       44:28 – Escaping a downward spiral

Welcome to this week’s episode of HR Insights: The Podcast!   Today, our CEO and Host Stuart Elliott, is joined by Professional Speaker for Millennial Minds Pte Ltd, Vivek Iyyani. Vivek is based in Singapore and joins Stuart to speak on Millennials in the workplace and overall generational diversity.    On top of being a Professional Speaker Vivek is also an Author of 3 books, Empowering Millennials, Engaging Millennials and The Millennial Leader and is currently writing his next book titled, Marketing to Millennials. He has been featured on different regional media channels and works alongside large organisations to build a millennial friendly employer brand. In his free time Vivek works with young people to build purposeful careers that they are passionate about.    In this episode, Stuart and Vivek define the different generations, explain generational gaps, generational diversity, traits that you would typically find in Gen Z and Millennials that may be different to older generations, cancel culture and tips for millennial leaders. Key Timestamps: 01:12 - Introducing Vivek Iyyani 08:00 - Defining Millennials  12:35 - Specialising in generational diversity  18:17 - Millennial and Gen Z traits 24:06 - Negative traits 26:47 - Learning from different generations  30:38 - Cancel culture 33:28 - Challenges for Millennial leaders  37:41 - Tips for managing a multi-generational workforce

We have another exciting episode for you this week, on HR Insights: The Podcast!   Ahead of Mental Health Awareness week, our CEO and Host Stuart Elliott is joined by Amelia Wilcox, CEO of Nivati, to speak about mental health in the workplace and building a health work life balance.    Nivati is a leading employee mental health and wellbeing platform which provides employees with stress management tools and direct access to professional help. Founded in 2020 Nivati now serves over 25 countries globally and aims to break down stigmas associated with mental health in the office with tools designed to decrease the friction and barriers to accessing care.    Outside of Nivati, Amelia has recently been listed in the Forty Under 40, Fast 50, Inc 5000 and has been twice awarded National Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year. Amelia is passionate about wellbeing, mental health and entrepreneurship and speaks at universities and events around the US. She is also active in promoting women in business communities and taking care of her family of five.    In this episode Amelia and Stuart sit down to discuss how work life balance has changed post Covid, how employees can create boundaries, employee burnout and how organisations can break down the stigma around mental health.    Key Timestamps: 01:20 – An introduction to Amelia Wilcox 11:44 – The change in boundaries and work life balance post Covid  16:50 – Managing your work life balance  20:11 – Setting boundaries 23:33 – Employee burnout 26:20 – ‘It’s okay to take a break’  29:35 – Talking about mental health  35:39 – Where to start when building a healthy work life culture 

We’re back with another episode of HR Insights: The Podcast! Today, our CEO and Host Stuart Elliott is joined by another fantastic guest, Amy Clark, Founder and Executive Coach at Growth Minded Leadership Group. In this episode Stuart and Amy discuss her book Growth Point and how to build a growth mindset. Amy is considered a thought leader in her field and is known for creating solutions that drive business outcomes. As a leadership development coach, she works one-on-one with individuals looking to develop their growth mindset; identifying key behaviours they want to gain awareness of and helping them understand what they can do today to be more successful tomorrow.  In her book, Growth Point, Amy uses her own experience to outline actionable points to implement change in order to grow, helping to develop a growth point playlist and become aware of your vision and where you can progress. Throughout this episode Stuart and Amy discuss her background and her passion to write a book, what Growth Point is and how it could benefit you, leading with a growth mindset, being approachable, finding your vision, the challenges around growth and offering advice for those that want to grow. If you are interested in reading Growth Point or the book mentioned at the beginning of the podcast Talent Wins, please use the links provided. Key Timestamps: 01:24 – Getting to know Amy  08:57 – Why Amy decided to publish a book  11:58 – The hardest part of writing a book  14:52 – What is Growth Point  18:15 – Being approachable  25:10 – Learning to have a growth mindset 28:00 – Challenges around growth  36:53 – Biggest turn around in mindset  42:39 – Advice for personal growth

Welcome back to another episode of HR Insights: The Podcast!   This week our host Stuart Elliott is joined by Debi Yadegari to introduce our audience to Villyge, a platform to aid businesses in upskilling mangers to lead with empathy through personal life events.    Debi is the Founder and CEO of Villyge, she started her career as a Wall Street Lawyer before creating Villyge to address the problems she both experienced and witnessed in the workplace. Debi is a sought-after thought leader and working mother of 5, dedicated to shaping the future of work for the next generation to come.    In this episode Stuart and Debi discuss leading with empathy and how Villyge can help company’s upskill managers in dealing with their employee’s personal life events. They speak about how Debi has found being a female CEO, how Villyge works and the success of the company.   Key Timestamps: 01:21 – An intro to Debi  08:15 – What is Villyge? 14:28 – Employees shift in needs 16:29 – The switch to a tech firm  19:11 – Being a female CEO  23:44 – How does Villyge work? 29:33 – Where does the knowledge come from? 32:00 – The success of Villyge  35:07 – Sectors using Villyge  39:20 – Where next for Villyge 

It’s Thursday, which means a brand new episode of HR Insights: The Podcast! This week our host Stuart Elliott had the pleasure of speaking to Beth Banks Cohn around the topical issue of change and how to manage it. Beth is an accomplished Organisational Consultant, Senior Executive Coach and President/ Founder of ADRA Change Architects. Beth has more than 25 years of success in her career and has worked across a multitude of industries, she helps companies use organisational transformation to reach the next level of growth.  As mentioned in the episode, through her career Beth has authored numerous publications to aid companies through transformational growth. Taking the Leap: Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times…and Beyond, discusses what does it take to successfully navigate your career in challenging times. Another of her books, Change Smart: Implementing Change Without Lowering Your Bottom Line talks about how change is the key to survival and is now more challenging than ever. We recommend giving these a read!   Today, Stuart and Beth speak about the evolution of change, how it has developed post Covid, why change is still a relevant topic, the 3 parts of the mind and how to make the process of change smoother and more successful.    Key Timestamps  01:37 – Intro into Beth  07:49 – Why is change still a relevant topic  10:41 – Change through the pandemic 13:42 – The evolution of change  17:57 – The 3 parts of the mind  20:14 – Change Smart  28:09 – Implementation vs Adoption  31:18 – Out of touch leaders  33:05 – Making change smooth  37:13 – Changing the way you work  39:34 – Change in HR 

Welcome back to another exciting episode of HR Insights: The Podcast! It is a joy to be bringing you episode 4 of this series and another great guest, Stacey Payne, Chief People Officer at Daily Harvest.  Stacey has over 20 years of experience elevating organisations through transformational strategy and culture leadership. Stacey earned her M.A. in Organisational Leadership and B.A. in Public Relations and Art History from Chapman University in Southern California. She has a passion for HR Tech and has served on several company boards and is one of the founding members of CHIEF, dedicated to executive leadership for women. Stacey is now a CPO at Daily Harvest, a company on a mission to make nourishing foods more attainable.  In this episode, our CEO and host, Stuart Elliott and Stacey discuss people sustainability; what it is and what businesses can do to ensure their business is ‘people sustainable’. They also chat about the trends around this topic, Staceys impressive career, and the challenges of hybrid work on the people space.  To view the Mercer article spoken about in the podcast please click here: Mercer - How People Sustainability is Key to Business Success  Key Timestamps: 01:01 – Introduction to Stacey Payne 03:52 – The growth of Daily Harvest 08:37 – Stacey’s journey  15:42 – What is people sustainability? 18:56 – Business trends around people sustainability 21:38 – Your brand 26:13 – Culture in people sustainability  27:31 – Hybrid work challenges  32:32 – Hiring with people in mind  37:49 – Tips to be more people sustainable 

We are back with another episode of HR Insights: The Podcast!    Today our CEO and host Stuart Elliott is joined by Katica Roy, an award-winning gender economist to speak about gender equality.   Katica has an incredible back catalogue and has interviewed the likes of President Biden, Vice President Harris and many more. Katica’s visionary articles have been published by the World Economic Forum, Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes and Harvard Business Review; receiving over 2.9 billion impressions. She is now the CEO and Founder of SaaS company; Pipeline, ‘an organisation that uses advanced technology to make intersectional gender parity a reality in our lifetime.’    In this episode, Stuart and Katica discuss gender equality and its implications on working life; why gender equity is an issue for both men and women, accepting that there is bias, the economic implications gender equality has on a business and the data around gender equality.    You can find out more about gender equity via Katica’s blog where she shares information and tips on combating equity in the workplace.   Key Timestamps: 01:01 – Introducing Katica Roy 11:15 – Current state of the gender equity space 13:45 – Bias training: does it work? 18:50 – US economy through the lens of gender 21:58 – 1.1 million women missing from the workforce 24:26 – Global gender equity  29:26 – Gender parity could take 156 years  34:36 – Solutions to achieving gender equity.  

HR Insights: The Podcast, Episode 2 is out now! Today, our CEO and host for this series Stuart Elliott, is joined by Victoria Bethlehem to speak about joining a tech start-up. Victoria is the global Chief People & Culture Officer at Adventus.io, a start-up operating in the ed-tech space. Adventus.io is a digital marketplace for the international student recruitment market which enables institutions, recruiters, and service providers to seamlessly find and transact with each other, anywhere in the world. They are transforming the way the world accesses international education. Prior to joining this team Victoria spent 25 years in executive management roles within the HR field. She describes herself as an international citizen, having lived and worked in the US, South Africa, Switzerland, Greece, Australia and now Singapore. In this episode Stuart and Victoria discuss joining a start-up, giving advice to new CEO’s, guidance on who to hire first, the issues that you can encounter with the growth of a start-up, ensuring that company culture is embedded into the mission and vision and how the changing markets can affect a new business.Key Timestamps: 01:46 - Introduction to Victoria  07:13 - Joining a tech start-up 11:05 - Hiring for HR  13:34 - Embedding culture into your organisation 16:04 - Where to focus on 18:41 - Evolving issues with company growth  23:15 - Dealing with changing markets  27:51 - Advice for a new CEO  32:52 - Advice for a CPO 

Welcome back to HR Insights: The Podcast!   Today we are back for the first episode of Series 5, after the success of series 4 we can’t wait to share more exciting guests with you this season. Our first guest is a familiar face to Elliott Scott HR and a partner of ours, Sasha Scott. Sasha has been on the podcast previously and holds the record for our most popular episode ever!   For those that are new here, Sasha is the CEO and Founder of the Inclusive Group and is considered an expert in the field of EDI, she has appeared on the BBC and has been published in multiple newspapers. She understands the commercial drivers behind reducing bias within the workplace and the critical need to promote and sustain an inclusive workplace culture.   In this episode our CEO and Host for this season Stuart Elliott speaks to Sasha Scott to discuss the changes in diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Over the years the acronym that surrounds this field has changed dependant on what organisations should contemporality prioritise. They also discuss the changes across EDI and how hybrid work has affected the inclusivity of the workplace.    Key Timestamps: 01:36 – Intro to Sasha Scott 06:48 – The change to EDI 09:56 – EDI trends  16:04 – Fear of saying the wrong thing  18:33 – Effects of hybrid working 20:40 – Increase of bias  24:26 – Moving work to lower cost locations  27:50 – Biggest issues in the EDI space 29:37 – ‘Woke-ism’  34:17 – Learning from mistakes  39:22 – 3 key topics for 2023

Today marks the final episode of HR Insights Season 4!    We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of our guests this season and all of those that work behind the scenes to ensure each episode is a success. We will be back after a short break with season 5.   In this episode our host and CEO, Stuart Elliott sits down with the Managing Directors of each of our six global hubs to give an update from each region. Discussing the market over the last year and determining whether trends are local to the region or something we are seeing globally. This is a great way to work out the trends for 2023 and what we can all expect to be seeing as we approach the end of Q1.    If you are interested in finding out about a particular region, please see the time stamps below:   Key timestamps  02:01 - South East Asia – Maidlin Mistry, Director 11:12 - India – Gaurav Yadav, Director  22:55 - North Asia – Phillip Welburn, Managing Director APAC 34:31 - UK and Europe - Peter Fahy, Associate Director 47:27 - Latin America - Paulo Exel, General Manager  1:00:11 - North America – Roshan Jayawardena, Managing Director 

Episode 13 of HR Insights: The Podcast is out now!    In this week’s episode, our host, Stuart Elliott is joined by Amira Kohler, Director of Performance and Change at Appraisd, regular listeners to HR Insights may recognise Appraisd from a previous episode of the podcast. In series 3 Stuart was joined by Roly Walter, the Founder of Appraisd. You can listen to that episode here.   Amira is an expert in performance and change management and has worked for 30 years helping companies optimise their employee performance. She has designed and delivered performance solutions for teams globally.    In this episode Stuart and Amira chat about how to manage performance in a hybrid world; setting expectations here, how much is too much flexibility, pushing boundaries and where responsibilities lie. If you have further interest in this topic, you can download the Hybrid Charter Checklist via the Appraisd website. Key Timestamps: 02:35 – An introduction to Amira  09:50 – Setting expectations  11:43 – Office days 13:30 – Flexibility: how much is too much  14:50 – Pushing the boundaries  18:23 – Issues: employees vs employers  20:55 – Managing performance post covid  23:54 – Personal catch ups 26:51 – Responsibilities of hybrid check ins 34:36 – Working efficiently at home  37:40 – Scheduling calendar breaks  39:30 – What works? 41:30 – Appraisd checklist 

Welcome back to another episode of HR Insights: The Podcast!   This week, our host Stuart Elliott, is joined by Kevin Campbell, an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics, Kevin helps organisations acquire, develop, and retain their most valuable asset: their people.   Kevin comes to us with an extensive career and has spent the last decade building leaders at every level and creating scores of engaged, high-performing, strengths-based teams. He has driven talent strategy, employee engagement, performance management, and leadership development initiatives for clients in the professional services, medical device, banking, hospitality, consumer products, technology, healthcare and life sciences industries. He also served as a principal investigator and researcher for social science programs funded by the U.S. Federal Government.   It is safe to say Kevin is an expert in this field and in this episodes sits down with Stuart to discuss performance management, how to handle performance reviews, difficult conversations, managing remote teams and the happiness index.    Key Timestamps: 2:05: Get to know Kevin  9:37: Changing the tone of performance reviews  13:30: Reacting to negative feedback  18:00: Objective truth and subjective experience  19:56: A change in performance reviews  20:53: Shiny object syndrome  23:29: Gallup's framework 26:27: Cultural hierarchy and opening conversations  30:35: Descending from debate to confrontation 33:26: Over managing remote teams  37:50: The mental state of flow  39:10: The happiness index

Welcome back!  This week our host Stuart Elliott is joined by Dr Brad Harris, a Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris, the Co-Founder of People Leader Accelerator, and the Managing Partner at Trailhead Consulting. Brad is an award-winning, internationally recognised teacher in the areas of HR and is the co-author of two books, 3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams and Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organisations. Outside of work, Brad lives in Paris with his wife and three children. He loves to run and a passionate advocate for individuals with special needs.  In this episode Stuart and Brad discuss the importance of having core values that stem from behaviours. Values should be able to be assessed and measured and are expected to adjust and change over time. This podcast will help individuals choose core values that really make a difference and aren’t just empty words. Key Timestamps: 01:05: An Introduction to Dr Brad Harris  08:28: What are core values? 11:53: Behaviours within an organisation  15:39: Finding your own core values 19:25: Can generational differences affect core values 22:47: Ensuring personal values are in line with company values  27:25: Values you believe you have vs what you actually convey  28:58: Changing your core values  31:25: Reevaluating your values  35:15: Evolution vs change 

Welcome back to another episode of HR Insights, The Podcast! Today, our host Stuart Elliott is joined by Richard Graham, Head of Leadership and Career Development at the London Stock Exchange Group. Richard comes to us with a multitude of experience that has led him to global talent functions at Vodafone Group, Burberry, and Bloomberg, where he’s driven meaningful culture change through leadership development and shifting people to a career ownership mindset.  Richard is a certified coach and psychometric tool expert. He’s lived in New York, Kuala Lumpur, and is now settled in London, where he lives with his husband, Rob and bulldog, Ron. He’s an avid traveller and gardener. In this week’s episode, Stuart and Richard sit down to discuss leadership development in a post-pandemic era. During this conversation, they talk widely about humanising the hybrid world, leadership of the future and work/ life integration.  Key Timestamps -       1:28 – Introduction to Richard-       9:13 – Adapting to the new working world -       13:36 – Difficulties in humanizing hybrid working-       16:18 – Being transactional vs building relationships -       17:29 – Assessing talent -       21:18 – Input vs output-       24:07 – Biggest challenge about having a global role post pandemic -       26:21 – Balancing Hybrid life -       31:10 – Work/life integration -       32:48 – Change in career progression -       37:27 – Regional career differences 

New year, fresh start! This week, Elliott Scott HR Founder and CEO Stuart Elliott was joined by career coach, recruitment expert and author, Hannah Salton.After nearly a decade of experience in the recruitment sector, Hannah left her job security to pursue her dream as a career coach, where she now helps others achieve the same goal. Having worked as a career coach for over 5 years now, Hannah joins Stuart to discuss how to navigate the anxieties, pitfalls, and unexpected outcomes of developing your career.In this episode, Stuart and Hannah chat about the differences of applying for jobs in the new year, the evolution of the workplace, and the importance of not only setting your standards... but raising them too.Key Timestamps 1:18 introduction 5:50 the evolution of careers fairs 11:30 moving away from application forms 13:50 Video interviews 15:30 advice on modernisation 19:50 What do we do after we gain experience 23:20 Treating your career like an MOT 27:45 Setting your standards and raising them 29:20 The importance of honest conversation

This week, host Stuart Elliott is joined by Riccarda Zezza, Author and Founder of EdTech Company Lifeed. Lifeed aims to transform periods of stress or transition such as parenthood, caring for loved ones or enduring overwhelming situations into opportunities to expand and develop 'soft skills'. As a columnist for Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore and co-author of book MAAM - Maternity as a Master, discover how Riccarda Zezza is using her platform to help transform the lives of over 40,000 around the world. In this episode Stuart and Riccarda discuss how developing soft skills impacts your worklife, from navigating the pitfalls of working from home to even saving a marriage. You can access the MultiMe Finder demo space by clicking here.   Key Timestamps: 01:45 An Introduction to Riccarda 06:25 What is Lifeed? 08:27 Becoming a mother and juggling work 10:45 Soft skills 12:22 Life roles methodology 14:00 The life transition during COVID 17:00 The pitfalls of working from home 22:40 MultiMe Finder 23:24 User feedback and saved marriages 26:30 The biggest challenges facing HR Professions 30:20 The collision of life and work

Today, our host of HR Insights, Stuart Elliott is joined by Ria Davey, Global Head - HR & Talent, for the Engineering sector at Bloomberg. Ria is a Global HR Business and Talent leader with 18+ years end to end, strategic HR experience. She has been with Bloomberg for over 10 years and worked in multiple roles across the world. Ria has recently relocated back to their London office after 3 years in New York. Prior to this, she worked in regional positions in Hong Kong, looking after the Asia Pacific region, she also lived in the Middle East, a real global citizen. In this episode Stuart and Ria discuss the Future of Work. They discuss where HR is heading, the role the Metaverse will play in this and the adaptation of technology. There has been a lot of talk around AI in recent years and it's development, it will be interesting to see what part this will play in the ever changing world of work.   Key Timestamps: 01:40 – An introduction to Ria 04:53 – Why are we talking about AI? 07:18 – Companies using AI 08:40 – Digital Daniel 09:51 – Key trends in the Future of Work 13:14 – 1 in 10 jobs will cease to exist  16:58 – The Metaverse  22:49 – Living and working in the Metaverse 25:32 – The pros and cons of the Metaverse 27:29 – Supporting HR strategically in the Future of Work 29:57 – Upskilling HR 33:57 – Adopting the new way of work 

Welcome back to HR Insights: The Podcast!This week our host; CEO and Owner of Elliott Scott HR, Stuart Elliott is joined by Ben Williams, CEO of Loopin, for a conversation about life, ambition and starting a company based on talking about mental wellbeing.Loopin is an award-winning Slack-integrated tool, using AI technology and emotion data to predict employee trends and support managers with real-time interventions. Loopin aims to create an environment where it is okay to show vulnerability and emotion.Ben, who you may recognise from his episode of the podcast ' The Diary of a CEO', is the Founder of Loopin alongside Antony, they were both Royal Marine Commandos and through this experience have developed a wealth of knowledge in leadership, communication, and peer-to-peer support. In March 2020, the pandemic changed the way we all work; since then there has been an increase of people feeling stressed, less motivated, and full of anxiety. With this in mind and scientific research behind them Ben and Antony created Loopin, a tool that aims to make people feel ‘more human’ at work. Loopin will check in with teams daily and only takes 10 seconds, it's a great way to track your mental wellbeing privately or openly and encourages the conversation around mental health.In this episode Ben and Stuart discuss Ben’s struggles in the past; what led him to make the jump and join the Royal Marines and how he developed Loopin and what this tool can do when integrated with your organisation.Key Timestamps: 00:57- An introduction to Ben Williams 03:30- Ben’s Background 06:53- Joining the Royal Marines 13:11- The silver bullet 14:36- Leaving the Royal Marines 17:49- Founding Loopin 21:19- Bring your true self to work 21:44- What does Loopin actually do? 26:22- Engaging with Loopin 29:39- Which sectors are embracing Loopin? 31:34- Looking after your mental health 33:43- Hybrid working 35:18- Why choose Loopin?