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The HR Grapevine Podcast — 312 episodes
Cross-functional complexity - how can employers operationalise better L&D?
CPO, Cohesity: How our leaders build trust & engagement during change
Sr Director for DE&I, King: How we built our award-winning culture of inclusion
What should learning 'feel like' for employees?
Chief Learning Officer, EY Americas: Why 'skills intelligence' is shaping the future of learning
CHRO, inDrive: How we scale culture globally across 48 markets & counting
The development dilemma - are learning platforms the problem?
CHRO, SugarAI: The toolkits & playbooks that help our managers thrive
CPO, ANS: Our culture is shaped by employees, not performative PowerPoints
CPO, UP Fitness: How we rebuilt our EVP to prepare for global growth
CPO, Springline: Our 'Scale With Soul' culture is a talent & performance differentiator
CPO, POWWR: How HR can embed sustainability into business operations
CHRO, ACE: How we took our HR function from reactive to proactive
People Director, Stiltz: How we help our managers drive better team performance
VP of HR, Frontier Co-Op: Breaking down employment barriers with second-chance hiring
CPO, emagine: Diversity beyond targets & building C-suite calibration
CHRO, Cotality: Our human-centric approach to leadership, culture & transformation
CPO, PPL: Our agile careers model drives employee fulfilment & business value
Snr Global Benefits Director, Google: Why we're giving employees 24/7 menopause support
HRD, Goughs: The legal profession has changed - our talent strategy is no longer transactional
CHRO, Entrust: How we fused culture & built one strategic vision post M&A
Director of Recruitment, Sainsbury's: Our new grad scheme will build essential future skills
HR Partner, Greybull: How we infuse a culture of 'operational excellence'
CPO, IRIS: Why smart employers still embrace 'day one rights' thinking
Global Director of Inclusiveness, EY: Strengthening social mobility through storytelling
CPO, Sticks'n'Sushi: How we win with a culture of 'big smiles & small egos'
CPO, Partners FCU: How to succeed in your first six months as CHRO
CPO, SUSE: How we're helping our over-50s discover new career paths
Head of Global Talent, Vanguard: How we became industry leaders in attraction & retention
CPO, OCS UK&I: How we 'design difference' into HR systems
CPO, Ferring: How to support employees on their fertility journey
SVP of PX, Sony: 2025 was a year of ‘difficult moments’ and ‘incredible highs’
Head of TA, BPP: Three ways AI adds value - and how we approach it with caution
EMD, HSA Bank: The life-changing power of adoption assistance benefits
CIO, Balfour Beatty: Working alongside HR to drive AI productivity gains
CHRO, CSAA: Holistic benefits that support mental, physical, financial, & social wellbeing
Head of People, Creditspring: How to avoid 'cultural catfishing'
CHRO, PHINIA: Why we're helping leaders develop emotional intelligence in an AI-first workplace
CEO, Onvero: DEI drives productivity & retention - so what does true inclusion look like?
CHRO, apexanalytix: How we took employee recognition to the next level with 'culture awards'
People Director, MND Association - after our funding doubled, we had to rebuild HR
CPO, Thomas Cuisine - manager orientations & our recipe for successful leadership
Head of Operations, Grant Thornton - why we introduced an Employee Benefit Trust
CHRO, Emburse: My HR framework for driving meaningful workplace change
HRD, Avantia - building an award-winning culture of flexibility, mobility, & inclusion
Chief Culture Officer, Houston Methodist: Driving employee engagement through community & culture
CPO, Business of Fashion - how we embedded organisational resilience into our leadership DNA
CPO, Autodesk: Why we're inspiring, not controlling, employee productivity
People Director, Amey - how we're giving prison leavers a new career
CPO, ISS: Tackling attrition cliffs through inclusive, data-driven HR leadership
SVP of HR, Animal Nutrition & Health - reducing turnover with a 'Change Ambassador Network'
SVP of HR, Equifax: Feedback is a 'gift' - & the engine of continuous performance management
Ex-Global Head of DEI, Diageo - 'unwritten rules' & untangling socio-economic barriers at work
CHRO, Prosek: How we became 'professional wish granters' with a Custom Careers program
Global Head of SWP, Ericsson - why strategic workforce planning is key to HR's future impact
VP of HR, Addition Financial: Effective & equitable hiring in the era of AI
HR Manager, Racecourse Media Group - from manual spreadsheets to optimised HR tech ecosystem
The flexibility illusion - how can HR tackle staff burnout, isolation, & 'always on' workplaces?
COO, All Points PR: How we're freeing up time for human-centric work with AI
CPO, KPMG UK - How we're giving our employees the 'Space to Learn'
CHRO, Fortune Brands: Consolidating offices into one HQ - while maintaining engagement, energy, & equity
Global Head of HR, DHL - centralised learning & careers platforms are our route to retention
Chief Administrative Officer, DeVry University: How we make upskilling timely, relevant, & social
Senior Director of Training, DNEG - the hidden link between presentation skills, equity, & performance
CHRO, Remington: We're 'laser-focused' on making complex career mobility simple
Head of HR, Bosch - 3,500 'Pulse Check' comments into a year of HR action
CHRO, Spectrum: How our tuition-free education program boosted retention rates
Group HRD, Hotelplan - how we reduced emissions by aligning people, planet, & profit
Becoming an employer of choice: How to build a scalable, people-first workplace
CPO, Agilitas - how our 'culture canvas' improved team dynamics & stabilised turnover
CPO, The Amenity Collective: From 'stepping stone' employer to long-term career provider
HRD, Muse Group - acing asynchronous to achieve global workforce symphony
CPO, MOO: Our journey to record-high engagement & record-low attrition
CPO, Dext - we'll remain remote-first so people can meet childcare & family responsibilities
CPO, BVI Medical: Enabling hybrid work with a footprint in over 90 countries
People Director, Everflow - blind hiring at one of Europe's fastest-growing firms
CHRO, Allianz Trade: Embracing non-linear careers & forward-thinking talent strategy
CPO, The Legal Director - HR transformation & operational efficiency in a unique business structure
CPO, IGS Energy: Hitting 95% employee satisfaction through wellbeing & culture
Financial Wellbeing Manager, Virgin Money - the win-win-win of financial health training
CEO, Barge: My 30-year journey from intern to CEO & the culture that took me there
HR Director, Selco - our industry-leading expansions to family & fertility cover
CHRO, Auvik: Self-awareness, curiosity, & key leadership traits for 2030
Global Head of L'Oréal University - how we 'grow leaders without cloning them'
EVP of People & Culture, Libra: Our continuous learning culture for all generations
President, Xerox: Why we love ERGs and why they could be having their 'moment'
CHRO, Center for Internet Security: How we built an award-winning culture of wellbeing
Ex-CHRO, Danone - why HR must help businesses align profits with purpose
CHRO, KCSA: Meaningful mat leave, a 'concierge service,' & our retention-building benefits package
CPO, Blacklane - AI, skills shifts, and bringing HR 'into the future'
HR Director, Sentry: How our 100-year-old business became a 21st-century employer of choice
Head of Wellbeing, Hays - tackling the biggest threats to effective wellbeing programmes
CHRO, Citizens Bank: Our shift to skills-based & what it meant for AI, leadership, & wellbeing
CPO, Logicalis - how we're tackling the tech gender gap through culture & career development
Director of People Ops, MWB Restaurants: How we improved hiring velocity while reducing job ad spend
CHRO, Vizrt - how we identify, engage, and nurture high-potential leaders
CPO, iManage: How we're building 'change resilience as a culture'
Director of Talent, Philips - taking the people experience from 'gut feel' to data-driven
Global Head of Talent Attraction, Amdocs: AI, skills-based, & doubling application completion rates
Head of HR, Keepmoat - our 'people-centric' approach helps us defy the construction sector's sky-high turnover rates
Chief People Officer, Limbach: How customized L&D helped us deliver a 'perfect' leadership accelerator program
Senior MD for People Experience, Markel - How we protected our employee-led culture while growing
Exec Director of HR, PSEG: How our 'Neurodiversity Works' program drove a 200% increase in disability self-disclosure
Head of Wellbeing, Ministry of Justice - how to shift from reactive to proactive wellbeing strategies
SVP of People Experience, Sony: How we reimagined HR in 2024 with a 'global people promise'
CPO, Aviva - We're not 'skills-based', but L&D is essential to our culture
EY's Global L&D Leader: How we trained over 325,000 employees on AI using 'triple loop learning'
Key financial wellbeing pressures in 2025 - and what HR can do about them
Chad, Cheese, & Bradley Batchelder, CPO at Applause: Employee experience predictions for 2025
Chad, Cheese, & Sarah Reynolds, CMO at HiBob: How to make employee engagement surveys fit-for-purpose
HR Director, Roadchef - how investment in ESG helps us drive an award-winning employee experience
HR partner, McGill & Partners: Why we ask our employees to agree to a 'Contract of Trust'
People Director, Immediate - how the home of Good Food & Radio Times implements a purpose-focused culture
Chief People Officer, Wiley: How we're building trust & productivity through pay transparency
CHRO, Zurich UK - 51% of neurodiverse adults fear disclosure. Here's how we're breaking the stigma
'Happy Teams. Happy Customers. Happy Days' - How Savers became a Great Place to Work
Director of EX & Communications, Mimecast: Building a paid volunteer leave program & aligning HR with ESG
Kim Crowder: Effective executive development in the era of good, bad, & ugly leadership
CPO, Ordnance Survey - How mapping out three major EX principles improved our attrition rates
CHRO, Webster Bank: Quantifying culture, employee co-creation, & listening to Dua Lipa
Rebecca Carr, CEO at SmartRecruiters - can AI help humans personalise the candidate experience?
VP of People & Culture, Openly: The policies that helped us become an award-winning 'Best HR Team'
How HR can drive change on World Menopause Day & beyond
CPO, Salesloft: Building retention by making leadership accessibility a cultural priority
JC Townend, CEO at LHH - career activism and dismantling barriers for female leaders
Former CLO, ChenMed: Everything I've learned since being laid off as a people leader
Kate Bishop, Chief Human Resources Officer at IFS - integrating AI into the people function
Julie Griggs, The Open University - The power of 'working in the horizontal'
'Reskilling is the new recruiting' - Assessing AI's nuclear impact with Chad & Cheese
CPO, Plume: My business changes constantly - here's how I protect and shape our culture
Matt Hudson, People Director at Popeyes UK - keeping your culture tight in a high-growth firm
Axis Communications' Head of HR: How we got people queuing up for our L&D programs
Kevin Fitzgerald, MD UK at Employment Hero - staying ahead of HR tech innovation
CPO, Global Logic: How we built an internal mobility culture for 32,000 staff in 23 countries
Robert Hicks, CPO at Atheneum - why wellbeing is instrumental to a business' bottom line
VP of OD, Partners Federal Credit Union: The executive of the future
Buzzword or business-critical? Debunking 'skills-based' with Chad & Cheese
Alys Martin, People Director at What3words - the power of pay & treating your staff like adults
SVP of HR, Prologis: How we recruit & retain 'hidden gems' with data-driven human capital management
Sarah Salzer, People Director at Five Guys Europe - nailing retention in a challenging industry
The role people leaders play in fostering great workplace wellbeing
AI optimization for 5 million HR users: Inside the Innovation Cell at the US Army's HR Command
Ensuring vitality and wellbeing in a diverse and global workforce
CPO, Workleap: Revamping talent management? Here's what you need to know
Fran Newman, Chief People Officer at Deliciously Ella - building success in a values-driven firm
Valerie Mann, Chief People Officer at Elder HQ - crafting a people strategy for growth
Global Head of DEI, Morningstar: How HR & diversity leaders can master C-suite communication
Sophie Gilliam, EMEA Benefits Lead at Ciena - bridging the 'benefits perception gap'
Block out the noise: Why DeVry College's CDEIO is doubling down on DEI post affirmative action ban
Clodagh Beatty, Head of TM, Learning and DEI at loveholidays - EVP for a diverse workforce
Hannah Shelton, Global Engagement and Knowledge Lead at Dentsu - L&D for an engaged workforce
Top D&I considerations for the next 12 months
How Manulife designed a benefits & wellbeing strategy that outperforms global benchmarks
Peter Morris, IBM - Staying ahead of the curve in payroll tech
From AI to EX - the business trends impacting people management
James Gordanifar, Director of Talent Acquisition at WTW - cracking the Gen Z talent attraction code
Dan Black, Global Talent Leader at EY - how can we get the best from Gen Z at work?
What does the future of flexible working look like?
What makes a company a great place to work?
3 key wellbeing elements affecting the workplace right now
Why top tech is the key to keeping pace with hiring needs
The state of play for remote work in 2024
Understanding the relationship between employee experience and learning
Traditional performance management is broken
How did LSEG create its ground-breaking global parental leave policy?
Are you protecting employee equity amid artificial intelligence adoption?
What does financial wellbeing actually mean?
AI and the future of the talent market
The HR and talent tech trends leading the way in 2024
Kickstarting your internal mobility processes
Mulling the state of the talent market with Nauman Janjua of Booking.com
You may be sabotaging your workers' wellbeing with food
Talking future of work with Joe Ryle, Head of the 4-Day Week campaign
Creating the right match between candidates and jobs
Tech visionary Bernard Marr on the future of HR and AI
Are toxic cultures becoming more prevalent?
How Indeed is leading the talent charge in 2023
Talking conflict resolution with David Liddle
Joining up your talent strategy
The future of flexible working beyond the 4-day week
How to ace financial wellbeing with the tools you have
Readdressing the D&I agenda for 2023
Twitter, Revolut and the pitfalls of poor employer brand
Acing a 'progressive talent culture' with Thomas International
Mars Wrigley VP on why being happy at work is key
How HR can approach strikes and temporary staff
How sleep impacts wellbeing at work
Simon Blake OBE on how HR teams can support employee mental health
Simon Blake OBE on how HR teams can support employee mental health
How HR can get wellbeing into the Boardroom
Zurich UK’s new approach to graduate scheme hiring
How HR can support grieving colleagues
Workplace of now: Diversity from the top down
How personality data can drive leadership change in a virtual world
How HR can help in breaking the stigma around HIV
HR Vacancies, new skills-assessments and Gen Z, the state of HR
The impact of IR35 reform one year on
Bruce Daisley on rethinking resilience
Zana Goic Petricevic on what bold leadership means
Pendragon’s CPO on flexible working for large organisations
Joanne Lockwood on what HR can do to support trans colleagues
Workplace of Now: Are we failing younger generations of workers?
Ricoh UK's Director of People & ESG on LGBT+ inclusion
Euan Blair on the benefit of apprenticeships
How do we define a healthy workplace?
Tackling the stigma of men's mental health in the workplace
Workplace of Now | Empathy in HR Leadership
What makes a leader 'good'?
Is hybrid working the biggest driver of business change today?
Unpacking the UK Candidate Attraction report with Eploy
What does a 'professional' look like in 2022?
How AstraZeneca supports neurodiverse employees
Recruitment expert Paul Farrer on the 'push and pulls' of modern hiring
How HR can truly support LGBT+ employees
PinkNews' COO on transgender and non-binary visibility at work
How Britvic supports LGBTQ+ colleages through their B Proud network
Should HR introduce a 'right to switch off'?
Overcoming the 'January Blues' within your workforce
How to build the case for investment in the hybrid employee experience
The debate over vaccine mandates in the workplace
5 trends from 2021 that will define 2022
How to use benefits and rewards to stop the Great Resignation
How HR & IT can collaborate to build a better employee experience
Could HR help employees with rising winter energy prices?
How should you reward employees this Christmas?
Should you have a 2021 Christmas party?
How has hybrid changed the employer-employee power balance?
What our HR community is prioritising in Q4
How to boost engagement for remote, hybrid & in-office teams
Future of work: are you worrying about the wrong things?
Does remote working still have a negative stigma?
What should HR consider with a four-day work week?
Could employers help solve the 'housing crisis'?
How HR can support working parents as school returns
Does HR need to rollout pandemic rewards to staff?
What can HR do about climate change?
Could unlimited time off benefit the HR agenda?
Could HR be impacted by increasing workloads?
Should HR tell employees to ignore the NHS covid app?
How should employers respond to online racism?
What HR can learn from Iceland's four-day week success
HR lessons from Brewdog's 'toxic' culture row
What HR needs to know about Pride Month 2021
How can staff volunteering boost your business?
Did George Floyd's death change racial equality at work?
Could 'Summer Hours Schemes' help boost staff wellbeing?
How can HR support employee mental health?
What should HR know about managing staff annual leave?
How HR can manage back-to-work emotions
HR tips for re-engaging furloughed employees
How can HR combat video call fatigue?
HR's biggest challenges in the pandemic year
What HR needs to know about IR35
What does HR need to know about International Women's Day
PinkNews COO on how to support trans staff
HR tips for long-term homeworking
What is HR doing for LGBT+ History Month
How has the pandemic impacted apprenticeships?
What does HR need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine?
HR tips for supporting wellbeing in 'lockdown 3.0'
How to leverage employee voice
Smashing your personal & HR goals in 2021
How can HR improve employee recognition?
What is HR doing to reward staff this Christmas?
MBA founder on HR mindset & crisis management
How HR can virtually include trans staff
How can HR best support managers?
What does a second lockdown mean for HR?
Why sleep is an important part of business success
How HR can support staff mental health during COVID-19
Should HR consider culture alignment?
How HR can achieve virtual inclusion
Remote work director: Do you need one?
Working from home long term: good or bad?
How HR can prevent burnout in the function
How will work perks change post-COVID?
How HR can boost virtual colleague relations
How HR can prepare for a potential second lockdown
What does HR need to know about the Spain quarantine rules?
How HR can make staff less anxious about going back to work
How HR can prevent gender disccrimination
Are you too casual for Zoom interviews?
What does WFH mean in a heatwave?
What HR needs to know about racial inequality at work
How HR can encourage staff to switch off
How can HR do virtual Pride celebrations?
How HR can support lockdown mental health
What HR should know about returning staff to work
How HR can support lockdown wellbeing
How HR can support furloughed staff
How HR can sensitively tackle layoffs
How HR can create a positive remote culture
Tips & tricks for launching virtual L&D
How HR can master comms in a crisis
Remote working tips & tricks
Coronavirus: What does HR need to know?
S2 Ep8: Is trust in HR broken?
S2 Ep7: Expenses policies & ethical business
S2 Ep6: Can staff skive due to stormy weather?
S2 Ep5: Can employees be forced to work overtime?
S2 Ep4: Should casual office chat be banned?
S2 Ep3: D&I in the hiring process
S2 Ep2: Should staff get extra annual leave for not smoking?
S2 Ep1: Pay ratio reporting & executive pay
S1 Ep8: How to give your employees a good experience over Christmas
S1 Ep7: Workplace safety & employee training
S1 Ep6: HR's guide to surviving Christmas
S1 Ep5: Office design & the employee experience
S1 Ep4: Is hiring getting less human?
S1 Ep3: Can you refuse to answer work emails?
S1 Ep2: Romance at work
S1 Ep1: Flexible working & burnout