As an HR professional, you know that the role can be demanding and fast-paced. With so much to do on a day-to-day basis, it can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture and your career & strategic goals. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis shares practical advice on how to use a quarterly review to identify areas for improvement, celebrate your achievements, and set meaningful goals for the future. Whether you're working on your own or as part of an HR team, her ins...
Apr 14, 2023•15 min•Ep. 80
Career development is an important topic at work. So many people are motivated by being able to develop and grow in their careers, it means that getting career development programmes right in your organisation can lead to higher levels of employee engagement (and help make your organisation somewhere people love to work). But how do you create a powerful career development programme that has an impact? This episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Kate Mansfield (Programme Director at Career C...
Apr 07, 2023•36 min•Ep. 79
Getting feedback and putting it into action is a powerful way of making progress with your HR/People career. So, it can feel frustrating when you don't have any, or if the feedback you are given is vague. Without clear feedback you can be left questioning yourself, wondering whether you're focusing on the right things and doing a good enough job. All of this can then start to chip away at your confidence. So, in this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares 5 tips to get useful ...
Mar 31, 2023•17 min•Ep. 78
Creating any strategy as part of your HR or People responsibilities can feel daunting; but it can feel especially daunting when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Because DEI is important, it covers so many different aspects and it involves delving into sensitive issues. Making progress can mean sparking huge cultural change which can be messy and takes time. Strategy and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion topics have been covered on HR Coffee Time before, but this episode is the fi...
Mar 24, 2023•33 min•Ep. 77
Getting remote working right can feel like a real challenge. Whether your organisation is fully remote, or has a hybrid working arrangement, it’s easy for people to start to feel disconnected and unhappy with work. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Head of People at YuLife, Claire Cathcart shares some brilliant initiatives to help. Listen to her chat with Career Coach, Fay Wallis, where she talks through: The LinkedIn post she shared about a remote working initiative that went viral, with nearl...
Mar 17, 2023•37 min•Ep. 76
Psychometrics can be used in a huge range of ways to help you achieve your HR and People goals at work. They’re incredibly popular as part of the recruitment process for hiring new talent at all levels. And some of the many other things they’re used for include leadership development programmes; team building activities and conflict resolution. Whether you’ve been using psychometric assessments for years and know quite a lot about them, or you’ve never used them at all, or you sit somewhere in t...
Mar 10, 2023•36 min•Ep. 75
Whether you feel nervous about presenting, or are just on the lookout for tips on how to get better at it, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Career Coach, Fay Wallis, shares 7 key tips to improve your presentation skills and feel more confident. Key Points From This Episode [01:10] Fay explains that last week’s episode focused on overcoming the physical response you may get to feeling nervous about public speaking - episode 73: 5 ways to feel more confident in your next interview, ...
Mar 03, 2023•26 min•Ep. 74
If your confidence seems to disappear whenever you have an interview, a meeting, or a presentation coming up, you are not alone. It’s something that most of us struggle with at some point or other during our careers. The good news is that however this lack of confidence, or nervousness shows up for you, there are things you can do to help. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares five main ways a lack of confidence or feelings or nervousness can show up and what to do ab...
Feb 24, 2023•18 min•Ep. 73
If you want to change career to work in HR, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Learn from 3 HR professionals who all made the switch from different careers into the world of HR. Charlotte Treverton-Jones, Daniel Moczynski, Natalie Saunders and Rachel White, share their experience and tips for making a successful change. They also talk about the plus points and challenges they’ve encountered since settling into their HR careers. Key Points From This Episode [02:01] HR Business Partne...
Feb 17, 2023•45 min•Ep. 72
If you want to change career to work in HR, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Learn from 3 HR professionals who all made the switch from different careers into the world of HR. Ruby Harrison, Josh Halstead-McGlashon and Maxine Blake share their experience and tips for making a successful change. They also talk about the plus points and challenges they’ve encountered since settling into their HR careers. Key Points From This Episode [02:32] HR Advisor, Ruby Harrison explains how she...
Feb 10, 2023•37 min•Ep. 71
Career coach Fay Wallis is joined by HR Consultant Devon Lovell, who shares his personal experience of being diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. Devon talks through his journey to diagnosis, the strengths and struggles his neurodiversity brings and gives advice to anyone who thinks they may be neurodiverse, or who wants to support their neurodiverse colleagues. Key Points From This Episode [00:03] Fay thanks a listener for sharing an episode on LinkedIn during the week: Episode 67: How to get on...
Feb 03, 2023•35 min•Ep. 70
Simple techniques can often have a big impact on our careers. If you want to progress in your HR career, a monthly review is a great way to stay on track with your goals. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis talks you through an 'end-of-month reflection' activity available for free in the pdf version of her HR Planner. Listen to learn why it works and what the key questions are to ask yourself at the end of each month. Key Points From This Episode [00:23] Fay takes a moment...
Jan 27, 2023•23 min•Ep. 69
Fay Wallis is joined by Payroll and HR professional, Cybill Watkins, who shares her experience of being diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), how it has given her answers to questions she has had throughout her life and the inclusive practices she has discovered that can help neurodiverse people to thrive at work. Key Points From This Episode [00:02] This is the third episode that focuses on neurodiversity. The first two are: Episode 24: Understanding & supporting neurodiversity at ...
Jan 20, 2023•34 min•Ep. 68
In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis offers advice and tips on the best way to get on top of email overwhelm when you’re in a busy HR role. Please note: All links to books within these show notes are affiliate links, which means Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through any of them. Key Points From This Episode [01:50] Fay takes a moment to say thank you for the reviews and for helping HR Coffee Time get to number 7 i...
Jan 13, 2023•26 min•Ep. 67
It’s too easy to just keep cracking on with work, moving forward and forgetting to take a step back to appreciate the progress that has been made and learn from the previous year. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis talks through 10 reflection questions, sharing her own answers to them. This episode is also available as a more detailed blog post/article. Link to blog post/article: https://www.brightskycareercoaching.co.uk/reflecting-on-2022-looking-back-to-look-forward/hr-...
Jan 06, 2023•32 min•Ep. 66
Whether you’re a woman in a leadership role, you aspire to be in a leadership role in the future, or you want to support the progression and success of women in your organisation – this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. In it, you’ll meet Carla Miller; a women’s leadership coach, author of the book, “Closing the Influence Gap” and host of the Influence & Impact podcast. Carla speaks to career coach Fay Wallis, talking through some of the key ideas within her book and practical strat...
Dec 16, 2022•38 min•Ep. 65
If you’re finding recruitment challenging at the moment, you’re not alone. We’re in the midst of what is being described as a ‘recruitment crisis’ with many organisations struggling to fill vacancies and wondering where all the good candidates have gone. Dr Nemo D’Qrill has an answer to this challenge. They believe that the good candidates haven’t gone anywhere; it’s just that are current recruitment practices aren’t effective enough at finding them. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Nemo joins...
Dec 09, 2022•37 min•Ep. 64
Measuring your impact at work is one of the best ways of getting yourself ready to progress your HR career. It proves to yourself and to everyone around you that you’ve been doing a brilliant job. Once you know how to measure your impact at work, you can use this information to impress with your CV, in performance appraisal conversations, in interviews and in conversations with your manager or senior leadership team. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis teaches you how to d...
Dec 02, 2022•18 min•Ep. 63
There are so many demands on the HR and People team that you may find your goals & plans for your career slipping to the bottom of your ‘to do’ list. It doesn’t have to be this way though! Learn how to get confident, organised & plan for your goals for 2023 with the HR Planner – whether you have the free pdf version, or the hardback version. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach & creator of the HR Planner, Fay Wallis, talks you through each part of the HR Planner, explaini...
Nov 25, 2022•32 min•Ep. 62
Do you lack confidence about how to be strategic in your HR or People professional role? Perhaps you’ve even missed out on job opportunities because you haven’t been able to prove you can operate at a strategic level? On this week’s episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares the four pillars that will help you to be strategic in your HR role. Key Points From This Episode [00:02] Fay refers to episode 57: Using the Johari Window to develop & grow in your HR career [02:28] The f...
Nov 18, 2022•31 min•Ep. 61
Dive into the world of HR Consultancy in this episode of HR Coffee Time, where Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by experienced HR Consultant, Pam Molyneux. Pam shares her story of making the move from an in-house HR role to becoming an HR Consultant for a large HR Consultancy firm, before then going on to establish her own business and work as an independent HR Consultant. Pam explains what she loves about HR Consultancy, what the challenges are, and what the key skills are that you need to bec...
Nov 11, 2022•29 min•Ep. 60
In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Fay Wallis is joined by Julie White, who shares her personal story of obtaining an ADHD diagnosis as an adult, while working as an HR professional. Listen to Julie’s supportive advice and different strategies for anyone who thinks they have ADHD or wants to support others in the workplace with ADHD. Key Points From This Episode [00:37] Fay takes a moment to thank one particular listener who inspired this episode [03:32] An introduction to Julie White [06:00] Ju...
Nov 04, 2022•35 min•Ep. 59
Do you shudder at the idea of having to look at data and analyse it, even though you know data analytics is a valuable skill that will help your HR career? Or, perhaps you’re comfortable with data, but are frustrated that your colleagues can’t seem to get to grips with it. This episode of HR Coffee time is here to help, as HR Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by Angela Moyle, Chief of Staff from HR software business, elementsuite. Angela takes things back to basics - to demystify data and build ...
Oct 28, 2022•6 min•Ep. 58
The Johari Window is a great tool to help you develop and grow in your HR career. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis talks you through how to use it to learn more about yourself and identify your hidden strengths and areas for development. It’s the first in a series of episodes focused on gaining feedback to enhance your career. Key Points From This Episode [03:53] An introduction to the Johari Window [05:59] Fay encourages you to try using the Johari Window model during ...
Oct 21, 2022•28 min•Ep. 57
Whether you’re experienced at handling collective consultations for redundancies, or it’s something you’ve never had to do before – this episode is packed full of advice to help. HR Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by Pete Colby, Director & Lead Mediator of Pragmatism, who shares his experience and advice for doing a great job in what can be a very challenging time. Key Points From This Episode [01:25] An introduction to Pete Colby [01:52] The development of Pete’s business ‘Pragmatism’ [05...
Oct 14, 2022•34 min•Ep. 56
If you’re worried about a colleague’s drinking (or your own drinking), it can be hard to know what to do. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by the Founder of Choose Sunrise, Janet Hadley, who shares her experience and expertise. Key Points From This Episode [00:00] Further information on Fay’s group coaching programme ‘ Inspiring HR’ [02:40] An introduction to Janet Hadley [02:56] Janet shares the story behind her business – ‘ Choose Sunrise ’ [07:38] Janet tal...
Oct 07, 2022•43 min•Ep. 55
In this episode of HR Coffee Time; Career Coach Fay Wallis, delves deeper into the creation of Bright Sky Career Coaching and all of the many different ways their services can help you have a successful and fulfilling HR career. Key Points From This Episode [02:33] The progression of Bright Sky Career Coaching to specialise in supporting HR & People professionals with their careers [04:53] Fay shares her career story [08:15] The beginning and growth of Bright Sky Carer Coaching [13:01] The t...
Sep 30, 2022•26 min•Ep. 54
As an HR or People professional, coaching skills are a fantastic thing to have in your personal toolkit to help you thrive at work and get the results you're looking for. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis is joined by Charlie Warshawski - Coach trainer from Love your Coaching. Charlie talks through what coaching skills are, why they can help your HR career, how to develop them and how to choose a coach training provider if you decide to take the plunge and undertake some...
Sep 23, 2022•42 min•Ep. 53
Do you ever have one of those days, where it all feels a bit too much? Having a tough day at work doesn't have to ruin your evening or the rest of your week. Having strategies in place can make all the difference. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach, Fay Wallis shares two ideas to help you bounce back. Key Points From This Episode [01:32] More information regarding Fay’s next group coaching programme ‘Inspiring HR’ [03:47] Fay recommends: “Why has nobody told me this before?” by Dr J...
Sep 16, 2022•22 min•Ep. 52
If you're dreading having to answer negative interview questions, don't worry this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. Career coach, Fay Wallis talks you through the 3 main negative interview questions you need to get ready for. You'll learn how to hit the right note when answering, "What are your weaknesses?", "Why do you want to leave your job?" and questions about times you have failed at work. Key Points From This Episode [02:11] Fay refers to episode 50: How to impress in a competenc...
Sep 09, 2022•30 min•Ep. 51
