In the latest edition of her ‘REAL HR’ series, Lucinda talks to Ruth George, a professional HR consultant with over 25 years experience, who now operates an independent consulting practice, aiding large and small businesses with their HR requirements. Ruth discusses her journey in the world of HR and the way the landscape has changed, the challenges she has faced in terms of gender inclusion, and why working as an independent, and with SMEs is so rewarding. KEY TAKEAWAYS The hardest challenges w...
Nov 02, 2020•39 min•Ep. 85
Halfway through our new mini-series, Virtual People & Performance Management, Lucinda discusses the ‘Feedback Development’ element of the PERFORM model. When it comes to managing performance effectively, research consistently shows that goal setting combined with regular feedback are the two most effective ways of maximising individual and organisational performance. Indeed, the ability to provide good quality feedback is a necessary skill for people managers. In this episode on feedback dev...
Oct 28, 2020•31 min•Ep. 84
This week, Lucinda talks about developing a learning culture, a task that may be a little more challenging now that so many of us are working in a hybrid environment. How do we create a sense of engagement with our workers remotely? In this week’s show, Lucinda offers some practical ways in which you can ensure that learning remains a vital part of your business culture in the new working landscape. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fewer than half of UK employees feel that their job offers them good opportunities ...
Oct 26, 2020•28 min•Ep. 83
Last week, in this new mini-series Virtual People & Performance Management we shared practical advice on the importance of setting clear expectations. Without doubt, we must follow with Regular Reviews. After all, high performance is not accidental. It's a process. In this episode we focus on Regular Review's through formal or informal 1 to 1’s or check-ins. Indeed, this is proven to be the key to sustained high performance against expectations. Furthermore, we explore how this new, virtual ...
Oct 21, 2020•22 min•Ep. 82
This week, Lucinda is joined by Vicky Roberts of Vista Employer Services. In this masterclass they discuss the intricacies and complexities of employment law. Furthermore, how it applies to those finding themselves in hybrid working scenarios. Indeed, as the way in which we work continues to evolve in this brave new world, it’s worth taking time to reflect upon ways in which employment law will affect our working environments. This week’s conversation is a fascinating insight into areas we may n...
Oct 18, 2020•51 min•Ep. 81
In last week’s episode of our Virtual People & Performance Management mini-series we talked about putting people first. Indeed, the importance of understanding them as individuals and building trust. Without doubt, trust builds a powerful foundation for performance. This week Lucinda discusses how imperative it is to set and manage clear expectations. Consequently, giving them the perfect platform for performance. Thus, ensuring that both ourselves and the people that we manage share the sam...
Oct 13, 2020•34 min•Ep. 80
As HR professionals, we’re adept at conducting great interviews. However, playing the role of a great interviewee is a very different art, and one that seems daunting for many. In this episode, Lucinda talks to Jo Irwin, of i4 Training, about the practical ways in which you can sell yourself at interviews. Indeed, how you can make the most of your chance to score the positions you aspire to! KEY TAKEAWAYS Certainly, many people are remarkably adept at their professions, but don’t always have the...
Oct 11, 2020•45 min•Ep. 79
Certainly, when it comes to virtual people performance management, what this year has taught us is we must be human centric, by building trust and understanding what makes people tick. In this week’s episode of our brand-new series on Virtual People & Performance Management Lucinda discusses People First as part of her PERFORM model. Indeed, Utilising the PERFORM model and applying this to the virtual and non-virtual world will firmly put the focus on people first. This is all about ensuring...
Oct 06, 2020•23 min•Ep. 78
This week, Natasia Hieber joins Lucinda for a masterclass in apprenticeships, focusing specifically upon helping to make them work for our organisations, but also to understand how we can use apprenticeships to further our HR careers. KEY TAKEAWAYS HR apprenticeships are a wonderful way to learn, as so often we learn about HR, but are unable to translate these learnings to our organisations. By learning through apprenticeships programmes, we have to learn the specifics that fit our organisations...
Oct 04, 2020•25 min•Ep. 77
Certainly, this year we have seen the world suddenly have to switch to remote working. As People Managers, this presented a whole new set of concerns and challenges. Consequently, we must now adopt good virtual people and performance management practices. Not easy! In light of this, we are introducing a brand-new series on Virtual People & Performance Management. This comes as an 8-part short series every Wednesday in addition to our regular HR Uprising Podcasts. In this week’s show, Lucinda...
Sep 29, 2020•17 min•Ep. 76
To mark the milestone of reaching The HR Uprising Podcast Episode 75 and over 50,000 downloads, Lucinda is in conversation with a very special guest to discuss HR & The Joy of Work. Bruce Daisley is the former VP of Twitter (Europe), and a best-selling author and technology leader, who has dedicated himself to improving workplace culture. Bruce discusses his outlook upon culture and why it matters. Furthermore, he talks about his incredible book, 'The Joy Of Work: 30 Ways To Fall In Love Wit...
Sep 27, 2020•46 min•Ep. 75
There’s change afoot in the HR world, with the founding of the HRi, the HR Independents is a community of predominantly self employed HR professionals working together to provide innovative, professional and quality HR services to businesses across the UK. In this week’s show, Lucinda talks to the co-founders of the HRi, Ruth Cornish and Katy McMinn, about the aims of the group and the reasons behind it. Furthermore, how it may be able to help you! KEY TAKEAWAYS Until now there hasn’t been a wea...
Sep 20, 2020•29 min•Ep. 74
Inspired by discussion on one of our forums, this week's HR Uprising Podcast episode is all about how to design an appraisal process. Lucinda shares easily-actionable, practical steps - from pre-planning considerations to execution. Thus, giving you the best ways to design an appraisal process that works for you and your organisation. KEY TAKEAWAYS Consider what the current situation is, and think about why you want to change it. Do you already have some kind of appraisal process in place, and i...
Sep 13, 2020•33 min•Ep. 73
This week's HR Uprising Podcast episode is a Masterclass with Greg Kinnaird of Corporate Learning Solutions, who discusses the future of the workplace, and how best we can manage and empower our future leaders. Among the topics covered are how leaders must adapt and change in order to empower their organisations remotely, the importance of technology in a future workplace landscape, and why the environment is just as important as the work itself. KEY TAKEAWAYS The COVID situation has created a “...
Sep 06, 2020•57 min•Ep. 72
In this, the third episode in a new series for The HR Uprising – REAL HR, Lucinda chats to real-life HR professionals about their career and lessons learned. Thus discovering the many ways we can raise each other up through shared experiences. Anette Nance is not only a great example of an HR professional, but also has an incredible backstory, including a former career in the military, a specialism in career coaching, and a degree in psychology. Anette joins Lucinda to discuss her professional j...
Aug 30, 2020•30 min•Ep. 71
In this, the second episode in a new series for The HR Uprising – REAL HR, Lucinda chats to real-life HR professionals about their career and lessons learned. Thus discovering the many ways we can raise each other up through shared experiences. This week’s HR Professional is Daniel Bailey, Group Reward Manager at Imperial Tobacco. Daniel is a proven HR professional with specialist skills in reward and recognition in both the public and private sectors. KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s important, when creating...
Aug 23, 2020•45 min•Ep. 70
The culture of our businesses is a topic that everyone seems to be fascinated by, but how can we make sure that we are accurately diagnosing the culture that’s already there so that we can influence it for the future? Certainly diagnosing our organisation's culture is key to influencing long-lasting change. In this week’s episode, Lucinda discusses three models, including the “cultural web” concept, and how it may be necessary for you to also look at the style of the culture in our organisation ...
Aug 16, 2020•38 min•Ep. 69
In this, the first episode in a new series for The HR Uprising – REAL HR, Lucinda chats to real-life HR professionals about their career and lessons learned. Thus discovering the many ways we can raise each other up through shared experiences. This week’s guest is HR professional Paula Jones, Head of People at tech firm, Leighton, who discusses the challenges she enjoys, the benefits of smaller HR teams, and the outlook and mission that drives her own innovative thinking there. KEY TAKEAWAYS The...
Aug 09, 2020•37 min•Ep. 68
Trust has become an even more vital component in our organisations, now that many companies are trusting their workforce to operate remotely. In this HR Uprising Podcast episode, Lucinda talks about the importance of trust on both sides of the equation, and how we can do our part to build healthy relationships built upon this crucial foundation. KEY TAKEAWAYS Trust is the foundation of all successful relationships, and so the level of trust we have in each other depends on our levels of confiden...
Aug 02, 2020•33 min•Ep. 67
This week’s HR Uprising Podcast episode is a very special masterclass on the topic of burnout and how you can avoid it. Expertly delivered by the CEO of Thor Projects, Robert Bogue, who’s also the author of ‘Extinguish Burnout’, a collection of solutions designed to help everyone identify the root causes, and avoid the “depletion of personal agency” that leads to burnout. KEY TAKEAWAYS Certainly, burnout can occur in any aspect of life; home, community or work. Inefficacy, the feeling of not bei...
Jul 26, 2020•46 min•Ep. 66
In this episode, Lucinda continues on the topic of communication, through analysing the ways in which we can be more persuasive and therefore able to channel our “inner sales person”. Indeed, by doing so, we can make positive, necessary changes to our workplaces and teams. Let's discover the practical persuasion strategies to influence change in our organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS Certainly, people who are more successful in persuasion, are the ones who understand what motivates us. It is by tappin...
Jul 19, 2020•28 min•Ep. 65
This week’s special guest is Andy Salkeld, the author of ‘Life Is A Four Letter Word’, a mental health survival guide for professionals, who joins Lucinda to talk about his own journey through mental health challenges and how we should be breaking the stigma of mental health. Furthermore, Andy shares how he used those experiences to write his highly insightful book, and how we can take those lessons and translate them to our own workplaces. KEY TAKEAWAYS We always seem to introduce ourselves as ...
Jul 12, 2020•48 min•Ep. 64
Practical Wellbeing Strategies are essential now, more than ever. In this HR Uprising Podcast Episode, Lucinda shares several of her most effective strategies for managing the wellbeing of our team, and ourselves. Certainly, effective wellbeing management is likely to be one of the main responsibilities for all HR professionals. Empower yourself with this set of tools and strategies, to be one step ahead as we navigate this new corporate landscape. KEY TAKEAWAYS We should seek to de-stigmatise m...
Jul 05, 2020•35 min•Ep. 63
This week, Lucinda talks to Umar Zamman about the fundamental need to get comfortable talking about race. Umar is the Director Of Human Resources and Organisational Development at Sheffield Hallam University, and a Board Member of the ACU International HR Committee. Sharing his wealth of knowledge, he discusses the all-important subject of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Furthermore, how companies can empower and fortify themselves by being progressive enough to begin the most valuable...
Jun 28, 2020•56 min•Ep. 62
Jennifer McClure is one of the most recognised names in the world when it comes to People Professionals. She joins Lucinda in this episode of The HR Uprising to discuss the value of 'being the spark' to effect change. As a corporate HR leader, an executive, an executive search consultant, and a coach, Jennifer’s experience and wealth of knowledge is widely recognised. Indeed, it has seen her named by The Science of Digital Marketing as one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers with The Most Online Infl...
Jun 21, 2020•48 min•Ep. 61
In this weeks HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda addresses the key challenges HR are facing in 2020. Following a webinar on the subject, Lucinda saw the need to further explore the HR Challenges that have evolved over the past 12 months. Furthermore, she focuses on the most pressing concerns in the industry now (based on the interest in past episodes), and why the months ahead will prove that there has never been a more important time to be an HR professional. KEY TAKEAWAYS Certainly, by developing th...
Jun 14, 2020•23 min•Ep. 60
This week, Lucinda is joined by Chris Yates and Linda Jingfang Cai, the co-authors of the incredible ’Share: How Organisations Can Thrive In An Age Of Networked Knowledge, Power and Relationships’ to discuss the importance of empathy, and how it can help us to successfully diagnose and enhance the culture within our businesses. KEY TAKEAWAYS There has been a recent tensions between the human-centric approach and the rise of technology in the workplace. Human beings are naturally wired to be empa...
Jun 07, 2020•46 min•Ep. 59
As many of us are now working remotely, the need for clarity and influence in our communications has never been more important. Indeed, how can we ensure that we are able to successfully communicate with our remote teams? The answer may lie in the use of a system known as 4-MAT. In this weeks HR Uprising Podcast Episode, Lucinda discusses how, in the absence of face-to-face communication, we can ensure that we are able to maintain sensitivity and empathy when communicating with an anxious workfo...
May 31, 2020•23 min•Ep. 58
This week, Lucinda talks to Dr Rebecca Ray, Executive Vice-President of Human Capital at The Conference Board. The Conference Board is a non-profit international research body focussing on helping leaders address societal challenges. Asking the questions for recovery, after the COVID-19 crisis, Dr Ray discusses the challenges she faces as a people professional. Furthermore, how we must reshape the workplace in the wake of lockdown. Indeed how we must explore wellbeing, culture, and the tools tha...
May 24, 2020•46 min•Ep. 57
In this weeks HR Uprising Episode, Lucinda is joined by special guest Julie Ann Sullivan. This Catalysts of Culture Masterclass explores the power of culture, and how we can be more engaging as leaders and change agents. Julie Ann has a background in psychology, and has devoted her life to discovering all she can about human behaviour. Consequently, she has been sought after by such organisations as McDonalds, Duquesne University and Bayer US. Today, Julie Ann brings her considerable knowledge t...
May 17, 2020•41 min•Ep. 56
