In this episode our guest is Steve Hatfield, principal with Deloitte Consulting and serves as the Global Leader for Future of Work for the firm. Steve has more than 20 years of experience advising global organizations on issues of strategy, innovation, organization, people, culture, and change. We discuss what impact the pandemic had on the world of work, how the nature of the employer-employee relationship is changing and what leaders can, and have to do.
Oct 15, 2021•41 min
In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast, our guest is Kecia M. Thomas, Dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, an internationally recognized expert in the psychology and workplace diversity realms. Tune in as we discuss diversity dynamics in the workplace, the career experiences of high potential women of colour, or the 'pet to threat' term, which Dr. Thomas famously coined.
Sep 06, 2021•50 min
The balance between work and private life is a challenge for so many and Dr. Scott Behson is making it his personal mission to help. On this show, we chat with Scott about his new book, The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support. If it's your goal to build a positive, fulfilling, high-performance work culture, then this conversation is for you!
Aug 12, 2021•41 min
How to have a focus on diversity and inclusion in engineering? Why embracing diversity is particularly important for the Schindler Group? Join our new podcast conversation as we discuss some of the fundamentals of the diversity and inclusion realm with Eric Howard Way, Global Head of Inclusion, Diversity and CSR at the Schindler Group.
Jul 30, 2021•54 min
For car-makers, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. How did, Skoda Auto, the largest Czech car manufacturer, one of the world's oldest automotive brands, react to the crises and mobilised all its available resources to turn things around? In this episode, we chat with Andre Wehner, Skoda's Chief Digital Officer, who played a crucial role in driving the digital changes needed for his organization to successfully respond to the crisis.
Jun 15, 2021•32 min
In this episode, our guest, for the second time, is Ellen Ernst Kossek, an internationally recognized thought leader on employer support of work and family/personal life integration, gender and diversity. She is an academic, social scientist and Distinguished Professor of Management at the Purdue University. Among many we speak about the impact of the pandemic on the work-life realm, through what practices organizations supported their staff with their work-life needs during the pandemic, and ho...
Jun 09, 2021•41 min
In this episode, our guest is Kristen Anderson, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Barilla. We chat about how Barilla has introduced Smart Working, and how this prepared them for the lockdowns in Italy and elsewhere. Kristen also shares their work on diversity and inclusion and that Barilla has won a Catalyst Award in 2021 on Advancing Women in the Workplace.
Apr 12, 2021•38 min
Schools and kindergartens closing has been probably the biggest headaches for working parents throughout the pandemic. Many parents had to take paid or unpaid time off, use their parental leave and many women had to leave the labour market altogether. A handful of employers have really stepped up to help their employees. In this episode we hear from the remarkable Kristina Pressley, Human Resources manager at Orion Industries (US) about how they have set up their learning pod for the children of...
Apr 01, 2021•35 min
Join us for this podcast conversation with work sociologist, researcher, author, Tracy Brower. We tackle the work for her latest book on Happiness at Work, as well as what people are going through now in the pandemic. Tracy gives a lot of actionable tips and frameworks of improving our "work-life ecosystem".
Mar 16, 2021•33 min
In this episode, our guest is Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers. We discuss informal carers, who they are and what they do, how particularly vulnerable they are during the pandemic, and what employers and policy makers need to consider.
Feb 15, 2021•40 min
In this episode, our 2 distinguished guests are joining us from the Boston College Center for Work & Family, which is the leading university-based center in the US, focused on helping employers enhance the employee experience, increase employee productivity, and improve the quality of employee lives. Dr. Brad Harrington and Jennifer Sabatini Fraone are sharing with us what their corporate members have put in place to support working parents and carers during the pandemic.
Feb 02, 2021•37 min
Did you know that Hamburg tops the German traffic jam ranking with people spending up to 130 hours per year bumper-to-bumper? Our guest today is Burkhard Rönnefarth, Director of Coworking at Deutsche Bahn, Station & Service AG. Tune in as we discuss the future of train travels and train stations, and the signature coworking space of Deutsche Bahn, everyworks.
Jan 22, 2021•37 min
In this episode, our guest is Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People & Culture for BMO Financial Group. We discuss how BMO has enabled employees, who could, to shift to remote working, how they have trained managers and how BMO is able to maintain the culture of the organisation for the remote workforce.
Jan 11, 2021•38 min
On this episode, we talk to Madeleine Bunting about her latest book, Labours of Love: the Crisis of Care. We also touch upon what she had discovered in the process of the writing of this masterpiece - taking her over five years - and why we all need to revalue care and caring in the next years.
Jan 03, 2021•42 min
Is there a price for success? Are there win-win solutions for both employers and employees to achieve organisational success? These are some of the highly exciting issues we discuss today with our two guests, Giovanni Russo of Cedefop, and Gijs van Houten of Eurofound, who share with us the key findings of the fourth edition of the European Company Survey 2019: Workplace practices unlocking employee potential, jointly carried out by the EU agencies.
Dec 10, 2020•50 min
In this conversation, in which we are chatting with Giorgio Luigi Risso, we get a closer look at the activities of the Public Employment Service provider in the Piedmont Region in Italy, and why it can be important for such government organisations to focus more on work-life balance. This episode is recorded to promote the Equality for Work and Life EU project, financed by the European Commission.
Dec 06, 2020•26 min
Liz helps us understand why conflict happens in remote teams, and the best way managers can approach it. Tune in as we also touch upon the questions of self-management and emotional intelligence.
Dec 05, 2020•45 min
Teleworking is here to say - what it means for policy makers and enterprises? In this episode we chat with Jon C. Messenger, teleworking expert, Team Leader of the Working Conditions Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. In the conversation, we touch upon ILO's recent publication 'Practical Guide on Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond' and why Jon believes that teleworking is tomorrow's form of work.
Nov 10, 2020•38 min
In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast, we host Scott Anthony, Managing Director at Innosight. We touch upon the key insights from his most recent book Eat, Sleep, Innovate, and also discuss how the current COVID-19 crises will change industries and the new reality of work.
Nov 04, 2020•35 min
Join us as we are hosting Erin L. Kelly, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-author of the recently published book, Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It. Drawing on five years of research, including hundreds of interviews with employees and managers, Kelly - and Phyllis Moen, co-author - tells a story of a major exepriment that they helped design and impelent at a Fortune 500 company.
Sep 29, 2020•38 min
In this fascinating conversation, we are hosting Gerrit Van de Mosselaer of the Federal Public Service - Social Security in Belgium. Gerrit introduces us to the NOVO concept, one of the most successful culture change initiatives ever implemented in the Belgian public sector. Listen in as Gerrit shares great insight about the nuances of rolling out an organization-wide culture change programme, and what lessons have they learned along the way, that started more than 10 years ago.
Sep 08, 2020•38 min
In this episode, we are joined by Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady. Suzanne and Agnes chat about the particular challenges HR professionals encountered during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, her take on flexible working and teleworking, and how she sees the evolvement of the post-pandemic work and workplaces. They also touch upon the Black Lives Matter movement and discrimination at work.
Sep 04, 2020•41 min
In this episode, we speak with Hilde Olsen, who is coordinating the work of the European Network of Public Employment Services in the European Commission. We discuss the challenges for long-term unemployed to find paid work, especially if they have caring responsibilities, and the point of view of employers broadening their recruitment pool. The episode is recorded to promote the EWQ&L project we are partners in.
Jun 23, 2020•43 min
In this podcast episode, we connect with Michelle King, Director of Inclusion at Netflix, and author of the book, The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work. We speak about practicing inclusive leadership at the workplace during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the notion of femininity stigma, and why diversity and inclusion programs don't work.
Jun 07, 2020•33 min
Our guest on this episode is David Smith Ph.D. co-author of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women. Listen in to this insightful conversation as we discuss the story behind Athena Rising, mentoring women at the workplace, and the upcoming book of David, Good Guys: How men can be better allies for women in the workplace.
May 27, 2020•44 min
In this conversation, we speak with Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele, the co-authors of the book INdvisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results. Where does diversity end and inclusion begin? What is a naturally inclusive leader? Listen in to the conversation to find out more!
Apr 25, 2020•41 min
In our new episode, we chat with Emanuela Pozzan and Umberto Cattaneo of the ILO, about the Women at Work Centenary Initiative, that aims at better understanding why progress on delivering on decent work for women has been so slow and what needs to be done towards securing a better future for women at work. The conversation also touches upon the recently released ILO Report, co-authored by Emanuela and Umberto, A quantum leap for gender equality: For a better future of work for all' report.
Apr 03, 2020•50 min
On this episode, we speak about how Alex Goryachev, Cisco's Managing Director of Innovation Strategy and Programs, went from being a hands-on manager in the Silicon Valley world to writing a book. We also touch on why the "lonely innovator" is a total myth and what is the link between Diversity and Inclusion and innovation.
Mar 16, 2020•36 min
In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast we are chatting with Dan Reed, Founder of the Career Dad, with a very important mission: to positively impact as many dads' lives as possible. Through podcasting, fathers' groups, exchange of experience, and especially sharing his experience with working fatherhood he empowers men to embrace their parenting experience and balance it with their career ambitions.
Mar 08, 2020•38 min
According to the research of Kaihan Krippendorff, only 8 out of 30 biggest innovations in the past decades were by entrepreneurs and the rest by employees. What are the essentials of innovation within companies? How can businesses encourage and enable innovation? In this episode we tap into the experience of Kaihan, business strategist, author of Driving Innovation From Within.
Jan 26, 2020•37 min
