Elizabeth introduces people leadership strategies that are framed within Deloitte’s business purpose: ‘making an impact that matters’ and with a ‘human-centred, technology enabled’ approach. Sharing why climate-action and education are so important to Deloitte’s business model, Elizabeth references their research and describes the voices of Deloitte people - how their values impact delivery of Deloitte’s products and services. Elizabeth summarises practical examples of work on women’s equity, and calls on you, thinking of profit and purpose as hand in hand, to prepare talent for tomorrow - for skills and equitable opportunity for all. Topics in this episode:          The impact of learning and development         Leadership in digital transformation – a pivotal role for HR         Wellbeing: the role of empathy in the future of work         SDG13 and SD4: what matters to Deloitte’s people         SDG5: Women’s equity – the panel promise         Prepare talent for tomorrow: skills and equitable opportunities Download your free cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results Helping you showcase the enhanced value HR creates, this quick and simple tool you can spend just 10 - 15 minutes to connect the dots between HR and ESG, briefly assess progress at your company, and identify opportunities for next quarter and next year. Download your free 10 minute cheat-sheet here Referenced Resources: ·        Deloitte Gen Z and Millennial Survey 2023 ·        16 Days of Activism UN Campaign  Join the How HR Leaders Change the World community! Come and join the community of pioneering #HRChangemakers, it’s totally free and you’ll be the first to receive new tools and resources, and get first access invitations to our events: join us here: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

In this special episode to mark the impact of HR during COP28, Matt introduces what the COP is, how the series relates to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and why both are relevant to business. Discussing the relationship between HR and Sustainability teams, Matt shares thoughts on the work of influencing others in the business, noting similarities, synergies, and the ways that Sustainability professionals are benefitting from, for example shifts in DE&I leadership. Noting some of the many connections between HR, Inclusion and Sustainability, Matt comments on examples such as green pensions, whistleblowing policies and The Real Living Wage.  In these few weeks of COP28, Matt calls on you to listen out, and reflect on how what you hear relates to your job... Topics in this episode:          What is COP28?         Why is it relevant to business?         HR, Inclusion & Sustainability teams working together         Examples of connections in the E, the S and the G         The Real Living Wage         Connecting what you hear during COP28 to your day job Referenced Resources   Download your free 10 minute cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results Find out more about: The Living Wage Foundation   Join the How HR Leaders Change the World community! Come and join the community of pioneering #HRChangemakers, it’s totally free and you’ll be the first to receive new tools and resources, and get first access invitations to our events: join us here: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Hanneke describes the mission at Tony’s Chocolonely and what this means for talent strategy, and with experience in both large corporate HR as well as smaller business, advocates for the significant opportunity HR has to create positive change.  Discussing the impacts of being a mission-led business for talent acquisition and performance, Hanneke also provides examples of approaches to inclusion from across her career, and calls on you to create space at work to begin a conversation about what your business can do – one small step that can ignite change. Topics in this episode:          Talent strategy at a mission led business         Responsibility to create change in business         Accessing talent at Pepsico: people with a refugee background         Being an attractive employer in today’s world         Equality at work and home         Creating the agency to start change Join the How HR Leaders Change the World community! Come and join the community of pioneering #HRChangemakers, it’s totally free and you’ll be the first to receive new tools and resources, and get first access invitations to our events: join us here: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/hrchangemakers Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Describing the contribution HR can make as ‘changing what work means’ and with a brilliant pie chart technique to illustrate, Ellis discusses the way people view their jobs and the role of work in someones whole life. Ellis calls on you to see yourself as a gateway for people to live their lives differently. Introducing her approach to open leadership, Ellis shares techniques to support others to do the same and why this is beneficial for organisational performance, and society.   Discussing thoughts on celebrating diversity of human culture, Ellis advocates that there’s work for HR and Inclusion professionals to do on micro-aggressions and provides insights from her masterclasses on intentional inclusivity. Topics in this episode:          Being an open leader to change culture         Changing what work means – the contribution of HR         Practical and meaningful balance between life and career         Micro-aggressions and intentional inclusivity         Challenging people to tell their stories         You are an instrument for change Referenced resources ·        ERM Coming up this week - How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! Thank you to everyone that’s joining us in person and on the live stream for How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! this week. We’re so excited to learn from pioneering CHROs discussing how HR leadership is driving positive change and ESG results, including from Aviva Investors, Bain Capital, Britvic, First Bus, Fitch Ratings, Kantar, Ogilvy, Skyscanner, Tate & Lyle, Trustpilot, VodafoneZiggo and more! ...AND cherry on the cake Sir Lenny Henry CBE is joining us with a closing conversation on his experience of transforming a profession and driving social value, on how to get it done, what we can learn and take forward into the transformation of HR. An enormous thank you to our wonderful headline partners Enterprise, Skyscanner, The Clearing and Well, and our brilliant Impact ambassadors Allianz, Frazer Jones, Legal & General, LGBT Great and Oxygen House Group. Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months. Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards. Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation. Find out more about Well here. Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Marcelle provides an overview of her academic research in the experience and outcomes for black employees, and the results of building inclusion strategies centred on lived experience and workforce data. As well as sharing five trends Marcelle sees for HR: Global talent management; embedding sustainability in the EVP; hybrid & flexible working; mental health; and data driven decision making, Marcelle shares her experience at the intersection of race and health inequalities, provides tools and techniques you can use to build a psychologically safe workplace and shares practical steps to tackle inequality and bias.  Topics in this episode:          Social justice: research findings in the experience of black employees         A change of mood in HR         Five key HR themes in the future of work         Celebrating our Sisters: Black History Month         Health inequalities, mental health and psychological safety         Being courageous in tackling inequality How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on: ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months. Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards. Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation. Find out more about Well here. Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Ahead of International Men’s Day on 19th November 2023, Sharon joins us to share her work in helping organisations build gender balance. Recognising the importance of gender equality for women, men and non-binary people, Sharon notes that on the current trajectory we’re 140 years away from achieving gender balance at manager level.    Describing strategies that don’t work as well as those that do, Sharon provides an overview of five foundations that enable sustained progress, three structural and two behavioural, and discusses the challenges with, yet importance of, data.   Sharon shares thoughts on the role of men at work, and the pressures they face, as well as practical steps we can take to include men in the work to build gender balance, including ideas you can implement ahead of this year's International Men's Day...    Topics this episode:   ·        What doesn’t work in building gender balance ·        Five foundations for building gender balance ·        Delivering Gender Equality through ESG – APPG report ·        Challenges with and the importance of data ·        Gender Equality for everyone – the role of and impacts for men ·        Practical steps to include men in gender balance work ·        Dismantling stereotypes: tiny steps in your day-to-day life Referenced Resources ·        APPG on ESG: Delivering Gender Equality through ESG, October 2023   ·        Shape Talent   ·        Specialist in helping organisations support working men: Elliot Rae How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months. Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards. Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation. Find out more about Well here. Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Rob introduces his passion for HR and the opportunities the profession provides for business to be a force for good.  Rob shares examples of his HR leadership in youth employment and economic inclusion, describing measurable business benefits such as reducing labour turnover, increasing productivity and improving engagement scores. Rob also shares an example of HR contributing to a bold net zero commitment, as well as thoughts on building an inclusive workplace. Calling on you to use your voice, Rob passionately advocates for the opportunities you and everyone in HR has that can effect positive change.  Topics this episode: The power of good jobs and the case for Social MobilityUsing data to shift passion projects to business as usualHR having a point of view: the climate crisis, AI and wealth inequalityUntapped innovationHR and a net zero commitmentDriving change at paceUsing your voice and harnessing HR’s superpower How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goalsMeasuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you onPositioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVPDemystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months. Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards. Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation. You can find out more about Well here. Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

A year on from How HR Leaders Change the World – Live! 2022 and with a new portfolio of leadership roles, Kevin reflects on key areas of change, discussing topics such as economic conditions, and what the challenges mean for HR.  Sharing thoughts on the permanency of shifts, Kevin gives examples of seeing how a people-centred approach, HR in business leadership and DE&I remain central, even in difficult times, and calls on everyone in HR to remain focussed and stay true to Purpose, Values and Culture.  Topics this episode:          Change in economic conditions         A people-centred approach and the Cost of Living Crisis         Running the business: HR and the C-Suite         Business reputation, HR and ESG         Remaining focussed and staying true to organisational purpose, values and culture Referenced Resources ·        Free Cheat-Sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed culture that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer: (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Thank you to our event partner, Well by CircleIn Well knows that psychological safety is a key priority for companies, with 97% customers telling them that they plan to invest in it over the next 12 months. Enter Well – a practical and cost-effective solution that gives your entire workforce the skills they need to level up and lead with care. Well is a risk management tool, that tackles psychosocial hazards in the workplace. Importantly, they're reimagining learning to meet the needs of emerging leaders and how they learn. They've partnered with Microsoft to deliver this tool in the flow of work where employees are ‘doing the work’. It aligns to ISO guidelines, as Well’s content is created by experts and backed by science so that organisations can easily align with new and incoming psychological safety standards. Their blissfully bite-sized video content is highly engaging, fits into busy schedules, and delivered with tangible takeaways to turn learning into action. Well keeps it real, promotes empathy, encourages self-improvement, and builds stronger teams. The result? Increased productivity, engagement, and happiness in your organisation. Find out more about Well here. Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Margareta describes the change at Stena Line, a company in the industrial maritime sector, in putting people at the centre of the business.  Summarising how people and sustainability goals are aligned as part of Stena Line’s commercial business objectives, Margareta shares the 3 key Sustainable Development Goals their people strategy is contributing to and Stena Line’s work with Inner Development Goals.  Discussing inclusion in a context of groups of colleagues historically described as ‘white collar’ and ‘blue collar’ Margareta shares her passion for fairness and how the word ‘care’ is embedded at Stena Line. Topics this episode:          People at the core of a traditionally industrial business         Sustainability in Stena Line’s People Strategy         The Future of Work: Inner Development Goals         Fairness at work and The White Book         Truly listening Referenced Resources ·        Inner Development Goals How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer    (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs. We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Tamsin shares her approach to HR and business leadership discussing how to create space to reflect, to question the status quo, and thereby to best serve colleagues and customers.  Describing the importance of collaborating, Tamsin shares her experience of finding purpose, her thoughts on how to keep connected with people and planet in a fast-changing world, and on how vulnerability and trust are key to building a culture of inclusion.  Ending with a seemingly simple call to action to underpin innovation and change, Tamsin asks you to: listen… Topics this episode:          How to build workplace culture that creates space to step back         HR questioning the status quo         Collaboration to enable a thriving workforce        Meaningfully connecting with purpose and using the UN SDGs framework        Building inclusion through vulnerable conversations         Listening How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer    (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs. We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Marking UK National Inclusion Week we welcome Matt Cameron, Founder & CEO at LGBT Great, who shares his work building inclusive workplaces that confidently attract, engage and retain LGBTQ+ talent. Matt discusses key strategies to foster inclusion, such as harnessing data and learning from a macro perspective across an industry, and provides thoughts on areas that are often considered the hardest, such as inclusion for colleagues who identify as transgender or non-binary, and navigating legal and cultural differences in global companies.  LGBT Great and From Babies with Love are working together, along with our friends at Fertility Matters @ Work, on our latest Cutting Edge Update, on Surrogacy & Adoption. Matt & Cecilia invite you to join the free Insights Webinar at 1pm, 17th October 2023.  Topics this episode:          Why Matt created LGBT Great         What companies are doing to create inclusive workplaces that attract, engage and retain LGBTQ+ talent         Areas of LGBTQ+ inclusion that companies often find hard         Sharing insights in our Cutting Edge Update: Surrogacy & Adoption        Creating LGBTQ+ confident leadership, HR teams and organisations.  Reference resources ·        LGBT Great website ·        Cutting Edge Update: Surrogacy & Adoption webinar 17th October 2023 How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals. ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on. ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP. ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change. Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer    (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs. We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

How HR Leaders Change the World is at UNGA Week in New York, and in this episode we welcome two of our favourite people back to the podcast to share their perspectives… Stephanie Hasenbos-Case, a pioneering CHRO, and Tom Dannatt, a pioneering a NGO CEO. UNGA stands for United Nations General Assembly – you’ll see lots of news about UN Week, Global Goals Week, Climate Action Week – there’s a lot going on and NYC is packed! We're at the half way mark for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we know HR must be at the heart of innovation and change. Healthy happy people, with healthy happy work, in a healthy happy planet right?! Many of the world’s biggest businesses have workforce sizes that are larger that countries’ populations… so it’s really no overstatement when we talk about How HR Leaders Change the World! Topics this special episode:          Gender Inclusion and Street Child’s work in Afghanistan         The change in corporate-charity partnerships in the last 15 years         The change in the HR profession in the context of the UN Global Goals         Pay and equality: an example of HR driving change         Educating your business on your HR role and impact         A special offer! Resources to help harness the power of your role to drive change To mark UN Global Goals Week we’ve got a special offer on your ticket for How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How connecting your HR work to ESG helps you achieve your goals ·        Measuring your HR impact - what investors and CEOs are keen to hear from you on ·        Positioning your impact - how best to showcase your HR function’s impact leadership, to all your stakeholders and in your EVP ·        Demystifying psychological safety - how to embed a culture and workplace that drives innovation and change Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss your UN Global Goals Week special offer    (Offer ends 6pm BST 31Oct23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code: GlobalGoals to get 10% off your place Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change, and here’s the link to our free digital tool mapping HR to the UN SDGs. We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Welcome to this special episode of How HR Leaders Change the World! Which is a different format to usual, as there’s a big week coming up… the UN General Assembly, also known as UNGA Week and Global Goals Week. It’s a brilliant opportunity for HR and certainly every HR Changemaker, and so we thought to create this episode to tell you about it! Plus, we’ve created a free cheat-sheet for you: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results  In this episode we'll cover: What UNGA week isWhy it mattersWhy it’s relevant to HRWhat I’m doing during UNGA weekWhat you can do too, and importantly, why doing so will help your work Click here to get your free cheat-sheet: 25 Ways Your HR Work Delivers ESG Results Plus here's further information about UNGA Week and the link to our free digital tool mapping HR - UN SDGs The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 Join us to learn and discuss: How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals? How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on? How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP? Demystifying psychological safety: embedding a workplace culture that drives innovation and change. Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss out on your place! Join us In Person or via Live Stream, get your ticket here: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Claire describes Ocado Group’s three key areas in using AI: customer relationships, efficiency and ESG, and how they apply to HR. Recognising challenges that AI presents, Claire discusses working with the Ocado’s Head of AI Ethics and processes to support decision making. Following approaches commonly found in the tech sector, Claire summarises applying a product mindset to HR and shares the example of Ocado Group’s ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy - the process to create it and business response.   Claire shares Ocado’s social mobility work and the opportunities created with reskilling programmes including ‘Recode Your Career’ and ‘Bot School’, and leaves us with an approach to delivering change that provides both personal and business credibility for you, and makes the greatest impact with whatever resources you have.  Topics in Claire’s episode:  Creating a product mindset in HROcado Group’s Work from Anywhere policyAI, HR and ethicsSocial mobility and reskillingAchieving the greatest impact The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results Join us to learn and discuss: How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP? Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss out on a limited time Earlybird ticket! (Offer ends 6pm BST 8Sep23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code HRChangemaker to get 30% off your place: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

What are the 5 key HR trends shared by leading CHROs on How HR Leaders Change the World? What are the pioneering podcast alumni most excited for in the future of how HR will lead business success and at the same time deliver ESG results? What's the one action host Cecilia Crossley woud like to see every HR professional take to make a positive change in the world?  Chaired by news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, in this brilliant Q&A with podcast host Cecilia Crossley, you can hear a summary of the How HR Leaders Change the World – Summer Celebration, a wonderful evening with a room full of your fellow #HRChangemakers.  If you missed out on the evening, where we networked, celebrated and pioneered at the cutting edge of HR leadership, don’t miss out on our next brilliant event…  The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back... How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results Join us to learn and discuss: ·        How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals? ·        How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on?  ·        How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP? Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote. Find out more and don't miss out on a limited time Earlybird ticket! (Offer ends 6pm BST 8Sep23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code HRChangemaker to get 30% off your place: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen! Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Sharing examples of her work at Ofcom, Aviva and House of Fraser, Kerri-Ann describes how starting with organisational purpose provided powerful learning that informed business and people strategy, underpinning the connections between commercial success and societal impact. With the example of child safety online, Kerri-Ann describes how a diverse and inclusive group enables pioneering work and provides a brilliant reference to Bletchley Park during WWII in describing the benefits.  Kerri-Ann advocates that every HR professional must have an opinion, use their agency to influence business and change, and to help connect with this, your own purpose and power, recommends that you ask yourself: Why did I join this profession?  Topics in Kerri Ann’s episode: Starting with Purpose – an example from AvivaESG and People Strategy HR having a business opinionFuture forward thinking, Ofcom and the example of child safety onlineBletchley Park – inspiring diversity and inclusionWhy did you join this profession? Referenced resources: Nudge, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R Sunstein Plus! The inspiring, impact-led HR conference is back! How HR Leaders Change the World - Live! 15 November 2023 How your HR strategy is also driving ESG results  Join us to learn and discuss:  How does connecting your HR work to ESG help you achieve your goals?How can you measure HR's ESG impacts and what are investors and your CEO keen to hear from you on? How can you position HR impact to best demonstrate your HR function's value to all your colleagues and in your EVP? Learn from actionable examples shared by pioneering C-Suite HR Leaders, that you can implement at your company too. Alongside the CHRO speakers and the brilliant community of HR Changemakers you'll be part of, we're delighted to announce that Sir Lenny Henry CBE is this year's inspiring keynote.  Find out more and don't miss out on a limited time Earlybird ticket! (Offer ends 6pm BST 8Sep23) Join us In Person or via Live Stream; enter code HRChangemaker to get 30% off your place: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world-live-2023 Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!  Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org  Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Stendert introduces his role in leading people and sustainability across the group of Ecotone’s food and drinks brands, sharing examples of work that take a holistic view of sustainability and how he measures success for people strategy.  Advocating that HR has the exciting role to accelerate energy for change, and for being a bridge between sustainability measures and the people agenda, Stendert discusses positive impacts for people topics such as talent acquisition and leadership, as well as for you and your role, and for business success. Topics in Stendert’s episode:          HR as igniters of change         Distance to employment         Being the bridge between sustainability measures and the people agenda         Profit and purpose         What does it mean to be a sustainable leader?         Tools to unlock people energy         The people & sustainability agenda – how you can add value Referenced resources:  ·        Paul Polman - Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!  Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Andrew describes the business transformation he has helped lead Communisis through, sharing how this centred around clarity in business purpose, and how strategy, outcomes and impact, including mapping to the UN SDGs, cascaded out.  Bringing business purpose to life across a diverse organisation with colleagues in 28 countries, Andrew describes building psychological safety and rewarding vulnerability, including with listening sessions, and shares the guidelines for how Communisis has made these successful, the role of exec sponsors and ‘spikey questions’, and what the results have been. Topics in Andrew’s episode:          Business transformation - the role of Purpose         Rewarding vulnerability - psychological safety         When Exec Board members share personal experience         Spikey questions         Mapping every employee’s role to the UN SDGs         Human-centricity in business         Being a single dad of a neuro-diverse 8-year-old        Being yourself  Referenced resources:  ·        https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/mapping-hr-to-the-un-sdgs ·        https://communisis.com/ Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!    Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org  Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love. Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Sharing her perspective on finding your why and organisational purpose, Jane discusses key changes taking place in HR and business leadership. On hybrid and flexible working, Jane provides the idea of ‘putting up scaffolding’ – how to create principles and a framework – for bringing together different expectations on this aspect of the Future of Work. Reflecting on AI, Jane offers thoughts on how to take all colleagues in to the future with optimism.  Advocating for HR’s role in bringing energy to DE&I leadership across the business, Jane picks out reverse mentoring as an example of impactful work. Topics in Jane’s episode:           Inspiring better workplaces         Successful and productive flexible working        AI and skills, life-long learning and opportunity         Jane’s experience of feeling excluded        HR’s critical role in enabling DE&I        The mutual benefit of reverse mentoring         Finding your why Referenced resources: Simon Sinek Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!  Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love.  Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.

Scott introduces Bates Wells’ decision to become the first B Corp certified law firm and shares how this connects with HR deliverables. Providing the example of Bates Wells’ Climate Programme, Scott cites a green workplace pension as one of several HR opportunities. Discussing initiatives such as engaging colleagues with a climate focussed Employee Resource Group, Scott also shares his lived experience and thoughts on social mobility, opportunities for business to lead, and why he advocates that everyone in HR unlock the potential of their people for the future of both business success and a healthy planet. Topics in Scott’s episode:  A Climate Programme and HR strategyOne HR opportunity: a green workplace pensionA climate related Employee Resource GroupRole modelling and social mobilityDE&I in the legal sectorB Corps and the Better Business ActHR unlocking business potential Referenced resources:  Bates Wells website B Corp website HR – UN SDGs mapping toolThe Better Business Act Join the free How HR Leaders Change the World community and get our weekly newsletter – be the first to learn about new episodes and receive free bonus materials that help you showcase how your HR work is also driving positive change: https://frombabieswithlove.org/pages/how-hr-leaders-change-the-world We have a favour to ask! Would you tell an HR friend about the podcast? Or share the link with an HR team you think would find it helpful for their work? We’re excited to bring more of your peers into the community, and hugely appreciate your help to make it happen!  Linkedin: @FromBabieswithLove Email: hrleaders@frombabieswithlove.org  Website: https://frombabieswithlove.org/ How HR Leaders Change the World is brought to you by social enterprise, From Babies with Love.  Across Moments that Matter, we provide employee engagement gift services to global HR functions and donate 100% of our profit to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.  We transform commonly existing gift spend in to strategic, efficient and inclusive tools in your People Strategy, delivering Exceptional Employee Experience, and at the same time, ESG results.