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HR Means Business: HR Leading the Charge for Meaningful ChangeHost: Mervyn DinnenGuest: Lucinda Carney, Author, Psychologist, and Founder of Actus Performance ManagementIn this podcast interview Mervyn talks to Lucinda Carney, author of the best selling book "How to Be a Change Superhero" about HR's role in communicating and facilitating organisational change.- Creating a safe environment for change- The role of leadership in change management - Effective communication and understanding the 'why' behind change- Technology as a driver of change but also as potentially a reason for its failure- Involving all employees in the change process- Recruiting for adaptabilityThanks for listening! Remember to subscribe to all of the HR Happy Hour Media Network shows on your favorite podcast app! The HR Happy Hour Network is sponsored by Workhuman. HR is about to change for good with the power of Human Intelligence. By combining AI and the rich data of Workhuman's #1 rated employee recognition platform, Human Intelligence answers HR's most demanding needs…unlocking insights and capabilities that redefine talent management, cultural transformation, and employee engagement — ultimately elevating performance and, above all, people. The future of HR has arrived. Will you – and your company – be a part of it? Learn about Human Intelligence at Workhuman.com and join their force for good.

In this episode of the HR on the Offensive podcast, Chris and LACE CEO Cathy Acratopulo are joined by Lucinda Carney, CEO and Founder of Actus and host of the HR Uprising podcast. They explore how organisational development (OD) reaches beyond structure to drive leadership development, talent management, culture, and continuous improvement—all aligning with broader business strategy. Listen now to learn how organisation design can drive business transformation with people-focused solutions that meet your organisation's objectives.

In this episode of the HRchat show, we discuss reasons why we should rethink employee appraisals.Our returning guest is Lucinda Carney, Founder and CEO of Actus Performance Management Software which was launched in 2009 and has 10,000s of users across the globe.Lucinda is a Chartered Psychologist with 20 years of corporate HR experience. She is considered a thought leader in various people management and change-related business topics. She is also an accomplished Speaker, Consultant, and Coach. She was named ‘Everywoman Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016' and ‘Winner of one of the UK's top 10 Women in Business 2020' by Business Gamechanger magazine.Lucinda also hosts the popular HR Uprising podcast.Questions for Lucinda include:Why are appraisals so unpopular? Are they even still relevant?What is the alternative to the annual appraisal? What about constant feedback and pulse checks?Rebranding of term 'Appraisal'Do Millennials and Gen Zersa push back on annual reviews more than previous generations? If so, why?How can organizations gain buy into a new approach?How has AI shaken up ways employee reviews are conducted? What are some of the business benefits of rethinking appraisalsWe do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.Feature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

How is your performance management strategy impacting employee engagement? Understanding how to use it effectively can lead to better results for employees and therefore the organisation, as well as save money through staff retention. Performance management should be about more than KPIs and day-to-day tasks, it should be seen as an individualised opportunity to support career growth. With continuous conversations, clear goals and regular constructive feedback, performance management can become a far more effective tool.In this episode of HR Coffee Time, host Fay Wallis is joined by Lucinda Carney the CEO and Founder of Actus. A purpose-built performance and talent management software, which makes her the perfect person to share her knowledge on:Performance management's impact on employee engagementBest practices for performance managementThe importance of clear goalsTailoring performance management to individualsHow to drive high performanceWhy you need to do more than annual appraisals Useful LinksConnect with Fay on LinkedInFay's website: Bright Sky Career CoachingConnect with Lucinda on LinkedInActusListen to Lucinda's Podcast HR UprisingActus on FacebookActus on YouTube Resources Mentioned During the EpisodeThe Gallup Q12 employee engagement surveyThe CIPD research report: Performance management: Could do better?Actus ResourcesResearch review: What works in performance managementWebinar recording: Rethinking appraisals webinar recordingWhite paper: How to design an appraisal processEbook: The complete guide to 360 feedback Buy the Book Recommendations(Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links which means that Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through them)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. CoveyHBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management, by Harvard Business ReviewHow to be a Change Superhero: The business toolkit to help you to 'do' change better, by Lucinda Carney Other Relevant

Lucinda talks once more about engagement in light of the state of the global workforce and working methodologies being adopted globally. KEY TAKEAWAYS Engagement is undeniably a leading indicator of productivity, profitability, health and safety issues, customer satisfaction and overall people happiness. Global engagement levels are at 23%. European engagement levels are at 13%, and the UK (33rd in the list) have 10% engagement. It's hard to be engaged when you're feeling high levels of stress. With the current financial hardships and the cost of living crisis, it can be almost impossible not to bring those worries to the workplace. Remote working will have played a part in the lessening of engagement with each other. They are becoming more insular and isolated, leading to sense of not belonging to an organisation. BEST MOMENTS 'The reality is that there's a lot of disengagement out there' 'People have a huge number of external stress factors' 'Actual employee engagement in terms of interactions and good practice are less likely to cause a problem' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Get your copy of How To Be A Change Superhero by emailing at info@actus.co.uk ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Lucinda is joined by Teresa Rose, an award-winning learning consultant and the founder of Consult Her Ltd, to discuss the most effective ways of building a learning pathway for our organisations - what they are, how to do it, and the most often-seen barriers to engagement. KEY TAKEAWAYS Learning experience platforms are all about giving employees a much better consumer-grade experience when it comes to development. The utopian vision for these experience platforms is for users to be able to engage with and learn while at work, but we aren't there yet. There is work to do wen it comes to providing this effectively at the point of need. It isn't just about curating the largest content library, but making sure that the content itself is effective and engaging. Mapping these resources is the biggest part of the challenge. The initial building of the library is key, but keeping it up to date and useful is far more beneficial in the long term. BEST MOMENTS 'How can you build a career pathway when you don't have a budget?' 'What you're looking at is bringing together best-of-breed content from various sources' 'It's all very well having an amazing learning experience, but the reality is that it's simply a large library of content where the quality may differ' 'What knowledge do we have? How do we capture that knowledge? Where should we hold it?' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Get your copy of How To Be A Change Superhero by emailing at info@actus.co.uk Teresa Rose - https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/speakers/teresa-rose ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Steven is a global leadership consultant, executive coach, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and globally recognised specialist in the art of connection building and leadership. In this episode, Steven talks to Lucinda about an all-new epidemic in the workplace - loneliness - and how we can increase a sense of belonging in order to promote talent acquisition and retention in our organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS Loneliness has a direct correlation and is an underlying component to most mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression and suicide. Loneliness is growing, in large part, due to the increase in use of social media, which connects us remotely, but also isolates us socially. In the workplace, before today's world, if we needed help, then we sought out the guidance of another human being. Nowadays we seek e-learnings which as created huge separations. If we feel the sense that our working environment is overly professional, and that we cannot show up as our "true self", then this can lead to a sense of alienation. People do not see us, but instead the avatar that we bring into the workplace. BEST MOMENTS 'Loneliness has been a key contributor to mental health disorders' 'This has created huge separations' 'Dependency shift is a huge driver in why people are feeling more lonely' 'We have less margin to actually connect with the people around us' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Get your copy of How To Be A Change Superhero by emailing at info@actus.co.uk Steven Van Cohen LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-van-cohen-ms-351582a/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Sonya Shelton founded Executive Leadership Consulting in 2007 from her passion for partnering with leaders and high achievers to create a clear vision and build work environments where employees are fulfilled and completely committed to their organisation's success. Sonya joins Lucinda this week to talk about strategy, culture, and how we can best encourage both in the organisations we lead. KEY TAKEAWAYS Many companies use strategy and culture to forge ahead, but focus too heavily on one without balancing the need for both at the same time. HR professionals must be very connected with the business leadership to first understand what the underlying strategy is, and what kind of culture needs to be created around that. Identifying the purpose and why is a fundamental. In terms of mission, the question becomes how we can deliver on that initial purpose. Whenever there is a lack of trust or sense of conflict, always go back to the root - mission and vision - and work out how the conflict can be brought together under those elements. BEST MOMENTS 'How do you as HR professionals connect with your business strategy?' 'We're very much the glue in terms of creating a balance' 'The mission is how we do things externally. The values are how we do those things internally' 'It's called vision for a reason. We really need to see it' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Get your copy of How To Be A Change Superhero by emailing at info@actus.co.uk Executive Leader - https://executiveleader.com/sonya-shelton/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” About The Guest, Sonya Shelton When it comes to navigating the ins-and-outs of business, Sonya Shelton has seen it all: From successful startups with brand new ideas to well-established Fortune 500 companies. Sonya Shelton founded Executive Leadership Consulting in 2007 from her passion for partnering with leaders and high achievers to create a clear vision and build work environments where employees are fulfilled and completely committed to their organization's success. She has captured her leadership tips and success stories in her #1 Amazon bestselling book “You're an Executive, But Are You a Leader?” Having been an executive as well as an international speaker and consultant, Sonya knows how to tap into lesser-known, hidden practices that drive true leadership. Her philosophy, background and experience add a strategic, pragmatic, and multidimensional approach to making strong leaders. Sonya serves on the Forbes Coaches Council and is a certified Master Corporate Executive Coach through the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches. Book:  You're an Executive, But Are You a Leader?  CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Lucinda talks about why it is that users find themselves unable to engage with systems in the long term following change, how to motivate them to want to embrace new ways of working, and the processes, roles and responsibilities you need to embed any kind of new system in the workplace. KEY TAKEAWAYS Buy-in is key. Resistance can sometimes arise when people aren't involved in the formation of the idea itself, which is why we should consider involving people from the outset. Change is only ever truly embraced when people do not feel as though change is being done to them, rather than for them. When people resist change, it's purely because they are not motivated enough to change. This might be the case due to their lack of understanding of the bigger picture. Many organisations roll out the technical vision and implement a system, then communicate the change in the expectation that it will take effect. What's required is persistence and the empowering of others. BEST MOMENTS 'People don't resist change, they resist being changed' 'The Three Cs are: Communication, Clarity, Consequence and Consistency' 'People are busy - how do we actually get them to do these things?' 'Always start with why' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Get your copy of How To Be A Change Superhero by emailing at info@actus.co.uk   ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

For this very special 200th episode, Lucinda is joined by the wonderful Lucy Adams, the CEO of Disruptive HR to talk about not just her prolific and renowned career in the HR sector, but also the ever-changing world of HR itself, and why she has chosen to pioneer a more disruptive approach. KEY TAKEAWAYS Change comes far easier if we question the narrative and test the boundaries of what is possible. In Lucy's case, the world of HR was due for a shake up. Career conversations are far more constructive than performance reviews. Objectives can be discussed, but it's far more valuable to talk about what each side has learned about the other. The EACH framework or model was designed to allow us to sum up our complex and stimulating ideas in a way we can remember. It stands for Employees as Adults Consumers and Human beings. in the wake of COVID, we should ask now if a better way of working exists. Why should people once again be brought back to offices when they work perfectly well from home. BEST MOMENTS 'I was never frightened to say "Why?" and "What's the purpose of this?"' 'I describe myself as a recovering HR director' 'Rather than something that's done to you, it's something that you can take control of' 'Bring people back if there's purpose or value, but don't do it in the old school, old fashioned way' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Disruptive HR - https://disruptivehr.club ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda is joined by licensed psychologist and emotional intelligence specialist, Dr Robert Hernandez, to talk about emotional intelligence, and how by placing it at the forefront of development, we can help to shape future leaders. KEY TAKEAWAYS Emotional intelligence is the art of being aware of data or information in which emotions arise. Emotions come from the unconscious - emotional intelligence dictates how we use that emotion. interpersonal skills are a huge part of emotional intelligence. We must begin with self awareness and then focus on self expression, looking for ways to express in ways that are helpful and constructive. With the rise of AI in the workplace, we must re-evaluate what makes us human. One of the main aspects is the way in which we react to emotions and allow them to guide and lead us in our day-to-day actions. A common misconception is that all leaders must be extroverted and charismatic, but this isn't always the case. Charisma and extroversion are certainly qualities that help, but it's far more constructive to build a leadership persona that helps us to adapt, so long as it is authentic. BEST MOMENTS 'Our focus is on new leaders, and developing that emotional intelligence' 'I view emotions as something that comes up from the unconscious' 'Leadership doesn't happen in a vacuum' 'Emotional intelligence is very much based on the moment' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Dr Robert Hernandez LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rb-influens ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rameez Kaleem is the founder and managing director at 3R Strategy, an independent reward consultancy, as well as the author of 'A Case of the Mondays: How to build a culture of trust through pay transparency'. Rameez joins Lucinda to talk about the research in which he has been recently involved - Salary Trends for 2023 - a highly topical subject that has far-reaching implications for anyone in employment. KEY TAKEAWAYS The research was carried out in order to find out how organisations are managing pay and giving insight into market practice and budgets being set. The median pay budget for 2022 came out at 4%, with slight variations. The numbers for 2023 saw an increase to 5%. There is a lack of variable pay in the public sector, charity sector and education sector, within financial services there was a higher budget in the upper cortile. Help with cost of living increases have come in variable ways from organisations trying to do what they can to retain and attract their people. Sometimes it is a lump sum, while some offer an increase in overall salary. In all cases, these payments are meant to be meaningful. BEST MOMENTS 'This year in particular, with record inflation, it was a topic for a lot of HR professionals' 'Most organisations have tried to have payments that are meaningful' 'While performance can fluctuate from year to year, behaviours tend to be more consistent' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Rameez Kaleem at Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rameez-Kaleem/e/B0BD8K1NKS/ref=zg_bs_362205031_bl_sccl_16/000-0000000-0000000 Rameez Kaleem LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rameezkaleem ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carla Miller is the author of 'Closing The Influence Gap: A practical guide for women leaders who want to be heard', which reached #1 in the Amazon charts for Business Leadership Skills and Business Management and Leadership. Carla joins Lucinda this week to discuss the book and how best to apply its central core theme and message to our own organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first step towards closing the influence gap is seeing yourself as a leader. It's about conquering self doubt and surmounting that sense of impostor syndrome we feel. We have to encourage others to see us as leaders. This is especially difficult for women, as society programmes us all to not see women this way. When we present our authentic selves, it also gives others permission to do the same, allowing a greater sense of connection. Many women are more than capable of leading teams and do so, but getting people at a senior level to notice this is very challenging. Even when presented with evidence, men are still naturally more preferred in leadership roles. BEST MOMENTS 'This is a self discovery that you can go through' 'We work on beliefs we may have adopted about ourselves' 'People see themselves as managers, but not necessarily as leaders' 'We want you to be the best version of you' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Carla Miller - https://www.carlamillertraining.com/book ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Gemma Rabbini from Coach & Bloom, for a discussion around positive intelligence - what it means, and how you can retrain your brain to act in a more positive, forward thing and centred way in order to get the best out of life. KEY TAKEAWAYS In terms of self belief, women are significantly lacking in that area when it comes to men. It's a niche that needs attention in order to effect change. Positive intelligence represent the proportion of time that your mind is working for you, versus that proportion of time it's working against you. Everyone has "the judge" voice in their head - the judging thoughts that tell us how to feel about ourselves and others. Other negative voices act as "saboteurs", such as the "victim" voice, and the "people pleaser". Talking about mental health is. helping to bring this formerly taboo subject out into the open, and making it easier for businesses to support those who need it. BEST MOMENTS 'I'm really motivated about supporting women during their career "squiggles"' 'Positive intelligence is applicable to anyone' 'There are voices in our heads that can restrict us from taking opportunities' 'We have to acknowledge the voices that we have' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Gemma Rabbini LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gemmarabbin ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Hossack is an ICF accredited Personal and Business Coach, NLP and Resilience Practitioner with a passion for helping clients and organisations flourish, as well as the founder of Transforming Minds for Business. Emma joins Lucinda to discuss the ways in which data can play a vital role in strategies designed to ensure wellbeing at all times. KEY TAKEAWAYS In recent years, studies have shown that increases of around 25% have been recognised in the impact of mental heath upon absenteeism and quiet leaving. The RAW index can show strengths and gaps in teams and abilities, even when they are not recognised on a business level. Data creates a "why". Often, training and mentor is done "to" a person, instead of taking into account their personalised data, and which areas require attention. Values are the key to resilience as they provide purpose and direction during times when we find ourselves challenged. They keep us going when it matters. BEST MOMENTS 'How you show up at work and how you show up at home are all linked' 'We can develop meaningful bespoke programmes for each individual' 'What they are working on is specific to them' 'We want companies to be in a position where they don't need us' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Transforming Business Minds - https://transformingbusinessminds.com ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eleanor Manley is the co-founder of Metta Space, and a specialist in helping companies to prevent, report & resolve workplace misconduct. Eleanor joins Lucinda too discuss the most effective ways of managing misconduct in the workplace - from prevention, to reporting and resolution - and the fascinating role that technology is having in helping to highlight misconduct. KEY TAKEAWAYS Women are more likely to resign in most cases, than report a case, meaning that retention plays a huge role in misconduct situations. Misconduct is defined as anything including sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination, but also fraud and bribery. In the new working world, there is a whole new set of rules and etiquette that may cause people to misunderstand the way we are meant to be operating. This may causes cases where learning moments are required. The main aim of resolution is to empower HR to be able to resolve cases before more stringent methods are required. BEST MOMENTS 'It's a very broad term' 'We help companies to define and refine what workplace misconduct means' 'It isn't about intent - it's about impact' 'Companies have to be prepared' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Eleanor Manley LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanormanley?trk=public_post_feed-actor-name ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda is joined by wellness and nutrition specialist Katherine Horstmann, to talk about the most effective ways that we can focus upon our personal wellbeing, and subsequently apply this to the people in our care as HR professionals. KEY TAKEAWAYS Wellbeing and wellness should be staples of the HR conversation, instead of something we need to fight for. The evidence between the things we eat and their effect upon our long term health, mood, and wellbeing is becoming more and more compelling. Food at the desk is in its best form as a smoothie. By pre-preparing these we can ensure that we're getting the optimal amount of vegetables and nutrients in our daily intake. The food education we've been given across the years has largely been debunked, Fat does not make us fat - foods such as avocados are nutritionally beneficial, despite the large amount of calories they contain. BEST MOMENTS 'The conversation needs to be more about why we wouldn't want this on our HR agenda' 'The link between the food we eat and our mood is compelling' 'We have to get to the root cause' 'A lot of my job is undoing the education that we've had' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Katherine Horstmann - https://www.katherinehorstmann.com ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda talks to expert trainer and consultant Carol Norbeck Hines, the author of 'Joyful Leadership', about why people should always be at the heart of leadership and the decisions we make, the value of excellence and trust, and why we should never be afraid of apologies and the benefits they can provide. KEY TAKEAWAYS Human Resources should always focus upon our people. The people aspect is the heart of the organisation, and we should keep this in mind at all times. Since we are the keepers of the actual people, we need to help our leaders answer the question: why would people want to follow you? We need to role-play what leadership looks like considering the trust and integrity at every turn, and encourage leaders to follow the paths we take. Often, some cases call for apologies to be made. We shouldn't fear this, as they are a great way to engender trust and build bridges. BEST MOMENTS 'I help good leaders become great leaders' 'We're really the keeper of all things people' 'You've got to manage the process and you've got to lead the people' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Carol Norbeck Hines LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leaderknowhow ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda is joined by Julie Kratz, the Founder and Chief Engagement Officer of Next Pivot Point, created to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, to discuss the topic of allyship - supporting people who may be different to us - and why it's a crucial part of not just advancing culture in the workplace, but in society as a whole. KEY TAKEAWAYS Allyship and inclusive leadership are very similar, and are not concepts that we can simply switch off outside of the workspace. They are a state of mind and constantly active. There are nuanced differences between regions. Progression upon certain groups seems to be more advanced in different places, such as gender inclusion in Scandinavia. As leaders, we must empower those around us. Find the allies who are passionate about building awareness and give them a voice in your organisation. Making mistakes is natural. What we have to do is admit errors when they arise, apologise, and treat them as learning opportunities. BEST MOMENTS 'There's no on and off switch for allyship' 'Allyship is to support folks who are different to yourself' 'There is so much complexity to those conversations that we've given air time to' 'Instead of going to a reactive response, think about it as a learning opportunity' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Julie Kratz - https://nextpivotpoint.com/who-we-are/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Barbara Wilson and Dr Liz O'Riordan, to discuss the important topic of working with cancer. As professionals who have both experienced this devastating condition up close, Barbara and Liz share their invaluable insights, discussing all-important legal entitlements, and the best ways of ensuring that those who find themselves suffering through a cancer diagnosis are treated with the utmost care, respect and fairness at a time when it is needed most. KEY TAKEAWAYS Most medical directors and HR line managers are not aware that once diagnosed with cancer, you are legally disabled and have certain rights. One in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime - a huge number representing half the population. 1000 people are diagnosed every day. Some organisations have great policies, while others have none in place. Some have great policies but no structure for rolling it out on a local basis. We need a sense of uniformity and order. A terrifying statistic is that many women suffering through cancer do not tell their places of work for fear of being "retired". They carry on and push themselves to the limit, making themselves even worse. BEST MOMENTS 'She gave me the power to say that this is what I am entitled to' 'More and more of us are surviving cancer and want to return to work' 'Some HR teams don't understand their responsibilities' VALUABLE RESOURCES Practical Wellbeing Resources How to create a positive mental health culture within a hybrid workplace New Info-book: Rethinking Performance Appraisals Resource: Actus Survey Directory Resource: The Actus 360 Question Directory Additional free HR Resources  Virtual Training Programmes If you liked this episode, try these Our new 'How to...' Series Podcast Episode 103: Wellbeing And Health In Business – with Anna Harrington Practical Wellbeing Strategies The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group   How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            About The Guests, Barbara Wilson and Dr Liz O'Riordan Publicis Groupe Working with Cancer Pledge Website - https://www.workingwithcancerpledge.com/ Pledge – https://www.workingwithcancerpledge.com/about-the-pledge Barbara Wilson- Founder and Director of Working With Cancer. Barbara is a senior HR professional with over 40 years' experience. In 2005, after being diagnosed with breast cancer and based on her professional and personal experience, Barbara set up a group with the aim of helping those of working age affected by cancer to return successfully to work. The group was the first to develop guidelines on work and cancer for HR professionals, line managers, employees and carers. Barbara is a member of the CIPD, trained as a coach at Ashridge Management College, and is married with two sons. Website https://workingwithcancer.co.uk/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/working-with-cancer/ Instagram @workingwithcanceruk Twitter @WorkWithCancer Dr Liz O'Riordan Liz was a 40-year-old consultant breast surgeon when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in July 2015. She suddenly realised that she had no idea what it was like to be a patient, despite spending her working life treating the disease. She started an award-winning blog to help doctors and patients see what having breast cancer is really like, in a friendly, informative way and now speaks all over the world about her experiences, including a TEDx talk (Jar of Joy), focusing on digital healthcare, self-care, and how to improve the patient experience. Her upcoming memoir comes out on 6th July 2023. Book pre-order details: https://unbound.com/books/under-the-knife Speaker, Author and Storyteller - liz.oriordan.co.uk Podcast Host – Don't Ignore The Elephant Co-author of ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer' Instagram @oriordanliz Twitter @Liz_ORiordan ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Munday - also known as the Maverick Mediator - is the award-winning CEO of TM Development Associates Limited. This is a Consultancy that delivers conflict resolution development for managers, accredited ACAS mediation, accredited Structured Debriefing and leadership mentoring. Anthony specialises in mediating conflicted senior teams and complex, long-standing disputes. Anthony joins Lucinda to talk about the subject of conflict in the workplace and what we can do about it as HR professionals. KEY TAKEAWAYS The most successful way to defuse potentially combative situations is to take an early approach - a proactive stance on conflict resolution. Arbitration is different from mediation. Arbitration is when an external party comes into a situation, listens to both sides, and makes the situation clearer. Mediation is the art of building rapport, building trust and building confidence. Often by gaining complete trust, we can get to the root causes of conflict, which can stem from past trauma. Time limits on mediation are incredibly disrespectful, We cannot hope to build trust if the clock is ticking BEST MOMENTS 'I adopted a coaching style of leadership' 'You can't entirely eradicate conflict' 'The nature of mediation is variable' 'It's entirely about rapport, building trust and confidence' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Maverick Mediator - https://www.maverickmediator.co.uk ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda talks to Phill Holdsworth of Aurun Gold Ltd, who are dedicated to taking the anxiety out of money, about financial wellbeing - how it's becoming even more of a concern with the recent rise is the cost of living, and what we can do to improve things for our people so as to best ensure that they do not have to bring their anxieties to the workplace. KEY TAKEAWAYS Wellbeing is the holistic view of a person, including physical, mental and financial. One always affects the other, and so if something is wrong it can lead to a downturn in productivity and engagement. If you do support your workforce with issues surrounding wellbeing, you can increase engagement and loyalty by caring for financial wellbeing. This also prevents the revolving door syndrome. If people aren't facing up to their financial obligations or struggling against the rising costs, we can't take the attitude that it's necessarily their fault, or that they are lacking in some way. People simply become overwhelmed. Simply raising salaries so as to provide more income does not solve people's anxieties around money. If they have more money, they will still worry. We need to understand the root psychological cause behind this. BEST MOMENTS 'If you think about true wellbeing, then you're thinking about the whole person' 'We are responsible for reward' 'People think that money will solve all their problems' 'Why is it that somebody who doesn't need to worry about money, worries?' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Aurum Gold Ltd - https://aurumgoldltd.co.uk About The Guest, Phill Holdsworth Phill Holdsworth is a Multi Award Winning Money Psychologist and Financial Wellbeing Professional. He helps businesses improve the financial wellbeing of their employees. His work has been influenced by both personal experience and by 20 plus years in the finance sector. Useful links mentioned by Phill in podcast episode: Stepchange - https://www.stepchange.org/ National Debtline - https://nationaldebtline.org/ Christians Against Poverty - https://capuk.org/ Citizens Advice - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda comes to the third part in her mini series on rethinking performance appraisals and reviews, with an episode dedicated to practical methods you can use to make sure that performance management is kept as a continuous practice throughout the year, instead of a stressful annual process that doesn't capture the true picture of someone's performance. KEY TAKEAWAYS If our line managers are not motivated to have quality conversations, then when they feel the pain of people leaving, they will realise why it's so vital. Evidence clearly shows that people with clear goals, and who are able to realign with them on a regular basis, are far more engaged and far less likely to leave the business. We motivate continuous performance management by communicating how strategically it can be achieved, and also what it can mean to the individual. Without defining set review points as an annual process, we do still need to set expectations that carry on at various points throughout the year in order to keep goals and missions moving. BEST MOMENTS 'All of this points to an approach that's much more goal and feedback focussed' 'We need to link to our strategy and purpose' 'We need to motivate that change' 'We need to be very clear about the process of expectation' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following on with a look at how to rethink performance management and the appraisal process, Lucinda discusses the practical ways in which you can design your own evidence-based management process, to ensure that any decisions resulting are well thought through. KEY TAKEAWAYS A performance management process is promising that if we meet or exceed expectations, and contribute to the company mission, then the company will meet or exceed your career and reward expectations. When we make this promise to our people, we must ensure that it is a promise that works both ways. We need to find a balance to make it work. SMART stands for goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant (Strategically) and Time-bound. In any process that we set up, the goal setting should be at the heart of things. The pinnacle of the performance evaluation process is the appraisal. The reality is, what is the point of an appraisal if there are no goals in place? BEST MOMENTS 'It's advisable to be as evidence based as possible' 'Without quality goal setting, we are not likely to ever achieve high performance' 'It's genuinely designed to benefit the organisation and the individual' 'Goal setting with regular timely feedback is incredibly powerful' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda talks about the ways in which we can rethink our appraisal and performance review process, and the methods we should all be adopting in order to make sure that our people are feeling nurtured and encouraged, while also feeling a sense of ongoing development. KEY TAKEAWAYS Evidence has shown that setting regular goals, talking continuously (instead of once per year), and providing valuable feedback constantly, are far more effective ways to help people's performance levels. Criticising a process is easy, but we don't necessarily always get effective answers when we look for replacements for these processes. People don't like appraisal processes because they're typically backward-looking and feel like a box-ticking exercise . It's difficult to explain the benefits of tasks performed up to a year ago, when trying to focus upon the roles and responsibilities of today. Whatever your process is, you need to have an element of goal-setting. An ongoing goal-setting and feedback process works well, but there needs to be a way to assimilate the information gained. Lip service is to be avoided. BEST MOMENTS 'It's something that should be going on on a regular basis' 'It becomes very stressful and emotional. Depending on how your manager is, it can feel critical and non-specific' 'These things aren't the fault of appraisals. They're the fault of the way they've been designed' 'It's interesting to take a step back and look at what it is we need to do' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com    New Resource: Actus Survey Directory New Resource: The Actus 360 Question Directory Whitepaper: How do you design an Appraisal process? Blog: How to design an appraisal process Blog: Empowering employees in 2023 with a performance appraisal Form: 5 Principles when Designing an Appraisal Form Free Appraisal Template ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a new year focus upon health, performance and wellbeing, Lucinda talks to Performance Coach, Ollie Martin and Professional Coach, Nick Thomas, about what "Uncommon Sense" can mean in terms of performance and development, and how we as HR professionals can help others to take better care of themselves while also ensuring our own performance is as effective as possible. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fitness and activity have become more seldom in our daily routines with the rise of remote working. It's now become common to not move as much during our day, which is impacting society's fitness levels. Businesses have been slow to respond to the physical wellbeing of their people, but with the advent of COVID, there has been a shift and a tipping point has now been reached. They have begun to recognise the value in ensuring health. Our hearts pump 7200 times a day and without movement to aid it, it can become far more worn than usual. We need to move in order to keep our hearts healthy. Helping people in wellbeing terms can begin with policy. Are we ensuring that lunch breaks are being taken? Are we ensuring that burnout isn't taking place due to over work? We can lead from the top. BEST MOMENTS 'The thing about common sense is that it isn't all that common' 'We look at how we can make people healthier' 'How can you build movement snacks into your day?' 'We're looking at setting a culture for long term health and wellbeing' VALUABLE RESOURCES New Resource: Actus Survey Directory New Resource: The Actus 360 Question Directory Infographic: Winter Wellbeing Suggestions Blog: Why is HR putting their own wellbeing last? Slides: Supporting Employee Wellbeing through Change Additional free HR Resources  Virtual Training Programmes If you liked this episode, try these The Wellbeing Protocol – with Dr Georgi Toma (Podcast Episode 122) Wellbeing And Health In Business – with Anna Harrington (Podcast Episode 103) Practical Wellbeing Strategies (Podcast Episode 63)  Nick Thomas LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nick-thomas-64046113?trk=public_post_feed-actor-image Ollie Martin LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ollie-martin-0b9a4b1a?trk=public_post-text About The Guest, Ollie Martin and Nick Thomas Ollie Martin has a background in sport (Rugby Union) and a sports science degree. He is a sports scientist, athlete and health coach with over 20 years experience in helping people perform better in their lives. He initially worked in sports coaching, fitness equipment marketing and event management before setting up a personal training business in 2002. Ollie has developed the 5/5 Performance framework which is then tailored to individual clients and has helped thousands of people including coach potatoes, high flying execs, athletes and retirees. Nick Thomas is a highly trained consultative sales specialist with a background in sales and national sales leadership within the Insurance Broking space. Uniquely, he is also a widely qualified professional coach, consultant and trainer. Training associates are selected for their high level of expertise and experience within the Insurance market, allied to strong training credentials. Lastly, Nick Thomas oversees all training content design and delivery. Linkedin – Nick Thomas & Associates company LinkedIn page Nick Thomas | LinkedIn Ollie Martin | LinkedIn http://www.olliemartin.com/ - Ollie website ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Jon Finn founded the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and has three psychology-related degrees, including a PhD. He has worked in performance psychology, resilience, and leadership science for over 20 years. He is also writes regularly for Forbes. Dr Finn joins Lucinda on this all-new episode for 2023 to talk about the best ways of instilling high performance habits from the get go in order to help you see a more empowered year ahead. KEY TAKEAWAYS First principle thinking is the art of boiling things down to the most basic principles possible. It's about stripping ideas back to their core and simplifying the process to achieve them. Our businesses run on the brainpower of people, but the issue is that many do not completely understand the brain itself. By empowering this knowledge, we edge closer towards our objectives. Habits range from 100% of what we say and do, down to 98% of what we think and do. Most of what we do is mindless, automatic behaviour. Better sleep, better diet and better levels of exercise are the foundations of allowing people to be at their best. Stress management, confidence habits and better leadership habits will follow. BEST MOMENTS 'Your business runs on brains' 'I want to empower everyone to use these insights to do better' 'Brains run on habits' 'We've got work out where are the blockages, and what's stopping our people from developing the habits that will help them to be at their best' About The Guest, Dr Jon Finn Dr. Jon Finn wrote his best-selling book ‘The Habit Mechanic' (which took him over 20 years) because his life's mission is to help people to be their best in the challenging modern world. This book is proven to change lives. People have said it is a ‘MANUAL FOR LIFE', and a ‘TOOL KIT FOR SUCCESS'. It contains over 30 self-improvement tools. It is like three books in one. Dr. Jon Finn founded the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and has three psychology-related degrees, including a PhD. He has worked in performance psychology, resilience, and leadership science for over 20 years. The Habit Mechanic: https://geni.us/TheHabitMechanic  Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jon-finn   Tougher Minds website: https://www.tougherminds.co.uk/   Twitter: @TougherMinds   VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Tougher Minds (Dr Jon Finn) - https://www.tougherminds.co.uk/about/meet-the-team/dr-jon-finn/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda talks to Emma Djemil, the founder of The HR Club, to discuss the concept of the group, and what inspired her to create a career development network for women in HR - a space to connect, develop and grow sustainably. KEY TAKEAWAYS The mark of a good leader is someone who can spot a person's unique gifts and strengths and harness them for the good of the organisation. We need to understand that work incidents and events have an impact upon the mental health of our people. We also need to recognise the impact it can have upon us as professionals. HR is a sector in which people often experience burnout. Work must be made in order to move us more towards a place where people are appreciated above all else, and the HR departments are not just called upon when negative impact needs to be absorbed. BEST MOMENTS 'I had always experienced leadership around which I needed to be something different' 'What I see is a profession in which so many of us end up in burnout' 'There is a gap between us and the resources available to us' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com            Emma Djemil LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/be-unstoppable/?originalSubdomain=uk ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Adrian McDonagh of Hireful - an expert in onboarding and recruitment - to discuss the ways in which we can ensure an inspiring, impactful candidate experience, and therefore guarantee that the best people are drawn to our organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS With the rise of hybrid working, and with the power being returned to the hands of candidates rather than recruiters, it's never been more important to make sure that candidate experiences are outstanding. Recruiters are moving much faster with CVs, and are arranging interviews in no time at all. But the rate at which the candidate experience has evolved for the better is sadly not as nimble as this. The experience of candidates within the first two to six weeks of their arrival, has a direct correlation upon the length of time they'll stay within the organisation. Pre-boarding is crucial. Look for gaps in the communication process and make sure they're amended. If lines of communication are not kept up after the job offer is given, it can lead to a sense of disorientation for the candidate. BEST MOMENTS 'Interviews are being booked twice as fast!' 'You have a real advantage. Many of your competitors are working too fast' 'It's all about building in a system. It'll save you so much time' 'We want to make sure the person has a continuous feeling that they're part of your organisation' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           Adrian McDonagh LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmcdonagh/?originalSubdomain=uk Hireful - https://www.hireful.co.uk/webinars/building-a-linkedin-strategy-for-your-organisation ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda is joined by the Director of Roffey Park Academy, Dr Graham Curtis, for a deep dive into organisational development - demystifying the sometimes cluttered phraseology surrounding it, and busting the jargon that often clouds the subject itself. KEY TAKEAWAYS Organisational development people who truly thrive upon it, have a deep curiosity, and strive to make positive, impactful change. Flexibility and comfort with change is an essential component in organisational development. Those who are this way are likely to make more intuitive decisions in the long run. We are always trying to look across the whole organisational effort in an attempt to find places where we can effect alignment and create positive change. BEST MOMENTS 'Our job as HR professionals is to help organisations to remember those values' 'I'm curious and I care about people' 'You have a real reflexive interest in what makes me tick and how do I impact others' 'Good judgment is founded on the ethical challenge' Valuable Resources  Organisational Development Resources Flyer Blog: The 5-Step Organisational Development (O.D.) Process Additional free HR Resources  Virtual Training Programmes If you liked this episode, try these Podcast Episode 177: How To Do Organisational Development Podcast Episode 19: Delivering Organisational Change Podcast Episode 3: The Art of Demystifying O.D. Contact Method Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising YouTube: Channel About The Guest, Dr Graham Curtis Graham's focus is on supporting people and organisations to be the best they can  possibly be through maximising their potential.  Graham has over 25 years of experience, working in the UK and internationally. He has  designed and led the delivery of global leadership and management development  programmes in the UK, Nigeria, Kenya and Columbia aimed at supporting and challenging  participants to reflect on their practice and their relationships with their teams. He has  also led global transformation programmes, supporting organisations to deliver more  distributed and diverse governance and leadership.  Graham believes that great leadership is founded on developing our flexibility in  response to dynamic and emergent situations through growing our curiosity, and our  capability to reflect upon the contexts we find ourselves in and our relationships with  those around us. ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Anna Meller of Sustainable Working, who's spent the last 25 years aiding employers in improving their flexible working practices. Anna discusses the ways in which attitudes towards flexible and sustainable working practices have changed, and how HR professionals can help people to have a more balanced life. KEY TAKEAWAYS People have always tended to separate work and personal life - but the best practice is always to treat life as a whole, and recognise that each feeds into the other. HR must being to think about how we are redesigning jobs, not just in terms of flexibility, but also to recognise the areas in which AI will replace jobs or people. It has become embedded in corporate culture whereby those who are seen as always-on-call are more valuable. but this thinking must change. By opening up to more flexibility, we also open our organisations up to a more diverse workforce. We attract talents that only work in a flexible environment. BEST MOMENTS 'Flexible working is something that many of us need - not just women' 'I encourage people to think about how they can set boundaries' 'It's little boundaries that give you a chance to break away from this constant blurring' 'We must support each other so that everyone gets a more balanced life' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           Sustainable Working - http://www.sustainableworking.co.uk/about_anna.htm About The Guest, Anna Meller Anna Meller has spent the past 25 years supporting employers to upgrade their flexible working practices. Allowing flexible working has been shown to improve inclusion, wellbeing and productivity. Anna focuses both on strategic aspects such as culture change and policy update; and operational issues such as job redesign; and training for managers and staff. In her book #Upcycle Your Job: the smart way to balance family life and career she provides a clear case for why flexible working is so important to women's careers and particularly to encouraging them to move into senior jobs. She also identifies the three important shifts employers must make to fully align their working practices with 21st Century lives. Sustainable Working - http://www.sustainableworking.co.uk/about_anna.htm Follow Anna on Twitter: @GrownUpBalance ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda returns to the "How To..." series with a focus upon how to do organisational development, everything from definition of the term itself, to the metrics we can use in order to ensure that we are using it effectively in order to improve and evolve our organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS Organisational development is about evolving, adapting or improving an organisation in order to achieve strategic goals. Often, training systems are only targeted towards symptoms of under development, rather than providing a progressive course of change. We should always look for the bigger picture in terms of development. The macro aims of improving should never detract from what we hope those aims will achieve in broader terms. Motivation can often play a bigger part in people's productivity than some lack of professional skills. If we are targeting skills and not motivation, then we may be missing a root cause. BEST MOMENTS 'This is something that includes multiple aspects. It's a series of interventions, implemented over a period of time, that should impact the way an organisation operates' 'Ideally, this is something that is strategic and proactive' 'Always think of the bigger picture' 'Ultimately this ends in employee productivity' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by authors Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst, the creators of 'Workstyle', a book dedicated to revolutionising the way we work, to discuss the book and its methodology, and the work they do through their consultancy to change the face of working life. KEY TAKEAWAYS "Workstyle" means the complete freedom to choose when and where we work for ourselves, on the basis that we have such freedoms in our lifestyle, but not in our workstyle. Finding a way to work in a more fulfilling and exciting way promotes a huge shift in enthusiasm, and leads to more productivity. Workstyle is an attitude as well as a systemic change. in some industries this is easier than in others, but it tends to work best in the knowledge working sector. The concept of workstyle is meant to be a way for everyone to come together to begin a conversation about whether or not the accepted ways of working today are appropriate, or are we holding onto a way of working that no longer has meaning in our society. BEST MOMENTS 'In the digital age, the ability to work anywhere and at any time, we needed a word...' 'There is a pressing need to work differently' 'For some organisations it will be more about adopting a mindset - how can we give more autonomy to our workforce?' 'the point of workstyle is to start a conversation' VALUABLE RESOURCES Blog: Driving Employee Engagement through a positive working culture The Internal Mobility Report: Drive Employee Engagement in 2021 The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group www.hruprising.com           Workstyle Revolution - https://www.workstylerevolution.com   If you liked this episode, try these Podcast Episode 127: Handling Flexible Working Requests In A Hybrid World – with Vicky Roberts Podcast Episode 54: Managing Returners Masterclass with Lisa Carver Podcast Episode 158: Engagement Strategies For A Hybrid World About The Guest, Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst are friends, entrepreneurs, inspiring speakers and changemakers. They have been leading the workstyle revolution for a decade, co-founding a social enterprise, Hoxby, in 2014 to prove the concept.   They have helped thousands of workstylers around the world to set, project and respect their own workstyles, and are conducting pioneering research into the link between autonomy, productivity and wellbeing. Their business has delivered projects in a workstyle way for some of the biggest brands in the world. Lizzie has three young children, lives in Bristol, and has recently recovered from breast cancer. Alex suffered from debilitating burnout, before starting a family and leaving London for a village in rural Oxfordshire. Together they came up with the concept of workstyle in response to their negative experiences of a 9–5 traditional working week.  Workstyle is the freedom to choose when and where you work. Their new book lays out the full story of workstyle – from its inception in the pub, through profoundly inspiring stories of the lives it has changed, to the impact it will have on the world by levelling the playing field and creating true inclusivity and accessibility in our society. www.workstylerevolution.com/book   ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ron Meyer is Professor of Strategic Leadership at Tias School for Business & Society, Tilburg University & Antwerp Management School, University of Antwerp, and is dedicated to improving companies' competences in the areas of strategic thinking, leadership, entrepreneurship, business innovation and change management. Ron joins Lucinda to discuss the ways in which HR can act as strategic leaders, but also how they may enable leadership within their organisations. KEY TAKEAWAYS Most managers are business savvy, but organisationally naive. They understand the business, the customers, the product, but no idea how to manage people or how to facilitate their organisation efficiently. We assign people to management positions, but we grow leadership on an informal level. You can't just prescribe leadership - it has to be lived. It's always good to ask fresh questions. Organisations can only grow is we question the way things work, and ask if they can be improved. If something feels uncomfortable, it doesn't mean it doesn't fit you. It just means that you need to learn that skill until it does become comfortable. BEST MOMENTS 'What organisations really need are those who take ownership of organisations and people' 'Organisation is structure, but it's also systemisation' 'Leadership is most informal' 'Don't underestimate the importance of your brand' VALUABLE RESOURCES Panel Webinar: Addressing HR Challenges in a Hybrid Workplace (Q&A) Blog: Why is HR putting their own wellbeing last? Webinar: Building an HR Balanced Scorecard Infographic: Building an HR/Learning and Development Strategy Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn Group Additional free HR Resources  Virtual Training Programmes The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney About The Guest, Ron Meyer Ron Meyer is managing director of the Centre for Strategy & Leadership, an international consulting and management development organization, dedicated to improving companies' competences in the areas of strategic thinking, leadership, entrepreneurship, business innovation and change management. Ron is also Professor of Strategic Leadership at Tias School for Business & Society, Tilburg University, where he conducts research in the areas of strategy and leadership, and teaches in a variety of post-experience educational programs. He has (co-)authored numerous articles and books, among which the internationally leading textbook on strategic management, Strategy - Process, Content, Context: An International Perspective.   Ron Meyer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmeyer/?originalSubdomain=nl   ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Ian Ziskin, the lead author of "The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change", a work dedicated to leading transformational change on an individual, team, organisational, and societal level. KEY TAKEAWAYS Many assume that because a system or process has worked for a long period of time, that it becomes immutable. We should always be open to adaptation and change. To find truth we must define reality. There's a tremendous amount of wasted energy in denying data and explaining away things that do not reinforce our preferred view of the environment. We must surround ourselves with good people who wish to aid us in driving change. We cannot do it alone. Most successful change efforts involve moving at a speed that feels uncomfortable. We need to embrace this discomfort, for that is where change happens. BEST MOMENTS 'There's a certain danger that comes with tradition' 'Love influencers and resistors' 'Start with truth, talent and timing' 'Go first, but not alone' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           The Secret Sauce For Leading Transformational Change - https://www.routledge.com/The-Secret-Sauce-for-Leading-Transformational-Change/Ziskin/p/book/9781032129884 About The Guest, Ian Ziskin Ian Ziskin, President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, has 40 years of experience as a business and human resources  leader, board advisor and member, coach, consultant, entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and author. His client base  and corporate work span the aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical, consumer products, education,  electronic components, energy, entertainment, financial services, health care, high technology, information  technology, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, professional services, retail, and telecommunications industries,  among others. He is the Co-Founder and Partner of Business inSITE Group (BiG), a strategic partnership focused on  coaching, leadership development, and HR transformation; Co-Founder and Leader of the Consortium for Change  (C4C), a community of coaches and consultants; and Co-Founder of the CHREATE Project, designed to address the  future of work and HR.  ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda delivers the second in her "How To" series - this time focussing upon 360 feedback, from how to build the confidence to deliver, to how to ensure that everyone involved receives a valuable developmental experience. KEY TAKEAWAYS Delivering 360 degree feedback is one of the most useful ways in which we can establish and build relationships with our people. Look through reports in advance so as to ascertain the inclusion of anything that might prove contentious. It's always best to be prepared for these things ahead of time. Ask how they're feeling about the feedback, how they selected their respondents, manage expectations in terms of scores, and position the feedback and bias. People tend to underrate themselves in personal assessments. This is largely due to the need to reduce the fear of being told by a third party about their weaknesses. It is a declaration ahead of time, that they themselves are aware. BEST MOMENTS 'You want to make sure that people have a valuable developmental experience' 'This is a very personalised method of development' 'It's always about getting that balance between a light challenge and supporting them' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Cotton is the senior adviser for performance and reward to the CIPD. He directs its reward research agenda and recently produced a survey on UK reward management. Charles joins Lucinda to discuss issues surrounding the cost of living crisis, and what we can do in an HR capacity to help people during this time of upheaval. KEY TAKEAWAYS The cost of living crisis is so difficult because it is caused by a variety of factors: the war in Ukraine, the hangover from COVID, supply issues, extreme weather, food production, plus economical issues. This makes it incredibly complex in terms of a solution. Poor financial wellbeing for employees will have knock-on effects for the organisation itself, such as mental and physical health, affecting work performance. This can make financial incentives by the organisations worth the investment. The most common reason cited by employers when adopting the fair living wage, is that they feel it is the fair and right thing to do. There are other ways to benefit employees through this time of crisis. Benefits such as help with groceries, transport and childcare can prove more beneficial in some cases than simple money. BEST MOMENTS 'It's a very big issue. It's also a very complex issue' 'There is a business case for spending more on your employees' 'Not only do money worries affect employee wellbeing - they can also affect employee and organisational performance' 'It can cost employers less to buy these benefits that for staff to buy them themselves' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           Charles Cotton at CIPD - https://events.cipd.co.uk/events/blog/speaker/charles-cotton/ About The Guest, Charles Cotton CIPD Charles Cotton is the senior adviser for performance and reward to the CIPD. He directs its reward research agenda and recently produced a survey on UK reward management http://tinyurl.com/nk8zat5. He is also responsible for the CIPD's public policy work (http://tinyurl.com/6jgrhmf) in the area of reward and has given evidence to select committees on banking pay executive remuneration and politicians' expenses as well responding to various consultations, such as on pensions, retirement and corporate governance. Charles Cotton at CIPD - https://events.cipd.co.uk/events/blog/speaker/charles-cotton/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda talks to Jo Irwin, of i4 Training, about the impact we can effectively make from the first moment - the interview - from the initial elevator pitch and how it can dramatically improve your chances of being hired, to how to create the best covering letter and CV. KEY TAKEAWAYS Developing your "elevator pitch" can make a crucial difference during your interview process. Certain cultures sometimes struggle with this part, but we need to remember that an interview process is about honing the art of selling. Never assume that your generic CV or covering letter will work in every circumstance. Tailor each of these to the position and company you're aiming to join. When asked about previous experience or examples of excellence, never simply answer in a straightforward manner. Use the opportunity to create a narrative that might demonstrate not just the answer, but even more about your potential capabilities. When it comes to relaying achievements, remember that you should be talking about your achievements, and not some previous team's. The team isn't the one being interviewed - you are. BEST MOMENTS ‘The elevator pitch is the bedrock for people understanding the need to sell' 'It's key that you are able to deliver this and sound natural' 'Resilience and maturity has really come to the fore' 'Never give a straight answer. Look for ways to slip in what's needed, plus some extra' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com           Jo Irwin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joirwin/ i4 Training - http://www.i4trainingservices.com ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first of a series of "How To" episodes, Lucinda examines the ways in which we can be more strategic in our thinking by focussing upon the long term gains ahead, and effectively identifying your organisation's goals. KEY TAKEAWAYS Strategic thinking is about thinking long term - planning ahead instead of thinking about the short term. We need to find the balance between effective planning for the future, and dealing with operational issues from day to day. Look to understand the long term goals and strategies for your organisation, what challenges or obstacles need to be addressed, and be aware of the external environment. There are solutions that are not necessarily blunt ones, and it is our responsibility as HR professionals to come up with more creative strategies that are in everyone's interest. BEST MOMENTS 'I believe that it's about the way we present ourselves' 'You must understand your own business or organisation right now, and into the future' 'How can we be transparent and supportive?' 'It's about showing your broader, more strategic understanding of the business' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lesley Salem is founder of Over The Bloody Moon, podcast hostess of "The Change Makers" and hostess of OTBM Masterclasses and Meet Ups, so an encyclopaedia when it comes to menopause. Lesley joins Lucinda to talk about how the menopause affects the workplace, and how the perception of such an important event in our lives has changed across the generations. KEY TAKEAWAYS Menopause has always been treated as a taboo subject, and hardly talked about. However, it needs to be brought out into the open as it has a great effect on the workplace as we know it. The Men-O-Vest has been designed to reproduce the same hot flush feelings of menopause so that more empathy can be created around a subject that many men find difficult to understand. The construct in which women operate in many organisations is still very patriarchal. This opens a much wider question about the emergence of feminine leadership power. BEST MOMENTS 'This was something that was treated like a dark secret' 'It's meant to be a time of reflection and connection and space' 'The voice becomes louder and more visible' 'There is a huge amount of skill sitting in that population that businesses don't want to lose' About the Guest, Lesley Salem With over 20 years experience working for brands and consulting for a range of clients Lesley set up Over The Bloody Moon to address a gap she noticed with her own perimenopausal journey. As a self-confessed research geek, Lesley wanted to provide reliable, emotional and practical menopause support for individuals and organisations to remove the muddle and stigma out of menopause. Seeking the knowledge of leading specialists, and her own evidence-based tools, acquired as a certified integrated health coach, and menopause coach, Lesley has carefully curated accurate, trusted information for individuals and organisations, looking to support their employees to nurture and retain female talent. Our free menopause hub: www.overthebloodymoon.com/myotbm Instagram: @overthebloodymoon Facebook: @overthebloodymoonaboutmenopause VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/ www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com Over The Bloody Moon - https://www.overthebloodymoon.com/service-page/menopause-health-coaching-lesley-salem ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda flies solo in order to provide a short, sharp selection of creative ways to solve problems, including Edward De Bono's Thinking Hats technique, and random stimulation. KEY TAKEAWAYS The main difficulty of thinking is confusion - where we are all doing too much at once. Effectively this means that our emotions, logic hope, creativity and pessimism crowd in on us, which creates overwhelm. The blue hat is for leadership, the white hat represents data or factual, the green hat is creativity, the red hat represents emotion and heart, yellow is optimism and the black hat acts as judge Random stimulation is a wonderful way of coming up with a completely different idea. It's a five step process: Understand the problem, disconnect from the problem and select a random stimulation, associate with the word, make a link between the association and the point of interest, and note the ideas. Random Stimulation - Problem Solving Activity for fresh ideas 1. Define the subject of the problem e.g. Team Away Day 2. Choose random stimulation e.g. Tree 3. Free associate with the random stimulation e.g. Leaf, foliage, squirrel etc 4. Make links between the free associations and the problem/subject e.g. Foliage ...wreathmaking workshop 5. Investigate or make notes on the potential fresh ideas BEST MOMENTS 'When you have different challenges, you need different ways of facing them' 'If we are all, in a group, thinking in a similar way, then it can help us to overcome conflict' 'Choose something random that you'll use to create random stimulation' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/ www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com Edward De Bono Thinking Hats - https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm Random Word Stimulation - https://innovationmanagement.se/2009/02/11/unleash-your-creativity-with-random-word-stimulation/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Hardeep Rai, the co-founder and CEO of the Kaleidoscope Group, which aims to transform the lives of people of determination by maximising their potential and offering them access to genuine employment opportunities. Hardeep discusses his incredible work across the last seven years, involving meeting with over 1300 people of determination across 65 different different disabilities from 28 countries, and the highly personal story of how his own experiences have led him to see the potential in everyone. KEY TAKEAWAYS Disability is, unfortunately, one of the things in life that we cannot truly feel unless it has impacted our lives in some intimate way. It has to resonate emotionally. Defining disable people has proved troublesome and contentious, even in the modern world. People of determination is the most accepted way of describing them, as it highlights the positive connotation. If you are genuine in your heart with your intentions, then nothing you say can possibly be wrong. It simply displays curiosity. There is a misconception that in order to fund the additional means required to level the playing field for a person of determination, the cost must be met by the employer. but the government has means in place to pay for these costs. BEST MOMENTS 'He inspired me to set up Kaleidoscope' 'How you define disabled people is one of the most controversial topics of the modern time' 'We're all conditioned according to our biases, whether they're conscious or unconscious' About the Guest, Hardeep Rai Hardeep is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Kaleidoscope Group (www.Kaleidoscope.Group). The purpose of the organisation is to help to transform the lives of people of determination, by maximising their potential and then offering them access to genuine employment opportunities or supporting them to become successful entrepreneurs. Over the course of the last 7 year's he has personally met / interacted with over 1,300 people of determination across 65 different disabilities from 28 different countries. He has worked with over 50 people of determination within his own team over the years. This exposure and experience has given him a unique insight into how to help them to maximise their potential from a multitude of different perspectives. On a personal level, Hardeep is the father of a severely disabled child of 15 years old so he understands first hand, how to overcome the alternative challenges that life can sometimes offer. On a professional level, he has had a successful career in Financial Services for over 25 years in London. In his spare time, he is an ‘Expert by Experience' for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is a member of their inspection team when visiting care homes for residents that are people of determination. He is educated to Master's level in International Business law and graduated from the University of London. VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/ www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com Kaleidoscope Group - https://www.kaleidoscope.group/about-ki/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura Overton is an award winning learning analyst dedicated to uncovering and sharing effective practices in learning innovation that lead to business value. As the founder of Towards Maturity, she is also known for leading the first 15 years of a longitudinal study programme (2004 – February 2019) respected for uncovering and share learning strategies that lead to business success. Laura joins Lucinda to discuss data itself, and why some people are fearful of being too data-driven when it comes to people management. KEY TAKEAWAYS Because of the emphasis on technology, AI and big data, there seems to be a general movement towards collating these many data sources and examining the way in which it can impact our organisations. Data is all about evidence and evidence is about proving. It isn't just useful in proving our value, but also the ways in which we can improve and disprove. As people professionals, when you say the word data, we conflate this with the concept of proving return on investment. There are so many different sources of data. As an industry, it is critical that we are critical thinkers and look for where the biases may lay. But it is also crucial that we do not become hyper-critical. BEST MOMENTS 'Without data, our work hasn't necessarily been as tangible' 'Being data driven is about being curious and willing to look at alternative sources of insight and information' 'It's about improving. it might even be about disproving something' 'Data actually liberates us' About the Guest, Laura Overton Laura Overton is an experienced international speaker, author and facilitator with a passion for exploring, challenging and sharing. Laura believes that the role of learning leaders in the changing workplace is to unlock the potential of business and people. Certainly, her goal has always been to help learning leaders ensure that their organisations are equipped and ready through outcome-led and evidence informed practice. Also, Laura led a global research programme for 15 years, bringing a community of practitioners, policy makers, experts and suppliers together to investigate how learning innovation delivers business value. Wildwood Coaching - https:/LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/lauraoverton https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/learningchangemakers-6768177569251520512/  https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/research-and-reports/l-d-relationship-with-data https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-secret-healthy-ld-relationship-data-laura-overton/ VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          Laura Overton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraoverton/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June Hogan is the director of Wildwood Coaching, and joins Lucinda to talk about the topic of outplacement, the practice of ensuring that outgoing employees are given every chance at a successful future outside of the organisation, which can result in positive impact upon company brand, loyalty and retention. KEY TAKEAWAYS When dealing with people, it is crucial to remember that everyone is unique, and must be treated as such. It is about finding out who the individual is, and the circumstances that have led them to this point. A redundancy can negatively impact confidence in a huge way. Roles are made redundant rather than individuals, but we form close-knit bonds to the roles we assume. Change itself comes with a fluctuating set of responses. Some dig in their heels and do not embrace change, but then this feeling can shift to one of receptiveness, and a need to be heard. The benefits of outplacement support, and treating outgoing people with support, is that it creates a more positive view of you as an employer to those who remain. BEST MOMENTS 'Outplacement can be done really well or really badly' 'We are all about the individual' 'All there is, is a need to support and to help people move forwards' 'A redundancy inevitably impacts motivation' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          Wildwood Coaching - https://wildwoodcoaching.co.uk About the Guest, June Hogan June Hogan is a Career Coach and Outplacement Specialist and works with HR professionals managing redundancies. Offering Outplacement Support ensures those who leave to feel positive about the future, those who remain can see you did the right thing and it helps to protect company brand and reputation. With 20 years corporate HR experience, personal and professional experience of redundancy and a recent coaching qualification, in 2019 June decided to set up her own business and specialise in Outplacement Support. June Hogan: "I find Outplacement Support incredibly rewarding work, it's a privilege to support people at what is often a difficult time in their lives and to know I've played a part in their journey to shape their future". https://www.linkedin.com/in/junehogan/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks is an entrepreneur, award-winning engineer, tech leader, writer, mentor, wife, mother of two, former gymnast and the Founder and CEO of KeepWOL. KeepWOL is a game-centric talent development platform focusing on the human elements of work that make or break organisations using multiplayer games, AI technology, and end-to-end learning integration. In this episode, Lauren talks about how this strategy can maximise cultural intelligence and build exceptional teams. KEY TAKEAWAYS Even from an early age, we take on far more knowledge through play than we do through conventional means, such as relaying data and memorising. We must ask questions that allow people to share what they want of themselves, rather than cornering them into revealing uncomfortable truths. By allowing participants to provide contextual details, it promotes a sense of belonging, and also enhances empathy, vulnerability and emotional connection. Curiosity, courage and connection are the keystones of the techniques and methodologies for facilitation. BEST MOMENTS 'We're focussed on building relationships through play' 'Conversation is a big piece of this' 'Our games feature storytelling to elevate that human experience' 'Build connection by having yourself be vulnerable so that others recognise that they too can be vulnerable' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks - https://www.laurenfitzpatrickshanks.com ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucinda is joined by Rachel Gilfrin, a confidence coach and gender diversity specialist, to discuss the ways in which organisations can empower female talent by creating confidence, shifting mindsets and shaping new progression paths in the workplace. KEY TAKEAWAYS Women often feel as though they have to behave like someone else in order to be seen as a potential leader, which masks our true selves. In order for us to be confident, we need to have a good understanding of our mindset and the way we deal with situations. In order to express ourselves properly, we need to be confident. Women often feel duty bound to prioritise child care and the new world of home schooling. This cannot help but find itself transferred into the workplace. Organisations could be sitting on a goldmine of untapped talent, but do not know it because they fail to encourage people to speak out and share their views and talents. BEST MOMENTS 'I had to turn up my masculine characteristics and turn down my feminine instincts in order to fit in' 'True confidence comes with self-acceptance' 'There's so much guilt from women, coming from the areas in life they're trying to juggle' 'How much untapped talent is in your organisation?' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          Rachel Gilfrin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-gilfrin-lifecoach/?originalSubdomain=uk About the Guest, Rachel Gilfrin Rachel Gilfrin, founder of Rachel Harriet Coaching, is a Confidence Coach, Mentor & Podcast Host working with ambitious women to grow their confidence and propel their careers. Rachel works both privately 1:1 with women on developing confidence in all areas of life, but also within businesses.  She is hugely passionate about supporting & accelerating gender diversity in leadership roles. Rachel has developed  a unique corporate group coaching program specifically designed for women to grow in confidence & communication skills, and feel empowered to proactively co-create their career path with the organisation they work for.  Rachel's passion is supporting you to play to your strengths & unearth the talent & skills that you may be overlooking. She uses self reflection tools to define your values and build a career that aligns with them. Website: www.rachelharrietcoaching.co.uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-gilfrin-lifecoach/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/rachelharrietcoaching Podcast: www.rachelharrietcoaching.co.uk/podcast ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Lucinda talks to Zoe Hawkins and Jo Wheatley of The Coaching Crowd Podcast, who are in the process of launching an exciting new book, 'Deciding To Coach'. Jo and Zoe discuss their fascinating work, and how it may help you to decide upon your own coaching ambitions. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first half of the book is dedicated to equipping you with the tools you may need in order to coach. The second half contains the business strategies that Zoe and Jo have used to build a successful coaching business. Coaching can feel like a "soft and fluffy" pursuit that might not provide a viable business model. But coaching is a courageous , empowering and enlightening pursuit. Emotions can be affected by your coaching journey. Thoughts and feelings play a huge role in the way we coach, which can have knock-on effects in terms of our behaviour. BEST MOMENTS 'It's the book that we wanted when we set out in coaching' 'How you actually turn this into a viable business?' 'Coaching is a genuinely credible career' 'There is such a huge demand for coaches' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com          The Coaching Crowd Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-coaching-crowd-podcast-with-jo-wheatley-zoe-hawkins/id1594603806 Deciding To Coach - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deciding-Coach-Coaching-Business-Strategy/dp/B09X3Y663V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GCKF2GRF9G0G&keywords=deciding+to+coach&qid=1652260953&sprefix=deciding+to+coach%2Caps%2C48&sr=8-1 About the Guests Jo is an Award Nominated (EMCC Global Coach Practitioner 2020) Master Accredited Coach and Coach Trainer. Also, she has over 1800 hours of 1:1 executive coaching experience and is a qualified coaching supervisor. Jo coaches professionals across the globe through virtual coaching platforms as a well as in person sessions. Additionally, she works in a consultancy capacity specialising in supporting values led organisations driving cultural transformation. Lastly, she is a co-founder and Coach at In Good Company which is an Institute of Leadership and Management Approved Centre. Zoe Hawkins is a global, multi award nominated master accredited coach, coach supervisor and coach trainer. She coaches courageous, high achieving leaders who desire more fulfilment from their careers. This might be about balance, inner confidence, finding purpose and joy or working through a career plateau to re-ignite passion and drive. Zoe's qualifications include a first class degree in Commerce, a Masters (distinction) in Personnel and Development A diploma in Performance Coaching, Master Coach, Master Hypnotist,  Master Practitioner of NLP. She also holds a certificate in Transactional Analysis and a diploma in coaching supervision. ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the biggest challenges that leaders and HR professionals face in this new hybrid world, is the issue of how to ensure that our people remain engaged from a distance. In this episode, Lucinda talks you through a variety of invaluable strategies designed to make sure this can be achieved. KEY TAKEAWAYS The definition of engagement is disputed, with many wondering if it is a process or an output. But the key to engagement is the recognition that it is important. Engagement needs to be as individualised as possible. We must try to think of it less as a one-size-fits-all process, and encourage managers to personalise where possible. Engagement is driven by some key drivers: having a supportive manager, clarity of role and alignment with strategic purpose, ongoing conversations with timely feedback, trust, autonomy and empowerment, opportunities to learn and grow, level of fit or belonging, regular strength based conversations, or natural own conscious state. The lack office environments has led to a decline in the relationships that we used to foster in a real world environment. We need to encourage growth in this area. BEST MOMENTS 'No wonder we find engagement quite hard as it's quite hard to define' 'It doesn't matter how we define engagement. The key is that it is important' 'We need people to interact' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com         ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Hamilton-Gill created the formula for her company, Leap Into HR Consulting, based on 28 years of consulting experience, and over three decades supporting start ups and SME's to grow. In the past two years, Sarah and her team have supported over 100 new start up consultants during the pandemic. Sarah joins Lucinda on this episode to discuss the ways in which you can make the leap yourself into the world of HR consulting. KEY TAKEAWAYS Before the pandemic, the world of remote working was still being stress-tested and not seen as a viable way of working. Now that most people work remotely, it has opened up the world of consultancy, which can be seamlessly operated from anywhere. Employee relations are now at the forefront of most corporate conversations, and the proliferation of quality, remotely available HR advice means that the HR sector has never been hotter. In order to get started as a consultant, focus upon the things you are truly good at, and the areas in which you excel. Stay in your comfort zone to start with, and gently branch out into other areas. Clarity is essential. You need to work out your ideal life/work balance, as well as your areas of expertise. Also, you must gain clarity on your proposed pricing model. BEST MOMENTS 'There's a fantastic opportunity right now to go into consulting. It's never been better' 'The marketplace has never been busier for outsourcing HR' 'The emphasis at the moment is very operational based' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com         Leap Into Consulting - https://www.leapintoconsulting.com About The Guest, Sarah Hamilton-Gill In Sarah's early years in HR Consulting, it was a challenge to juggle a busy consulting diary with being a parent to two babies. It soon became clear to her that without the support and flexibility she got from being a business owner that she would have missed much of her boys growing up. Sarah was just 28 when she decided to go it alone and set up her HR Consultancy business in 1992. Her parents were not happy with her choice to leave the corporate life but today, having successfully built a 7-figure business and two 6-figure businesses, it's obvious she made the right decision. Sarah started working with smaller companies then, as her business evolved, moved onto bigger names. Organisations Sarah has worked with include BT, Vodafone, Santander and the English Football Association. She has gained awards including being a Finalist in the CIPD Best HR Consultancy (2018), Influential Small Business Owner winner (2018), HR Consultancy of the year (2020) Business and Industry Today and finalist for the Reinvention Award (2020). This year Sarah was Winner of an Award from BreatheHR mad also nominated for a Woman In Business Award as well. On 5th November 2020 Sarah self-published her book, Leap into HR Consulting - How to move successfully from Corporate to Consulting which has not only topped the business books list on Amazon but was also a finalist in the Business Book Awards 2021. It's available at all good book shops and Amazon worldwide as an eBook, Audible and paperback. “If I can do it, you can do it too!" Connect with Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LISarahHG ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Selina Yankson is a certified career coach and sales and marketing consultant with over 20 years experience, and the founder of The Mid-Career Mentor, which helps experienced professionals fulfil their potential by providing real-world and practical career guidance. Selina joins Lucinda to talk about the fascinating topic of people's mid careers, what it truly means and how engagement and fulfilment in this demographic can be key when it comes to retention. KEY TAKEAWAYS Many believe they are in their mid-career from around 25 to 35, and then they subsequently enter their later career. The entire corporate structure has changed in business. Progression opportunities are less and the hierarchy is much flatter than it once was. This means that people are moving out rather than upwards, in order to reach the next level. Companies do not necessarily perform traditional career planning, as they assume that the talent is there, and they can buy it in. This leads to people growing far more disgruntled, and a higher level of competition amongst them. Companies are set up with missions and goals. Everyone knows about performance and metrics expected. Behaviours are dictated by ourselves. BEST MOMENTS 'Mid career is really an experience rather than a time' 'The path is not always clear' 'You are benefitting twice if you invest in these people' 'Sometimes we're not as approachable as we think we might be because we're so busy trying to cover all the things that we're overwhelmed with' VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   www.changesuperhero.com www.hruprising.com         Mid Career Mentor - https://midcareermentor.quora.com ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.