Tap'd Talks Hr

In this episode of Tap’d Talks HR, Anthony speaks with Erika Ferszt, founder of moodally.com, on the factors that can affect your mood, how to manage them, and how to use your mood to boost productivity. We also touch on how you can improve your mood in a remote working environment to reduce stress and improve performance.

In this episode of Tap’d Talks HR, Anthony reflects on four recent podcasts themed around the changing world of work that the pandemic has accelerated. You'll hear some of his favourite clips from Dr Aeron O'Connor, Andi Roberts, Jenni Workman and Caroline Lindner, as they discuss how dispersed team leaders can address resilience and mental health.

In this episode of Tap’d Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Jo Drury, Senior Inclusion Consultant at Tap’d Solutions on the topic of overcoming resistance to inclusion activities. Jo discusses the different types of resistance that organisations face, the complexities surrounding them, and what you can do to overcome resistance and improve workplace inclusivity

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Kelly Cooper, founder and CEO of The Centre of Social Intelligence. They discuss Kelly's book, 'Lead the change - The competitive advantage of gender diversity and inclusion' and in particular the value proposition of D&I, a blueprint on how you can take action right now and importantly how you can get your C-Suite to listen.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Elaine Mahon, Deputy Director of Workforce Experience & People Insight and Karen Notaro, People Insight Manager at the Ministry of Justice on the topic of productivity. They discuss how the MoJ has delivered positive productivity growth through their people and share their journey to identifying their own internal drivers of productivity.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Jo Drury, Senior Inclusion Consultant at Tap'd Solutions on the topic of Inclusive Organisations. They discuss the insight behind our recently released report: 'Inclusive Organisations: How inclusion leads to strategic success', and explore the inclusion issues and challenges organisations are facing today, and what leaders can do to truly build inclusion.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Dr. Aeron O'Connor an Anthropologist from University College London (UCL). Dr. O'Connor discusses a recent study conducted at UCL that examined the challenges of working remotely. The aim of the research was to understand how the shift to working from home has impacted staff at UCL, the nature of their work and working relationships, all with the aim of seeking out ideas for improvements.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to diversity & inclusion leadership expert Jo Drury. They discuss 'engaging with allies' in an organisation. Jo explains what she means by an 'ally' and the impact an 'ally' can have in supporting the inclusion cause.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Author and Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion Expert Deanna Singh. They discuss the concept of 'Purposeful Hustle' and how people can direct their life's work towards making a positive impact and to create positive change.

2020 has been a crazy year, full of change, so for our final Tap'd Talks HR episode of the year, we reflect back - through podcast snippets - on the important topics we discussed this year, including D&I, employee engagement, remote working, the importance of resilience, mental health and wellbeing, outdoor coaching, agile HR and leading dispersed teams.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Natal Dank, co-author of the recently published book 'Agile HR: Deliver Value in a Changing World of Work'. They discuss what agile HR is and why she wrote the book, the effect of the pandemic on the HR function and why the HR profession has never had a better opportunity to transform our workplaces.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Emma Bridger, Managing Director of the People Lab and author of the CIPD publication 'An Introduction to Employee Engagement', on Employee Engagement in 2020. They discuss why it matters so much, the rise this year of the 'human connection' and what you can do to raise engagement during these challenging times.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to our leadership expert Andi Roberts on the topic of leading dispersed teams. They discuss why leaders will need to lead and interact differently in the new world of work with a particular focus on concentrating more on the emotional side of their leadership.

A year ago we spoke with Karen Notaro and Ruth Patel, People Insight Managers at the Ministry of Justice about their engagement journey, 12 months on, Karen and Ruth rejoin us to explain how they have driven engagement through Covid, the experiences of their engagement champions and their advice on building engagement through a pandemic.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Opemipo Koshemani, HR Business Partner at UCL, on VUCA and its impact on HR. They discuss what VUCA is, how Ope has seen VUCA play out as an HR Business Partner and how HR leaders can develop skills of VUCA in their teams.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Jenni Workman, Global People Consultation Programme Manager at Arup, on the importance of resilience. Jenni offers up some great advice on how you and your people can build up resilience during these challenging times.

In this episode Anthony speaks to Caroline Lindner, Senior manager of global communications and engagement at Norton Rose Fulbright. Caroline and Anthony discuss mental health and wellbeing during Covid-19. With many people working remotely and not seeing colleagues, what impact has this had on people's mental wellbeing and what are organisations doing to address this important issue and check-in to make sure their people are safe.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Dave Millner, the HR Curator, on his new book 'An Introduction to People Analytics'. They discuss why People Analytics is so important to today's HR professional, what analytics can do for you and how you can make the shift to being more data-oriented.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Baljit Kaur, diversity and inclusion specialist at Innate Consultancy. They discuss the impact of remote working on diversity and inclusion.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Natalie Sigona, head of D&I at BAE Systems on the topic of diversity and inclusion. They discuss the challenges of D&I in the workforce today, the role of today's leader and how we need to reinvent the 'difference'.