Tap'd Talks HR

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to leadership expert Andi Roberts on the importance of HR practitioners being more entrepreneurial. Andi discusses how not only will entrepreneurialism give HR a bigger voice at the top table, but why he believes it will allow you to create more value and make more impact, across your entire organisation.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to nutrition coach Candy Duval on the importance of healthy eating and its connection to productivity in the workplace. They discuss how food choices can affect our brain functions and the real impact of leaders neglecting their nutrition. Candy offers up some excellent advice to ensure leaders can continually maintain their high productivity levels.

In this month's episode of Tap'd Talks HR, we speak to Katy Henrickson, founder of WellFi, an organisation dedicated to delivering a happier, more productive workforce through financial wellbeing. With 77% of employees experiencing some form of financial stress and anxiety over the last 12 months, what can leaders do to support their people and maintain productivity? Katy shares her thoughts and explains why the financial wellbeing of your employees is critical to the vitality and growth of your company.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Fred Thompson, Founder and CEO of Thirst, an Ai driven learning platform. They discuss the world of learning and development in 2024, the exciting developments, the importance of leveraging advance technology and yet still maintaining a human approach to learning, and importantly how technology advances have accelerated the way we measure and report back to the business.

Welcome to our end-of year compilation Tap’d Talks HR podcast where we highlight some of the key moments in the conversations with our guests over the last year. We're always so grateful to our guests in giving up their time to share their insights with our listeners. Hopefully this “best of” podcast will make you want to jump in to some of the over 80 podcasts we have now recorded on Tap’d Talks HR.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Siobhan Sheridan, Chief People Officer at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Siobhan shares some insights into her own recent wellbeing research and discusses why it's so important for the HR function to place a strategic importance on its own wellbeing.

In this month's episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Leadership & Management Educator Matt Offord. Anthony and Matt discuss the value and impact of outdoor learning and the concept of Ecopedagogy. Drawing on his 30 years experience in the Royal Navy, Matt shares why the outdoor environment can be extremely powerful for leaders and managers.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to storytelling author, Karen Eber. Karen has recently published a book, 'The Perfect Story - How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence and Inspire.' They discuss the science of storytelling, why it's important, what makes storytelling work inside an organisation, and how you can best tell a story.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks with John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership at the Myers Briggs Company. They discuss recent research which explores how people adapted to home working and working back in the office, through the lens of MBTI personality profiling. They discuss the key findings and why it's so important for organisations to be offering employees a choice and why there's no one size fits all approach.

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR, Anthony speaks to Megan Butler, an analyst who focuses on all things AI in HR. They discuss the latest AI HR trends, how the narrative around AI is switching from one of replacing jobs to its use in making people more productive, chat GPT and why it's so important with any use of AI to get solid foundations in place.