podcast Archives - HRM online https://www.hrmonline.com.au/articles-about/podcast/ Your HR news site Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:05:13 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-HRM_Favicon-32x32.png podcast Archives - HRM online https://www.hrmonline.com.au/articles-about/podcast/ 32 32 Podcast: How HR practitioners can become cultural leaders https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-prepare-for-the-evolution-of-skills-2/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-prepare-for-the-evolution-of-skills-2/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:39:07 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15496 Dulux's Executive General Manager of People, Culture and Change, Siobhan McHale, offers practical advice to help HR practitioners lead impactful culture change in their organisations in line with broader business objectives.

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Dulux’s Executive General Manager of People, Culture and Change, Siobhan McHale, offers practical advice to help HR practitioners lead impactful culture change in their organisations in line with broader business objectives.

When organisations are faced with crippling, complex and seemingly unsolvable culture challenges, they often put sole responsibility on the HR team to ‘fix’ the problem. But this rarely works because you can’t outsource culture to a single function in the business – it needs to be deeply embedded into all of your business practices.HR practitioners aren’t the keepers of culture – they are the culture leaders and enablers. They set the scene and provide leaders and managers with the tools they’ll need to help their teams live out the organisational values in an authentic and impactful way.

In this episode of Let’s Take This Offline, Siobhan McHale, Executive General Manager of People, Culture and Change at Dulux and speaker at this year’s AHRI National Convention and Exhibition, offers a range of practical frameworks to help HR practitioners reframe their role from ‘business partner’ to ‘business leader’ and offers advice to help HR have a greater impact at an executive level when it comes to driving culture transformation projects.

Skip to the section that interests you most:

  • 5:37 minutes: How to get buy-in for culture change without having to take ownership of it
  • 8:00 minutes: McHale explains the difference between a culture disruptor and a culture leader.
  • 15:15 minutes: Tips to help identify patterns in your culture.
  • 20:17 minutes: Advice on how to look at culture from a commercial perspective.
  • 30:00 minutes: The difference between emotional intelligence and group intelligence.
  • 35:33 minutes: How to get change resistant people over the line.
  • 40:55 minutes: McHale responds to a made-up scenario about a CEO whose too focussed on short-term results to focus on long-term culture impacts.

Check out the episode transcript here.

Extra resources:

For more conversations to inspire HR, listen to season one of Let’s Take This Offline here.

If you’d like further information and resources to help put McHale’s insights into action, check out the links below:

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Podcast: practical tips to prepare your organisation for the evolution of skills https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-prepare-for-the-evolution-of-skills/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-prepare-for-the-evolution-of-skills/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:02:00 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15439 Global future of work thought leader Ravin Jesuthasan walks HR through some practical frameworks and ideas to prepare their organisations for the future.

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Global future of work thought leader Ravin Jesuthasan walks HR through some practical frameworks and ideas to prepare their organisations for the future.

In an era of rapid technological advancement, with the demand for certain skills rising and others becoming obsolete, preparing for the future of work requires foresight and adaptability. 

In this episode, Ravin Jesuthasan, global thought leader and Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services at Mercer, talks about how HR practitioners can navigate the evolving skills landscape and prepare their organisations and employees for these changes. 

You’ll learn how to take advantage of the shift towards skills-based hiring, how artificial intelligence might reinvent the graduate-level position, and discover models and frameworks to think about skills and job design as a small, medium or large-sized business.

Skip to the section that interests you most:

  • 3:40 minutes: Three things HR can do to prepare for the evolving skills landscape
  • 6:09 minutes: How to effectively map skills
  • 12:51 minutes: The most crucial skills for businesses to focus on
  • 16:03 minutes: How AI might change (or remove) graduate level positions
  • 22:24 minutes: How to get started as a skills-based organisation
  • 29:24 minutes: How to apply these skills as a small to medium-sized business
  • 40:44 minutes: Jesuthasan responds to a scenario about a company that is moving towards a skills-based approach and has created agile teams working on project-based assignments.

View the podcast transcript here.

Extra resources:

For more conversations to inspire HR, listen to season one of Let’s Take This Offline here.

If you’d like further information and resources to help put Jesuthasan’s insights into action, check out the links below:

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  • Read HRM’s article where Jesuthasan talks about the future of leadership skills.

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Podcast: Supporting HR to manage their own mental health at work https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-supporting-hr-to-manage-their-own-mental-health-at-work/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-supporting-hr-to-manage-their-own-mental-health-at-work/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:00:13 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15419 HR practitioners are often exposed to various emotionally distressing and challenging situations at work. To manage this, workplace wellbeing expert Dr Adam Fraser shares his research-backed tips for HR.

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HR practitioners are often exposed to various emotionally distressing and challenging situations at work. To manage this, workplace wellbeing expert Dr Adam Fraser shares his research-backed tips for HR.

HR is an incredibly rewarding profession, tackling some of the most pressing workplace challenges, from navigating and addressing mental health concerns to meeting the high expectations of leaders and employees.

These responsibilities place HR at the core of our organisations, navigating the increasing complexities of today’s ever-evolving business landscape. However, they can also take a toll on HR practitioners’ mental health.

In this episode, we speak with Dr Adam Fraser, peak performance researcher and workplace wellbeing expert, to explore how HR practitioners can care for their own mental health and wellbeing as they tackle complex workplace challenges head on (which can sometimes lead to emotional stress and vicarious trauma). 

In this episode, you’ll learn how Dr Fraser’s research on vicarious trauma in the education sector can be applied to HR practice, along with some valuable, research-backed tips to help manage your mental health. 

Jump to the section that interests you most:

  • 6:48 minutes: Dr Fraser shares his research into vicarious trauma among educators.
  • 15:20 minutes: The importance of creating debrief spaces for HR.
  • 18:35 minutes: How can HR clock that they have vicarious trauma?
  • 24:17 minutes: What are the impacts of having resilience levels that are too high?
  • 26:55 minutes: The importance of creating a third space.
  • 38:06 minutes: Dr Fraser responds to a complex scenario about an HR leader who has been faced with mass layoffs and restructuring and explains how they can manage the vicarious trauma that might arise from this.

Extra resources

For more conversations to inspire HR, listen to season one of Let’s Take This Offline here.

If you’d like further resources to help put Dr Fraser’s insights into action, check out the links below:

View the podcast transcript here.

If you need immediate and urgent mental health support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit their website to start an online chat or text thread.


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AHRI podcast: Let’s Take This Offline https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/ahri-podcast-lets-take-this-offline/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/ahri-podcast-lets-take-this-offline/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:55:31 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15230 Introducing AHRI’s brand-new podcast, Let’s Take This Offline: conversations to inspire HR. Subscribe to AHRI’s new podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, to stay in the loop with each episode release. Listeners get access to resources that will help them put each episode’s learnings into action and AHRI members gain exclusive bonus content that’s distributed via the AHRI LinkedIn […]

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Introducing AHRI’s brand-new podcast, Let’s Take This Offline: conversations to inspire HR.

Subscribe to AHRI’s new podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, to stay in the loop with each episode release. Listeners get access to resources that will help them put each episode’s learnings into action and AHRI members gain exclusive bonus content that’s distributed via the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge.

Season 2

Episode 2

Navigating the evolving skills landscape

In this episode, Ravin Jesuthasan, global thought leader and Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services at Mercer, talks about how HR practitioners can navigate the evolving skills landscape.

You’ll learn how to take advantage of the shift towards skills-based hiring, how AI might reinvent the graduate-level position, and models and frameworks to think about skills and job design as a small, medium or large-sized business.

Episode 1

How can HR care for their own mental health?

HR is an incredibly rewarding profession, tackling some of the most pressing workplace challenges, from navigating layoffs to meeting the high expectations of leaders and employees. But this kind of work can take a toll.

In this episode, we speak with Dr Adam Fraser, peak performance researcher and workplace wellbeing expert, to explore how HR can care for their own mental health and wellbeing as they navigate the ever-evolving business landscape.

Season 1

Episode 4

Building stronger relationships at work with Michael Bungay Stanier

A key part of being an effective HR practitioner is about building strong, strategic and trusting relationships with key stakeholders in order to build your influence and help move your organisation towards its goals.

In this episode, coaching expert and author Michael Bungay Stanier shares insights from his latest book ‘How To Work With (Almost) Anyone’ and provides listeners with insights to make their relationships at work more effective and resilient.

Episode 3

Doing HR differently with Lucy Adams

In a world where the HR profession has been elevated to new heights, how can HR professionals maintain the momentum they’ve gained over the past few years to continue adding strategic value to a business’s long-term goals?

In this episode, we speak with Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR and former HR Director at the BBC, who shares her thoughts on fresh ways to think about HR, including her EACH framework, (which stands for Employees as Adults, Consumers and Humans), and shares practical examples of different ways organisations are trialling new ways of working.

Episode 2

Rethinking learning and development with Rod Farmer

In episode two of AHRI’s new podcast, we speak with McKinsey and Company’s Expert Associate Partner Rod Farmer about how HR professionals can get cut through with their learning and development programs.

We’re moving from a jobs-based economy to a skills-based economy, says Farmer, which is why we need to rethink how we embed the right skills in our organisations. He shares useful frameworks and an interesting case study from some work he’s done with the Department of Regional NSW to create more digital literacy within its workforce.

Episode 1

Designing a culture journey with Shane Hatton

In the inaugural episode of AHRI’s brand-new podcast, we dive into all things culture with Shane Hatton, a renowned culture and leadership expert and author.

Shane shares a range of helpful frameworks, a case study demonstrating how an organisation got collective buy-in for its new culture, and practical advice that any HR professional listening can take away and apply to their organisation, no matter what industry they work in.


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Podcast: Building strong relationships at work with Michael Bungay Stanier https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-strong-relationships-work-michael-bungay-stanier/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-strong-relationships-work-michael-bungay-stanier/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:12:08 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15167 In order for your work relationships to serve you well, they need to be safe, repairable and vital. In AHRI's latest podcast episode, coaching expert Michael Bungay Stanier outlines how to make this happen.

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In order for your work relationships to serve you well, they need to be safe, repairable and vital. In AHRI’s latest podcast episode, coaching expert Michael Bungay Stanier outlines how to make this happen.

What if you could make your trickiest relationships at work just 30 per cent better? Perhaps you figured out a professional way to manage an annoying colleague or address the energy drainer or micromanager in your team.

Small improvements to a working relationship make for significant boosts to your experience at work, says author and coaching expert Michael Bungay Stanier. In the latest episode of AHRI’s podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, Bungay Stanier shares insights from his latest book, How To Work With (Almost) Anyone, which are designed to help you create more robust and resilient relationships with your key stakeholders at work.

We hope you enjoy the discussion, and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you never miss a future episode.

Jump to the section that interests you most:

  • 5:26 minutes – How HR can contribute to forming adult-to-adult relationships at work
  • 6:48 minutes – Michael unpacks the concept of ‘keystone conversations’
  • 9:20 minutes – The three core qualities of healthy workplace relationships
  • 12:26 minutes – How to address underlying issues that can damage workplace relationships
  • 18:08 minutes – Getting buy-in for relationship-building initiatives
  • 22:44 minutes – Overcoming tension between employees and management
  • 27:09 minutes – How to facilitate ‘coaching conversations’ among your people

Download the podcast transcript here.

More resources

If you’d like to put some of Bungay Stainer’s insights into action, you can download his ‘questions that lead to stronger relationships‘ guide or his ‘7 questions for an effective coaching session’ guide.

Want more insights from a range of experts? Listen to the rest of season one of AHRI’s new podcast:

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Podcast: Doing HR differently with Lucy Adams https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-doing-hr-differently-with-lucy-adams/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/ahri-podcast/podcast-doing-hr-differently-with-lucy-adams/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:07:35 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=15129 In the latest episode of AHRI’s podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, CEO of Disruptive HR Lucy Adams discusses ways to rethink traditional HR practices for a disrupted world.

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In the latest episode of AHRI’s podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, CEO of Disruptive HR Lucy Adams discusses ways to rethink traditional HR practices for a disrupted world. 

Could outdated policies and processes be holding HR back from embracing more agile ways of working?

In a heavily disrupted world of work, the elevation of the HR profession from employee support to more strategic, executive roles is accelerating. However, to maintain this momentum, some HR leaders may need to consider a fresh approach to traditional HR practices, says Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR. 

In the third episode of AHRI’s podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, Adams speaks with host Shelley Johnson, an experienced HR professional, about ways to do HR differently. 

She explains the role of her EACH framework (which stands for Employees as Adults, Consumers and Humans) in recalibrating talent management strategies, and shares real-life examples of new ways of working in action. 

We hope you enjoy the discussion, and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Jump to the section that interests you most:

  • 4:37 minutes – Lucy discusses the EACH framework and its role in helping employees thrive at work
  • 9:37 minutes – How HR can move away from prescriptive policies and towards principle-based decisions
  • 13:46 minutes – Learn how to use personas to create a personalised employee experience
  • 16:41 minutes – Empowering managers to get the best from their people
  • 21:12 minutes – HR’s role in preparing businesses for the future of work
  • 27:48 minutes – Lucy’s example of a fresh approach to performance management
  • 32:15 minutes – Getting buy-in from leadership to try new ways of working. 

Download your template to create an employee persona.

View the podcast transcript here.

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Summer listening: 4 podcast recommendations for HR https://www.hrmonline.com.au/culture/4-podcast-recommendations-for-hr/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/culture/4-podcast-recommendations-for-hr/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2020 05:03:37 +0000 https://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=11093 The summer break is nigh, and what better way to spend your downtime than listening to some excellent podcasts that will entertain and educate.

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The summer break is nigh, and what better way to spend your downtime than listening to some excellent podcasts that will entertain and educate.

The longest year in history has almost come to an end (thank god). No one has been immune to the challenges of 2020, least of all HR. So the upcoming break is definitely well deserved.

For our last article of the year, we’ve rounded up four of our favourite business-related podcasts that you can enjoy over the summer break (in between all the ocean swims, big lunches and afternoon naps, of course). We hope you have a restful break and come into 2021 feeling refreshed, reinvigorated and prepared for anything.

In the meantime, here are our recommendations. Enjoy!


Looking for something more visual? AHRI has an extensive collection of webinars you can watch on demand.


How I Work

What’s it all about?

Dr Amantha Imber’s How I Work podcast presents a series of interviews with respected leaders and experts, including Australians such as journalist Sandra Sully and comedian Julian Morrow, as well as well-known global names, including actress and writer Abbi Jacobson, renowned tech expert Rachel Botsman, former Harvard Business Review executive editor, Sarah Green Carmichael and many more.

Imber unpacks the routines, strategies and rituals of these leaders, leaving the listener with a bank of helpful hacks they can implement in their own working lives.

Acknowledging that many busy workers mightn’t  have the time to dedicate to a 40 minute-long podcast, Imber has trimmed some of her interviews down into 6-10 minute bite-sized chunks outlining her favourite tips – perfect for a lunchtime break (although now that we’re heading into the holiday season, you can probably treat yourself to a full episode). 

What will I learn?

In one of her mini-episodes, Imber speaks with Laura Vanderkam, a global expert on time management, who offers advice on how we can make the most of what she calls ‘dead time’.

For the last four years, Vanderkam has tracked her time in 30 minute chunks. While she’s received great insights from doing this, she’s not suggesting others take such a rigorous approach – a week’s worth of tracking will give you enough interesting data points, she says.

Since tracking her time down to the minute, Vanderkam discovered she actually works much less than she thought she did; she’d tell people she was working 50-hour weeks, when on average they were 40-hour weeks. This sense of feeling, but not actually being, busy is common, she says, and can often signal that we need to spend more time doing focused work, rather than getting caught up in bitsy tasks.

Imber’s series is filled with plenty more simple gems of advice and easy-to-action changes. With a varied line-up of guests, there’s bound to be an episode that will make your working day that little bit more productive.

Who is this podcast for?

Those looking for new, innovative approaches to work (and life).


This Working Life

What’s it all about?

This Working Life aims to do what HR does every day, look for the “sunshine and humanity in the world of work”. It’s aired weekly on the ABC’s Radio National and  is also available online and on most podcast apps.

Host Lisa Leong is the CEO of a management consultancy 010 APAC, so she knows her stuff when it comes to understanding how people work.  While Leong offers expertise to this podcast, it’s her guests that really bring it to life.

Speaking to experts from a vast variety of fields, from academics, to classical musicians, to AHRI’s own CEO Sarah McCann-Bartlett, Leong digs into how they work while also tapping into their individual expertise. Listen to Sarah’s interview, here.

Most episodes are roughly 25 minutes long, however there are also bonus episodes that run slightly shorter, depending on the topic. Leong’s bubbly personality and conversational style makes her a delight to listen to. In a year where most events moved online, This Working Life feels like you’re at a roundtable of experts; you almost want to join in on the conversation. 

What will I learn?

Each episode starts with a warning that the ABC takes no responsibility for “improvements in your performance at work, advancement in your career, better relationships with your colleagues, or simply being a whole lot happier at work”. So it’s safe to say Leong and her producers think you’ll leave with some useful resources, from productivity hacks, advice on navigating workplace politics and even how to use humour as your “workplace superpower”. 

On that last point, in one very entertaining episode, Leong speaks with behavioural scientist Dr Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas, workplace coach (and improv comedian), about using humor in the workplace. Aaker and Bagdonas explain that most people don’t use humor at work because a) it can be risky and b) work is ‘serious stuff’, people think there’s no time for funny business. But according to these experts, humour is actually a useful tool. 

Bagdonas explains there are four types of humour, and they can change a situation depending on how you use it. Being self-deprecating as a leader helps those around you feel comfortable, whereas if you’re lower down the org chart, a jab or light (appropriate) teasing towards senior employees can be a powerful way to get them on side.

This Working Life has been on air since 2016, so you would be hard pressed not to find something that interests you in the series’s back catalogue. 

Who is this podcast for?

Those looking for an easy listen who also want to learn something new.


The Happiness Lab

What’s it all about? 

The Happiness Lab isn’t one of those preachy podcasts that claims the only barrier between you and eternal happiness is a daily meditation practice. It’s no-fluff, research-backed commentary that opens your eyes to the intersection between science and wellbeing.

Dr Laurie Santos is a cognitive scientist and professor of Psychology at Yale University. She interviews leading academics to uncover truly fascinating insights about human behaviour. Each episode offers the listener helpful resources (that you can actually put into action) to better manage their personal wellbeing.

What will I learn?

A favourite episode of ours is For Whom The Alarm Clock Tolls which interviews self-proclaimed idler Tom Hodgkinson, who has some radical ideas about how we should be spending our time (he only works 4 hours each day) – the episode also unpacks the concept of time famine, which HRM covered earlier this year. Another great episode is Make ‘Em Laugh which explores the phenomenon of emotional contagion. Again, HRM looked into some of the interesting research shared in this episode earlier this year.

You’ll also hear interviews with ‘ordinary’ people who’ve made drastic changes to their lives to become happier, such as a woman who gave away almost all of her worldly possessions in favour of a simple life travelling from friend’s couch to friend’s couch.

Scattered throughout are interesting facts shared by Santos, such as the exact amount of money we can earn before our income no longer impacts our wellbeing in a positive way (it’s far less than you’d think), as well as fascinating titbits. For example, why do you think gum sales dramatically dropped when the iPhone was introduced? It was because our brains became so distracted by our devices that we rarely stopped to look up, especially when standing in  line at a store, which is where most gum purchases were usually made. 

Who is this for?

This is a podcast we all need in our lives right now. It’s perfect for those looking for practical, actionable ways to improve their happiness, or those interested in easy-to-digest research on the science of wellbeing. At the very least, it will put a smile on your face.


How’s work? with Esther Perel

What’s it all about?

While the Happiness Lab will probably make you happier, How’s work? with Esther Perel will take you on an emotional roller coaster. 

Psychotherapist and relationship counsellor Esther Perel brings a whole new lens to how we examine work. In Perel’s other podcast Where should we begin?, she conducts  therapy sessions with real couples and How’s work? has a very similar format, but this time the couples are “coworkers, co founders and colleagues”. 

Perel’s philosophy is that relationship issues don’t stop when we get to work. We spend a third of our lives in the workplace, so the connections we build with some colleagues, bosses or clients can impact our lives just as much as a marriage. 

In the prologue for the series, Perel explains that if there is something wrong with our romantic relationships or friendships, we often try to fix them, root out the issue and try to patch it up. But at work we “endure our relationships”, she says. This podcast aims to change that.

What will I learn?

How’s work? is a bigger commitment than some of the others on this list. You won’t leave an episode with quick tips you can take back to work, but there are times where you will say “I know that feeling!”.

Managing relationships is part of the gig as an HR professional, so hearing a relationship expert’s take on various situations could be a valuable exercise in the long run.

It’s also a reminder that we can be oblivious to the things bubbling under the surface of our working relationships. Everyone brings a part of their ‘outside life’ to work, whether they mean to or not, and it affects how we interact with others. 

As HRM has covered before, work spouses (i.e. strong, professional friendships) can be good for business, so it’s in an organisation’s best interest to foster strong connections between coworkers. But what happens when those connections break down? What if one person in the ‘relationship’ wants to take it further to catch up outside the workplace and their other isn’t ready? 

Perel really makes you think differently about workplace relationships and how to approach them. You might find yourself looking at employees in a whole new light after listening. 

Who is this for?

At almost an hour per episode, How’s Work? isn’t really something to pop on during your commute. We would suggest sitting down and really absorbing each episode, like you might with a serious documentary. 

Coming from Gimlet Media, How Work? is a very slick production so the time will fly by as you become entranced by rawness each ‘couple’ brings to their session. 

This is for anyone who has a close work relationship with someone or has to manage workplace relationships. It is unlikely that you will finish an episode without feeling like your world has changed, if even only slightly.

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6 HR podcasts to inspire you on the morning commute https://www.hrmonline.com.au/section/featured/6-hr-podcasts-to-inspire-you/ https://www.hrmonline.com.au/section/featured/6-hr-podcasts-to-inspire-you/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2017 05:41:13 +0000 http://www.hrmonline.com.au/?p=5267 As Tom Haverford from TV comedy Parks and Recreation once proclaimed; “Podcasts. There are a million of them, and they’re all amazing.”

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As Tom Haverford from TV comedy Parks and Recreation once proclaimed; “Podcasts. There are a million of them, and they’re all amazing.”

Everyone’s new favourite obsession is now biting into a huge chunk of the daily media diet, with podcasts available on topics as wide-ranging as sport, finance, food…and HR? Are you tapped into the burgeoning ecosystem of HR podcasts?

Though they’re not topping the iTunes charts, there’s a thriving and engaged HR and business community offering the lonely commuter a fascinating glimpse into the lives of CEOs at the world’s best companies and thought leaders devoted to solving the most pressing problems for the world’s workforce.

In the US, podcast listening grew 23 per cent between 2015 and 2016. 21 per cent of Americans ages 12 and up have listened to a podcast in the past month – and monthly podcast listenership has increased 75 per cent since 2013.

Though Australia hasn’t quite reached such heights, the numbers are growing; 2.9 million Australians have listened to a podcast in the last 12 months.

And the rise in podcast consumption over the past two years correlates with an even larger shift in how podcasts are being consumed. In 2014, most podcasts were being listened to on a computer.

In 2016, 64 per cent of podcasts are being listened to on a smartphone or tablet.

We’re listening to podcasts on the go, opening up many more opportunities to consume our favourite shows in the car, at the gym, on our morning train commute, or on the bus home after a long day. Whether you’re already a devotee, or keen to see what all the fuss is about, here are eight podcasts any savvy HR professional should be subscribed to:

Boss Files with Poppy Harlow

Express from the US, CNN’s Boss Files takes listeners behind the scenes – and beyond the headlines, speaking with some of the biggest names in global business. Host Poppy Harlow, a CNN weekend newscaster, tends to focus her attention on leaders with concerns that go beyond the bottom line. For example, recent episodes include an interview with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki titled: ‘The Internet ‘could use a lot more women’’ and with Deloitte’s first female CEO, Cathy Engelbert.

HBR IdeaCast

From Harvard Business Review, a weekly podcast featuring leading thinkers in business and management. A recent episode entitled ‘Break Out of Your Managerial Bubble’, offers practical steps top managers can make to ask better questions, improve the flow of information, and more clearly see what matters within their organisation. With cream of the crop hosts, from CEOs to research leaders to authors – to internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma (talking about successful collaboration), this smart pod distills the most urgent conundrums of the modern workplace.

The LEADx Show with Kevin Kruse

Hosted by New York Times bestselling author of Employee Engagement 2.0, this show speaks to the hottest leadership experts – five days a week. Each episode ends with the guest challenging listeners to get 1 percent better by trying out a specific idea from the show.

Best Part of My Job

If you’re looking to hear from a straight shooter who eschews niceties for brutal honesty, this is the workplace podcast for you. HR and recruiting analyst Lars Olson asks his guests: “What’s the best part of your job?” The complex responses illuminate what people seek from work, what drives them and helps you understand what diverse people truly value about their job.

HR Happy Hour

A treasure trove of great tips, and news about the HR industry, clocking in at 2-3 episodes per month. This is a good one for the inside scoop on the latest in workforce technology.

CIPD Podcast

The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) is a European HR association with over 130,000 members. This monthly podcast on all things HR covers topics from trends in family-friendly workplaces, to mountains of original research on things like barriers to leadership. A distinctly British take on HR, with broadly applicable lessons.

A few honourable mentions:

While not specifically catered to HR, these have lessons for professionals nonetheless. We recommend Invisibilia, an NPR podcast that fuses the stories of real people with the latest psychological and scientific research to explore the invisible guiding forces that control basic human behaviour. For example, did you know you’re likely breathing at the same pace as your colleagues during a meeting? Startup gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into starting a business, while The Broad Experience offers a forum for frank, difficult discussions on topics like showing emotion at the office and workplace diversity.

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