Best The WorkLife HUB Podcasts (2024)

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Social Mobility at Grant Thornton 29:48

4h ago29:48

29:48

We talk to Jenn Barnett and Jemima Ankuma from Grant Thornton’s Diversity and Inclusion team about all things social mobility. They explain how they ensure that people of lower socio-economic backgrounds can join, progress and thrive at the firm - and the profession more broadly - and why social mobility is also a very personal passion for each of …

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The Job Share Revolution 35:54

2h ago35:54

35:54

Laura Walker and Chloe Fletcher, who have shared senior finance roles at Asda, talk to Anna all about their experience of job sharing, the practical considerationsand the benefits to both companies and individuals. They explain how with their current venture, The Job Share Revolution, they support both businesses and individuals who want to explore…

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LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Intersectionality and Me 25:28

2M ago25:28

25:28

We talk to Stonewall Changemaker of the Year 2022 Kayus Fernander about his career at Citi; his journey from being a private, young, black, gay junior within the bank, through to being an open, confident and active participant in and advocate of inclusion groups, initiatives and discussions. He talks about diversity groups, company culture, interse…

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Kyle Davies on Therapeutic Coaching and Mental Health 35:58

4M ago35:58

35:58

Psychologist and therapeutic coach Kyle Davies talks to us about his own experience of anxiety and depression as a young adult, the contributing factors and the natural tendency to mask and avoid situations which exacerbated it. He brings his professional expertise to the conversation, exploring his approach to therapeutic coaching, how we can buil…

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Legal Careers: Moving In House (and back again) 27:54

4M ago27:54

27:54

In this episode of WorkLife Stories, legal senior associate Rachel Dean tells us about her career so far, including how she started out and her move from private practice to an in-house role. She reveals the drivers for her decision to move, what she learnt from the experience and why she ultimately moved back to a law firm afterwards. She offers h…

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Working Parents - Finding the (Im)perfect Balance 38:07

10M ago38:07

38:07

In this episode, we talk to Jayne Ruff about her book entitled: Imperfect Parenting – Honest Stories from Global Parents in which she pens a chapter on balancing careers and family life. She talks about her own experiences of maternity leave, going back to work and the importance of personal values, honest emotions and flexible boundaries in our se…

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LGBTQ+ Reverse Mentoring at Macquarie 34:04

11M ago34:04

34:04

In this episode of WorkLife Stories, we talk to George Bullock and Russell Cook from Macquarie, the Australian head quartered, global financial services group. George and Russell have both been participants in Macquarie’s Pride Employee Network Group’s Reverse Mentoring Scheme and are now members of the steering group that runs it. They talk about …

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Elaine Halligan: My ADHD Story 33:32

1y ago33:32

33:32

Elaine Halligan, parenting coach at The Parent Practice and author of ‘My Child's Different’ tells us her story of a recent discovery that - like her son - she also has ADHD. She talks openly and inspiringly about her own traits, and how she uses them positively in her life and career. She offers her own advice and expertise for both adults and par…

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Case Study: Reinvigorating Company Culture 24:46

1y ago24:46

24:46

In this episode, we meet Felix Koch and Phil Burgess, the former co-heads of the London office of creative agency C Space. They talk about how they transformed an office with low morale and high attrition after a merger, to a thriving, inclusive, award-winning team. They discuss what worked and what didn't, how they set their shared goals and value…

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Parenting Children with Additional Needs 32:41

1y ago32:41

32:41

In this episode, psychologist Jessica Chivers talks to us about her son who has ASD and ADHD and her daughter who has suffered from an eating disorder. She discusses how she has helped them through difficult times of the past few years, navigating different care and educational settings to get them the support they needed. She explains how looking …

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Max Siegel on Being Transgender 34:54

1+ y ago34:54

34:54

In this episode, Max Siegel talks to us about his lived experience of being transgender. He talks about his upbringing, his family, his feelings about his body, his mental health and the emotional and physical changes he's experienced. He also offers his advice to parents of children who may be going through something similar - and to us all as fri…

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Equality At Work: An Employee's Journey 53:08

1+ y ago53:08

53:08

Dorett Jones and Pamela Jones, who are specialists in equity in the workplace and founders of the Genesis Consultancy, talk to us about how employers can create safe, healthy working cultures that help employees of any background, race, gender or sexuality to grow, develop and stay at organisations. They discuss an employee's typical journey from r…

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Moving House 25:42

2y ago25:42

25:42

Laura Wheeler and Caroline Murphy chat to Anna Richards about their experience of moving out of London, from the practicalities and the stress along with the emotional adjustment needed, diversity and how our identities are linked to where we live.

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Two Dads And Their Surrogacy Journey 23:15

2y ago23:15

23:15

In this interview with one half of Two Dads UK, Michael Johnson-Ellis talks about how he and his husband Wes built their family through surrogacy and how this experience has led them to support LGBTQ+ couples wanting to become parents. Michael talks about how he hopes the law will change to recognise and support gay couples better and how he thinks…

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Juggling Work and Caring 22:55

2y ago22:55

22:55

In the latest episode of our podcast 'WorkLife Stories', Anna Richards talks to Lorna Cook and Devila Vekria who are both members of our Support Group for Carers of Elderly Relatives. Lorna and Devila tells us about how they manage their caring responsibilities alongside their careers including the challenges, routines and positive advice they have…

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Birth Trauma 29:54

2+ y ago29:54

29:54

[Trigger warning]. In this episode, we hear from independent health visitor and birth trauma specialist Liz Poole about the different types of trauma people may experience around birth, how this trauma can manifest itself if the associated emotions are not fully processed and how colleagues and friends can support those we suspect might be sufferin…

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Gender, Bias and Confidence at Work 20:34

2+ y ago20:34

20:34

Cityparents’ Anna Richards talks to Joy Burnford, Founder of My Confidence Matters about progress in gender balance in the workplace, the main issues she sees for women at work today and how corporates and leaders can help to address them.

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Celebrating Disability at Work 19:26

2+ y ago19:26

19:26

In this episode which recognises International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3rd, we talk to Esi Hardy, the founder of Celebrating Disability. She talks to us about her own experience of disability in the workplace and about how employers and managers can help their disabled employees and colleagues to flourish, be happy and fulfil their pote…

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Flexibility and Fatherhood 21:27

2+ y ago21:27

21:27

We talk to lawyer and father of two Robin Carvell-Spedding about flexible working for fathers and parental leave in the corporate world. A long-time advocate of flexibility and work life balance, Robin reflects on the impact of the pandemic on the role of fathers at home and at work and shares his views and experience of taking parental leave after…

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Parenting and My Career 21:10

3y ago21:10

21:10

HR director Caroline Atkins reflects on her 30 year career of which 20 years has been as a working parent. She offers her advice and experience to other working parents and her views on remote, flexible and part time working that has helped her to get the most out of her career and family life.

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The Motherhood Complex 18:52

3y ago18:52

18:52

Journalist and author Melissa Hogenboom talks to Anna Richards about the shift in identity that takes places as women become mothers as she explores in her book, The Motherhood Complex. They discuss the division of domestic responsibilities and the 'mental load' in families with two professional parents and the impact of these inequalities on women…

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Steve Hatfield (Deloitte) - the WorkLife HUB podcast 41:11

3y ago41:11

41:11

In this episode our guest is Steve Hatfield, principal with Deloitte Consulting and serves as the Global Leader for Future of Work for the firm. Steve has more than 20 years of experience advising global organizations on issues of strategy, innovation, organization, people, culture, and change. We discuss what impact the pandemic had on the world o…

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Eternity Leave 19:37

3y ago19:37

19:37

Simon Kettlewell has spent the last 20 years raising and caring for his 4 children. His latest novel 'Eternity Leave' draws on his experience of being the primary care-giver of his children while his partner pursued a senior level career in healthcare. In this episode, Simon talks to us about his book and the issues he has encountered around gender…

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Think Like A White Man 27:39

3y ago27:39

27:39

In our latest interview, British Nigerian author Nels Abbey talks about his experience of racism in the financial world, explains how we can all be better colleagues to each other and offers his advice to black people wanting to succeed in the corporate world as delivered through his very funny and satirical book ‘Think Like A White Man’.…

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New Routines and Positive Habits 26:38

3y ago26:38

26:38

As many professionals return to some office-based working, Dr Jon Finn considers the habits – both positive and negative – that have been established during the pandemic and the practical, positive steps we can take to build a healthy and productive life in the future. In this interview we explore the impact of our increased reliance on technology …

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Kecia M. Thomas - the WorkLife HUB podcast 49:57

3y ago49:57

49:57

In this episode of the WorkLife HUB podcast, our guest is Kecia M. Thomas, Dean of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, an internationally recognized expert in the psychology and workplace diversity realms. Tune in as we discuss diversity dynamics in the workplace, the career experiences of high potential women of colour, or the 'pet to threat' te…

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Scott Behson - the WorkLife HUB podcast 40:38

3y ago40:38

40:38

The balance between work and private life is a challenge for so many and Dr. Scott Behson is making it his personal mission to help. On this show, we chat with Scott about his new book, The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support. If it's your goal to build a positive, fulfilling, high-pe…

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Eric Howard Way - the WorkLife HUB podcast 53:56

3y ago53:56

53:56

How to have a focus on diversity and inclusion in engineering? Why embracing diversity is particularly important for the Schindler Group? Join our new podcast conversation as we discuss some of the fundamentals of the diversity and inclusion realm with Eric Howard Way, Global Head of Inclusion, Diversity and CSR at the Schindler Group.…

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Becoming a Working Parent 20:26

3y ago20:26

20:26

Laura Nakano and Abigail Hadley from Accenture talk to us about the transition to working parenthood. Abby shares her experience of taking parental leave, returning to work and the different working patterns she has experienced, and Laura talks about Accenture's Expectant Parents Network and how employers can support their working parent employees.…

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Andre Wehner (Skoda) - the WorkLife HUB podcast 31:40

3y ago31:40

31:40

For car-makers, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. How did, Skoda Auto, the largest Czech car manufacturer, one of the world's oldest automotive brands, react to the crises and mobilised all its available resources to turn things around? In this episode, we chat with Andre Wehner, Skoda's Chief Digital Officer, who played a crucial role…

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Ellen Ernst Kossek - the WorkLife HUB podcast 40:59

3y ago40:59

40:59

In this episode, our guest, for the second time, is Ellen Ernst Kossek, an internationally recognized thought leader on employer support of work and family/personal life integration, gender and diversity. She is an academic, social scientist and Distinguished Professor of Management at the Purdue University. Among many we speak about the impact of …

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Struggle: Finding the Light in Darker Times 26:18

3+ y ago26:18

26:18

Productivity specialist and author Grace Marshall talks to us about her new book 'Struggle' and how we can find positives and opportunities in life's more difficult times. She talks about the importance of making mistakes, allowing time and curiosity to grow and learn from them and how we can counter our natural response of fight and fight and find…

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Kristen Anderson - the WorkLife HUB podcast 38:24

3+ y ago38:24

38:24

In this episode, our guest is Kristen Anderson, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Barilla. We chat about how Barilla has introduced Smart Working, and how this prepared them for the lockdowns in Italy and elsewhere. Kristen also shares their work on diversity and inclusion and that Barilla has won a Catalyst Award in 2021 on Advancing Women…

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Kristina Pressley - the WorkLife HUB Podcast 35:17

3+ y ago35:17

35:17

Schools and kindergartens closing has been probably the biggest headaches for working parents throughout the pandemic. Many parents had to take paid or unpaid time off, use their parental leave and many women had to leave the labour market altogether. A handful of employers have really stepped up to help their employees. In this episode we hear fro…

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Talking Flexible Working 29:45

3+ y ago29:45

29:45

Helen Beedham talks to Pia Ellis and Mark McMahon, Co-Chairs of HSBC’s FLEX Network about their personal experiences of flexible working and how the FLEX Network is helping to broaden access to flexible working in their organisation. This podcast was originally recorded in Spring 2020 for Cityworks.

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Tracy Brower - the WorkLife HUB podcast 32:54

3+ y ago32:54

32:54

Join us for this podcast conversation with work sociologist, researcher, author, Tracy Brower. We tackle the work for her latest book on Happiness at Work, as well as what people are going through now in the pandemic. Tracy gives a lot of actionable tips and frameworks of improving our "work-life ecosystem".…

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Special Needs: Emanuel Syndrome 37:59

3+ y ago37:59

37:59

Anna Richards is joined by Emily Acevedo, an HR Director based in the US and solo mother to Sebastian, who has Emanuel Syndrome. Emily talks to us about her life with him from the diagnosis, its impact on her life and career, day to day living and how she manages as a single parent.

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Stecy Yghemonos - the WorkLife HUB Podcast 39:54

3+ y ago39:54

39:54

In this episode, our guest is Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers. We discuss informal carers, who they are and what they do, how particularly vulnerable they are during the pandemic, and what employers and policy makers need to consider.By the WorkLife HUB

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Brad Harrington and Jennifer Sabatini Fraone - the WorkLife HUB Podcast 36:45

3+ y ago36:45

36:45

In this episode, our 2 distinguished guests are joining us from the Boston College Center for Work & Family, which is the leading university-based center in the US, focused on helping employers enhance the employee experience, increase employee productivity, and improve the quality of employee lives. Dr. Brad Harrington and Jennifer Sabatini Fraone…

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My Career - with Natasha Kaye, Partner, Cooley LLP 21:23

3+ y ago21:23

21:23

Anna Richards is joined by Natasha Kaye. Natasha is coming to the end of serving four years on the firm’s global Board of Directors, is the London Mental Health & Wellbeing partner lead and helps drive the firm’s diversity initiatives, including the Women’s Initiative. Natasha shares some of the turning points that have carved her career and is gen…

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Burkhard Rönnefarth - the WorkLife HUB podcast 36:59

3+ y ago36:59

36:59

Did you know that Hamburg tops the German traffic jam ranking with people spending up to 130 hours per year bumper-to-bumper? Our guest today is Burkhard Rönnefarth, Director of Coworking at Deutsche Bahn, Station & Service AG. Tune in as we discuss the future of train travels and train stations, and the signature coworking space of Deutsche Bahn, …

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Mona Malone - the WorkLife HUB podcast 37:49

3+ y ago37:49

37:49

In this episode, our guest is Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People & Culture for BMO Financial Group. We discuss how BMO has enabled employees, who could, to shift to remote working, how they have trained managers and how BMO is able to maintain the culture of the organisation for the remote workforce.…

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Positive Thinking: Career Planning, Motivation and Confidence 15:50

3+ y ago15:50

15:50

As we start the new year under considerable stress imposed by Covid-19, Charlotte Worth an Executive Coach and Learning Facilitator explains how we can use the Positive Method to build self-confidence, re-energise, re-focus and contemplate the future.

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Madeleine Bunting - the WorkLife HUB podcast 42:25

3+ y ago42:25

42:25

On this episode, we talk to Madeleine Bunting about her latest book, Labours of Love: the Crisis of Care. We also touch upon what she had discovered in the process of the writing of this masterpiece - taking her over five years - and why we all need to revalue care and caring in the next years.By the WorkLife HUB

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Gijs van Houten and Giovanni Russo - the WorkLife HUB podcast 49:50

3+ y ago49:50

49:50

Is there a price for success? Are there win-win solutions for both employers and employees to achieve organisational success? These are some of the highly exciting issues we discuss today with our two guests, Giovanni Russo of Cedefop, and Gijs van Houten of Eurofound, who share with us the key findings of the fourth edition of the European Company…

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Adoption 29:02

3+ y ago29:02

29:02

Rachel Addis from PWC talks about how she became mother to her two adopted children, including the process of being approved as adoptive parents, how she managed her adoption leave with her employer and how her flexible role helps her to balance her home and professional responsibilities.

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Giorgio Luigi Risso - the WorkLife HUB podcast 26:17

3+ y ago26:17

26:17

In this conversation, in which we are chatting with Giorgio Luigi Risso, we get a closer look at the activities of the Public Employment Service provider in the Piedmont Region in Italy, and why it can be important for such government organisations to focus more on work-life balance. This episode is recorded to promote the Equality for Work and Lif…

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Liz Kislik - the WorkLife HUB podcast 44:46

3+ y ago44:46

44:46

Liz helps us understand why conflict happens in remote teams, and the best way managers can approach it. Tune in as we also touch upon the questions of self-management and emotional intelligence.By the WorkLife HUB

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Social Media Risks for Children - Sexting 16:24

3+ y ago16:24

16:24

Cityparents' Anna Richards talks to Sandra Paul and Áine Kervick from Kingsley Napley LLP, who are lawyers specialising in youth crime and justice. They discuss the dangers that the online world poses for children, the trouble that can arise from sharing explicit content online and how parents can help their children to avoid the associated risks.…

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Jon C. Messenger - the WorkLife HUB podcast 37:31

3+ y ago37:31

37:31

Teleworking is here to say - what it means for policy makers and enterprises? In this episode we chat with Jon C. Messenger, teleworking expert, Team Leader of the Working Conditions Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. In the conversation, we touch upon ILO's recent publication 'Practical Guide on Teleworking during the …

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