The Employee Experience Podcast

On this week's episode of The Employee Experience podcast, Gillian speaks was delighted to be joined by Workvivo’s Eleanor O'Mahony where they discussed all things internal comms & employee experience with the comms rebel herself Advita Patel.Advita is one of only 600 chartered communications professionals in the UK, she is a seasoned expert in the field of internal comms and employee experience. As a founder of CommsRebel, she's helped numerous organizations cultivate inclusive cultures where employees can thrive.  Advita also just wrote a book called Building a culture of Inclusivity. 

In this week's episode, Gillian talks to Carolyn Hilbig and Manette Norman. Together they have developed a psychological safety playbook.  The book is a practical guide for implementing psychological safety in the workplace based on their own experiences and those of their clients.Both Caroline and Manette's ambition is to create psychologically safe workplaces around the globe.What is psychological safety? Team psychological safety is a shared belief held by members of a team that it's okay to take risks, to express their ideas and concerns, to speak up with questions, and to admit mistakes, all without fear of negative consequences. ( HBR) Psychological safety is a cornerstone of inclusive leadership. Teams that feel more psychologically safe are more innovative, productive, and resilient.

John is the CEO of Healthy Place to Work, he has spent most of his working life consulting with multinational organizations in the area of trust, health, and well-being. John led the Great Places to Work Institute in Ireland for 10 years. John has recently written a book called "Make Work Healthy" with Michael J Burchell On this week's episode, Gillian speaks to John about the vital role leaders play in creating a healthy workplace.  John also shares stories from organizations that have created world-class practices to make work sustainably healthy and who achieve high performance through a consistent focus on workforce and workplace health. John also explains on the podcast what a salutogenic or pathogenic workplace is.In the book, I loved the statement “What if leaders seriously entertained the idea that higher performance is a result of business organizing around their people rather than people having to organize around the business Tune in :) &  Leaders should see themselves as energy converters “

This week on the Employee Experience Podcast Gillian French and Gideon Pridor speak to Caz Meech, Global Head of Internal Communications at Keyloop.

This week on the Employee Experience Podcast we speak to Mark Miller, VP of High-Performance Leadership at Chic-fil-A and Best Selling Author on why culture rules. 

This week’s guest on The Employee Experience Podcast is Executive Talent & Assessment Director at Lloyds Banking Group, Dr. Hamira Riaz.“There is a gap between business strategy and people strategy,” Hamira explains. “At the moment, that hinterland between the two is not being bridged, and I think that’s where psychology comes into its own.”Listen back now to hear Gillian’s conversation with Hamira. 

This week’s guest on The Employee Experience Podcast is a podcaster, author, and facilitator Pat Divilly.In Pat Divilly’s bestselling book, he writes, “Despite the comforts of the modern world, there's an overwhelming feeling of disconnection.”“These have to be proactive steps in an overstimulated world,” he says. “We’re always plugged in and that has a big effect on how we feel physically and emotionally.Listen back now to hear Pat and Gillian’s conversation. 

This week’s guest on The Employee Experience Podcast is Nadine Hack, CEO at beCause Global Consulting.Nadine Hack strongly believes in the power of connection and community at work. But to truly achieve these, open communication needs to be non-negotiable. Listen back now to learn more about why workplace connectedness, leadership self-awareness, and moving away from hierarchical management models will be key to organizational success.