The HR Room Podcast

HR skills development, HR technology and analytics, and HR aligning to business strategy are all common consistent challenges that many of us will either have heard, seen, or felt. But at its core, is tackling people analytics a secret weapon for many HR professionals? Analytics is not a new arrival into the world of work, but is it part of your people strategy yet?

On episode 126 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined by Brian Slattery, Co Founder and CEO of the award-winning analytics platform, Wrky.com.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

How a business performs, is almost always dependent on how their people perform. And whether it’s driving productivity, manging underperformance, retaining your high performers, or building strategies and environments where the organisation and it’s people thrive, HR teams and leaders know all too well how substantial but important area of business is. 

And on episode 125 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re joined by someone who is no stranger to high performance both in the sporting and corporate world, former professional rugby player, Leinster’s most capped player, multiple Six Nations winner with Ireland, and now Head of Partnerships at Fairstone Asset Management & askpaul, the brilliant Devin Toner.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

Across the month of July, we’ll be talking all things performance management, looking at best practices, employer stories, new approaches and common challenges. So to round off June, and set us up for next month, we’re going to discuss one of the most obvious performance challenges for HR teams and employers everywhere, managing underperformance. How do we manage an employee who is performing poorly, how can we help, what are our obligations, and what are our options?

And to talk to us about this on episode 124 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined by Liam Barton, Senior HR Consultant here at Insight HR.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

Managing a redundancy process is a challenge for any HR professional. In addition to the unfortunate circumstances and effects it may have on a colleagues livelihood, the law and process around redundancies, can also add complexity to a process that’s already far from enjoyable. However, it is a process that many of us will have to face, and is also grabbing many of the headlines across Ireland in recent months.

And to take a closer look at this topic on episode 123 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined again by Adrian Twomey, Partner at Jacob & Twomey Solicitors.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

At the end of March 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Pay Transparency Directive which will come into force on 6 June 2023, giving EU member states a deadline of 7 June 2026 to transpose its provisions into their national laws. But what does it mean, what are the details, and what can we do now to prepare? 

And to talk to us about this on episode 122 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined by Siobhra Rush, Partner and Head of the Dublin Office at Lewis Silkin.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

Are you listening to this podcast on the way to pick up the kids from school? Are you catching up on your podcasts while on maternity, paternity or parental leave? Are you tuning in because you need help in balancing parenting life and work, especially with summer coming up? Or are you an employer who simply wants to make sure their employees are happy and productive? Well, good news - this is the episode for you!

On episode 121 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined by one of the Co-Founders of Platform55, Tracy Gunn, to discuss what’s working for working parents, and how employers and HR teams can support these employees. 

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

As you know, this month, we’ve spoken all about domestic violence, employer obligations, spotting the signs, and everything in between. But with new legislation on it’s way, and to round off our conversations for this month, we’re now chatting in detail about one of the key foundations for any topic, crafting and implementing the policy. 

On episode 120 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined today by one of the companies in Ireland who are leading the way in crafting and implementing domestic violence policies, as we welcome Barry Holmes, Director of Human Resources at the Royal College of Surgeons.

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

As many of you will know, Women’s Aid is a national organisation here in Ireland who work to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse by advocating, influencing, training, significant campaigning and providing frontline services. So, we simply could not go through this month without hearing about the work they do, and the advice they can give for employers and HR teams here in Ireland. 

So, you guessed it, on episode 119 of The HR Room Podcast we’re delighted to be joined by one of the leading voices on domestic violence in Ireland, and the CEO of Women’s Aid, Sarah Benson. 

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

In response to last week’s conversation on the podcast, about the scope of the Work Life Balance Act, where we touched on the core elements of the upcoming legislation including the updates on domestic violence leave, we’re now doing a deep dive in to the topic of domestic violence and the legislation surrounding it, as we know it’s an important and sensitive topic that many of you want to know more about it.

 

And also following on from last week, we're joined by our very own Megan Power, HR Consultant here at Insight HR, again! 

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.

The first provisions of the Work Life Balance Bill are expected to be in place within a matter of weeks, now that the bill has passed all stages of the Oireachtas. But what does this mean for employers?

To answer this questions and many more, on episode 117 of The HR Room Podcast, we’re delighted to be joined by our very own Megan Power, HR Consultant here at Insight HR. 

 

About The HR Room Podcast

The HR Room Podcast is a series from Insight HR where we talk to business leaders from around Ireland and share advice on how to create the HR systems and workplace culture that's right for your business.

For show notes, go to www.InsightHR.ie/Podcast. 

If you need any HR support in Ireland, get in touch with us at Insight HR.

Whether it's conducting a complex workplace investigation, filling a gap by providing you with a virtual or an onsite HR resource, or providing advice via our HR support line, as an expert HR consultancy in Ireland, we'll help you resolve whatever Human Resources challenge your business is facing.

Visit us at www.InsightHR.ie.