About the podcast

We’re getting into the real problems in modern workplaces with candid experiences and honest advice from our changing panel of successful People professionals in small businesses.

Tune in for the approaches they wish more businesses took when dealing with difficult People challenges and everyday issues.

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Episodes

  1. 2020 hit our team hard mentally and emotionally. How can I help them and the business reset for success in 2021?

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    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    Disconnected, disheartened, exhausted and misaligned. Teams, have been hit hard by 2020 in both their working and personal lives. 2021 will hopefully look better and very different to last year, but how can you help your team set up for success and reset after a long and trialling year?

    Advice, experiences and insights from Rajeeb Dey MBE (Founder and CEO of Learnerbly), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social), Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby) and Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb).

  2. How do we stop people leaving when internal promotions keep getting delayed?

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    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • April Williams

      Founder at Can?Did! | HR & Talent Consultant

    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    Every individual thinks and expects different types of promotions, and if they’re denied them for too long motivation and team retention will suffer. But how can you manage promotions in a way that works for both the individual and the business?

    Advice, experiences and insights from Rajeeb Dey MBE (Founder and CEO of Learnerbly), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social), April Williams (Founder of Can?Did!, HR & Talent Consultant) and Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb).

  3. How do you make your team more responsible for their own development?

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    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    • Ben Branson-Gateley

      CEO & Co-founder at CharlieHR

    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    L&D is vital to company success and the retention of your team. But how do you motivate them to take more responsibility with their own development - without holding their hands through it?

    Advice, experiences and insights from our experienced panel: Rajeeb Dey MBE (Founder and CEO of Learnerbly), Jessica Hayes (VP People at Whereby), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social) and Ben Gateley (Co-founder and CEO of CharlieHR).

  4. How do you deal with an existing toxic culture?

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    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    • April Williams

      Founder at Can?Did! | HR & Talent Consultant

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    Aside from employee happiness, a toxic culture can also be detrimental to retention, attraction and the ability of your team to give their best. But how do you undo it, when it’s already established?

    Experiences, advice and insights in conversation with Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby), April Williams (Founder of Can?Did!, HR & Talent Consultant), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social) and Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb).

  5. How do you manage the challenges to company culture as you grow?

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    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • April Williams

      Founder at Can?Did! | HR & Talent Consultant

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Ben Branson-Gateley

      CEO & Co-founder at CharlieHR

    Our panel dive into the most common challenges to scaling company culture as you grow. Heading into a period of expansion and rapid hiring can instils fear of losing that close-knit, candid and productive team culture. But how can you manage that culture shift?

    Experiences, advice and insights in conversation with Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO of Learnerbly), April Williams (MCIPD) (Founder of Can?Did!, HR & Talent Consultant), Charlotte Hamill (COO of Born Social) and Ben Branson-Gateley (CEO & Co-founder of CharlieHR).

  6. How to receive feedback well even if you hate it.

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    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • Ben Branson-Gateley

      CEO & Co-founder at CharlieHR

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    This is one for both employees and managers - because both the individual and business performance will suffer if individuals take feedback poorly.

    Practical advice on how to receive feedback well by reframing it in your mind and how to give feedback to someone who you know struggles to receive it.

    Experiences, advice and insights in conversation with Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO of Learnerbly), Ben Branson-Gateley (CEO and Co-Founder of CharlieHR), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social) and Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby).

  7. Two people on my leadership team don't get along. How do I fix this?

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    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Rajeeb Dey

      Founder & CEO at Learnerbly

    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    This goes beyond relationships. If the leadership team don't get along, your teams and businesses will suffer.

    In this episode of There's This Thing At Work, our expert panelists Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social), Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO of Learnerbly) and Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb) discuss the different types of leadership cultures at work - their merits and shortcomings and dive into how to help managers who don't get along, get along.

  8. How can I get useful, constructive feedback from my manager? They just give me useless, unhelpful comments.

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    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    • April Williams

      Founder at Can?Did! | HR & Talent Consultant

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    In the latest episode of the There's This Thing at Work podcast, our panellists share their tips on how to encourage honest, actionable feedback in your team - whether it be from your own manager or for other managers at work.

    Experiences, advice and insights in conversation with Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb), April Williams (Founder of Can?Did!, HR & Talent Consultant), Charlotte Hamill (COO & Partner at Born Social) and Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby).

  9. My team are uncomfortable having honest conversations. How can we change that?

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    • Tom Fraine

      Chief People Officer at Bulb

    • Jessica Hayes

      VP People & Talent at Whereby

    • April Williams

      Founder at Can?Did! | HR & Talent Consultant

    • Charlotte Hamill

      COO & Partner at Born Social

    Our panel of People leaders in boundary-pushing successful businesses share exactly how they managed to keep honesty at the core of their businesses. Losing those key aspects of startups that attract people as you scale can be detrimental to the mental health of your team, employee retention and business success. So here's how you avoid that loss while scaling.

    Experiences, advice and insight in conversation with Tom Fraine (Chief People Officer at Bulb), Jessica Hayes (VP People & Talent at Whereby), April Williams (Founder of Can?Did!, HR & Talent Consultant) and Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO of Learnerbly).