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In this HR in Review episode, our guest Steve Foulger and host Bill Banham discuss some of the commercial and economic conditions that are having the biggest impact on companies’ decisions at the moment. We also consider how the recession in the UK will affect HR decision-making in the next 12-24 months.

 

Guest: Steve Foulger
Steve Foulger, Director of HR Services and Organisational Design at Connor, the people and change experts who help organizations to evolve and thrive through times of turbulence and change.
Specialties: Leading on HR strategy: restructures, organisational redesign, industrial and employee relations, change management, TUPE, consultation, engagement, resourcing, compensation and benefits etc.
Questions For Steve Include:
  • You host Connor Conversations. Tell me about the podcast and a couple of the most interesting/impactful conversations you’ve had on the show.
  • What are the trends you are seeing in HR at the minute?
  • What commercial and economic conditions are having the biggest impact on companies’ decisions? How is an impending recession in the UK affecting HR decision-making for 2023?
  • Predictions for the UK labour market in 2023.
  • Times are tough, you recently shared 10 strategies to help companies be recession-proof as possible. Can you run through some of those with me now? https://connor.co.uk/insights/blog/organisational-change-hr-services/10-ways-to-build-a-recession-proof-strategy/
  • What are the dangers of looking compliant but not being compliant?
  • If you could pass on one crucial lesson you have learned in your career – in one minute or less – what would be your top tip for HR professionals?
  • What is the single biggest change you think will happen in HR and leadership over the next 5-10 years?

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Podcast Host and Guests for this Edition

Bill Banham

Host: Bill Banham

Bill Banham is Editor at HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast, Associate Editorial Director with HRreview, and co-organizer of such HR, Talent, and leadership-focused events as InnovateWork, Hacking HR Toronto, and DisruptHR London. Bill has interviewed inspiring leaders across the globe from such brands as NASA, the US Government, Simon Sinek, UPS, ADP, SAP, Salesforce, and the United Nations. Bill has 15+ years of experience in editorial, events management, marketing, SEO, advertising, business development, data management, research, and professional development.

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Steve Foulger, Director of HR Services and Organisational Design at Connor

Guest: Steve Foulger

Steve Foulger, Director of HR Services and Organisational Design at Connor, the people and change experts who help organizations to evolve and thrive through times of turbulence and change.
Specialties: Leading on HR strategy: restructures, organisational redesign, industrial and employee relations, change management, TUPE, consultation, engagement, resourcing, compensation and benefits etc.

Find Me on LinkedIn

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Bill Banham is Editor at HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast, Associate Editorial Director with HRreview, and co-organizer of such HR, Talent, and leadership-focused events as InnovateWork, Hacking HR Toronto, and DisruptHR London. He has interviewed inspiring leaders across the globe from such brands as NASA, the US Government, Simon Sinek, UPS, ADP, SAP, Salesforce, and the United Nations. Bill has 15+ years of experience in editorial, events management, marketing, SEO, advertising, business development, data management, research, and professional development.