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Today I am speaking to one of my colleagues Benoit Montet, our newly appointed Top Employers Institute's HR Global Expert and a member of the Global Research Team at our headquarters in Amsterdam. Benoit has more than 20 years of experience in HR, beginning his career by leading recruitment firms and has had a variety of HR Director roles in international companies. He has been with the Top Employers Institute family for nearly 6 years. In this episode, we talk about revamping performance management and why HR should look at re-assessing expectations and recognition of employees with regards to this 'hot' topic. Benoit gives us valuable insight into the evolution of performance management focusing on balance in this process is the most crucial way to go forward. To hear our other episodes, be sure to follow us on Spotify  If you like today's conversation, feel free to share this episode and subscribe us here or on iTunes 

In today's episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Laya, the founder of mIDentity, who has more than 20 years of experience in leading the HR function in multinational organizations who is also a Professor at the Instituto Empresa's School of Human Sciences & Technology in Madrid rounding up his ambition to be a strong contributor to organizational transformation, in the academy and in the field. Today we will talk about the chatboot concept of Artificial Intelligence in HR, where Daniel discusses how HR processes are implemented in a chatbot, what value it brings to HR and not to forget the ROI it delivers to HR. He also answers the questions how we can build AI without losing control over it. To connect with Daniel Laya, visit his LinkedIn profile The book Daniel mentioned: "The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts" by Daniel Susskind and Richard Susskind To hear our other episodes, be sure to follow us on Spotify  If you like today's conve

In today's episode I had the pleasure of speaking to two guests: Ewa Gołębiewska, who leads HR Department with over 20 years diversified HR experience gained in various industries. Ewa developed her specialties at talent acquisition and development, organizational effectiveness, company culture and employer branding. Wojtek Cichoń who leads the European network of Capgemini centers employing over 4,500 people in its branch offices in Poland and Russia. They both represent Capgemini Poland, which is one of 11 delivery centers, forming a part of Capgemini's Rightshore delivery network, belonging to a team of over 14.0000 BPO professionals in the world, speaking 37 languages. Capgemini Polska has been certified as Top Employer Polska for the past 3 consecutive years. Today we will talk about different generations in the workplace, what they have learned from that, which benefits it brings to them and how their EVP is adjusted to different needs from those generations. To hear our other episodes, be sure to foll

In today's episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Anita Rogalska, who is leading the People & Culture team for Poland & Baltics States at Philip Morris International, and as a board member of PMI Polska, she plays a critical role in transforming the company and its culture to realize the ambitious mission of smoke-free future. We will talk about their business and internal transformation and the critical role People and Culture department plays in it. Anita will share the role of HR function that has been converted to People and Culture in this transformation, the internal change seen by their employees, their need of different skills set required to fulfill this transformation and how they measure the progress, not forgetting the effect it has on the current company culture. To connect with Anita, please visit her LinkedIn profile. The book Anita mentioned is: The Oz Principle by Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman If you haven't heard about PMI yet, you must know that with approx. 3500

Our latest Develop.Always episode is a special recording of a round-table discussion on Agility in HR with some of Africa's Top Employers for 2019. This lively and informative discussion was hosted by our very own CEO David Plink and took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in October 2018.   David introduced this discussion by exploring how Human Resources can enrich the employee experience by becoming more agile. The podcast also discussed how current Top Employers are dedicated to improving the employee experience and what agile practices these organisations are implementing. This event was an opportunity to interact and connect with some of the very best Top Employers on the African continent, by allowing them to learn from others while sharing their own best practices to help further enrich the world of work.   Present in this round table discussion were HR leaders from Accenture, DHL, Dimension Data, EY, Orange, Nestle, Takeda, Tata Consultancy Services and Unilever.   Press play and enj

In today's episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Perry Timms, an international TEDx speaker, advisor and award-winning writer on the future of work, HR & learning. Perry's work in progressive thinking in HR and the workplace of the future was recognised by his inclusion on HR Magazine's HR's Most Influential Thinkers List for 2017 and up to 5th most influential in 2018. Perry is also the world's only WorldBlu-certified Freedom at Work Consultant and Coach. Today we will talk about productivity in the modern world where Perry will share his view on this topic. We discuss whether working less hours per day is the future to happier people, boosting profits and customer satisfaction learning from companies such as Toyota in Sweden who have been doing this successfully over a decade now. Perry will share with us his tips to increasing productivity in this busy world we live in today with plenty of distractions and what can we do as HR Individuals to increase employees productivity. You can find Perry onl

In today's episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexis Saussinan, who heads the global organisation development and people analytics team at Merck Group. His team supports Merck's three business sectors (healthcare, life sciences and performance materials) and helps shape organization development and people analytics capabilities to support leaders' decisions in areas such as business transformations, organization development, future workforce planning and innovation. Today we will talk about HR Analytics where Alexis will share many actionable takeaways. We will cover how Merck used people analytics as a driver to change mindsets and to encourage leaders to make decisions based on data, rather than on "gut feelings", how can we -as HR individuals- create value through measuring and analyzing HR data in e.g. predicting future issues and what bold decisions on their journey got Merck the 2016 HR Excellence Award by the Human Resources Manager Magazine. Link to Alexis Saussinan's LinkedIn. To hear our ot

Moim dzisiejszym gościem jest Anna Wieczorek – HR Manager Lidl Polska, która rozpoczęła tam pracę w 2005 roku gdzie odkryła swoją pasję do HR-u.  Jej celem zawodowym są zadowoleni Pracownicy, a po pracy relaksuje się czytając kryminały Joanny Chmielewskiej oraz kibicując synowi podczas meczy piłki nożnej. Lidl Polska należy do międzynarodowej grupy przedsiębiorstw Lidl, w której skład wchodzą niezależne sp�łki prowadzące aktywną działalność na terenie całej Europy. Historia sieci Lidl sięga lat trzydziestycz dwudziestego wieku, a pierwsze sieci pod szyldem tej marki powstały w Niemczech w latach siedemdziesiątych dwudziestego wieku. Obecnie w 30 krajach istnieje około 10.500 sklepów tej marki, a w Polsce ponad 630. Dziś rozmawiamy o kampanii employer brandingowej, w której to Lidl wykorzystuje wizerunek własnych pracowników. Poznamy jak sprawdza się ich rozwiązanie oraz z czym zmierzyli się podczas tworzenia właśnie takiej spersonalizowanej kampanii. Książka o której Anna wspomniała to "Szczęśliwy mózg

Today's episode was recorded in Amsterdam where I had the pleasure of speaking with Vincent Thamm, a passionate Dutch entrepreneur who loves to ignite innovation & change in organizations and coaches on Lean Innovation and Agile ways of working. Next to his job as Agile Coach at Royal Schiphol Group, he has his own startup Ignite and is a Co-founder of the Lean Startup Leadership Platform Netherlands.  Today we will talk about Agile Transformation. Vincent will share why it matters to be agile as an organization, as a leader and as individual and how agile way of working transformed Transavia. You will also learn what are the pros and cons of agility. Link to Vincent Thamm's LinkedIn: The book Vincent reffered to can be found here To hear our other episodes, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn If you genuinely like today's conversation, feel free to share this episode and subscribe us on iTunes    Should you be interested in a topic that we

In today's episode we will talk about Talent Acquisition where Inna Yakovchuk, HR Director at JTI USA, will share JTI's global and local HR practices and how simple ideas are increasing the talent pool for this company. You will also learn what JTI USA does to ensure a positive candidate experience. MORE INFORMATION: Inna Yakovchuk is HR Director at JTI USA who has more than 15 years' of experience in the field of recruitment & training. She joined JTI in Ukraine 13 years ago, mastered HR and got a broad cross-cultural experience. She spent a year at HQ Geneva, supporting the launch of the Employee Engagement Survey initiative. She supported establishment of Caucasus markets building their HR functions. Her areas of professional interest are people management, talent development, succession planning and organizational design. Inna holds CIPD HR Certification and currently, she is leading Human Resources for JTI's market in the US.   JTI USA JTI is a leading global tobacco company operating in over 12

Moim dzisiejszym gościem jest Mirek Antonowicz – kierujący Wydziałem Rekrutacji i Procesów pracowniczych, odpowiedzialny w Grupie mBanku za wizerunek pracodawcy, rekrutację, procesy kadrowe, benefity oraz analizy HR. Mirek posiada ponad 12-letnie doświadczenie w obszarze HR ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem HR business partneringu, rekrutacji i wynagrodzeń. Entuzjasta podejścia „Evidence based", people analytics oraz nowych technologii w HR. Z wykształcenia bankowiec i psycholog organizacji. A prywatnie szczęśliwy mąż i tata trójki dzieci, zapalony biegacz i kibic piłki nożnej. mBank to 4-ty pod względem wielkości bank w Polsce, obsługuje ponad 5 mln klientów detalicznych i ponad 22 tys. klientów korporacyjnych. Jako pierwszy w Polsce uruchomił bank internetowy, a obecne rozwiązania mobilne są doceniane i nagradzane na całym świecie. Zatrudnia blisko 8 tys. osób. Wartości wyznawane przez mBank to myślenie klientem, patrzenie w przyszłość, upraszczanie, profesjonalizm i zaangażowanie. Jego misja to „Pomagać, nie w

Today's episode was recorded in Miami, Florida where I had the pleasure of speaking with Manu Gopinath, who, as Chief People Officer & Head of Global Business Developement, is a driving force in designing and implementing human capital strategy at UST Global. He is responsible for all aspects of UST's talent management for over 17.000 employees in 25 countries.  Manu is passionate about developing and implementing innovative workplace solutions which transform UST into a digital technology powerhouse. If you haven't heard about UST Global yet, you must know that this is a leading digital technology services company which provides powerful solutions to Global 1000 companies. Their mission is to lead companies through critical digital transformations in order to drive greater business value. MORE INFORMATION: Manu Gopinath, Chief People Officer & Head of Global Business Development As Chief People Officer, Manu Gopinath is responsible for all aspects of UST's talent management for over 17,000 emplo

To find out which companies around the world have been certified this year, please visit: www.top-employers.com and as David himself said "continuous development should become the HR priority for 2018". To hear our other episodes, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn, SoundCloud or Instagram  And if you haven't yet, go to Apple's podcast and subscribe, rate and review this podcast.  Thank you for joining us today and remember Develop.Always.

I am thrilled to present you today's episode with Matthew Burns, who as a head of HR for a global retailer - JYSK-, leads a team that was recently recognized for the Most Innovative Use of Technology in Canada. The, nearly 20-year corporate journey, has taken him around the world, supporting companies with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.   Speaking with Matthew I've discovered he is passionate about innovation and knows things need to change in the Corporate World. He is in his own words: a "recovering corporate hack', having recently discovered that his true passions lie, not in personal success, but in engaging and enabling the success of others.   In this interview Matthew explains what the winning formula was, to receive the XRef Award. Shares how technology implementation helped them in topics like Talent Acquisition and Onboarding, how people reacted to the implementation and usage of the HR technology and aside from the obvious efficiency, what cost-savings were a

I am super excited to kick off the first episode of 2018 in which my colleague Joost Hoff shares the global HR perspective based on the validations of multinational organizations participating in the Top Employers certification process in Europe, Africa and Latin America.   Right after finishing his MBA and starting his own consulting company, Joost begun his journey at the Top Employers Institute, where- in different roles based in the Netherlands and South Africa, he has been responsible for the development of the Top Employers Certification processes as well as the research of the HR strategies of more than 100 organizations.    He particularly enjoys the combination of working with people, analysing and simplifying processes.   Today, Joost reveals what he has experienced in the past 6 years working with us validating HR practices across the globe. He talks about the HR trends, shares splendid examples of diversity and discloses a shocking case he has witnessed in his work. An

This is the final episode of 2017 and we have a special guest on the show. I am speaking with Dave Ulrich, a Professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and Partner at the RBL Group.   Ranked as the #1 management guru by Business Week, profiled by Fast Company as one of the world's top 10 creative people in business, a top 5 coach in Forbes and recognized on Thinkers50 (Hall of Fame) as one of the world's leading business thinkers. Dave Ulrich has a passion for ideas with impact.   In his writing, teaching, and consulting he continually seeks new ideas that tackle some of the world's thorniest and longest standing challenges.     His bestselling books and popular speeches inspire the corporate and academic agenda. Dave has co authored over 30 books and 200 articles that have shaped three fields: organization, leadership and human resources.   He has spoken to large audiences in nearly 90 countries. performed

Moim dzisiejszym gościem jest Bożena Michońska, wiceprezes ds. Personalnych i Centrum Ekspertyz w Volvo Polska manager z wieloletnim doświadczeniem w firmach z kapitałem polskim i zagranicznym. Bożena to pasjonat rozwoju osobistego, coach i facilitator programów rozwojowych, aktywnie poszukująca r�żnorodnych metod samodoskonalenia. Facilitator Horse Assisted Education. Motto oddające jej podejście do życia to cytuję Paulo Coelho „Kto chce ujrzeć tęczę, musi polubić deszcz" i realizacji marzeń „I kiedy czegoś gorąco pragniesz, to cały wszechświat sprzyja potajemnie twojemu pragnieniu". Dziś omawiamy HR w środowisku produkcyjnym, jakie wyzwania są stawiane przed pracodawcami w obecnych czasach, o jakich zmianach mówimy i z uwagi, że byłam w firmie Volvo, co powoduje, że pracownicy właśnie tam chcą pracować A jakie aspekty wpływają na to, że Bozena jest tam od 12 lat.   Dodatkowo Bożena dzieli się swoimi obserwacjami nt. istoty budowania employer brandingu, komunikacji i feedbacku od potencjalnych oraz obec

Moim dzisiejszym gościem jest Anna Daszczyńska, dyrketor personalny dla grupy PepsiCo, bizness Partner, doświadczony manadżer i praktyk zarządzanie, która od kilku lat odpowiedzialna jest za Biznes Partnering, gdzie gł�wnym obszarem koncentracji jest kształtowanie i realizacja polityki zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi. Ania posiada bogate doświadczenie w obszarze wynagrodzeń i benefitów pracowniczych. Z pasją wdraża projekty mające na celu rozwój talentów oraz budowanie zaangażowania pracowników. PepsiCo Polska od trzech lat należy do grona Top Employers Polska. Dzisiaj z Anią rozmawiam o talentach. Ania odpowiada na pytania kim jest talent i dlaczego firmy posiadają programy rozwoju talentów? Ania również wyjaśnia jak do tego tematu podchodzi PepsiCo, czyli jakie są szkolenia, do kogo one są kierowane i jakie są możliwości rozwoju kariery oraz z jakich modeli o narzędzi PepsiCo korzysta. Mówimy również o indywidualnym podejściu menadżerów do rozwoju pracowników oraz jak rozwijać umiejętności liderskie. Książka

Moim dzisiejszym gościem jest Andrzej Wypych, który jako HR Head, od czerwca tego roku odpowiada za procesy HR w ArcelorMittal Business Center of Excellence, a z firmą ArcelorMittal związany jest od 2005 roku.   Dla tych, którzy nie wiedzą - ArcelorMittal jest światowym producentem stali, który w ponad 60 krajach zatrudnia blisko 210 (dwieście dziesięć) tysięcy pracowników, a 47% jego stali produkowanej jest właśnie w naszym regionie, w Europie.   Ja miałam okazję odwiedzić ich siedzibę w Dąbrowie Górniczej, gdzie omówiłam z Andrzejem specyfikę sektora SSC, co sprawia, że Polska jest tak atrakcyjnym miejscem dla nowo powstających centrów oraz jakie są możliwości rozwoju w tego rodzaju firmach (a co, według Andrzeja, zależy wyłącznie od nas samych).   W tym odcinku omawiamy również jak przyciągać najlepszych pracowników w tak konkurencyjnym sektorze oraz jak ich utrzymać (a Andrzej wierzy, że trzeba zrobić wszystko, żeby praca była naszym hobby).   Książka do której referuje Andrzej to "Pyp

In today's episode I speak with Ammara Naeem about employer branding. We discuss the importance of employer branding, what companies should consider when designing the employer branding strategy and how ROI can be measured. Ammara holds Research Project Manager role at the Top Employers Institute. She was born in Pakistan and has lived in many different countries. Ammara has created her passion for HR in a US embassy affiliated school in Pakistan where she worked as the HR Manager wearing different HR hats that was polished by her MBA project in the Employer Branding department of Booking.com in Amsterdam. Her most recent accomplishment is an MBA from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. As she says, it equipped her with business knowlede and sense that is much needed for an HR professional of the present time. To connect with Ammara, please use her LinkedIn profile The study Ammara refered to is from McKinsey   The book Ammara talked about is called "Who Moved My Cheese" To hear our other episodes,