Inspiring Thoughts Podcast

23. Conduct Change with Nicki Eyre

 

 

In this week's Inspiring Thoughts Podcast we tackle the sensitive subject of bullying in the workplace.

 

Stephen Adams is joined by Nicki Eyre who shares her expertise on the subject and helps guide us through its complexities. Through her business Conduct Change Nicki helps people who have been the victim of bullying and also helps businesses change behaviours in order to help prevent bullying and avoid having a bullying culture. 

 

They discuss the costs of bullying to businesses and also what you can do if you are being bullied yourself.

 

Thank you to Nicki for a really informative chat, please take a listen here: 

22. The HR Change Maker - Kelly Swingler

TEDx and International Keynote speaker, Kelly Swingler joined us on our Inspiring Thoughts Podcast to talk about her role as a HR Change maker. 

 

Kelly's mission is to help HR professionals become the best happy, healthy and high performing versions of themselves. 

 

Kelly and Stephen Adams discuss the changing world of HR and how vitally important it is for the role of HR to be more clearly defined and for the HR leader to be given a place at the table when it comes to business strategy. 

 

Thank you for your insight Kelly, we loved having you on this episode. You can listen to the podcast here:

 

 

21. Authentic Leadership with Tom Martin

Tom Martin has been in leadership roles for over 20 year and in this weeks Inspiring Thoughts podcast he shares his thoughts on what make an authentic leader. 

 

Tom believes his love of football and sport has instilled in him many of the traits that a good leader should have from work ethic to making mistakes. He also shares how personal events have help shape his resilience and how compassion and being a 'values led' leader can leave lasting impressions on those who you work with for many years to come.

 

Take a listen to Stephen Adams chat with Tom here.

20. Hypnotherapy Supports Wellbeing

How can hypnotherapy support your wellbeing? In this weeks podcast Stephen Adams talks to Clinical Hypnotherapist, Nicole Valens on this hugely interesting subject.

 

Nicole explains what happens to us during hypnotherapy and the benefits it can have for us when dealing with a variety of issues. As well as being used for changing habitual patterns, hypnotherapy is successful in helping people beat stress, anxiety and self-confidence issues as well as supporting our physical wellbeing in areas such as exercise and nutrition.

 

If you have ever wondered if hypnotherapy could benefit you or your work colleagues, then please take a listen here.

 

19. Transforming HR from Beige to Brilliant with Magical Energy with Michelle Hartley

Michelle Hartley's passion for HR and infectious personality is evident from our first few minutes of chatting on our Inspiring Thoughts Podcast. Michelle is a huge advocate for HR being used to help change the world, if you let it.

What other business function can help create an environment in which high performance can happen? Which other department can help transform both the organisation and people's lives? I

f you work in HR or L&D and you agree that training doesn't need to be dull and grey, then please take 30 minutes to listen to Michelle chat to Stephen Adams, such a fun episode we think you will enjoy.

18. Turning Stress into Success with Jake Naudé

In the latest of ICL’s Inspiring Thoughts Podcast series, Stephen Adams has the pleasure of speaking with Jake Naudé from stressedexecutive.com.

After many years of working in the corporate sector, Jake came to realise the pressures of his full time job needed to be addressed and recalibrated. He found the solution he was looking for in hypnotherapy and after a period of in depth study of this incredible tool was able to turn Stress into Success.

In a fascinating account of a topic many of us have heard of but are unlikely to have much first hand experience of, Jake shares some tips and tricks which he considers are key to well being and balancing our busy modern lifestyles.

17. NLP brought to life with Emma McNally

What is NLP?

Neuro Linguistic Programming is a tool which can help us in so many aspects of our lives. Emma McNally is an expert in this field and in this weeks Inspiring Thoughts Podcast we hear from Emma about the benefits of NLP and the applied neuroscience behind the theory.

Emma's passion for this topic is obvious and she tells us about the impact of what we say to ourselves and how, by changing our language patterns, we can help ourselves make better decisions.

From imposter syndrome to personal fears to gaining confidence we explore how NLP can help us achieve greater success. To hear more about this fascinating subject, listen here:

16. The Future of HR with Amanda Nicholls

The world of HR is changing and in this weeks Inspiring Thoughts Podcast, Amanda Nicholls talks with Stephen Adams about the future of HR and its place within the world of work.

Amanda shares with us her insight on how businesses need to ensure HR is an integral part of their growth strategy and the benefits of having a HR function which compliments the business. We hear about the need for HR to be more proactive and how it can achieve this by being more data driven, looking at trends in the future to help build HR strategy.

If you work in HR we sure you will agree with a lot of the sentiment and if your company doesn't have a HR plan, we would definitely recommend you take a listen.