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Welcome to the HR Coffee Time podcast; a fortnightly podcast full of tips and ideas to help you have a successful and fulfilling HR career (without working yourself into the ground).

Podcast · By Fay Wallis · English · Official site

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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    184 | Two Great Decision-Making Techniques for When You’re Stuck Between Two Options (opens the original)

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    Have you ever found yourself going round and round in circles trying to choose between two options? Perhaps you’re deciding whether to recruit externally or promote someone internally, introduce a new policy or stick with what you already have, invest in a new HR system or make the current one work, or even stay in your current role or apply for something new. Sometimes the problem isn’t that you haven’t thought hard enough about the two options. It’s that you’ve become so focused on them that y

  2. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    183 | What Is Employee Experience? How HR Can Actually Improve It (opens the original)

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    What exactly is employee experience? How is it different from workplace culture, employer brand or your employee value proposition? And what can you actually do to improve it? In this episode of HR Coffee Time, I’m joined by employee experience expert Chris Manning, People and Culture Portfolio Transformation Lead at Primark. Chris explains what employee experience really means and why it matters for organisations of every size. He shares practical ways to understand and measure the experience y

  3. Episode · Aug 14, 2026

    182 | HR Team Building: An Activity Every New HR Leader Should Try (opens the original)

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    🎁 Download your free Personal User Manual template: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/resources Taking over the leadership of an HR team can come with a long list of things you want to improve, but one of the most valuable things you can do first is help your team build trust, understand each other and work well together. In this episode of HR Coffee Time , Fay shares one of her favourite team-building activities: creating and sharing Personal User Manuals . Personal User Manuals give everyone an opport

  4. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

    181 | HR in the AI Era – The 5 Foundations Every HR Leader Needs (with Charlotte Goulding) (opens the original)

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    HR professionals have a huge opportunity to shape how, why and when AI is used across their organisations. Because AI is not only changing technology. It is changing jobs, skills, teams, management and the way work gets done. And HR is uniquely placed to make sure those changes work for both the organisation and its people. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Fay is joined by People Consultant Charlotte Goulding to explore how HR professionals can help shape successful AI adoption across their or

  5. Episode · Jul 17, 2026

    180 | (Day 5) The Strategic HR Sprint – Making Strategic Work a Priority (opens the original)

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    Does it feel hard to make time for strategic work when you’re already so busy? Welcome to Day 5 of The Strategic HR Sprint, a free five-day learning experience designed to help you strengthen your strategic thinking and build your confidence about being strategic. 🧭 Sign up for free at https://brightskyhr.co.uk/sprint to receive all five episodes, worksheets, AI prompts and resources. In this final episode, Fay explores how to create and protect time for strategic work, even when your diary is f

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