Best jonathanlord Podcasts (2026)

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HRUnpacked Episode 22- Improving staff digital maturity in 3rd sector with Guests Professor Marie Griffiths and Marc Harrison 50:46

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Digital Maturity in the Third Sector. Charities have traditionally been slower to adopt digital innovations compared to their public and private counterparts and today we welcomeProfessor Marie Griffiths and Marc Harrison from Salford Business School who are working on a project to help charities …

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HRUnpacked Episode 21- The Healing Process: A Restorative Approach to Resolving Workplace Disputes- Guests Tracy Boylin and Rebecca Foreman 1:06:18

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing The Healing Process, which was established to support current and former NHS Highland employees affected by bullying. Based on “Healing Principles” agreed upon by NHS Highland executives, trade unions, and whistleblowers, The Healing Process provided a non-adversarial avenue for addressing concern…

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HRUnpacked Episode 20- Menopause in the workplace- Guest Emma Neville - Founder at This Is Me 44:12

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Menopause in the workplace, which under current legislation, is covered under the Equality Act 2010 and the Health and Safety at Work Acts. We are delighted to welcome Guest Emma Neville - Founder at This Is Me- Emma is the founder of the online community This Is Me, a person-centred counsellor, a…

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HRUnpacked Episode 19-The Employer Confidence Index 2025 with guest Alan Price - Group Chief Operating Officer at Peninsula UK 51:26

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be reviewing Peninsula’s Employer Confidence Index report, taking a look at some of the key issues and challenges that businesses around the world are facing. We are delighted to welcome Alan Price , Group Chief Operating Officer at Peninsula UK You can download the Peninsula’s Employer Confidence Index report …

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HRUnpacked Episode 18- An update on the Employment Rights Bill - Potential labour law changes in 2025 and 2026 with Guest Nicola Mullineux - Associate Director - HR Content at Peninsula 54:53

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be reviewing the Employment Rights Bill, taking a look at some of the key employment law changes made as well as prospective changes over the next 12 months. We are delighted to welcome Nicola Mullineux , Associate Director - HR Content at Peninsula This podcast is based on the amended Bill as it was published …

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HRUnpacked Episode 16 - How to create a decent organisation culture, attract good talent and develop brand appeal with Laura Kelly, Head of Talent and Culture at GG Hospitality. 50:44

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the topic of creating a decent organisation culture, attract good talent and develop brand appeal We are delighted to welcome Laura Kelly, Head of Talent and Culture at GG Hospitality. Laura has 17 year’s experience in the hospitality industry and has significant experience within HR across multip…

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HRUnpacked Episode 15 - Men's mental health & how the workplace can help with Hannah Bermudez 38:28

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the topic of Men's mental health which has become an increasingly important public health issue, with significant implications for individuals, families, and society at large. Mental health statistics show that over a third of men (35%) think they've had a diagnosable mental health condition at so…

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HRUnpacked Episode 14 - Employment Law reform in the Election Manifesto's with Nicola Mullineux Associate Director - HR Content at Peninsula 46:59

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the 2024 General Election, taking place on the 4th July, we’re taking a look at some of the key promises relating to employment law made by the leading political parties. We are delighted to welcome Nicola Mullineux , Associate Director - HR Content at Peninsula…

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HRUnpacked Episode 13 - How to help people be happy at work - with Sir Cary Cooper 54:52

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Wellbeing at Work with the effects of lockdown still affecting workplaces and how the balance has tilted from sickness absenteeism to sharp rises in presenteeism and leaveism. Other recent research also shows that, despite much more homeworking during and after pandemic lockdowns, 43% of people st…

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HRUnpacked Episode 12 - What is Neurodiversity and how can employers support staff? 36:17

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Neurodiversity which affects between 15–20 % of the UK population. According to the National Autistic Society, 45% of neurodivergent people have lost or left their job because of challenges due to being misunderstood, with 102 cases being heard at employment tribunals in 2022 where employees said …

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HRUnpacked Episode 11-Improving the workplace with The Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter 35:30

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing the Good Employment Charter which supports all employers in the Greater Manchester region regardless of size or sector, to improve employment standards. We’re delighted to welcome Ian MacArthur who is Director of the GM Good Employment CharterBy Dr Jonathan Lord & Kate Palmer

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HRUnpacked Episode 10 - Can AI support HR professionals at every stage of the employee lifecycle? 34:11

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing AI and whether it can support HR professionals at every stage of the employee lifecycle. We’re delighted to welcome Dr Maria Kutar who is a Reader in Information Systems at Salford Business School, Co-Lead of the Disruptive Technologies Research Cluster and a Board member of the UK Academy for Inf…

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HRUnpacked Episode 9 - Accent-discrimination - Should accent be a protected characteristic 36:12

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be discussing Accent Discrimination and whether it should be a protected characteristic. We’re delighted to welcome PROFESSOR ROB DRUMMOND who is Professor of Sociolinguistics, Head of the Research Centre for Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics (CELL), and a founding member of the Manchester Ce…

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HRUnpacked Episode 8 - Quiet Quitting and the importance of employee engagement 38:41

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The notion of ‘quiet quitting’ has been around for centuries with trade unions using ‘working to rule’ as a means of industrial action. However, there is now a contemporary trend where Generation Z workers are encouraged to do the bare minimum at work in order to avoid burnout, as they 'recalibrate what's important to them' after Covid. In this epi…

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HRUnpacked Episode 7 - Value Based Leadership with Morson Group CEO Ged Mason 29:26

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at ‘value-based leadership’ We’re delighted to welcome Ged Mason the CEO of Morson International, Britain's leading manpower services company. The organisation specialises in supplying skilled white-collar staff - engineers, quantity surveyors and project managers - to the aerospace, defence, nuclear…

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HRUnpacked Episode 6-How HR can support victims of domestic violence 36:51

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at how HR can help identify and support staff facing domestic violence We’re delighted to welcome Sophie Travis who is Counselling Manager at Health Assured, an award-winning employee assistance programme and the UK and Ireland’s largest EAP, giving caring and compassionate support to over 15 million…

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HRUnpacked Episode 5 Bitesize - Embracing Real Diversity & Inclusion 5:47

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Welcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome Sami Ben-Al who is Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Wood, a company with 40,000 professionals, across 60 countries and are one of the world’s leading consulting and engineering companies operating across Energy and the Built Environment. Sami talks about how Wood have…

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HR Unpacked Episode 5 - Embracing Real Diversity & Inclusion 37:21

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the issues of discrimination in the workplace. A new Netflix documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch has highlighted the ongoing issue of how companies are defending their acts of discrimination through blaming abstract forces that impact life, in this case beauty standards, …

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HRUnpacked-Episode-4-EXTRA - P & O - The-Redundancy-Voyage 5:33

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Welcome to this EXTRA podcast where we are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who has worked as a sous chef on the Pride of Canterbury and has refused his redundancy terms of £30,000 as well as signing a non-disclosure agreement. John talks through his tribunal claim and why he will never accept the methods undert…

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HRUnpacked Episode 4 - P & O: The Redundancy Voyage 31:47

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the implications of P & O’s decision to sack 800 staff members without consultation, the affect this will have on staff members & their families as well as the wider implications for employment relations in the UK. We are delighted to welcome John Lansdown, a P & O staff member for 15 years who ha…

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HRUnpacked Episode 3 - Recruitment in a post-COVID world 38:53

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be looking at the future of recruitment and what it will look like in a post-COVID world. COVID has affected all our lives in numerous ways and some will argue that it’s changed the way we live and work for good. More employers are recruiting for those with a different set pre-covid and candidates will be looki…

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HR Unpacked: Episode 2: Bite Size- An Employment Tribunal decision on mandatory vaccinations 2:44

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James Potts, Legal Services Director at Peninsula UK, outlines the tribunal decision in the Ms C Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd case. which found that the refusal by an employee to be vaccinated constituted a failure to comply with a reasonable management instruction, justifying a dismissal on the grounds of conduct.…

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HR Unpacked: Episode 2: Mandatory Vaccination in the workplace 31:52

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be analysing mandatory vaccination in the workplace and how tribunals have reacted to claims around this contemporary area of employment law. We welcome special guest James Potts to cast his expert eye over the finite details and how employers can support all stakeholders navigate the continuous changing nature…

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HR Unpacked: Episode 1: The workplace post-covid 36:20

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Welcome to this podcast where we will be focusing on the covid rules that have affected all of us over the last 2 years and impacted permanently how the world of work will look in the future. 1-Welcome to the podcast 2-What have been the Covid regulations? 3-What are the current changes to covid workplace regulations? 4-The Great Resignation v The …

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