The Sticky From The Inside Podcast

How To Generate A Truly Caring Culture

What does it take to generate a truly caring culture within a business?  What moves you from talking about caring about the people you work with and have the privilege to lead, to actually doing it?  What are the benefits of truly caring?  Is that even a question we need to ask? Isn't it obvious?  Well, whether it is obvious or not, it certainly isn't common practice, despite what the last two years have shown us about the importance of looking out for each other and showing that people really matter.
 
In this episode your host, Andy Goram, talks to Jane Adshead-Grant, executive coach, and author of the books “Are you listening, or just waiting to speak?” and the recently published “The Listening Coach”.  Jane is also an Ambassador of Truly Human Leadership and part of the Chapman & Co. Institute who want to create more businesses who truly care.  The wonderful Bob Chapman and Barry Wehmiller story provides the backdrop for a great conversation on what it really takes to generate a truly caring culture.

How To Create An Intentionally Joyful Culture

"When the work of your heart, your hands, and your mind is done to serve others with delight, that is joy."  That is the mantra of Rich Sheridan, Co-Founder of Menlo Innovations, a software development company that is known the world over for its intentionally joyful culture.
 
In this episode, your host, Andy Goram talks to the international speaker and best-selling author of Joy Inc., and Chief Joy Officer about what it takes to create an intentionally joyful culture. But don't be fooled by the word joy.  This isn't a lesson in how to be more happy-clappy at work.  Far from it.  This is about working hard, as a team, with a clear sense of purpose and an empowering spirit of experimentation and trust.

A ”Novel” Look At HR

In this episode, Andy Goram speaks to Emma Harvey, from Candid HR who's written a novel called "Have You Got A Minute?" which takes a look at the issues faced by HR professionals and businesses today, from a different perspective.
The characters and funny stories in the book are based on Emma's real-life experiences and she shares some of those as the two talk about issues like The Great Resignation, the battle for talent, hybrid-working, and of course, people having sex at work!

How To Thrive In A Post-Pandemic Workplace

In a post-Pandemic world, how well you execute your go-forward strategy will heavily determine if you go on to just survive or thrive. So why do some businesses continue to separate strategy from employee engagement? Engagement without strategy execution, leaves you with people happily, productively doing things that are not actually benefitting the business. But strategy execution without engagement is not sustainable either.  The two go hand-in-hand.
 
In this episode, Andy Goram talks to Roly Walter from Appraisd, a tech company that is taking a fresh look at performance management, about how and why strategy execution and engagement should remain the best of bedfellows if you want long-term, sustainable success.

How To Engage Your Team And Brain

Understanding how and why the brain functions as it does can have a dramatic effect on your ability to engage with yourself and others.  In this episode, Andy Goram talks to Change Specialist, Neuroscientist, and Founder of Neuro At Work, Dominique Ashby about the influence our brains have on our ability to engage with the people in our teams, and the things we can all do to engage them more effectively. Using the backdrop of Spring, traditionally a time of change and new planning, Dominique shares her insights and tips for tuning into your brain and by doing so, maximising your ability to perform and engage.

Why Fairness Is Important

Andy Goram and Business Psychologist, Pip Gwynn, from Insight-HRC discuss the concept of fairness at work, which has become a hot topic recently, based on the alleged behaviour at No. 10 Downing Street, lately.
 
Just 18% of us think we work in a high-fairness workplace, according to research by Gartner.  During this conversation, Andy & Pip discuss what this means for business, what's going on in our brains when we encounter situations we think are unfair, how that impacts our behaviour and what we can all do about it.

What Is Employee Engagement, Anyway?

Andy Goram and Rob Robson from The People Experience Hub, look to answer the seemingly simple question, "What Is Employee Engagement, Anyway?" and see where they differ in their opinions.
 
During the conversation they discuss the plethora of definitions there are out there for employee and engagement and why that might be. They also dig into the measurement of it, sharing their opinions on what's good, what's bad, what's missing and what the future might look like.

The Not-So-Secret-Secrets To Employee Engagement

An ex-Chicago trial lawyer shares their perspectives on the not-so-secret secrets of employee engagement and leadership on the Sticky From The Inside Podcast.
 
Andy Goram talks to Paul Glover about making the journey from defending clients to engaging employees, creating positive company cultures and coaching leaders to be more effective, and shares a few surprises along the way.

How To Be A Kind Leader

Being a kind leader starts with being kind to yourself.  Andy Goram & Jen Hope discuss how on the Sticky From The Inside Podcast Episode 31.  Their conversation covers employee engagement, employee experience, employee wellbeing, and skills and practises a leader can use to show how being kind is important. After all, actions speak louder than words.
 
The conversation takes in elements of Kim Scott's - Radical Candor, a whole host of personality profiling tools, such as Lumina Spark and DISC and sees Andy with his head in his hands at the thought of hugging and high-fiving himself! All is revealed in the episode...

How To Engage Employees In 2022

Andy Goram looks ahead to 2022. He takes a look at the foundations of how businesses can engage their employees in 2022 and beyond, and what's in store for the Sticky From The Inside Podcast in 2022.