Speaking and podcasts
Real HR stories, told straight.
I speak at business events, leadership conferences and networking groups, and I’m available as a panellist and podcast guest. The focus is the people challenges growing businesses actually face. No theory. No corporate jargon.
Topics I cover
Straight-talking, and grounded in real cases.
- How to manage difficult conversations without making them worse
- The people mistakes growing businesses make, and how to avoid them
- When a growing business needs HR support
- The people foundations every employer should put in place
- Building a team that stays: retention for scaling businesses
- What “good HR” actually looks like in a business as it grows
- Leading people through growth, restructures and change without losing your best people
- Making HR work for the business, without unnecessary complexity
Who books me
Events that want someone who has been in the room.
Business networking groups, membership organisations, leadership away days, and conference organisers looking for a speaker who’s been in the room, not just read the book.
Listen and read
Podcasts and articles
Podcasts, radio and video
Managing Redundancies: Insights from 20 Years in HR
Redundancy Matters with June Hogan · Season 2, Episode 2
How to plan every detail, communicate with empathy, support line managers, keep survivors engaged, and protect your own wellbeing, from large-scale restructures to sensitive single-role deletions.
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Managing Redundancies The Right Way
The Business Brunch, Get Radio · Week 250 · January 2026 · Radio show and video panel
A panel chat with host Ben Thompson, Saif Khan of Crossland Solicitors and Linda Moseley of Brighter Changes on managing redundancies with care, clarity and compassion.
Watch on Get Radio
Becoming a Portfolio Interim: One Year In
The Interim with Duncan Stott · Season 1, Episode 12 · March 2025
How to move from a permanent job to a portfolio career with several clients, fitted around your life, doing the work you’re really good at.
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Buzzsprout
Making People Data Matter: From Reporting to Real Influence
Beyond The Water Cooler with Lisa Lloyd · January 2026 · Podcast and YouTube
Why people data shouldn’t be just another admin task, and how to use it to understand your business and influence real decisions.
If you’re HR, listen up: the future of work in 15 minutes
Talent Unboxed Podcast, ACS Solutions · YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Coming soon · SOLO HR
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