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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). It can feel hard to put yourself and your own career first when you're so busy looking after everyone around you. It can leave you at risk of burning out, finding that you're not where you want to be in your career, or feeling unsure about what you want from your career anymore. This podcast is here to help. Join career coach and founder of Bright Sky HR, Fay Wallis as she and her expert guests share advice on how to get what you want from your career. If you enjoy the podcast, learn more at: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/ or connect with Fay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faywallis/Copyright 2022 Bright Sky HR Ltd Economia Ricerca del lavoro Successo personale
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  • 187 | What’s Next for Your Career? 4 Options to Help You Decide

    187 | What’s Next for Your Career? 4 Options to Help You Decide
    Oct 9 2026

    Career progression does not always have to mean securing a promotion or climbing further up the career ladder. You may want to deepen your expertise, move into a different area of HR or explore a completely new path.

    In this solo episode, Fay talks you through four possible career directions: growing in your current role, stepping up, moving sideways or stepping out. She also shares practical questions to help you decide which direction feels right for the next stage of your career.

    What You’ll Learn
    • Why meaningful career growth does not always require a promotion or a new job title
    • How growing in your current role could help you develop your expertise, confidence or strategic impact
    • Questions to consider if you would like to step up into a more senior position
    • How a sideways move could broaden your experience and support your longer-term career goals
    • Practical ways to explore stepping out of your current career path before making a major change
    • How to identify the work, strengths and experiences you would like more of in your career
    • Why choosing a general direction can help you make more deliberate decisions, even if you do not have every detail worked out yet

    Chapters

    [0:00] Introduction: The Four Career Directions

    [01:15] Option 1: Grow in Your Current Role

    [03:28] Option 2: Step Up into a More Senior Role

    [05:21] Option 3: Move Sideways

    [07:03] Option 4: Step Out - Leaving Your Current Path & Exploring New Options

    [08:48] How to Choose Which Career Direction Is Right for You

    [10:19] Using The Essential HR Planner to Turn Your Decision Into a Plan

    [11:37] Closing: What Do You Want Next from Your Career?

    Useful Links and Resources
    • Connect with Fay Wallis on LinkedIn
    • Learn about Fay’s Inspiring HR Leadership Programme
    • Treat yourself to a copy of The Essential HR Planner

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    13 min
  • 186 | How Integrating Practical HR Training into Manager Development Helped Managers Succeed (with Amy Critchley)

    186 | How Integrating Practical HR Training into Manager Development Helped Managers Succeed (with Amy Critchley)
    Sep 29 2026
    Managers are expected to handle everything from one-to-ones and development conversations to absence, performance issues and disciplinaries. Yet many step into management without having been properly taught how to deal with these responsibilities. For HR and People professionals, finding a way to build managers’ knowledge and confidence without overwhelming them can be a real challenge.In this special bonus episode of HR Coffee Time, Fay Wallis is joined by Amy Critchley, Head of People at Indigo Networks. Amy explains how she created a management development programme from scratch after joining an organisation that had not previously had a dedicated HR or People team.Amy shares practical ideas for combining essential HR knowledge with wider management development, making potentially dry subjects more engaging and helping learning stick. She also explains how the programme strengthened relationships between managers and changed the way they worked with the People team.What You’ll Learn How to decide which topics to prioritise when creating a management development programmeWhy combining practical HR knowledge with wider management skills can make training more effectiveIdeas for making subjects such as absence, investigations, disciplinaries and employment law more engagingHow to accommodate different learning preferences without relying on lengthy presentations or uncomfortable role playWays to support learning beyond the workshop through e-learning, workbooks, drop-in clinics and People Partnering sessionsHow real-life scenarios, discussion and peer learning can build managers’ confidenceSigns that manager training is working, including stronger peer relationships and a more positive relationship with the People teamChapters [00:00] Introduction: Why managers matter[01:14] The challenge of developing managers[02:02] The Workforce Success Stories Summit[02:49] Meet Amy Critchley: building a management development programme[04:11] How Amy identified the need for manager training[05:47] Deciding on the training content[08:28] Combining HR knowledge with management development[09:50] Designing engaging, brain-friendly training[13:27] Wraparound support: e-learning and drop-in clinics[15:28] From drop-in clinics to people partnering[17:46] Measuring success: executive buy-in and manager engagement[20:18] Changing the perception of HR[24:16] Making learning stick: worst-case scenarios and one-to-ones[29:06] How the programme changed HR's perception in the business[32:43] Book recommendation and wrap-upUseful Links and Resources Learn more about the Workforce Success Stories SummitConnect with Fay Wallis on LinkedInLearn about Fay’s Inspiring HR Leadership ProgrammeTreat yourself to a copy of The Essential HR PlannerBook Recommended in This Episode The Trainer’s Toolkit: Bringing Brain-Friendly Learning to Life, by Kimberly Herr and Larry ReynoldsAmy recommends this practical resource for ideas on keeping training real, recognising the different needs of people in the room, creating multisensory learning and managing the state of the group.Helpful Episodes to Listen to Next Episode 129: Five Essential Techniques to Become a Great Manager, with James RoseEpisode 118: 9 Tips to Unlock Training Success When You're a Busy HR ProfessionalEnjoyed This Episode? Don’t Miss the Next One! Sign up for the free weekly HR Coffee Time email for useful HR resources, ideas and new episode updates to support you in your HR career.
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    36 min
  • 185 | Cancer at Work: How to Support Employees Through Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond (with Tara Ferguson)

    185 | Cancer at Work: How to Support Employees Through Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond (with Tara Ferguson)
    Sep 25 2026
    Cancer affects far more people in the workplace than many of us realise. As HR professionals, there may be times when you're supporting an employee with a cancer diagnosis, someone undergoing treatment, a colleague living with the long-term effects of cancer, or an employee who is caring for a loved one affected by it.Knowing that support matters is one thing. Feeling confident about what to say, what practical help to offer, and how to create the right support across your organisation is another.In this episode, Fay is joined by Tara Ferguson, Founder of Onward With You. Drawing on more than 20 years in senior HR roles and her own experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, Tara shares practical advice to help HR teams and managers better support people affected by cancer at work. Together, they explore the role good line management can play, the reality of living with cancer beyond active treatment, and the steps organisations can take to build greater cancer confidence.What You’ll Learn Why cancer should increasingly be considered a long-term condition rather than a short-term illnessThe scale of cancer's impact on today's workforce, including employees with caring responsibilitiesWhat Tara's line manager did that made such a positive difference during her diagnosis and treatmentWhy work can sometimes play an important role in someone's recovery and wellbeing during treatmentWhat HR professionals need to understand about legal protections and reasonable adjustmentsHow to approach the first conversation when someone shares a cancer diagnosis with youPractical steps organisations can take to improve awareness, support and manager capabilityChapters [0:00] Introduction: Cancer at Work[01:15] Meet Tara Ferguson[02:50] Tara's Story: From HR to Cancer Diagnosis[03:48] The Changing Face of Cancer in the Workplace[05:12] How Tara Is Now: The Ongoing Impact[08:07] Cancer in the Workplace: The Statistics[11:36] What Good Line Manager Support Looks Like[15:32] The Positive Role of Work During Treatment[17:13] Legal Protections & Reasonable Adjustments[19:05] Supporting Employees with Hidden Cancer Diagnoses[21:40] Having the First Conversation About Cancer[24:20] Organisation-Wide HR Strategies[27:26] Book Recommendation & Resources[29:27] How to Reach Tara[29:55] Key Takeaways & ClosingUseful Links and Resources Visit Tara's website:Onward With YouConnect with Tara Ferguson on LinkedInConnect with Fay Wallis on LinkedInLearn about Fay's Inspiring HR Leadership ProgrammeTreat yourself to a copy of The Essential HR PlannerBooks and Resources Recommended in This Episode The Leopard in My House, by Mark SteelTara also mentions a number of resources available through Onward With You, including:A guide covering 12 common questions HR professionals and line managers ask about supporting employees affected by cancerThe Cancer Confidence FrameworkThe Cancer Confidence HR MasterclassEnjoyed This Episode? Don’t Miss the Next One! Sign up for the free weekly HR Coffee Time email for useful HR resources, ideas and new episode updates to support you in your HR career.
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    33 min
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