Episode 45: Speaking the Language of Business as an HR Leader (Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow in conversation)

Episode notes

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we go behind the curtain on building high-performing organisations with honest conversations between experienced leaders. In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture, and authenticity look like in practice. HR does not earn influence by changing its name, adopting more polished language or reporting the metrics it finds most familiar. It earns influence by solving genuine business problems - and by making the commercial value of that work clear to the stakeholders who matter. In this episode, hosts Andrew Bartlow and Jess Yuen examine how people leaders can translate HR activity into organisational outcomes, build credibility with executives and connect their work directly to the company’s most important priorities. Andrew and Jess explore why measures such as engagement, attrition and vacancies may only tell part of the story.

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