Episodes
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Long Term People Strategy
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
PODCAST ALERT: Wanna get some tips from an ex-Googler?In this episode, we are inviting Stephan Thoma to talk us through ways of setting up a Long Term People strategy and making work for your business.https://lnkd.in/dATwSyeThe value of this week's episode is predominantly aimed at People leaders who own their people strategy and function.It would be especially interesting if you are looking at building a long term strategy for your people function or if you’re wondering if your people strategy is even ready for a long term strategy?This podcast episode will help to understand the following: Defining “long-term”, building a strategy that works for your business and your people agenda and the practical approaches you might want to consider.Olya Yakzhina & Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD, the People-people.*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast is now on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Effective People Metrics
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
We are back with Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD & Olya Yakzhina discussing the Effective Metrics to take in 2021!https://lnkd.in/dSBs5WaTo help us have a fruitful discussion we have invited a metric guru Pavel Golenistsev, who helped us unpack the following questions:1. What metrics do we want to be taking?2. How do we develop questions that will measure those metrics?3. What practical tools and actionable ways of working with metrics and analysis are available?We are excited about this episode as it will show that metrics do not have to be boring, they can be empowering, life-changing and transformational to your People Strategy. So let them!*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast is now on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Short Term People Strategy 2021
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
PODCAST ALERT:Are you an HR leader in need of inspiration with your strategy next year? Look no further...https://lnkd.in/di7Jm-DOlya Yakzhina and Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD discuss the 2021 People strategy.On this episode, we look at the HR fundamentals and where to start with your People and Talent roadmaps.Areas to start with:1) Org design and being prepared.2) How to be proactive in 2021 vs reactive.Let's start 2021 strong as a People function! Thank you to all of you for listening to us in 2020! See you all in the New Year. The Modern Employer is signing off for a well-deserved break.*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast is now on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Creating Better Experience with Remote Redundancies
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Boom! Shake the room with a topic no one wants to talk about - Creating Better Experience with Remote Redundancies.- What? How? When? And then?https://lnkd.in/dZm5dQZIn summary, that's the drift of this podcast. With some great wisdom from Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD, Olya Yakzhina and a surprise guest April Georgia Williams (MCIPD) we are unpacking the meaning of "redundancies" as a process for our mental health, for what it means and how it impacts us and for how to build successful processes now to be able to give your best self later (if need be, and ofc, hopefully, that's never)*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.*
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Remote Onboarding Employee Experience
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
It's happened! Your voices have been heard and we recorded a podcast on the subject you've requested - Remote Onboarding Experience with Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD & Olya Yakzhina!https://lnkd.in/dWHNYhrThis podcast covers our experience of setting up some incredible, creative, practical and scalable remote onboarding solutions for our companies.If this is something you are interested in or just passing by and want to compare how we do it vs how your onboarding has been so far, stop by and tune in!*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.*
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Returning BACK TO THE OFFICE!
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
- How do we make it Human?- How do we support our Culture?- How do we generate Excitement?- How do we consider Psychological Safety?This podcast is a collection of tips and tricks for returning back to the office in the most human way possible, created by People people (aka Olya Yakzhina & Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD) & our GUEST speaker Georgia Barrett! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom! #shamelesspromotion*Find The Modern Employer #wildcards podcast on: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro and Soundcloud. Download and listen later.*
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Talent Acquisition vs Recruitment
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
By Olya Yakzhina & Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPDThis is the second podcast in our series of podcasts from the Modern Employer - #wildcards :1) Learn how to set up a talent function and the remit of Talent acquisition.2) Innovative ways of looking through CV's and making sure candidate experience is met.3) What does the future of our TA look like? What other creative ways could we source the right talent? What is culture add?4) Fundamental differences between Talent Acquisition and recruiters.5) Why do we not use agency recruiters?6) When would we use recruiters?
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Flexible Working - Considering All Angles
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
How to tackle the visibility of leadership?How to approach L&D?How to support commercial teams who are used to selling F2F?Podcast by Olya Yakzhina and Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD answering the burning questions you guys have asked us! :)

The Modern Employer
The Modern Employer Podcast was born out of frustration with the current state of play in People functions. Olya Yakzhina asked: Why isn’t the function taken seriously by leadership? Why do employees often have no idea what the People team is there to do? Why has "HR" become a scary word, and why are people with that title often seen as unapproachable?
Determined to challenge and change this narrative, Olya created a podcast channel focused on how to build a future for People functions that is progressive and transformational. The hashtag #wildcards became a symbol of refusing to conform to the outdated norms still too common in the industry.