The Haylo Effect Podcast
🎙️ The Haylo Effect Podcast — Practical HR Insights for Modern People Leaders
Welcome to the The Haylo Effect Podcast, your trusted source for real-world HR advice, expert interviews, and actionable strategies for today’s dynamic workplace. Whether you're an HR professional, business owner, or people manager, this podcast helps you navigate the complexities of human resources with clarity and confidence.
Hosted by seasoned HR consultant Trish Hewitt, each episode explores essential topics like recruitment, employee engagement, performance management, HR tech, organisational culture, and employment law. Learn how to build inclusive teams, streamline your HR processes, and solve the people problems that matter most to your business.
🧠 Real conversations with HR leaders, founders, and specialists
⚙️ Tactical insights for small businesses and growing organisations
📈 Designed to help you align people strategy with business goals
Subscribe to The Haylo Effect Podcast and join a growing community of professionals committed to creating better workplaces — one episode at a time.
Episodes
42 episodes
The Science of Productivity: Harnessing Flow States for Maximum Impact
Have you ever looked up from your work to find hours have passed in what felt like minutes? That magical state of total immersion, what psychologists call "flow", might be the key to unlocking your greatest potential and reclaiming your life fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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49:30
The Human Inside: Balancing AI and People in HR
What happens when artificial intelligence meets human resources? That's the fascinating question at the heart of my conversation with Amanda Arrowsmith, former People and Transformation Director at the CIPD and a transformation specialist with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:08
Authentic HR: Vicky Campbell on DEI, Work-Life Balance, and Innovation
Ever wondered what truly drives inclusive workplaces beyond the policies and tick-box exercises? HR expert Vicky Campbell joins us for a candid conversation about creating environments where everyone genuinely belongs.Vicky cuts through...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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34:30
Transforming Performance Management
Transforming Performance Management with Chris BjorlingIn this episode, our host interviews Chris Bjorling, President of Fidello, and winner of the Golden Stevie Award. The conversation focuses on the evolution and importance ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:23
The Power of Feedback, what organisations get wrong and how to get things right!
In this episode, we sit down with Rachel Way to discuss the vital topic of feedback in the workplace. Drawing from her extensive experience in HR and 360 feedback sessions, Rachel shares her insights on why feedback is essential, how it can be ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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24:20
Bad Bosses Ruin Lives
What do bad bosses really cost us, and how do we break the cycle?In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Debra Corey, award-winning HR leader and co-author of Bad Bosses Ruin Lives: The Building Blocks for Being ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:03
What You Need to Know About the Employment Rights Bill- Key Changes Explained (Part 2)
🚨 New Employment Law Changes You NEED to Know | Fire & Rehire, Sick Pay, Fair Work Agency ExplainedIn this powerful episode, top employment lawyer Joanna Sutton returns to break down some of the most controversial and progressive up...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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27:57
What You Need to Know About the Employment Rights Bill – Key Changes Explained
🎙️ Episode Title:What You Need to Know About the Employment Rights Bill – Key Changes Explained📌 Show Notes:In this episode, employment law expert Joanna Sutton joins Tap HR’s Trish Hewitt to br...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:26
Episode 34 Inclusive language in the workplace
In this episode I caught up with the amazing Emily Horton from More Diverse Voices to talk about using inclusive language in the workplace, we cover:✅ What is inclusive language✅ How to apologise when you get things wrong✅ Great...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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40:12
Episode 33 What is Allyship?
In this episode, about I caught up with the amazing Katie Allen from Katie Allen Consulting to talk all things Allyship, we cover,✅ What is Allyship?✅ Why is Allyship important and why does it matter?✅ How can ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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36:47
Episode 32 Unusal Employment Law Cases: 2023’s Top 5 Shockers
#employmentlaw #employment #law #hr #discrimination #unfairdismissal #harassment #banter 2023 saw some unusual cases reach the Employment Tribunal in the UK. In this episode, I'm joined by Roscoe Fernandes, an Employment Lawyer fro...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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26:13
Episode 31 Interesting Employment Law Cases from 2023
2023 saw some interesting cases reach the Employment Tribunal in the UK. In this episode, I'm joined by Joanna Sutton, an Employment Lawyer from Nockolds Solicitors Limited to discuss these cases in more detail and what both employees and emplo...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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45:34
Episode 30 What is Perfectionism and how it impacts people in the workplace
In this episode, we caught up with Tina Neve to discuss perfectionism and how it effects individuals in the workplace. We cover questions like:✅ What is perfectionism?✅ What are the main causes of perfectionism?
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:15
Episode 29 Workplace Stress
In this episode we cover workplace stress and how employees and businesses can manage its effects. Speaking to Sean Riley, an Occupational Psychologist, we cover questions like: ✅ How would you define workplace stress?✅ What a...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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38:01
Episode 28 Menopause the basics providing support in the workplace
In this episode, we talk to Anita Arscott-Brookes, an accredited menopause expert, about all things menopause. We cover all things menopause related including:✅ What is Menopause✅ What is perimenopause✅ Menopause sym...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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17:31
Episode 27 Cybersecurity for Small Businesses
In this episode, we cover key questions about Cybersecurity with Marc Briggs. We talk through:✅ What is Cybersecurity?✅ Why are more people talking about cybersecurity?✅ How have cyber threats evolved over the years?...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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32:13
Episode 26 Neurodiversity
This week we're talking about Neurodiversity with the effervescent Kirsty Heap of Kirty Heap Coaching. This episode covers 👀 :✅ What is neurodiversity ✅ Why neurodiversity is important ✅ What can organisations do to su...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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25:54
Episode 25 Sick Pay
This episode covers how sick pay (Statutory Sick Pay or SSP) works in the UK. Suitable for both employees and employers we cover the basics including:✅ What Sick Pay is?✅ Who gets Sick Pay? ✅ How much Sick Pay is?<...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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9:13
Episode 24 Domestic Abuse- Supporting Employees
In this episode we spoke to Sharon Livermore of Domestic Abuse Education about how she raises awareness of domestic abuse and supports employers with how they can support employees who are suffering.We cover:Sharon's story of surv...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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23:33
Episode 23 Leadership
In this episode, we cover leadership and how businesses can support and develop great leaders. We talk through questions like:✅ What's the difference between leadership and management?✅ Leadership skills✅ What's the definition o...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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20:21
Episode 22 Pensions | Understanding the basics
In this episode we catch up with Chris Eastwood from Penfold to talk through all things UK pension related that employers need to know, we cover pressing questions including:✅ What are pensions?✅ How do pensions work?✅ Why are p...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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29:42
Episode 21 Contracts of Employment
In this episode, we chat with Tosh Polpitiye of Astute Law about all things contracts of employment. We cover:✅ Why it's important to have contracts of employment✅ What contracts of employment are✅ When you should issue con...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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28:19
Episode 20 Bank Holidays
This episode covers some key questions;✅ What are bank holidays?✅ Who is entitled to them?✅ What to do when additional bank holidays are addedA question we’ve been asked a lot recently is do I have to give people the day...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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5:26
Episode 19 Insights and Team Communication
In this episode, Trish and Anita discuss how the Insights Discovery tool can help businesses improve team communication.A psychometric tool based on the psychology of Carl Jung, Insights Discovery is built to help people understand them...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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20:51