The Modern Employer #wildcards

The Modern Employer #wildcards

We explore all things HR and Talent related. We go through the current news and build on specific in-depth topics employers and employees alike need to hear. Keep up to date being a modern employer and join the #wildcards.

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March 27, 2026 36 mins

This episode looks at a pattern many organisations feel but rarely name.

High-performing women are often trusted with increasing complexity, asked to hold together systems and solve problems, while the authority to shape outcomes doesn’t grow at the same pace. Over time, performance stops being enough, and influence becomes the real constraint.

We explore what sits underneath this. Why common responses like confidence or developmen...

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The New Rules of AI for People Leaders!

In this episode, we are unpacking our long-boiling thoughts about the use of AI by People teams. When there are so many options out there, which one to use? How do we know what is best for us? How do we talk about it openly with others without judgment?

Olya Yakzhina's thought partner in this episode is Hernan Chiosso, CSPO, SPHR 💡, Founder of Productise HR and creator of HR Innovation newsl...

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This podcast episode is for People professionals and organisations experiencing growth or preparing to scale. It explores how to build a strong culture framework, become a standout People function, and scale without losing the energy of a young startup. Key insights will cover the role of People Metrics, including different types, how to choose the right ones for your business, and how to use them to drive sustainable growth.

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In this episode of The Modern Employer podcast we are unpacking the taboo subject of menstruation at work and how it impacts and enables performance of people who menstruate.

We touch on the ways the employer can build an environment where they thrive as well as their allies. This episode bring in a Woman's Health Mentor Carmen Amador Barreiro, who uses a unique perspective to shift the stigma and enable you to be a better organisa...

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In this episode, we will explore what it feels like to be a female people leader and how hard it can sometimes be to navigate our career development and growth in a male-dominated senior leadership world.

 

We are here on this journey, we have the space to be here - we already made it so! and we have the right to be ourselves and bring the value we have inside of us to the world!

 

Today, you will be hosted by me, I am Olya Yakzhi...

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January 4, 2024 38 mins

With Adam Horne from Open Org and with Thomas Forstner from Juro, Olya Yakzhina is discussing the ins and outs of transparent culture as a concept and as a potential project for a progressive People leader to embark on.

Tune into this episode to learn more about:

- The Business Case for Transparency and how to built one

- Using Open Org as your independent accreditor and all they ask you to comply with - how on earth to get this do...

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January 12, 2023 29 mins

Culture as a Product

 

In this episode, we are chatting with the Founder of Sapien, Luke O'Mahoney. 

Who is this for: People-people who wish to approach employee experience as a product and learn product engineering ways so they can adopt it. How do you even talk about agile ways of working without sounding like you are out of your depths?

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September 5, 2022 36 mins

Cancer at Work... A difficult topic. How do People teams support employees when they approach them after a diagnosis? Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD has been brave and compassionate to share her personal story with cancer. This episode comes almost 8 months after our last and I am sure you can deduce the reason for that from the title of this episode. The episode will be useful for: - Employees who are dealing with cancer - People p...

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August 6, 2022 38 mins

One of our favourite topics discussed with an awesome and knowledgeable guest Jack Villiers, the Founder & CEO of KULA! This episode will bring the most value to People-people and organisations who are going through a period of growth in their companies or planning for scale and scope. We will discuss how to stay driven as an organisation in a world of building processes and structure. How to create an inspiring workplace and ens...

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August 6, 2022 36 mins

The Modern Employer is back from a much-needed rest! We missed you so much and decided that the first podcast should focus on something incredibly current, practical and necessary - Salary Benchmarking! In our newest episode "Salary Benchmarking Made Easy" we will talk about: - Why salary benchmarking is important and at what stage it becomes more relevant? - What to watch out for when conducting salary benchmarking? - Practical t...

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MOBILISING TEAMS & EFFECTIVE PROCESSES? Gee, those are some big words right there. Let's unpack them with our wonderful guest Ghilaine Chan as we jump into the world of young startups that scale! If you are a leader who is trying to make processes that people will actually follow while maintaining your values and beliefs - jump on this podcast and get some valuable and actionable advice for where to start and what to consider! A...

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August 6, 2022 41 mins

CULTURE when SCALING? Podcast alert: How to Scale with People at Heart? https://lnkd.in/dHnv6Nk One of our favourite topics discussed with an awesome and knowledgeable guest Jack Villiers, the Founder & CEO of KULA! This episode will bring the most value to People-people and organisations who are going through a period of growth in their companies or planning for scale and scope. We will discuss how to stay driven as an organi...

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August 6, 2022 40 mins

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/dATwSye The 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 ...

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August 6, 2022 38 mins

We are back with Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD & Olya Yakzhina discussing the Effective Metrics to take in 2021! https://lnkd.in/dSBs5Wa To 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 met...

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August 6, 2022 48 mins

PODCAST ALERT: Are you an HR leader in need of inspiration with your strategy next year? Look no further... https://lnkd.in/di7Jm-D Olya 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 st...

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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/dZm5dQZ In summary, that's the drift of this podcast. With some great wisdom from Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPDOlya 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 mea...

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August 6, 2022 53 mins

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/dWHNYhr This 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 h...

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August 6, 2022 39 mins

- 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...

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August 6, 2022 44 mins

By Olya Yakzhina & Karthika Biju MSc, MCIPD This 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) Fun...

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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! :)

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