Declan chats to Jenny Martin Senior Associate with William Fry LLP about the changes to Whistleblowing legislation (Protected Disclosures); Employment law changes including the effect on handling probation; and the rights of employees working more than one job and the challenges that will bring…     About our guest Jenny is a Senior Associate in […]

Declan talks to Backoworkconnect.ie founder and CEO Gina Oglesby on the barriers to returning to the workforce after a prolonged break; what organisations can do to improve this and tap into this source of talent; and what they bring to the table….and much more…   About our guest Gina is a social entrepreneur and the […]

Declan chats to Johnny Campbell on the current state of the Recruitment and Talent Acquisition world; why and how he co-founded Social Talent; organisational approaches to re-skilling employees; and how companies should recruit for the future not just the current vacancy…and much more…     About our guest Johnny Campbell is a serial disrupter in […]

Declan chats to Siobhan Kelly of AON Human Capital Solutions about the varied challenges in attracting and retaining high calibre Early Careers talent; how to develop and convey your EVP; assessing talent and predicting on job performance, and much more…     About our guest Siobhan Kelly, Director of Human Capital Solutions at Aon url: […]

Mick Lavin is an Organisational, Team, Agile Coach and Mentor who works with individuals and organisations to get the best out of themselves. Mick talks to us about the different roles of coaches and mentors; coaching for new leaders; internal and external coaches, and the subtleties of coaching across cultures and internationally…..and more….   About […]

Emily Castles, Co-Founder and CTO of Boundless joins Declan to talk about allowing employees work from anywhere in the world; the pitfalls to be avoided and the clear benefits of it to employees and expanding your talent pool…..and more….   About our guest Emily Castles is Co-founder and CTO of Boundless – a global employment […]

Declan is joined by Oliver Daniels of Bright Horizons and Gearoid Kennedy of LMM Care to chat about the impact of family friendly benefits on the gender pay gap, and the current state of childcare options in Ireland. They discuss this important subject and the impact it is having on the Gender Pay Gap and […]

Story Telling is becoming a key skill in the leadership toolkit - Declan talks to Padraig Hyland, CEO of The Core Story about why leaders and organisations should care. They discuss what it is and why it is more important to be able to tell your authentic story than merely state a purpose or mission; the components of a good story and why authenticity matters; the difference between a Smart and a Heart Strategy

Declan Collins chats to Stacey Machesney, Head of Health and Wellbeing and Enda Campbell, Strategic Wellbeing Consultant, at Irish Life Health. Discover how the use of data is vital to ensure you maximise your wellbeing programmes and understand their impact; how some wellbeing interventions work brilliantly in some organisations, but not in others; the return […]

18 months on Declan Collins checks back in with Laura Ryan, Director of International HR at Dropbox to see how their organisational wide move to remote working and a “virtual first” strategy has gone so far – they chat about the uptake of employees to access 3rd party remote offices (it is low), the importance […]