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Employer Branding
Internal Communications
Diversity and Inclusion
Candidate Profiling
AI In Recruitment
Crisis Management
Artificial Intelligence
Talent Acquisition
People Activation
High Performance
Polymorphic Organization
Careers After Babies
Institute Of Internal Communication
Career Change
Internal Conferences
Risk Register
Public Sector
Public Relations
Engagement
Trust

LEAP Listens is a bitesize podcast hosted by Sara MacGregor and Roger Cayless who are both leaders in Employer Branding, Candidate Experience and Recruitment Marketing. In this ongoing series of podcasts they tackle client and industry themes and along the way host expert guests who provide opinion, stories and advice on the world of ‘people communications’.

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In this episode of LEAP Listens, Sara and Roger are joined by internal communications and change specialist Rachel Tolhurst to explore why empathy should sit at the heart of organisational change. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Rachel s... more

In this episode of LEAP Listens, Sara and Roger are joined by organisational anthropologist Dr Alex Gapud to explore what organisations can learn when they look beyond surveys, spreadsheets and engagement scores. Drawing on his work studying workplac... more

In this episode of LEAP Listens, Sara and Roger are joined by internationally recognised HR thinker and transformation expert Perry Timms to explore the idea of the 'polymorphic organisation' a business designed to adapt, shift and evolve as the worl... more

In this episode of LEAP Listens, Sara and Roger are joined by communications and change specialist Howard Krais to challenge one of the workplace’s biggest assumptions: that employee engagement scores actually tell us anything useful. Drawing on deca... more

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Dr. Alex Gapud
Organizational and cultural anthropologist
Anthropology at Work
Episode: Why employee surveys only tell half the story of workplace culture with Dr Alex Gapud
Perry Timms
HR thinker and author advocating polymorphic organizations
Independent consultant / author
Episode: Why the future of work needs a different kind of organisation with Perry Timms
Howard Krais
Co-founder of True, experienced in communication and change
True (with Anne-Marie Blake)
Episode: Why employee engagement scores are broken with Howard Krais
Jules Fisher
PR and comms lead at Merchant
Merchant
Episode: Why PR could be your missing channel in employer brand with Jules Fisher
Barbara Phillips
PR and communications professional with 25+ years' experience, focusing on EDI/DEI and organizational culture
Brownstone Communications
Episode: How AI can make workplaces psychologically safer with Barbara Phillips
Sarah Farrow
Award-winning communications consultant
Independent/Self-employed
Episode: How to get Internal Comms crisis-ready in any organisation with Sarah Farrow
Abi Humayun
Co-founder and director of Client Experiences for People Activation
People Activation
Episode: Turning internal conferences into culture shifting moments with Abi Humayun
Dion Pillay
Head of Marketing Technology, Enablement and Governance at LNG; co-chair and founder of LGBT+ equality and inclusion group; founder of One Life Coach
LNG; One Life Coach
Episode: The transformation within: Finding your true self through career change with Deon Pillay (and Charlie)
Steve Betts
Talent acquisition professional with gaming sector experience
IDT (gaming)
Episode: What every talent team gets wrong about candidate profiling with Steve Betts

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Sara MacGregor
Host of LEAP Listens, LEAP Create; experienced in employer branding, recruitment marketing, and internal communications
Roger Cayless
Co-host of LEAP Listens; practitioner in employer branding and internal communications; leads on client-facing and strategic aspects

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How AI can make workplaces psychologically safer with Barbara Phillips
Q: With the EDI Guru, is it for businesses or individuals or both?
It's for leaders, HR, and individuals—aimed at helping leaders understand员工 experiences, enabling HR to act within policy, and giving individuals a private space to explore concerns before engaging others.
What every talent team gets wrong about candidate profiling with Steve Betts
Q: How important is cultural fit when evaluating a candidate, and what does it involve?
He emphasizes a two-part view of cultural fit: what the person will bring to the organization culturally and how they will develop within the team, underscoring that diverse perspectives can add valuable, different capabilities to the business.
What every talent team gets wrong about candidate profiling with Steve Betts
Q: Great. So when you're reviewing a candidate's profile or CV, what are the first three things you look for?
Steve explains that the key factors come from conversations with the hiring manager to identify the role's core requirements, including the specific technologies and the top-level audience to target, and then using that to shape a focused profile rather than casting a wide net.
What Every Employer Gets Wrong About Parenthood with Jess Heagren
Q: What advice would you give to companies and managers who have women returning from maternity leave to help them be more supportive?
Listening, asking open-ended questions, and showing empathy are the core practices. Managers should accommodate practical needs (like earlier arrivals for nursery drop-offs) and avoid rigidly enforcing processes that hurt the employee's ability to contribute, which in turn boosts loyalty and productivity.

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The program is a concise, practitioner-focused series that explores how culture, communications, and technology shape how organizations attract, engage, and retain talent. Each episode features practitioners and experts—from internal communications leaders to EVP researchers and AI advocates—sharing actionable strategies, real-world case studies, and practical frameworks for employer branding, employee engagement, crisis readiness, and leadership communications. Notable throughlines include grounding people strategies in lived experiences rather than purely numbers, leveraging PR and storytelling for employer branding, and exploring how evolving tech (including AI) can support safer, more inclusive workplaces. The show often blends theory w... more

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2. Perry Timms
3. Howard Krais
4. Jules Fisher
5. Barbara Phillips
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7. Abi Humayun
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