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Leading Through Uncertainty108: Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher on adaptability and challenges as the CEO of IOSHSend us a textVanessa Harwood-Whitcher is the Chief Executive of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Vanessa shares insights into IOSH's mission to promote global occupational safety and health standards, emphasizing the importance of proportionate risk management. But don’t let the topic of health and safety put you off. Prepare to be engaged and inspired as you listen to Vanessa share her experience of leading an organisation that many might consider uninteresting. Vanessa clearly isn’t! Vanessa is a fantastic leader who shares her leadership approach, highlighting the balance betwee...2025-03-2536 min
Recruitment in the modern worldRIBA's role as a voice of the architectural profession, with Valerie Vaughan-Dick MBEAnthony Haynes writes: On this podcast, we've tended to focus on talent acquisition and career development, especially in relation to our core market - which comprises professional organisation (membership bodies, awarding bodies, and learning providers). But we've been intending for some time now to pivot occasionally to feature the work of our clients more broadly.In this, the first episode of this type, we had the good fortune to interview Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick (CEO, RIBA). We discuss:RIBA's rolecurrent priorities for RIBAacting as a voice of the professionthe changing needs for skills and human capitalValerie's careerl...2024-09-1018 min
Recruitment in the modern worldRecruiting talent with a commercial edge, with Fiona Wilson's Talent ReportAnthony Haynes writes: Our experience of working with organisations for professionals (membership organisations, learning providers, and awarding bodies) shows that there is a long-term and still growing trend of wishing to recruit people who can help the employer develop a sharper commercial edge.In this episode, Fiona Wilson (MD of FJ Wilson Talent Services) provides detailed guidance on where the challenges lie and how they can be avoided or overcome. She focuses on the issues ofcandidate attractionselection processesinductionThis is the first episode in our Talent Report series in which Fiona provides insights gleaned...2024-08-0720 min
The Purposeful StrategistMake Health and Safety a Strategic ConcernEmployers and health-and-safety professionals face an increasingly complex array of challenges as they try to make workplaces physically and psychologically safe.Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher is Chief Executive of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. Listen as she explains how IOSH is equipping employers and health-and-safety professionals to deal with their ever-widening remit, on this episode of The Purposeful Strategist.2024-07-1100 min
Recruitment in the modern worldEstablishing a culture of coaching, with Vanessa Harwood-WhitcherAnthony Haynes writes: 'Being passionate' has become a cliché of management speech - but in the case of Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher (CEO, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), the culture of coaching is genuinely a passion. Our conversation explores, in the context of IOSH's culture, the relation of coaching to a range of concepts - notablyempowermentlearning culturelearning from each other - informally as well as formallyIn the process, we consider the significance of inclusion, psychological safety, reverse mentoring, feedback, and reflective learning. LinksIoSH website: iosh.com2024-06-2022 min
IOSH podcastThe Future is Bright, says Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher, IOSH chief executiveIn this episode, we speak to IOSH’s chief executive, Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher. Vanessa discusses her first six months in the job, how the profession has earned the recognition it deserves thanks to Covid, and why we should be optimistic about the future.2022-02-1016 min