People are the most important part of any business, and to that end, the HR function can and must play a role in driving value, in its myriad forms, for businesses.

In this episode of The HR Leader Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with consultant Jane Edgar (who has served in senior HR roles in numerous major Australian businesses) about the importance of HR's role as an enterprise value driver, what has held HR back from fulfilling certain functions over the years, why the current climate provides a window for HR to showcase its worth, and the questions HR needs to ask of itself in being an enterprise value driver.

Edgar also delves into the practical steps HR needs to implement to drive value, hurdles standing in the way of HR's success, navigating time constraints, lessons she's learnt from running a P&L, taking a holistic approach to creating value for the business, and what excites her about the prospect of HR being more of a value driver.

The Payday Super reforms are coming, but, troublingly, nearly half of Australian organisations are not properly aware of, or do not fully appreciate, how the new frameworks will impact them. Here, we unpack how HR can not only prepare their businesses for the looming changes but also implement practical strategies to ensure smooth processes moving forward.

In this episode of The HR Leader Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Remote go-to-market lead in APAC Nick Martin about his background in the human resources and recruitment spaces, what the Payday Super changes are and why they are significant, the prospective impacts on businesses from those changes, and the extent to which Australian organisations are not yet across what's coming.

Martin also delves into the potential penalties for non-compliance, the questions that businesses and HR teams must be asking right now, practical steps to be taken, the role of HR in implementing those steps, and how HR can better design new workflows, and his message to those organisations that still have their heads in the sand.

In this special episode of The HR Leader Podcast, produced in partnership with Deel, we explore the shifting hiring landscape in the age of AI, and how employers and HR professionals alike can find and implement efficiencies.

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Deel head of talent acquisition Alan Price about how the recruitment landscape has evolved in the last year or so, the significance of such changes and how workplace processes for hiring have shifted, improvements to the candidate experience and aiming to eliminate biases in the hiring process.

Price also delves into how recruiters can be empowered in the age of AI rather than being replaced, turning AI into a strategic and competitive advantage, ethical considerations around such platforms, what the future holds for recruitment and HR's role, and how best HR can grasp looming opportunities.

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