In this podcast, Mercer thought leaders, industry experts and business visionaries share big ideas and best practices to help you transform your organisation, build great workplaces and shape a more equitable and sustainable future – a future where work ‘works’ for everyone.

Making work ‘work’ is a podcast from Mercer Workforce Solutions.

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Episode 1

 

 How to make work lovable

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Episode 2

 

 Creating a culture of skills

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Episode 3

 

 Designing world-class early talent programs

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Episode 4

 

 Attracting and motivating talent in inflationary times

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Episode 5

 

 Becoming a skills-powered organisation: Arcadis' journey

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Episode 6

 

Why it's time to join the skills-powered movement

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Episode 7

 

What makes a great place to work?

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Episode 8

 

The impact of generative AI on HR and the workforce

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Episode 9

 

Advancing Women in STEM: You can't be what you can't see

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Episode 10

 

From tech trends to HR transformation: HR in the age of AI

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Episode 11

 

HR Trends 2024

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Episode 12

 

Creating lovable work in 2024

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Episode 13

 

Navigating leadership challenges: Insights from seasoned leaders

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Episode 14

 

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: Insights and Strategies for HR leaders

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Episode 15

 

Get ready for workforce 2.0: Global talent trends 2024

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Episode 16

 

Transferable skills: What can a former rugby captain and an artist teach organisations?

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Episode 17

 

Test, learn, adapt: Skills-powered transformation at Arcadis 

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Episode 18

 

From automation to augmentation: Sharing the productivity gains from AI

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Episode 19

 

HR: From personnel department to leaders in AI activation

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Episode 20

 

Salary and benefits trends 2025: The tide is turning in favour of employers

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Episode 20: Salary and benefits trends 2025: The tide is turning in favour of employers

26 min | November 2024

Host:

Andrew Lafontaine
Partner, Workforce Solutions, Mercer

Guest:

Nithya Abraham, General Market Leader, Digital & Insights, Mercer Pacific
Don Barrera, Client Engagement Manager, Digital & Insights, Mercer Pacific

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Episode 19: HR: From personnel department to leaders in AI activation

30 min | November 2024

Host:

Andrew Lafontaine
Partner, Workforce Solutions, Mercer

Guest:

Shane O'Neill, Host of the HR Community Podcast

You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcast.

Episode 18: From automation to augmentation: Sharing the productivity gains from AI

25 min | September 2024

Host:

Cynthia Cottrell
Workforce Solutions Leader, Pacific

Guest:

Ravin Jesuthasan, Global Transformation Leader at Mercer, futurist and bestselling author on the future of work and human capital

You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcast.

Episode 17: Test, learn, adapt: Skills-powered transformation at Arcadis 

60 min | July 2024

Host:

Cynthia Cottrell
Workforce Solutions Leader, Pacific

Guest:

Amy Baxendale
Global Capability & Workforce Readiness Director at Arcadis

You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcast.

Episode 16: Transferable skills: What can a former rugby captain and an artist teach organisations?

30 min | June 2024

Host:

Emma Webb
Senior Associate, Workforce Transformation, Mercer Pacific

Guests:

Dean Mumm
National Manager, Corporate Sport, Marsh Australia

Georgina Lee
Principal, Employee Experience & Culture, Mercer Pacific

You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcast.

Episode 15: Get ready for workforce 2.0 - Global talent trends 2024

45 min | May 2024

Host:

Cynthia Cottrell
Workforce Solutions Leader, Pacific

You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcast.

Episode 14: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: Insights and Strategies for HR leaders

18 min | April 2024

Host:

Courtney Hughes-Lord
Principal Transformation Consultant, Mercer 

Guests:

Lang Ip
Principal, Workforce Analytics, Mercer

Anne Le Blanc
Senior Principal, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead, Mercer

Episode 13: Navigating leadership challenges: Insights from seasoned leaders

22 min | March 2024

Host:

Dean Tulloch  
Leadership & Talent Practice Leader, Mercer

Guests:

Paul Hennessy 
Australian Sales Leader, Mercer 

Episode 12: Creating Lovable Work in 2024

18 min | December 2023

 

 

Episode 11: HR Trends 2024

56 min | December 2023

Host: 

David Guazzarotto
Leader for Digital HR and Technology Advisory practice, Mercer Pacific

Episode 10: From tech trends to HR transformation: HR in the age of AI

25 min | August 2023

Guest: 

David Guazzarotto
Leader for Digital HR and Technology Advisory practice, Mercer Pacific


Episode 9: Advancing Women in STEM: You can't be what you can't see

26 min | July 2023

Guest: 

Jenine Beekhuyzen
Founder and CEO, Tech Girls Movement Foundation
https://www.techgirlsmovement.org


Episode 8: The impact of generative AI on HR and the workforce

27 min | June 2023

Guest: 

Ilya Bonic
President, Career, Mercer


Episode 7: What makes a great place to work?

20 min | May 2023

Guest: 

Gaye Morris
Chief People Officer, Mercer Pacific


Episode 6: Why it's time to join the skills-powered movement

22 min | April 2023

Guest: 

Ravin Jesuthasan
Global Transformation Leader at Mercer


Episode 5: Becoming a skills-powered organisation: Arcadis' journey

28 min | March 2023

Guest: 

Amy Baxendale
Global Capability & Workforce Readiness Director, Arcadis


Episode 4: Attracting and motivating talent in inflationary times

28 min | February 2022

Guests: 

Chi Tran

Head of Market Insights and Data, Mercer Workforce Solutions, Pacific

Andrew McKechnie

Head of Mercer Workforce Solutions, NZ


Episode 3: Designing world-class early talent programs

25 min | February 2023

Guests:

Fiona Herron
Senior Manager of Graduate Programs, Commonwealth Bank

Phil Harrington

ANZ Practice Lead, Mercer Talent Assessments


Episode 2: Creating a culture of skills

25 min | November 2022

Guest:

Anne Le Blanc
Senior Principal, Workforce Solutions, Mercer Pacific


Episode 1: How to make work lovable

24 min | October 2022

Guest: 

Andrew Lafontaine
Partner, Strategy & Growth, Workforce Solutions, Mercer Pacific

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