In this HR Uprising episode, Lucinda is joined by Dan Simpson, Head of People and Leadership in Europe at Siemens. They explore a variety of topics, mainly exploring Dan's journey and career progression through the world of HR. In addition, they also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of working for a large global organisation. Overall, providing key HRD insights that can be applied at all levels of HR.

Key Takeaways
Dan’s experience in people began in Sainsbury’s, where he joined the staff council in the hopes of bolstering his CV. His provocative questions and initiative saw to it that a career in HR began soon afterwards.
One of the most valuable lessons learned early on was that no-one in the HR world should deem to know their people if they don’t know how the business itself works from top to bottom.
HR is about being a partner to the business, and helping the business build the capability it needs to deliver its own promises to its stakeholders.
Relationships have been key to not just Dan’s career, but the growth of the HR industry in general. HR is all about leveraging the most useful and talented members of a business in order to make it stronger.
The danger of scanning the outside and bringing it in is that context can be lost along the way. Context is extremely important when trying to design things that make sense to your environment.
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, advocacy is never enough. With the help of his team, Dan was able to provide data-based conclusions in order to promote these vital causes in business.
The trick of great organisational development (O.D.) is to frame the problem around “generative images”. Decide where you are now, and encourage people to describe it to you with the problems that go with that.

Best Moments
'Two weeks later I found myself in an assessment centre’ 
’Never let anyone near a HR office, if they don’t know how the business works’ 
‘Assessment centres and development centres are still the closest match you will get to a real-world event’ 
’Sometimes you have those crossroad moments where you have to make that call’ 
‘I had a real challenge getting Siemens to buy into diversity and inclusion’ 
‘Unconscious bias training is like one of those wearable devices you put on your wrist’ 
‘It’s so important to maintain your perspective, even in the heat of the moment' 

Valuable Resources
Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn Group
Host of The HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda Carney, is also the founder and CEO of Actus Software, where you can find additional free HR Resources: https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Dan Simpson began his career at Sainsbury's, having been talent-spotted by the HR Director and invited onto the graduate programme. Whilst at Sainsbury’s, Dan worked as a graduate trainee manager, executive assistant to a senior Director as well as the Personnel and Training Manager of two stores.

Consequently, Dan left Sainsbury's to join Siemens in their UK corporate HR talent management team. He became the Head of HR for Siemens Wind Power in the UK and then moved back into a corporate role to become the Head of Talent for the UK and Northwest Europe.

Following this assignment, he was appointed as the Head of People & Leadership across Europe and served as a member of the Siemens Global Talent Expert team. Certainly, he is passionate about diversity and inclusion, leading on this for Siemens in the UK and globally throughout his career.

In 2020, Dan will join the new Siemens Energy company as it prepares to be listed as a separate company in the autumn. He will jointly lead the global expert team for Organisational Development, focusing on building an enterprise succession and diversity concept.

Away from work, he is passionate about politics, Star Wars, comic book movies as well as Arsenal FC. In addition, Dan lives with his wife and two children in Surrey.
Dan Simpson on LinkedIn

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Lucinda Carneyis a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.

"When we look up we rise up”

Contact Method
Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/
Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/
Twitter: @lucindacarney
Instagram: @hruprising
Facebook: @hruprising
YouTube: Channel

In this HR Uprising episode, Lucinda is joined by Dan Simpson, Head of People and Leadership in Europe at Siemens. They explore a variety of topics, mainly exploring Dan's journey and career progression through the world of HR. In addition, they also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of working for a large global organisation. Overall, providing key HRD insights that can be applied at all levels of HR.
Key Takeaways
<ul>
<li>Dan&rsquo;s experience in people began in Sainsbury&rsquo;s, where he joined the staff council in the hopes of bolstering his CV. His provocative questions and initiative saw to it that a career in HR began soon afterwards.</li>
<li>One of the most valuable lessons learned early on was that no-one in the HR world should deem to know their people if they don&rsquo;t know how the business itself works from top to bottom.</li>
<li>HR is about being a partner to the business, and helping the business build the capability it needs to deliver its own promises to its stakeholders.</li>
<li>Relationships have been key to not just Dan&rsquo;s career, but the growth of the HR industry in general. HR is all about leveraging the most useful and talented members of a business in order to make it stronger.</li>
<li>The danger of scanning the outside and bringing it in is that context can be lost along the way. Context is extremely important when trying to design things that make sense to your environment.</li>
<li>When it comes to diversity and inclusion, advocacy is never enough. With the help of his team, Dan was able to provide data-based conclusions in order to promote these vital causes in business.</li>
<li>The trick of great organisational development (O.D.) is to frame the problem around &ldquo;generative images&rdquo;. Decide where you are now, and encourage people to describe it to you with the problems that go with that.</li>
</ul>
Best Moments
<ul>
<li>'Two weeks later I found myself in an assessment centre&rsquo; </li>
<li>&rsquo;Never let anyone near a HR office, if they don&rsquo;t know how the business works&rsquo; </li>
<li>&lsquo;Assessment centres and development centres are still the closest match you will get to a real-world event&rsquo; </li>
<li>&rsquo;Sometimes you have those crossroad moments where you have to make that call&rsquo; </li>
<li>&lsquo;I had a real challenge getting Siemens to buy into diversity and inclusion&rsquo; </li>
<li>&lsquo;Unconscious bias training is like one of those wearable devices you put on your wrist&rsquo; </li>
<li>&lsquo;It&rsquo;s so important to maintain your perspective, even in the heat of the moment' </li>
</ul>
Valuable Resources
<ul>
<li>Join the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/">HR Uprising LinkedIn Group</a></li>
<li>Host of The HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda Carney, is also the founder and CEO of Actus Software, where you can find additional free HR Resources: <a href="https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/">https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
ABOUT THE HOST
&nbsp;
Dan Simpson began his career at Sainsbury's, having been talent-spotted by the HR Director and invited onto the graduate programme. Whilst at Sainsbury&rsquo;s, Dan worked as a graduate trainee manager, executive assistant to a senior Director as well as the Personnel and Training Manager of two stores.
Consequently, Dan left Sainsbury's to join Siemens in their UK corporate HR talent management team. He became the Head of HR for Siemens Wind Power in the UK and then moved back into a corporate role to become the Head of Talent for the UK and Northwest Europe.
Following this assignment, he was appointed as the Head of People &amp; Leadership across Europe and served as a member of the Siemens Global Talent Expert team. Certainly, he is passionate about diversity and inclusion, leading on this for Siemens in the UK and globally throughout his career.
In 2020, Dan will join the new Siemens Energy company as it prepares to be listed as a separate company in the autumn. He will jointly lead the global expert team for Organisational Development, focusing on building an enterprise succession and diversity concept.
Away from work, he is passionate about politics, Star Wars, comic book movies as well as Arsenal FC. In addition, Dan lives with his wife and two children in Surrey.
<ul>
<li>Dan Simpson on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-simpson-9201283/">LinkedIn</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
ABOUT THE HOST
&nbsp;
<a href="https://hruprising.com/about-lucinda-carney/">Lucinda Carney</a> is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&amp;D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to &lsquo;rise up&rsquo; together.
"When we look up we rise up&rdquo;
Contact Method
<ul>
<li>Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn community - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/</a></li>
<li>Email: <a href="mailto:Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk">Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk</a></li>
<li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/</a></li>
<li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LucindaCarney">@lucindacarney</a></li>
<li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lucinda_hruprising/">@hruprising</a></li>
<li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HRUprising/?modal=admin_todo_tour">@hruprising</a></li>
<li>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElHrzfM0DVcvS7FuoQtOhw">Channel</a></li>
</ul>

Welcome to the HR Uprising Podcast.

This engaging podcast explores HR ‘hot’ topics and challenges through conversations with relevant experts and real-life HR; O.D. or L&D professionals. HR Uprising is about creating an inclusive forum that enables us to share and learn from experts and everyday professionals. Hosted by Actus CEO Lucinda Carney a Business Psychologist; Chartered Psychologist; Experienced HR Change Agent; Entrepreneur; Speaker and Coach. There are two types of show format the ‘In focus’ episodes where Lucinda delves into a specialist topic in some depth and the ‘Conversations with’ series where we interview experts and people like you. Our hope is that our shows are both informative and fun.
The HR Uprising Podcast is all about learning through collaboration; taking evidence-based action and helping colleagues to have the confidence and skills to rise-up through their organisations by delivering real, lasting business value. You can access more information on each Podcast including resources or links mentioned in the show at our website www.hruprising.com. If you are a forward-thinking HR; L&D or O.D. professional who has a success story or challenge that others can learn from and you would like to be featured in future podcasts you can get in touch through one of the routes below.

Connect with us here:                                                                                                                                      Join the LinkedIn community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/
Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising  X (Twitter): @hruprising YouTube: @ActusSoftware   

Lucinda is the founder and CEO of Actus Software, which offers a fully integrated HR solution designed to simplify performance management. Our comprehensive Performance, Learning, and Talent Suite enhances employee development and engagement. For more information, please visit our website at www.actus.co.uk and request a free demo from one of our HR experts. Our products include: Performance Management, Learning Management (LMS), Talent Management, 360 Feedback and Survey, Onboarding, HRIS and HR Compliance. 

Connect with Actus here:LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/2400060/admin/dashboard/
Instagram: @actussoftware Facebook: @actussoftware YouTube: @ActusSoftware X (Twitter): @ActusSoftware
Lucinda also offers bespoke, high quality HR training through Actus’ learning solutions. Topics include: Dealing with Underperformance, Managing for High Performance, Change Superhero Training and Bite Size Training. For more information see the Training section on the Actus website.

Welcome to the HR Uprising Podcast.
This engaging podcast explores HR ‘hot’ topics and challenges through conversations with relevant experts and real-life HR; O.D. or L&amp;D professionals. HR Uprising is about creating an inclusive forum that enables us to share and learn from experts and everyday professionals. Hosted by Actus CEO Lucinda Carney a Business Psychologist; Chartered Psychologist; Experienced HR Change Agent; Entrepreneur; Speaker and Coach. There are two types of show format the ‘In focus’ episodes where Lucinda delves into a specialist topic in some depth and the ‘Conversations with’ series where we interview experts and people like you. Our hope is that our shows are both informative and fun. The HR Uprising Podcast is all about learning through collaboration; taking evidence-based action and helping colleagues to have the confidence and skills to rise-up through their organisations by delivering real, lasting business value. You can access more information on each Podcast including resources or links mentioned in the show at our website <a href="http://www.hruprising.com">www.hruprising.com</a>. If you are a forward-thinking HR; L&amp;D or O.D. professional who has a success story or challenge that others can learn from and you would like to be featured in future podcasts you can get in touch through one of the routes below.
Connect with us here:                                                                                                                                      Join the LinkedIn community: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/</a> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising  X (Twitter): @hruprising YouTube: @ActusSoftware   
Lucinda is the founder and CEO of Actus Software, which offers a fully integrated HR solution designed to simplify performance management. Our comprehensive Performance, Learning, and Talent Suite enhances employee development and engagement. For more information, please visit our website at www.actus.co.uk and request a free demo from one of our HR experts. Our products include: Performance Management, Learning Management (LMS), Talent Management, 360 Feedback and Survey, Onboarding, HRIS and HR Compliance. 
Connect with Actus here:                                                                                                                                  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/2400060/admin/dashboard/ Instagram: @actussoftware Facebook: @actussoftware YouTube: @ActusSoftware X (Twitter): @ActusSoftware Lucinda also offers bespoke, high quality HR training through Actus’ learning solutions. Topics include: Dealing with Underperformance, Managing for High Performance, Change Superhero Training and Bite Size Training. For more information see the Training section on the Actus website.

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