{"podcast":{"title":"HR Coffee Time","slug":"hr-coffee-time-4106816","podcast_index_feed_id":4106816,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/hr-coffee-time/","website_url":"https://brightskyhr.co.uk/hr-coffee-time-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9c63f38f-f2ad-4455-88d4-79702b4d95f6/HR-Coffee-Time-Logo-Oct-2025.jpg","author":"Fay Wallis","episode_count":176,"summary":"Welcome to the HR Coffee Time podcast; a fortnightly podcast full of tips and ideas to help you have a successful and fulfilling HR career (without working yourself into the ground). It can feel hard to put yourself and your own career first when you're so busy looking after everyone around you. It can leave you at risk of burning out, finding that you're not where you want to be in your career, or feeling unsure about what you want from your career anymore. This podcast is here to help. Join career coach and founder of Bright Sky HR, Fay Wallis as she and her expert guests share advice on how to get what you want from your career. If you enjoy the podcast, learn more at: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/ or connect with Fay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faywallis/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T14:20:13.094905+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816"},"episode":{"title":"164 | Becoming More Strategic as an HR Team: 3 Ways OKRs Can Help","slug":"164-becoming-more-strategic-as-an-hr-team-3-ways-okrs-can-help","published_at":"2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816/164-becoming-more-strategic-as-an-hr-team-3-ways-okrs-can-help","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816","url":"https://www.brightskycareercoaching.co.uk/hr-coffee-time-podcast/164","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fad26f9c-f0c2-4448-9f37-aea9c7d283b1.mp3","summary":"What does it really mean for an HR team to be “strategic” – and how can you make that shift without adding more to your workload? In this solo episode of HR Coffee Time , Fay explores a practical and accessible way to strengthen your team’s strategic focus: using OKRs – Objectives and Key Results. If you’ve ever felt pulled between operational demands and the bigger picture, this episode will help you think differently about how HR goals connect to organisational priorities – and how to make that link clearer for your whole team. Drawing on real examples (including a memorable orange analogy 🍊), Fay breaks down how OKRs can: Create clarity and accountability Connect HR activity to business impact Help team members see how their work contributes to the wider strategy You’ll come away with three practical ways to use OKRs to strengthen your strategic focus as a team – without overcomplicating things. Chapters From This Episode [00:00] Why HR struggles to be strategic [01:10] What being strategic really means [02:45] Shaping the future in HR [03:50] Solving the biggest organisational problem [04:55] What OKRs are and where they started [06:10] Understanding objectives using a simple example [07:40] How HR objectives link to strategy [08:55] What good key results look like [10:10] Moving from activity to impact [11:25] How OKRs support prioritisation [12:35] Books and next steps for HR leaders Books Mentioned in This Episode \"Measure What Matters. OKRS - The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth\" by John Doerr \"Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals With Objectives and Key Results\" by Christina Wodtke “Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters” by Richard Rumelt “The Strategy Book: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Resul…","meta_description":"What does it really mean for an HR team to be “strategic” – and how can you make that shift without adding more to your workload? In this solo episode of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":951,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hr-coffee-time-4106816/episodes/164-becoming-more-strategic-as-an-hr-team-3-ways-okrs-can-help/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816/164-becoming-more-strategic-as-an-hr-team-3-ways-okrs-can-help.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}