{"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":185,"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":"2026-09-11T12:23:23.140797+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816"},"episode":{"title":"182 | HR Team Building: An Activity Every New HR Leader Should Try","slug":"182-hr-team-building-an-activity-every-new-hr-leader-should-try","published_at":"2026-08-14T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816/182-hr-team-building-an-activity-every-new-hr-leader-should-try","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hr-coffee-time-4106816","url":"https://www.brightskycareercoaching.co.uk/hr-coffee-time-podcast/182","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/787d0d75-e115-4e1e-94f4-6bd2da4aec2e.mp3","summary":"🎁 Download your free Personal User Manual template: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/resources Taking over the leadership of an HR team can come with a long list of things you want to improve, but one of the most valuable things you can do first is help your team build trust, understand each other and work well together. In this episode of HR Coffee Time , Fay shares one of her favourite team-building activities: creating and sharing Personal User Manuals . Personal User Manuals give everyone an opportunity to explain how they work best, the strengths they bring, what helps them thrive and what their colleagues should know about them. They can make some of the information that is usually invisible within a team much more visible, helping people understand each other’s preferences, avoid misunderstandings and make better use of the strengths and experience already within the team. Fay talks you through how to run the activity, from deciding what to include in your Personal User Manuals to facilitating the sharing session and turning what you learn into practical changes in how you work together. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why investing in relationships can create a stronger foundation when you take over an HR team How Personal User Manuals can help your team understand each other’s strengths, preferences and ways of working How the activity can help you start building greater psychological safety Ideas for useful categories to include in your Personal User Manuals Why it’s helpful to ask your team what they think everyone should include How to create the right environment for people to share what they’ve written Why you, as the leader, should share your Personal User Manual first Questions you can use to encourage positive reflections after each person has shared How to…","meta_description":"🎁 Download your free Personal User Manual template: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/resources Taking over the leadership of an HR team can come with a long list…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":847,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hr-coffee-time-4106816/episodes/182-hr-team-building-an-activity-every-new-hr-leader-should-try/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-4106816/182-hr-team-building-an-activity-every-new-hr-leader-should-try.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}