Buzzing About HR

🎙️ Buzzing About HR

Straight-talking HR for the people doing payroll, sales and playing workplace therapist before lunch.

If you run a UK small business, or you're the HR-of-one trying to keep the wheels on, this podcast is for you. 

No corporate jargon. 

No "synergy." 

Just real answers to the people's problems no one warned you about.

Hosted by award-winning HR expert Kate Underwood, each episode tackles the moments small business owners actually face:

• The employee who's brilliant at the job and causes chaos in the team
• The manager who avoids hard conversations until they turn into a bonfire
• The "small issue" grievance that suddenly becomes a formal complaint
• The sickness pattern is suspiciously linked to Mondays and payday
• The resignation that makes you think, " What did we miss?"

You'll get plain-English UK employment law, practical advice on performance, absence, hiring and retention, and grown-up culture conversations, all usable the same day. No theory. No paperwork museums. No advice that only works in big HR departments with unlimited budgets.

This is also a permission slip to lead like a human. Clear standards. Fair boundaries. Decent communication. Less drama. The goal is a calmer workplace, fewer sleepless nights, and a team that actually wants to stick around.

And yes, Hazel the office dog pops up too. Because nothing says "people management" quite like a judgmental stare from a Wellbeing Officer who's never written a policy in her life.

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New episodes every Tuesday.