Watt About HR

By: Claire Watt
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the ‘Watt About HR?’ podcast for SME business owners and managers. Claire will be talking to a variety of experts about HR-related topics to help you have high performing and motivated employees and answer some of your HR worries that keep you awake at night!

    After an 18-year career in companies such as Samaritans, Revlon and Habitat, Claire decided to make the move to being an HR independent and founded Ditton HR 10 years ago. Ditton HR offers operational & strategic HR support to SMEs and assists larger organisations with HR projects. Claire also coaches HR professionals who are thinking about becoming independent or who are already on that road but need guidance and support on how to grow their businesses.

    Claire has been interviewed by HR Director magazine, spoken on Brooklands Radio about HR and Covid, discussed Covid and remote working on a mental health podcast, been an expert panel member on ’The future of work’ for IRIS, has written a number of HR articles for various publications and is an author for XpertHR. Claire also won the ‘Inspirational Indie’ award at the HR Independents 2022 ‘Supercharge Your HR Business’ conference. The award was peer nominated in recognition for inspiring and supporting other HR Indies and making a significant positive difference towards the HR Indies Community.

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    You can find out more about Claire and Ditton HR by visiting:

    https://www.dittonhr.co.uk
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-watt-chartered-fcipd-11b77730/
    and https://www.facebook.com/dittonhrlimited
    Ditton HR Ltd
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Episodes
  • Watt About Getting More Clients?
    Sep 16 2024
    Are you a small business owner who is wondering how to ensure you have enough clients and work in the pipeline?

    What are you doing about connecting with more potential clients?

    How do you build relationships with potential clients?

    What are you doing to commercialise your relationships?

    All these questions have gone through the minds of most small business owners. You are often so busy doing the day to day work that you don’t have time to focus on marketing – but what happens if the work dries up?

    In this episode of Watt About HR, Claire is joined by James Lyon, The HR Marketing Guy. James works specifically in the area of HR supporting HR consultants market their businesses and engage with more people and potential clients. James has really helped me gain confidence in marketing my business and the advice he gives me is relevant to all small businesses so I thought I would share his words of wisdom with you too!Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your marketing efforts to the next level, I am confident that this podcast will help you move forward with your marketing strategy,.

    If you are a HR Consultant and want to arrange a free call with James about your marketing needs, you can contact him james@marketingforhrconsultants.com

    About Claire

    After an 18-year career in companies such as Samaritans, Revlon and Habitat, Claire decided to make the move to being an HR independent and founded Ditton HR 10 years ago.

    Ditton HR offers operational & strategic HR support to SMEs and assists larger organisations with HR projects.

    Claire also coaches HR professionals who are thinking about becoming independent or who are already on that road but need guidance and support on how to grow their businesses.

    You can find out more about Claire and Ditton HR by visiting:

    https://www.dittonhr.co.uk

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-watt-chartered-fcipd-11b77730/

    and

    https://www.facebook.com/dittonhrlimited
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    14 mins
  • Watt About Disability?
    Jul 6 2024
    In this episode, Claire is joined by Chris Jay, a disability inclusion advocate, trainer and speaker who speaks to her about how to promote a more inclusive working environment, specifically around people with disabilities. They discuss how we can help employers be more empathetic, understanding and knowledgeable and supportive of disability.

    Chris has cerebral palsy and has been a wheelchair user for most of his life so chats to Claire about how he uses his life experiences to help businesses understand the topic of disability at work.
    Chris is the Managing Director of Bascule Disability Training, which promotes inclusivity in businesses.

    More details of Chris and his business can be found at https://bascule.com or you can contact Claire who can put you in touch.

    About Claire

    After an 18-year career in companies such as Samaritans, Revlon and Habitat, Claire decided to make the move to being an HR independent and founded Ditton HR 10 years ago.

    Ditton HR offers operational & strategic HR support to SMEs and assists larger organisations with HR projects.

    Claire also coaches HR professionals who are thinking about becoming independent or who are already on that road but need guidance and support on how to grow their businesses.

    You can find out more about Claire and Ditton HR by visiting:

    https://www.dittonhr.co.uk

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-watt-chartered-fcipd-11b77730/

    and

    https://www.facebook.com/dittonhrlimited
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    19 mins
  • Watt About Constructive Feedback?
    Jun 6 2024
    In this episode of Watt About HR, Claire is joined by Julie Leach who is a learning and development expert at Ditton HR.

    Julie and Claire discuss the importance of giving good constructive feedback, how to prepare for these conversations, the common pitfalls and how to accept feedback when you are on the receiving end.

    Whether you are an experienced manager looking to enhance your skills or someone who wants to be better prepared when receiving feedback, this podcast is for you.

    About Claire

    After an 18-year career in companies such as Samaritans, Revlon and Habitat, Claire decided to make the move to being an HR independent and founded Ditton HR 10 years ago.

    Ditton HR offers operational & strategic HR support to SMEs and assists larger organisations with HR projects.

    Claire also coaches HR professionals who are thinking about becoming independent or who are already on that road but need guidance and support on how to grow their businesses.

    You can find out more about Claire and Ditton HR by visiting:

    https://www.dittonhr.co.uk

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-watt-chartered-fcipd-11b77730/

    and

    https://www.facebook.com/dittonhrlimited
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    19 mins

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