LEADING WITH CLARITY. HR WITH CLA...
LEADING WITH CLARITY. HR WITH CLARITY. STRATEGY FIRST
Sounds of Eclat by Eclat
S1 · E15
Aug 23, 2026
29:14
Episode notes

The founder of Shift HR. A one-man show, why leadership problems are often clarity problems, and the uncomfortable questions AI is about to force the industry to answer.

Founder of Shift HR, a strategic HR advisory and consulting business, Nick Gearen has built a career helping organisations commercialise their people function, from remuneration strategy to employee relations, workforce planning to culture. He shares what it's really like being a one-man show in a broad and reactive industry. Why most leadership problems come down to clarity rather than generation, and why AI is about to ask HR some questions nobody has good answers to yet.

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Nick Maxwell
Lauren Blackwood
Eclat
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Nick Gearen
Shift HR
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Culture
AI