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Special Guest: Jerome Deroy: CEO at Narativ Jerome joined Narativ in 2007 after the founders, Murray Nossel and Paul Browde, handed him a shoebox full of notes and said, “we think there’s a company in here.” Jerome had recently left a position at BNP Paribas, Hong Kong, and came to New York to pursue a […]
Special Guest: Bianca Best - Chief Digital Officer EMEA, Publicis Groupe, Author & Founder of Flourish Global Bianca Best straddles the realm of being a senior international executive at the heart of Publicis Groupe, a 110,000+ comms organisation, leading talent initiatives and digital agendas, while running an executive coaching business. Bianca's transformational work with individuals and […]
Special Guest: Professor Ilona Boniwell Ilona Boniwell is a professor of positive psychology at the University of East London and the original founder of the UEL’s MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, the first ever degree of this type in Europe. She is one of the world leaders in positive psychology, working in the field for […]
Special Guest: Advita Patel: Founder of CommsRebel Advita Patel, founder of CommsRebel, is a specialist in helping organisations build thriving cultures of inclusivity. She will be joining Engage For Success Radio show to share invaluable insights and practical advice on how to create an environment that celebrates diversity and drives exceptional employee engagement. Advita is […]
Special Guest: Emma James: Head of Colleague Experience & Comms at Moto Hospitality Emma is a passionate, experienced and proactive employee engagement and marketing professional. Having established herself as a globally recognised public speaker and communications expert, she is creative, diligent and a natural leader and has run teams, directed strategic employee engagement plans, and […]
Special Guest: Josh Bersin: CEO of The Josh Bersin Company HR influencer Josh Bersin, CEO of workplace trends research firm The Josh Bersin Company, believes it is time capitalism got back to helping individuals build rewarding careers. Now, he wants to talk how. Josh has published widely on this topic, in particular in his just-published […]
Special Guest: Joanna Howes, Founder and CEO of The Change Creators Too many leaders do not know how to let go of the day-to-day and elevate themselves into leadership positions. This is a high risk for the team they manage as it impacts engagement, well-being and performance. Join us as Joanna shares how to identify […]
Special Guests: David MacLeod, Nita Clarke, co-Founders, and Cathy Brown, first secondee and former Exec Director, of Engage for Success We started this podcast in 2012 on a bit of whim and here we are, in 2023, 500 shows later! For this auspicious occasion, we have David, Nita and Cathy to recap the journey so […]
Special Guest: Sara McElroy: Two Time Member of the Great Resignation. The past two years have brought unprecedented challenges for female professionals, including increased stress and pressure to juggle responsibilities at work and home, higher levels of burnout compared to men, lack of childcare, and more. As a result, the number of women actively wanting […]
Special Guest: David Manning: Senior Internal Communications Manager, Currys David Manning has been leading internal comms and employee engagement in large complex organisations for more than 17 years. His creative and inclusive approach and strong commercial understanding have helped shape and transform employee communication, experience and advocacy in organisations including Currys, BBC, Travis Perkins and […]
Special Guest: Anne-Marie Griffiths: Head of Internal Comms and Engagement DHL Supply Chain Anne-Marie has worked for DHL Supply Chain for over 20 years gaining experience in operations, customer service, project and change management, and learning and development. In 2018 she joined the Internal Communication and Engagement Team and in just four short years has […]
Special Guest: Kevin Campbell: Founder of Lifted Leadership Kevin G. Campbell is an Employee Experience Scientist with Qualtrics and the founder of Lifted Leadership, a strengths-based executive coaching practice. In this show, he will talk about the power of answering the question: What can you contribute to the world that 10,000 others would struggle to […]
Special Guest: Aaron Betesta Aaron runs the team building brand ‘Laughtercise’. After two years of studying the team building market and delivering team building sessions, he believes that some approaches to team building are stuck in the 90s. At Laughtercise, they believe most team building and icebreaker resources on Google are poor, and are working […]
Special Guest: Drew Munn: Strategy Partner, Gallagher Drew is a Strategy Partner at Gallagher, one of the world’s leading employee experience consultancies. With over a decade working on internal technologies and a view of where the industry is headed, Drew specialises in future-proofing engagement strategies for a range of clients. As AI transforms not only […]
Special Guest: Lorna Leeson, Executive Coach Lorna is founder of Little Tent – a Coaching and Culture Consultancy that partners CEOs and their teams to help make positive cultural change happen. Working one on one and with senior teams focusing on how their behaviour and dynamics shape the business culture, and as a result drive […]
Special Guest: Jane van Zyl: CEO of Working Families Working Families mission is to remove the barriers working parents and carers face in the workplace. They do this by empowering working parents and carers to understand and use their workplace rights, by supporting employers to create, build and sustain flexible and family friendly workplaces and […]
Special Guest:Arjan Toor: CEO of Cigna Operations Radio Show #509: Addressing Staff Well-Being in an ‘Action-Oriented Manner’. Cigna Healthcare, a global health service company, is calling for CEOs and business leaders to make a public commitment to allocate five percent of their annual working hours to changing organisational cultures while addressing the issue of staff […]
Special Guest: Jane Sparrow: Author and Founder of The Culture Builders and Tuddl Jane is a business culture, people and performance expert. Author and thought leader in culture and wellbeing, she provides advice and support to some of the best known brands (and the emerging ones) including OVO Energy, BBC Studios, Costain, Selfridges, HSBC, Rugby […]
Special Guest: Simon Fanshawe: Co-Founder of Diversity by Design Simon will be exploring the value of diversity…not the clichéd version so many of are routinely subjected to in our work by so-called diversity experts, but rather the core of human difference that lies at the heart of it. We only talk about diversity and inclusion […]
Special Guest: David Liddle: The TCM Group At a time where the terms culture, climate and conflict are hot topics for every organisation, David Liddle will be examining these three areas through the lens of his 30 years work as a facilitator, a mediator, a coach, a leader and an accomplished author. Having completed a […]
Special Guest: Josh Drean: Co-founder & Director of Employee Experience at The Work3 Institute Josh Drean is Co-founder & Director of Employee Experience at The Work3 Institute, Web3 Advisor at the Harvard Innovation Labs, and Co-author of Employment is Dead (Harvard Business Review Press, 2024) He is an HR Transformation and Metaverse expert who marries […]
Special Guest: Rosie Tomkins: Founding Partner of N-Stinctive, Leadership Development & Executive Coach & Author In this episode, we'll explore the essence of her upcoming book, "Let Nature Be Your Compass," set to launch on October 31st. Rosie's passion for rekindling our connection with nature and harnessing its invaluable lessons will come alive as we […]
Special Guest: Alex Eade: Marketing Manager at Footprint Digital Lifelong learning and keeping education at the core of everything we do is paramount to the team at Footprint Digital. Our industry, digital marketing, has often been seen as smoke and mirrors, with clients confused about what agencies are actually doing for them, and agencies using […]
Special Guest: Paul Reid: Founder and CEO at Trickle Paul started his career as a software engineer, before launching a market-leading tech business that became well known for being a great place to work - with a real focus on putting its people first. The culture that Paul and his team rooted in the business […]
Special Guest: Gerald Leonard: Founder of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute Gerald offers a unique productivity approach to accomplishing more every day. Gerald J. Leonard PMP, PfMP, and a C-IQ Coach; he's the Publishing Editor, CEO, and Founder of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute, as well as the CEO of Turnberry Premiere, a strategic project […]
Special Guest: Paul ter Wal: Founder of ANDARE Training & Education Paul ter Wal and his consulting company Team ANDARE make healthy businesses better with the belief that happiness makes money. An organization expert with a lot of experience as a lawyer in the field of social security and employment law, Paul saw first hand […]
Special Guest: Chris Turner: Consultant in Emergency Medicine Radio Show #521: The Impact of Behaviour on Performance Have you ever had a professional interaction that has left you feeling disrespected? Left you feeling distracted and not performing at your best? It turns out that this isn’t just you, it’s all of us. Chris is consultant […]
Special Guest: Maria Marukian: Speaker and Host of ‘Culture Stew’ Maria Morukian is a recognized organizational development practitioner specializing in training, coaching, and facilitation with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and intercultural competence. Maria is the President of MSM Global Consulting, and an adjunct faculty member at American University’s School of International Service. She […]
Special Guest: Melissa Hackmeier: Global Head of Employee and Community Engagement, Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at Merck Life Science Education and engagement are fundamental to all Melissa Hackmeier does at Merck Life Science. As Global Head of Employee and Community Engagement, she leads the development and implementation of employee and community engagement strategy, programs […]
Our guest for this show cancelled so we are replaying our most downloaded show... Special Guest: Phil Sherwood, Head of Volunteering and Workforce Training. London 2012 Olympics In this 'blast from the past' Show #20, Find out how the Games Makers programme for London 2012 fits with the Engage for Success Four Enablers. 70,000 volunteers […]
Special Guest: Catherine Chabiron Catherine Chabiron is an established expert in Lean management with a professional journey spanning over 40 years. Her expertise in Lean thinking has been largely shaped by her experiences within the automotive industry, where she has lived and breathed the Lean philosophy. Catherine is not only a Lean executive coach but […]
Special Guest: Geoff McDonald: Geoff McDonald Consulting Limited Geoff’s background in teaching, HR, marketing, communications and sustainability is considerable. His experience during his 25 years with Unilever (a global corporation with a turnover of £50 billion and 170,000 employees in 90 countries worldwide), has taken him around the world, working across Africa, the Middle East […]
Special Guest: Joey Havens: Author of Leading with Significance: How to Create a Magnetic, People-First Culture Joey Havens has a 30+ year history of growing leaders and elevating others based on a personal purpose of helping people see and realize their full potential. He recently retired from HORNE, a top 25 CPA firm, after serving […]
Special Guest: Sharn Kleiss: Internal Comms & EX Strategy and Gary Moss: Internal Communication Director at Gallagher’s Communication Practice Sharn Kleiss (she/her) is Strategy Partner: Employee Experience & Insights at Gallagher’s Communications Practice, and has worked in the employee engagement field for a decade. Sharn’s expertise is focused on the interplay between internal communication and […]
Special Guests: Mike Pounsford, Kevin Ruck and Howard Krais Leading the Listening Organisation was published in December 2023. This book explores tapping into employee voices for better decisions, innovation, and performance. 'Leading the Listening Organisation' offers practical strategies, based on global research across 500 organisations, to create resilient workplaces where open communication and fresh ideas […]
Special Guests: Jeffrey Klubeck: Author of The Integrity Game®️ Jeffrey Klubeck is retired Professor of Communication and author of The Integrity Game®️ which is evolving into a comprehensive soft skills development company. As a world class coach, Jeffrey has worked with entrepreneurs and high performance teams in 12 countries across 4 continents. He is also […]
Special Guest: Jo Moffatt, EFS Advisory Board Member & Strategy Director, MD Woodreed We will be discussing the topic of workplace culture: what it is, how it is defined and why it matters, not only for organisational and corporate success but also for health, wellbeing and engagement of the wider workforce. This is in advance […]
Special Guest: Alison Green: Director of WOMBA More than 80% of parents in the UK are in employment yet there's remarkably little research. The research that has been conducted tends to disregard the experience and role of working dads - perhaps reinforcing the notion that this is a ‘woman’s issue’. We have started with a […]
Special Guest: Suzana Mihajlovic: Author of Your2Minds Suzana Mihajlovic is the founder of Your2Minds Pty Ltd. She is a multiple best selling author and elite level performance and success coach. Her expertise has been featured in many prestigious podcasts and business magazines and most recently in Times Square, New York. Suzana Mihajlovic has had a […]
Special Guest: Jo Hand: Co-Founder of Giki Jo is Giki’s co-founder and has worked in sustainability since 2006, is responsible for Giki’s engagement programme, clients and partners. She specialises in behaviour change, climate communications, employee engagement and personal carbon footprints. Jo is a former BBC Panorama journalist and executive committee member at CDP. The Race […]
Special Guests: Dr Sarah Pass and James Court-Smith Join us to hear the initial findings from the Engage for Success 2023 survey. This is the second Engage for Success national survey, established to examine the current state of employee engagement in the UK. We will be discussing the EFS Employee Engagement Index and the 2023 […]
Special Guest: Yosi Amram: Author of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire to be Inspired Yosi Amram, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, and an executive coach catering to CEOs, entrepreneurs, and other influential leaders. Previously a founder and CEO of two companies that he has led through successful IPOs, he has coached over 100 […]
Special Guest: Claire Smith: Chief People Officer at Movera In this episode, we will discuss the impact of a positive culture within the workplace. Claire will talk about her experience in award winning organisations who had strong, positive cultures within their workplaces and the benefits of such. Claire will share some key takeaways on what […]
Special Guests: Riffat Ahmed and Andrew Webb: BUPA's People Technology and Digital Team Riffat and Andrew are a duo of digital experts from Bupa’s People Technology and Digital team who have worked together for a number of years across a range of digital transformation programmes, sharing an uncompromising passion for digitisation of employee experience. In […]
Special Guests: Tom Geraghty: Founder and CEO of Iterum Ltd Tom Geraghty is a recognised authority in creating safer, high-performing, and more inclusive workplaces, and Founder and CEO of Iterum Ltd, a company dedicated to fostering safety cultures and psychological safety. Tom’s interdisciplinary background in ecological research and technology positions him uniquely in this field: […]
Special Guest: Jim Bishop: Conjunction Leadership With over two decades of immersive experience in executive development, corporate leadership and human performance, Jim Bishop stands as a beacon of transformative leadership through his business, Conjunction Leadership. Jim's journey has taken him across the globe, coaching executives, diverse teams and orchestrating the modernization of leadership systems for […]
Guest: Craig Carden: Leadership Development Expert Craig Carden, MBA MRes FCMI, is a leadership development expert specialising in transforming accidental managers into emotionally intelligent leaders. With an extensive background that spans three decades, Craig has developed his expertise through pivotal roles and collaborations with prestigious organisations such as Liverpool Football Club, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Blenheim Palace, […]
Guest: James Lawrence: CEO of Happy Companies James Lawrence is a seasoned tech executive and serial entrepreneur with a passion for cultivating great workplaces and empowering people. At 48, he's the co-founder and CEO of Happy Companies, a startup that uses technology to revolutionize the way organizations encourage improved communication, collaboration, and engagement with their […]
Special Guest: Marshall Darr: Co-Founder and CEO of StretchDollar Marshall Darr is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of StretchDollar, a health benefits startup based in San Francisco, California, and Philadelphia, PA. Before co-founding StretchDollar, Marshall spent the last decade helping to make work better for small businesses, first as Head of Lifecycle Marketing for […]
Guest: May Holloway May is an award-winning and transformational Internal Communications leader with a proven track record of consistently exceeding stakeholder expectations and organisational objectives. In three years at the British Transport Police she transformed Internal Comms and delivered measurable change. Recognised as an inspirational and strategic thought leader by colleagues and wider industry. Extensive […]
Guest: Kim Ades: Founder of Mind Coaching Kim Ades is the Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™️. Recognized as a pioneer in the field of leadership coaching and thought mastery, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help leaders shift their thinking to achieve extraordinary results. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mom […]
Special Guest: Dan Tocchini: Change Agent, Catalyst, Consultant, Coach Dan Tocchini has been helping leaders bring some more magic onto their teams for over 35 years. He has worked with executive teams from Interstate Batteries and ESPN, to Smarty Pants Vitamins and Impulse Space, as well as with non-profits like Homeboy Industries and Defy Ventures. […]
Guest: Alex Edmans: Author of ‘May Contain Lies’. Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in […]
Guest: Pauline McNulty: Principal and co-founder of Playfilled. Pauline is the Principal and co-founder of Playfilled, and knows what it’s like to navigate disruption and change whilst balancing people’s needs with meeting targets with her executive-level leadership experience spanning transformational change, risk and assurance. Pauline co-founded Playfilled to help forward-thinking businesses transform by filling their […]
Guest: Julian Torres: Co-founder of Ontop Julian Torres is an author, entrepreneur, and thought leader with a passion for leveraging technology to redefine traditional work structures. His unique approach to leadership emphasizes the importance of fostering a culture of collaboration, adaptability, and innovation in the digital age. He is the Co-founder of Ontop, a Global […]
Guest: Ryne Sherman: Chief Science Officer, Hogan Assessment Systems Ryne’s research in personality has examined the role of personality in daily life, career pursuits and workplace performance, and the assessment and measurement of personality and individual differences. He is also an expert on modern approaches to personality assessment, including unobtrusive assessment, such as voice prosody, […]
Guest: Aaron Betesta: Laughtercise Have you ever been roped into planning a company event when it’s not part of your job role? Have you ever planned an event and 2-3 people have caused you a huge amount of stress? Have you ever had sleepless nights about overspending? It’s time to become less stressed and calmer […]
Guest: Christy Pretzinger Christy has grown WG Content from a modest freelance writing business into a nationally recognized healthcare content consultancy. Today, she’s proud of the work we do for clients all over the country. But her greatest accomplishment is the company’s culture, which rests on our four core values — empowered, curious, kind and […]
Guest: Leanne Kilheeney Leanne Kilheeney is the Head of Engagement at Creative Marketing Agency Ear to the Ground. She has been with the Manchester-based agency for 12 years, during which she has held various creative and production roles working on campaigns for global brands such as Nike and PlayStation. In recent years, Leanne has transitioned […]