Special Guest: Adam Boddison: CEO of APM Adam joined APM as chief executive officer (CEO) in September 2021. He has a non-executive director portfolio that includes being Chair of the Corporation at Coventry College and Trustee at two multi academy trusts spanning 80 primary, secondary and specialist settings. These schools and colleges provide education for more than 45,000 children and young people. Adam is also a visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton. Prior to joining APM, Adam held leadership roles in several membership organisations including as chief executive for nasen ..read more

Special Guest: Steven Rothberg: Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of College Recruiter Steven is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of College Recruiter, Host of the High Volume Hiring Podcast, and Cohost of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast. Steven lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota; has been married for almost 30 years; has three adult kids; and one hyper-bonded dog. College Recruiter believes that every student and recent graduate deserves a great career. Its customers are primarily Fortune 1,000 companies, government agencies, and other employers who ..read more

Special Guest: Sarah Hood: Global Head of Engagement at Bupa Radio Show #490: Bupa’s Approach to Employee Engagement. Join Sarah who will share Bupa’s approach to employee engagement, and how in recent years, they’ve seen consistently improving levels of happiness across the workforce. Sarah has worked at Bupa for 20 years, with a background in customer service and operations management in both health clinics and contact centres, before making the switch to HR in 2015. Sarah now leads Bupa’s engagement strategy and vision, and the delivery of a global listening program connecting all employees ..read more

Special Guest: Sam Bleazard: Communications leader and Podcaster Sam has had a 25-year career in Communications, including 10 as Head of Internal Communications at John Lewis & construction engineering giant Laing O’Rourke He is a  Communications leader and content creator – focused on authentic human storytelling and the employee experience.  Sam is also a Podcast creator and host of two shows: Comms from the Shed interview series (started during the pandemic, which explored interviewees new-found sense of purpose)  & “How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In search of Prin ..read more

Special Guest: Alex Osborne: Founder and CEO of Shoogle Alex Osborne is the owner of shoogle. A consultancy and well-being and engagement software company. Before starting shoogle Alex was a founding member of a new FX business in Investec Bank. Alex was responsible for introducing, rolling out and embedding new ways of working, including user research, agile, product and delivery. Through showing the way, coaching and mentoring, he helped unshackle the team so they could achieve their goals and ambitions. Alex played a key role in the continued development of strategic relationships across th ..read more

Special Guest: Bruno Cignacco: Author of ‘The Art of Compassionate Business: Main Principles to the Human-Oriented Enterprise.’ There are several well-ingrained assumptions regarding the dynamics of work and business activities, which can be refuted. Some examples of these widespread assumptions in the business and work environments are: employees being viewed as commodities, competitors perceived as threats, companies’ resources seen as limited, and customers perceived as scarce and difficult, etc. All which leads to the question, “Is there a way to perform business activities more humanely ..read more

Special Guest: Rajesh Kumar As firms enhance their global presence they are confronted with a myriad of differences, ranging from the legal and the regulatory to cultural differences. Each culture has a set of cherished values/beliefs on the basis of which they operate and in cross-cultural interaction a conflict may potentially emerge between different sets of values. Asian cultures, for example, have a collectivistic orientation, whereas North American/European cultures are individualistic in their essence. Differences in national culture can impact global teamwork, prove a hindrance to succ ..read more

Special Guest: Hermann Simon: Founder of Simon-Kucher & Partners The volatility and uncertainty of today’s global business landscape is here to stay. Now more than ever, it’s imperative for business leaders to adopt new strategies that will help them successfully navigate economic turbulence and compete on a global scale. Fortunately, the formula for achieving lasting success may be hiding in plain sights.  According to world-renowned business consultant and pricing expert Hermann Simon, Ph.D., the answer is as simple as looking to “Hidden Champions,” successful mid-sized companies wi ..read more

Special Guest: James Boller: Owner of PRPSFL The way we work today is broken, with low engagement, low productivity and high team turnover (and high stress for business owners and leaders). In this session, James will tell us the reason why he thinks work is broken and how to fix it. You will learn about Purpose, Values and how to build a successful Culture, making it easier for your organisation to attract, engage, motivate and keep the best people. The solution? Don’t Be A Duck. James worked in market research for 10 years and customer experience for 10 years either side of completing an MBA ..read more

Special Guest: Paul Burton: Pobi and C Coach Sorry to introduce another “great” something. We seem to have had our fair share of these, but these events are connected, while the symptoms are different the root cause is the same. The world and the expectations of individuals has changed. We have loud signals that what we are doing isn’t working and need no more clues. Individuals are voting with their feet and flipping from organisation to organisation looking for the promised land, while HR are facing challenge after challenge and are frankly getting burned out and fed up with the lack of supp ..read more