In part one, Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology and Public Sector Management, Dr Ali Budjanovcanin is joined by Robert Kirby. Rob is Director of People, People, which provides workshops, courses and coaching using the ‘People, People Way’. It combines psychology, acting tools and coaching principles to improve productivity, performance, and employee engagement for businesses. They discuss his transition from the world of theatre and how its skills and principles – from tone of voice and resonation through to navigating nerves and ensuring correct balance – have helped his clients including the ..read more

The Health and Wellbeing Coach is a new role in the NHS. The aim of the role is to support the self-management agenda and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing a wide range of issues. They include: diabetes, weight management, poor mental health, pain management and social isolation. North East London Health & Care Partnership and Shoreditch Trust commissioned King’s Business School Professor of Healthcare Management, Richard Griffin to evaluate the impact of Health and Wellbeing coaches and their effectiveness in addressing health inequalities and delivering better ..read more

Anna Lelia Sandoghdar is joined by Victoria Soormally, People and Culture Director at Gallagher and recent nominee on People Management’s HR 30 under 30 list. They discuss Gallagher’s HR transformation and the role purpose played in this process. Victoria shares how she transformed her department by developing a personal development plan for all staff and responding to new data to ensure a happier, enabled and engaged workforce ..read more

In this episode of connections, Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O, Lecturer in International Management is joined by Anne Hayes, Interim Group Director Knowledge Solutions at the British Standards Institution to discuss their new standard BS25700 on organisational responses to modern slavery. It was Dr Gutierrez-Huerter O’s research into the construction sector, which led her to be appointed to the technical committee on modern slavery established by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and then advised them on their new standard. Ms Hayes’ current role is Interim Group Director Knowledge Solut ..read more

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ute Stephan in conversation with King’s Entrepreneur in Residence David Walsh and Janos Barberis, co-founder of the SuperCharger Ventures EdTech accelerator and the mind behind the Founders Taboo learning community. They discussed navigating burn out and why it is so important for entrepreneurs to find their path to wellbeing ..read more

The Health and Wellbeing Coach is a new NHS role that supports people to self-manage changes to their own lifestyles. To find out more about the impact that the role is having, Professor of Healthcare Management, Richard Griffin looked at the work of the 25 Health and Wellbeing coaches in post in North East London in spring 2022. In this podcast he spoke to Jacqui Henry, the Director of Wellbeing Practice & Partnerships at the wellbeing and equality charity the Shoreditch Trust, and Workforce Lead as part of the North East London Health & Care Partnership (NELHCP), Gita Malhotrah about ..read more

In this episode, Senior Careers Consultant, Leslie Parsons talks to graduate Andras Regel (Business Management 2022), now studying a Masters in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics alongside third-year Business and Management Sophia Sarkassian about how they decided the next steps in their career, post-undergraduate degree. Links for Resources: • King’s Careers & Employability – Learning about Applying for Further Study https://keats.kcl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=41567&section=34 • Find a Masters – resource for exploring global master’s programmes https://www.findama ..read more

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Professor Katie Bailey talks to Chris Sunfield, a management consultant who recently returned to music and become a recording artist. They discuss Chris' career, why he decided to recommit to music and what it meant to him. Their conversation was based on Professor Bailey’s research published recently in the journal, Human Relations. Katie's research article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00187267221095759 The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/why-putting-your-artistic-calling-on-hold-might-not-always-be-such-a-bad-idea-192203 M ..read more

In this episode of Purpose Conversations, Anna Lelia is joined by Francis Goss, Director of People Experience Consulting at Gallagher. Drawing on his many years of HR expertise, Francis shares his insights into purpose and its relationship with employees' experiences and needs. They also discussed the phenomenon of #quietquitting as well as financial wellbeing ..read more

Jay Mukhey, Director of ESG, Purpose & Impact at Finastra, in conversation with Anna Lelia Sandoghdar from the King's Business School Meaning and Purpose Network (MaPNet). In the first episode of the MaPNet series, the two discuss how Finastra took on banking with its purpose-led model to openly accessible and inclusive finance and how purpose sets the foundation for ESG initiatives. Read the Finastra ESG report here: https://www.finastra.com/about/environment-social-governance/esg-report ..read more