A Half Dozen Things Podcast by Pete Rushmer

Carbon Literacy for Fleet Operators with Darren Newman. In this episode Pete speaks to expert Darren Newman about how to improve understanding and literacy around carbon and the environment for business & in particular fleet operators. It can be confusing, with new terminologies, emerging alternative fuels and new ways of working. Darren helps to debunk the language and also discusses the new Carb...

6 key leadership lessons from Erik Ten Hag!  Love them or loathe them, Manchester United have seen a vast improvement in team performance this season. Whilst many say form is temporary, there is no denying the massive impact Erik Ten Hag the new manager and his team have had on the players. The last few years has shown how important a strong manager is with vision, people skills and understanding...

6 reasons your New Year resolutions won't work & what to do instead! It is that time of year again where the world seem to be setting new year resolutions and our socials are bombarded with the New Year, New me BS! Statistically only about 16% of new years resolutions last longer than 4-5 weeks and the reason for this is people tend to set particularly difficult or challenging targets.  In this po...

Signing off for 2022 on the AHDT Podcast, we're not really sure how 2022 is done already!? In this episode Pete takes a brief look at the year that was 2022. The podcast is taking a break over Xmas and into January, with Pete and Mike taking some holiday. As well as Harry our podcast editor too. But we looking forward to recording many more for you in 2023!  The podcast is sponsored by Flagship Pa...

A lot has happened in 2022.  Pete & Mike talk about the highs and lows of 2022.  What have you been doing this year?  Have you taken time out to reflect on 2022?

What are your company Trigger points? Mike shares some ideas around how your business can prepare for the worst.  When do you call a senior member of staff or Director to notify them of an incident occuring?  Do you have a plan for when to interrupt a Director's holiday? In this podcast, Mike explores these incidents and how you should plan to escalate them appropriately in your organisation. Proa...

This week we have the pleasure of interviewing Chairman of Abbey Logistics Group Steve Granite.  Abbey are the UK's largest food tanker distributor and Steve shares his insights of his career so far and what future logistics needs to look like. We cover the 6 areas Steve is most passionate about in our sector and these are; 1) Bringing in young people 2) Changing the image of the sector 3) greener...

6 key features of an accident investigation. Mike Vickers talks us through the 6 key areas of when investigating accidents for you to consider. So if you have ever wondered what you should think about when investigating accidents, then this is the podcast for you. It is important for you to consider the root causes and not just jump to conclusions, so ensure you deal objectively with the facts. It...

The green agenda - what does it mean for HGV Operators. It is a tricky environment to operate HGV's in currently due to the operational challenges and the environmental impact of our vehicles. Mike Vickers takes over the podcast in this session with 6 things operators can do to help them navigate and develop their own green agenda. Flagship Partners offer ISO 14001 to support great environmental m...

Why I am worried about your business and the World Cup! There have been many operational challenges recently but a world cup during November and December 2022 may top them!  This episode is about planning for these challenges, taking the inspiration from the fantastically organised Operation London Bridge. We always standing by the 6P's, prior planning, prevents piss poor performance! How are you...

Vulnerable Road Users (VRU's) & your responsibilities with Mike Vickers. Let Mike talk you through VRU's and the considerations you should make as a fleet operator. This week we let Fleet Geek Mike, the training guy, take over the AHDT podcast. In this episode he shares his insights from the Flagship Partners recently launched VRU Training Module. If you are interested to learn more about your res...

What is Safety Culture and common pitfalls of addressing Culture with Sam Neal. What a pleasure to chew the fat with Sam on all things 'culture' related. When it comes to culture and safety culture you could ask 'what is it?' to 100 different people and get 100 different answers. However in this episode Sam and Pete discuss culture and fundamentally some of the common pitfalls when leaders start t...

6 Principles of Time Management RUSHCast, recorded as a lunchtime LIVE recently, check in on Pete giving a quick run through of 6 key principles of time management. The principles Pete explains in this podcast are; Carlson’s Law – uninterrupted work is more efficient and improves 'flow'. Pareto’s Law – 80% of your results come from 20% of your effort, the effect of the vital few & trivial many. Pa...

How use data to transform driver safety with Alison Moriarty.  Alison is the MD of Driive who are part of tech company MatrixIQ. In this episode Alison and I discuss all things road safety and driver performance.  The Driive product is a fantastic solution for fleets to have a third party analyse data and and educate drivers on their behaviour. Alison is clearly extremely passionate about road saf...

In this episode we are joined by sustainability expert Miles Watkins from Cai Watkins. Pete heard Miles speak on sustainability at the British Aggregate Association annual conference and was excited to see how Miles brought a greener future for transport to life. Miles shares insights on the UN's 'Sustainable Development Goals' and helps explain what fleet operators can do today to ensure they are...

What are ISO Standards? Including focus on ISO 9001 Quality Management, ISO 14001 Environmental Management & ISO 45001 Safety Management with Dan Griffiths. Dan is a Flagship Partners consultant and specialises in ISO accreditation for our clients.  He literally supports business to become Safer, Greener & Greater through improved systems and achieving accreditations too. He supports clients to be...

A Half Dozen Things Podcast's new series 3 launches with this episode we will be focusing on the Flagship Partners vision of making our clients Safer, Greener & Greater. What does this mean? This series the podcast is going to focus on real world practical advice on how you business can increase it's impact. Increase how it focuses on People, Planet & Profit and the impact your business can have a...

What is the Met Commercial Vehicle Unit with Inspector Richard Wenham..  Richard (or Rik) Wenham is an Inspector with the Metropolitan Police and heads up the Commercial Vehicle Unit, that deals with crime, incidents and accidents related to vehicles over 7.5T within the Met's jurisdiction. Rik discusses his fresh approach to policing CV's in London as well as dispels a few myths on what to expect...

What is NaVCIS and how large is our Freight & Cargo crime problem? In this episode with Mike Dawber, Field Intelligence Officer-Freight Desk with NaVCIS we hear about NaVCIS (National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service). Mike explains how NaVCIS works by gathering and then utilising data from police services across the UK.  Then uses the data to help tackle crime across a range of vehicle crime ar...

HSE's Peter Kelly on reducing workplace stress and supporting your teams mental health.  In this episode hear Peter who is a clinical psychologist and helped devise the HSE's management standards approach discuss stress and mental health in the workplace. Peter has decades of experience having formulated the management standards back in the late 90's.  His mission is to make all employers realise...

 Understanding Peer to Peer Mentoring with Fleet Geeks.  Fleet Geeks have been running their Peer to Peer mentoring group for 3 months now with the 4 session happening on the 31st August this month. This is YOUR invitation to join us for 1 session for FREE.  We are opening the group for new applications and therefore offering fleet and transport professionals like you the opportunity to try the me...

In this episode, Pete speaks to Lisa Fleming founder of Logico. They are a consultancy and training provider located in Durham that specialise the Transport Sector. Lisa and Pete discuss public inquiries and driver conduct hearings. Lisa attends around 4 PI's per month supporting clients when they face the traffic commissioner. Logico are also approved for Earned Recognition so there is some discu...

In this episode listen as host Pete Rushmer and director of Flagship Partners discusses plans for the year ahead. The Flagship year runs from 1st June to 31st May each year. The year until May 2022 has been a time of significant growth and change for the business. Pete reflects on this as well as his personal development over the year. Then we look at the impending financial doom that the news see...

In this episode Pete meets with Billy Shaw, Commercial Solicitor with Rotheras solicitors. Billy is a Sheffield lad and fantastic guy. With a background in Youth Work before training as a brief and lots of charity work Billy is an all round good guy and has a really strong understanding of the Transport Sector. This is thanks to his experience with Rotheras and their Regulatory Transport Departmen...

As we release this podcast it is early July. It's that time of year when everyone seems to be having a break. For the first time in 4 years Pete our host is taking a 2 week break from the stresses and strains of running Flagship Partners. It is tough as a company director and in a regulated industry where you are expected to have continuous and effective control of a fleet as a transport manager t...