Engage for Success

Guest: Hannah Dannecker: Managing Partner of Better Together Group Hannah MacDonald Dannecker is here to connect. She connects companies to the employees they need. Candidates with the jobs they are desperate to get and people with the information they can use to help them make the best decisions they can. In this podcast episode, she will be sharing a lot of information about the next generation....

Monday 14th October 2024 Radio Show 562 : Navigating Workforce Transformation with Empathy Guest: Amy Bouque: Chief People Officer at Kelly Amy Bouque is passionate about helping people thrive both at work and in life. As Chief People Officer at Kelly, a global leader in strategic workforce solutions, she leads HR practices for over 5,000 full-time employees worldwide. Amy is committed to connecti...

Guest: Steve Scanlon: Founder and CEO of Rewire The reason so many top leaders and executives turn to coaching is to effect change. They want different results, and know they need to act differently (and inspire their teams to act differently) to get them. But they are often unaware of the thoughts and feelings that lie beneath the surface, influencing their ability to make the necessary changes....

Guest: Anais Nebel: Group Culture and Communications Manager, Lipsy Anaïs is a culture leader and brand strategy expert, passionate about people empowerment. She leads culture and communications for Lipsy, a fashion and beauty group made up of 7 brands including Victoria’s Secret UK and Gap UK. Anaïs is known for creating out-of-the box engagement campaigns that create vibrant connections and brin...

Guest: Niki Avraam: Founder of Howat Avraam Solicitors Niki Avraam stands at the forefront of a transformative movement in leadership and workplace evolution. A legal entrepreneur with a rich background in employment and discrimination law, Niki’s journey has been distinguished by litigating high-profile cases and founding the London law firm, Howat Avraam Solicitors. Her approach defies conventio...

Guest: Dan Buckley: CEO – Cognexo We’ve all heard the term customer experience, but what about Employee Experience (EX)? A game-changer for forward-thinking organisations, EX is now the future of thriving workplaces – with those who invest in it four times as profitable as those who don’t. Optimising pivotal points in the employee lifecycle from pre-boarding and onboarding through to offboarding a...

Guests: Niall Cluley & Andree Gowar Naill Cluley is a Chartered FCIPD and an expert in culture and performance, helping ambitious organisations and teams navigate through change and achieve sustainable performance and growth. As Managing Director at Dragonfish Consulting, Niall leads and supports the team across all areas including our proposition development and key client relationships. He ensur...

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 her marketing and communication skills into an empl...

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 fun. Under Christy’s strategic and visionary le...

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 while planning a company event by joining Aaron from Laughtercise for this podcast. Aa...

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, w...

Guest: Jo Moffatt We held a volunteer event this week and Jo and Andy will share the hightlights for you! We talked about some of the findings of our 2023 Employee Engagement Survey and Benchmarking Index. We mapped out our plans and priorities for the future - and highlighted where you can get involved. Whether your interest is in comms, organising events or developing your networks and partnersh...

Guest: Jo Moffatt We held a volunteer event this week and Jo and Andy will share the hightlights for you! We talked about some of the findings of our 2023 Employee Engagement Survey and Benchmarking Index. We mapped out our plans and priorities for the future - and highlighted where you can get involved. Whether your interest is in comms, organising events or developing your networks and partnersh...

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 tr...

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 the UK Parliament, and given the TED talk What to Trust in a Post-Truth World...

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. Dan gives a no-fluff approach by helping transf...

Guest: Christina Lewis: Gender Equity ERG Lead/Head of Global Rider Experience, Deliveroo Christina leads Deliveroo's Gender Equity Employee Resource Group alongside her role as Head Of Global Rider Experience. In her ERG role, Christina spearheaded the first woman-focused mentoring scheme, as well as introducing accelerate, Deliveroo's programme for high potential women. Christina leads a team of...

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 of five, Kim’s claim to fame is teaching her power...

Special 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 an...

With a guest cancelling at the last minute, host Andy Goram, takes the opportunity to refresh the importance of the 4 enablers and lays a fresh challenge at the feet of the Engage For Success Radio Show listeners.

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 employees. But...

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,...

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 leadershi...

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: beginning his...

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 this episode, Riffat and Andrew will dis...