Evolve to Succeed

On this episode, Warren sits down with both Evolve's delivery lead and advisor David Mutton, and Matthew Fretten, managing partner at Frettens Solicitors , which has won awards for employee engagement. Amongst other things up for discussion is defining what engagement actually is and how to maintain it during periods of growth. Warren and David look at the four pillars of employee engagement and w...

Martin Higgins is managing director at  MSP Capital , a company he developed with his father Ray in the late 90s. W hat was then a small operation has since grown into one of the leading providers of non-regulated commercial finance in Southern England.

Jay Blades, BBC Repair Shop star and renowned furniture restorer (among other things), tells the compelling story of how he went from homelessness and despair to repairing his life, including developing an unusual friendship with King Charles III. It's a remarkable account of determination and resilience, told with great passion and humour.

Leanne Spencer is the co-founder of Bodyshot Performance , an award-winning wellbeing company that uses technology and science-based solutions to create happy, healthy and resilient teams. As experts in corporate wellbeing and wellbeing strategy, Leanne and her team help their clients to lead with wellbeing in their organisations.

Host Warren Munson counts down the ten most popular episodes from 2023. This episode features Gerard McSharry, Simon Hawtry-Coombs, Helen Stacey, Steve Wyatt and Toby Gutteridge.

Host Warren Munson counts down the ten most popular episodes from 2023. This episode features Jo Barry, Carly Jermyn, Kate Adie, Adam Walker and Marc Trent.

Jimmy Glass is the general manager at Wimborne Town Football Club. Between 1989 and 2004 he made over 160 professional appearances as a goalkeeper and is perhaps best remembered for scoring the last-minute goal that kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999. As well as touching on his football career, Jimmy talks openly about life after the game and what he's learned from both his succes...

Dom and Elliot Chapman are co-founders of venture capital firm Chapman Capital, which acquires and grows boutique agencies. Chapman Capital was was born on the back of the brothers' experience of trying and failing to sell their B2B lead generation agency Social Chaps, and they're using the knowledge and resources gained from that to help agencies who are struggling to build a strong pipeline .

In another one of our special, quick fire episodes we cover the topics of sales and winning and retaining new business. With us for the conversation is Kristy Davies-Sumpter, MD and sales expert at Zest Consultancy , a sales and customer experience consultancy that aims to help clients win new business and retain loyal customers.

John and Mark X. Cronin are the dynamic father-son  team behind John's Crazy Socks , a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. They bootstrapped their business into the world's largest sock store with multi-million dollar revenues, and won Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2019. What makes their story particularly special is that 27 year-old John has Down syndrome, and is...

Paul Lester is a man of incredible wisdom and experience in the realm of business and leadership. He is or has been chairman of a number of businesses , including several FTSE 250 companies. Among other topics, Paul discusses what he learnt from extended management stints in the States and France, his views on private versus IPO companies, how the boardroom and his leadership style has changed ove...

Lee Hill is MD and founder of Insightful , Runway and The Study.  Lee works with individuals and businesses who are not only striving for growth but are customer obsessed. He believes that being customer obsessed will lead to faster growth whilst retaining larger profits.

Factors such as Brexit, Covid and geopolitical instability continue to have a major affect on the world economy, and the natural consequence is that businesses are struggling for consistency and direction. Warren sits down with Evolve's delivery lead and advisor David Mutton to talk about the challenges and barriers to growth and the various routes and structures one can follow to achieve growth....

Sally Henderson is a leadership mentor whose practice is founded on the belief that senior teams and leaders shouldn't have to choose between being effective or being happy. Sally, who came from a recruitment background, has worked with leaders and teams from a number of large companies including British Red Cross, Coca-Cola, Forbes, NatWest, Nestle and Shell. Amongst other topics, Sally talks abo...

To celebrate our 200th episode, we've lined up a very special guest in the form of Kate Adie. Kate was Chief News Correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003, during which time she reported from war zones around the world. She retired from the BBC in early 2003 and now works as a freelance presenter on BBC Radio 4. Kate's 14 year career as a news correspondent saw her cover everything from Th...

Mark Norton is CEO at Composite Profiles , award-winning metal decking contractors and specialists in composite floor and structural roof decking. Composite Profiles was founded 30 years ago by Mark's father, and Mark has been with the company for an incredible 25 years.

Last month, the UK B Corp community celebrated 1,500 UK businesses becoming B Corp certified, an increase of 50% in less than a year. In light of this milestone, we've put together a special episode that'll help you understand B Corp better, give you insight into the differences its made in the lives of the business owners who have become certified,  and reveal some of the practical measures they'...

Olly Leicester is a certified corporate health and performance coach who helps clients manage and resolve a number of disorders, ranging from stress, anxiety and depression, to diabetes, hypertension and obesity. The foundation of his work revolves around the establishment of healthy habits, as well as the development of self-awareness, confidence and compassion in order for the individual to bett...

George Scott Welsh is CEO at Incuhive —a business incubation, investment and collaboration space that  operates in several locations. This episode takes in a range of topics including the influence that coming from a very entrepreneurial family has had on George, his varied career choices and  important lessons he's learned from them, his attitude to money , and the one thing that drives his passi...

Simon Hawtrey-Coombs is a franchisee of the global DPD group for the Bournemouth and Southampton branches, a position he has held since 2001. As well as this, Simon has owned and managed several businesses over the years, including a commercial cleaning company and a boat charter business, and he now  uses his vast experience to work with and advise business owners and CEOs from both global househ...

Alexis Kingsbury is co-founder at AirManual and SpiderGap . He is also a speaker on topics such as freeing up time and the business applications and limitations of  AI. Alexis's entrepreneurial journey started before he was even a teenager, and in later years it was the honest if brutal advice from a manager that inspired his path to understanding how businesses need to be run, and how best to use...

Marc Trent is CEO at Charles Trent , a fourth generation family-run vehicle recycling company with nearly a century of industry leading experience. Established in 1926 by Marc's great grandfather, the company has grown to operate across multiple sites and has a customer base that spans the world. Amongst other topics, Marc talks about Trent's newly-established, 100,000 square feet facility in Pool...

Michael French is the projects coordinator at Grounded Community . Based in Boscombe, Grounded Community works to give  the local community access to healthy, nutritious food. It grows fruit and veg, provides education and workshops, redistributes surplus food and creates networks to help others share food.

Jamie Sergeant is Global CEO of Crowd —a multi-award winning global creative agency that specialises in amplifying demand for brands around the world. Combined with his creative thinking and knack for spotting and developing raw talent, Jamie has a particular passion for the nurturing and export of creative excellence and works in partnership with leading British agencies to globally raise awarene...

In the first of a series of shorter, subject-specific episodes, host Warren Munson talks to Chris Palmer, managing director and founder of AnyTech Solutions , about the biggest  cyber threats that your business could face and the simple, first step you can take to start protecting your business from cyber threats, and what you should do if you are attacked.