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Send us Fan Mail Rebecca Fox joins the Get Amplified crew to talk about a topic we may have been guilty of shying away from at the Amplified Group. Not only does Rebecca share with us the importance of being authentic to build trust as a leader but how building a network around you by winning hearts and minds can propel you forward.  It’s an honest and inspiring conversation about leadership, conf...

Send us Fan Mail We’re delighted to bring you the second part of our podcast special with Mark Templeton. This podcast is an important listen for all leaders in the Tech Industry. Mark started at Citrix in marketing when it was 50 people, became President in 1998 and CEO in 1999, he experienced many stages of growth with many lessons learned along the way.  Mark shares advice for organisations goi...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve got a festive treat for you all!  What does it feel like to be part of something truly special, not just a company, but a band ? In this special two-part episode of Get Amplified , we’re joined by Mark Templeton, who joined Citrix when it was just 50 people, before going on to become President and then CEO, leading the business through multiple stages of growth. Citrix custo...

Send us Fan Mail Martyn Story,  Senior Director Customer Success at Puppet joins the Get Amplified crew to talk about best practices in this new world of constant remote working.  Martyn shares how he and the Puppet team are using OKRs in place of KPIs to ensure the team have clarity of what is expected of them and feel empowered to be innovative. This episode is a little different as it also feat...

Send us Fan Mail Hear how Andy Bryars, Director of Customer Success at Okta is partnering with the Amplified Group to invest in his teams future, his team was already in a good place but Andy recognised as a leader that you cant take fitness of any kind for granted, especially when you are going through hyper-growth as an organisation. Read more about Andy's approach to Organisational Fitness...

Send us Fan Mail Following on from the great session with Colin Brown former MD of Softcat, we are keeping on the theme of Simplicity. Pippa Hutchinson joins us to share her experience of the growth of Tesco’s in the 90’s. There are startling similarities to the growth of Softcat, we also had some great fun recording it, with Sam revealing a secret and Sia unknowingly transporting us back to the B...

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Send us Fan Mail Want to know the magic behind Softcat’s phenomenal success?   Softcat’s story is proof that you can scale at speed, go through a successful IPO and  still keep the magic . Colin gives us a valuable insight into the ‘Softcat way’ where keeping the strategy simple to ensure the leadership team can invest their time in maintaining their incredible culture really is their recipe for s...

Send us Fan Mail We often use sports analogies in business especially when we are talking about high-performance teams, so its great to have Simon Clarkson on our latest podcast, talking about his experience working with elite sports professionals.  Simon also shares how the principles cross over from sports to business with his three key takeaways:  1. Unity of purpose – where buy-in is key 2. Gr...

Send us Fan Mail With his vast experience at iconic companies like IBM, Microsoft and VMware we are delighted  to have  David Parry-Jones (DPJ) now VP of EMEA & APAC at Twilio Inc,  join the Get Amplified team to share his experience of building a high-performance team that can scale at a rate to match its growth and why it is important that Twilio’s new hires feel like they belong and oh ...s...

Send us Fan Mail Jane Rimmer,  renowned IT vet, who played an instrumental part in the early success of behemoths of the industry such as Citrix and was employee #2 at VMware EMEA and now founder of hiviz-marketing,  shares with us the importance of leading from the front and how to make the extraordinary happen. Meet #fivebehaviors - Amplified Group We would love you to follow us on LinkedIn!  ht...

Send us Fan Mail Former President of Insight and CDW,  and now CEO of Quantiq, Stuart Fenton shares his story of how he has learnt to become the leader he is today, building Quantiq a company that he would want to work at. Stuart shares how putting your people first, ensures you retain incredible talent who pull together to undoubtedly deliver extraordinary (and sustainable) results. Learn more ab...

Send us Fan Mail In the last episode of series one, the Get Amplified team are joined by Paul Burke, SVP of Product Marketing at Glasswall and client of the Amplified Group.  We explore why clarity is needed at every level of the organisations and how lack of it can paralyse individuals and teams and cause silos in organisations. Drawing on 20+ years in product management, Paul shares how clarity...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Alexander, Former Director of Cloud Management Sales at VMWare EMEA joins the Get Amplified Team in our penultimate session of the series to share his wealth of experience of working with remote teams. This topic was recorded pre COVID-19 but with remote working becoming a much more accepted way of working for the future is even more relevant than ever! We would love you...

Send us Fan Mail The team are joined by Andy Bacon, Strategic Marketing Consultant, Mentor and Speaker to discuss the challenges when sales and marketing are not aligned. Andy shares how account based marketing (ABM) can be a catalyst to unite them as one team. Amplified Sales and Marketing Alignment - Take your  Team Speed Check  Link to Andy’s enlightening article https://www.linkedin.com/posts/...

Send us Fan Mail In our last bite-sized episode in mental health awareness week the team wrap up our discussions with Chris where he stresses the importance of making mental health a part of your discussions at work. The check that Sia refers to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week Interesting HR Analyst article that Vic refers to https://www.linkedin.com/feed/upd...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue  our discussions around good mental health awareness at work, this is the fourth bite-sized episode where the team have a great discussion about how giving feedback with care is the kindest thing. It’s better to have feedback, good or bad, than not to know.   Here is the link to the radical candor video we refer to. https://youtu.be/yj9GLeNCgm4 We would love you to...

Send us Fan Mail Our third bite-sized episode of Get Amplified supporting mental health awareness week, the Get Amplified team along with Chris Collett discuss the importance of everybody on the team having a voice and how gaining clarity can help with good mental health.    We would love you to follow us on LinkedIn!  https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplified-group/

Send us Fan Mail In this first special bite sized daily episode of Get Amplified supporting Mental Health Awareness Week, the Get Amplified team are joined again by Chris Collett, former Army Major and Mental Health First Aid Trainer. The team explore why having trust in the workplace helps our mental health and how a leader can build trust by showing vulnerability. We would love you to follow us...

Send us Fan Mail In our second bite-sized episode the Get Amplified team are joined again by Chris Collett mental health first aid trainer to discuss how organisations can provide a safe space, where opinions are sought, offered and heard, where disagreements can be aired and overcome through positive conflict. Most importantly -  why this is good for your mental health! We would love you to follo...

Send us Fan Mail The Get Amplified team are joined Francisco, founder and former CEO of ITQ. This is a fascinating personal story of how Francisco recognised his blind spots and appointed a new CEO to run his company. ITQ goes from strength to strength, recently winning VMware’s EMEA partner of the year for knowledge. We would love you to follow us on LinkedIn!  https://www.linkedin.com/company/am...

Send us Fan Mail If change is a constant, listen to Paul Russell a leader in the IBM Watson Group who shares  the fascinating use of design thinking to help you with your next chapter. We would love you to follow us on LinkedIn!  https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplified-group/

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of  Get Amplified, Sam finds out more from Vicky and Sia  on the best kept business secret, the five behaviours of a team, discovering the simple and pragmatic formula for team work.  You will hear about Microsoft as a case study, how the formula works and  tips on how to get started with it. It’s just us three chickens this time - enjoy! We would love you to follo...

Send us Fan Mail Still struggling with remote working? If not, but you know someone who is, please share. Join this special edition of Get Amplified with guest Adam Harding, Chief Technologist for Workspace at Softcat. Sharing our joint experiences of remote working that span over 50 years we hope we can help as we discuss; Best practices of remote working How best to deal with the tech And how to...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the chat with Martin Kelly, where Martin gets to the heart of how Citrix’s internal IT organisation transformed to be able to keep up with the pace of change. To learn more about the importance of a high trust culture to help organisations keep up with the pace of change, read our Empowered Workforce Report: High Tech Companies Playing a Perilous Game of Snakes and...