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In the premiere episode of Series 5 of the How to Empower Podcast, host Katy Bennett welcomes Marcus Read, Director in Workplace Financial Wellbeing at Close Brothers AM, and Char Srahan, Senior Associate in Inclusion, Culture, and Wellbeing at PwC. Together, they explore the critical topic of financial wellbeing and its impact on employees' overall quality of life. Discover how reducing financial...

In celebration of 175 years of PwC, this special episode of the How to Empower podcast sees host Katy Bennett joined by People Networks Lead at PwC, Riteesh Mishra, with two representatives from PwC’s people networks, Suwei Jiang and Nicky, to talk about the role of people networks in demonstrating care. Discover how people networks can play a pivotal role not only in supporting their members, but...

In the final episode of Series 4 on the How to Empower Podcast, host Katy Bennett sits down with Leo Johnson and Dr. Ali Budjanovcanin to discuss emotional intelligence. Join us as we learn how mastering our own emotions and those of our colleagues can lead to more effective leadership, and explore whether there’s a downside to being too emotionally perceptive.

In the sixth episode of Series 4 on the How to Empower Podcast, host Katy Bennett sits down with leaders Hemione Hudson and Deanna Oppenheimer, to celebrate International Women’s Day. Discover how these senior executives have navigated the challenges of staying authentic in business. Gain valuable insights into their personal and professional journeys, uncovering the intricacies and societal expec...

In this inspiring episode of the How to Empower podcast series, host Katy Bennett engages in a crucial conversation about the often-overlooked challenges of working with cancer. Joining the discussion are speakers Barbara Wilson, Founder and Director of Working with Cancer, a social enterprise dedicated to supporting individuals affected by cancer in their return to the workforce, and Martin Groom...

In this episode of the How to Empower podcast series, host Katy Bennett is joined by Danielle Obe, co-founder and chair of the Black Swimming Association, and Lois Geraldo, a Senior Associate at PwC. Every two minutes, someone tragically drowns worldwide. 400 people drown every year in the UK, with these numbers disproportionately affecting those from the African, Caribbean and Asian communities....

In episode 3 of How to Empower podcast series 4, Katy Bennett interviews Katherine Wilson, Head of Employers for Carers at Carers UK, and Michelle Beardwood, a Tax Senior Manager at PwC. They discuss supporting employees with caring responsibilities and share personal experiences. This episode offers practical advice for employers and employees. For more info, visit Carers UK website.

In this episode, host Katy Bennett speaks to Ann O'Neill, CEO and Founder of Adora Digital Health  (www.adora.health) , and Rachael Hampton, Partner at PwC, about their experience with the Menopause. Ann shares what drove her to develop the Adora app to help other women, and Rachael shares her experience of perimenopause, what organisations can do to support women, and why she is hopeful for futur...

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with the topic of suicide. In the first episode of series 4 of the How to Empower podcast series, new host Katy Bennett, spoke with Alice Hendy, Founder and CEO of sucide prevention charity R;pple, and Sean Maywood, a Mental Health First Aid Instructor at PwC. Alice shares her inspiration for starting R;pple following the suicide of her brother, and both Sean an...

In the latest episode of series 3, host Dipesh Davadra speaks to Emma Charlesworth, Head of the PwC UK Alumni Network and Ambassador for the charity Widowed and Young, about her story of being widowed at the age of 39 and why it is so important for everyone to feel empowered to be more open in talking about grief and bereavement.

In this episode, host Dipesh Davadra speaks to Helena Chan, Associate at PwC Operate, and Paris Capleton, a NHS Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to discuss mental health in some cultures and communities, the challenges of talking openly about wellbeing & how age, religion & gender can impact someone’s decision to seek support.

In the first episode of series 3, host Dipesh Davadra speaks to Bernadette Kelly CB, Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport, and Brenda Trenowden CBE, Partner at PwC, about why it is so important for organisations to have gender diversity, with a focus on what the Department for Transport has been doing to increase and sustain their gender diversity

In the final episode of series 2, Chris Keogh speaks to Paul Scrivens, Commercial Director at LoveLocalJobs Foundation, Fiona Camenzuli, Partner and New World. New Skills programme lead at PwC, and Danielle Quinlan, Audit Manager and Digital Accelerator at PwC, about the skills that the next generation need in an increasingly digital age, and how the current workforce can upskill themselves to be...

In this episode host Chris Keogh is joined by Larice Stielow, Economist at PwC, and Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director at Women’s Budget Group, to discuss the challenges facing women in work today, and what governments and businesses can do to change things.

Chris Keogh is joined by Emily Diamond, 400m and 4x400m Olympic athlete, Dr Michael Johnston, physical performance lead at UK athletics and Alex Cooke, a data intelligence partner at PwC, to talk about making rest and recovery a priority in 2021, and how to find the right balance.

Chris Keogh is joined by Rachel Briant, Founder of Get Synergised, Jerry During, CEO and Co-Founder, Money A+E and David Adair, Head of Community Engagement, PwC who’ll be sharing more about their own experiences of working with, and creating, social enterprises, and the important role social enterprises play in the community and to economic growth.

Chris Keogh speaks to Caroline Nokes, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee and Asim Siddiqi, Partner and Co-lead for Diversity and Inclusion in the South East Audit practice at PwC about inclusion, common challenges in the workplace and how we can all work together to create inclusive workplaces.

Chris Keogh is joined by Dennis Owusu-Sem, Founder of Success Talks and Monique Malcolm-Hay, Multicultural Business Network Co-Chair at PwC. To celebrate Black History Month, Dennis and Monique share their thoughts on the importance of black role models in business, who their role models are and how their work is having a positive impact on those around them.

Chris Keogh is joined by Cecil Adjalo, Director of Operations at Foundervine and Shamela Kylassum, owner of Pansophia Associates. Cecil and Shamela share their experiences and learnings from lockdown, their tips for building their resilience and the impact the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement has had on them.

Chris Keogh is joined by Dr Kamel Hothi OBE, Non Executive Director at TLC Lions and Laura Hinton, Head of People at PwC. Kamel and Laura share their professional and personal stories which helped shape them into the leaders they are now, who their heroes are and why sharing your vulnerabilities is a strength not a weakness.

In this episode, Chris Keogh is joined by Michael Vermeersch, Digital Inclusion Lead at Microsoft, and Aeron Vale, Data Analyst Consultant for PwC to discuss neurodiversity. This is the concept that neurological differences are recognised and respected as any other human variation. Both Aeron and Michael share their experiences of living with autism and how you can feel empowered to engage in a co...

Despite decades of progress towards workplace equality, women remain woefully underrepresented in the UK’s technology workforce. In the first episode of the second series of How to empower, new host Chris Keogh is joined by Jing Teow, Economist at PwC and Wincie Wong, Head of Rose Review Implementation at Natwest to explore PwC's Women in Work Index, as well as discussing what can be done to addre...

In this episode, Suzi Woolfson is joined by Sophie Butler, Social Media Influencer and Gymshark Athlete, and Chris Keogh, Relationship Manager at PwC. Both suffered spinal cord injuries and share their stories of how they received their injuries, some of the challenges they have faced, lessons they have learnt as well as sharing tips on what employers and colleagues can do to help those with a phy...

Suzi Woolfson is joined by Graham Allcott, Director and Productivity Ninja at Think Productive and Alastair Woods, Partner in our People and Organisation team at PwC to discuss how to empower your productivity. They share their thoughts on how you can improve your personal productivity, as well as ideas for companies to consider when looking at productivity and engaging the workforce and whether t...

Suzi Woolfson is joined by Rob Stephenson, Founder of InsideOut and Abhijay Jain, Partner at PwC to discuss how to empower your mental wellbeing. They cover topics such as the InsideOut mental health advocates league table, why it's important to let other people know where you are with your mental health, and checking in with your colleagues on their mental wellbeing.