Love Your Career

SO pleased to welcome the brilliantly talented James Foley, Commercial Director at Alliance Leisure. We have got to know James more in the last year or so and he's truly awesome and an asset to our sector. In this chat we found out even more about him, his story, his journey and it produces so many lessons and guidance that both businesses and individuals will learn from. James was also a recommen...

This week we welcome Duncan Jefford, an incredible leader and professional in our industry to the podcast. For anyone who doesn't know Duncan, he is a Regional Director for Everyone Active - SLM, where he oversees over 130 sites. He has also been a senior leader in this business for over 18 years and this breadth and depth of experience means he absolutely knows what he is talking about! Not only...

Industry legend time!..... Our next guest on the Love Your Career Podcast is a man who has lead much of our sector and mentored so many of its leaders for decades, David Stalker. We have been lucky to have known David a long time but we found out so much more about him in this chat! We spend time talking about his journey, lessons learned, mentorship, life lessons, industry perspectives, future op...

Today we welcome the wonderful James Luscombe from Study Active onto the pod. One area of our sector that is discussed significantly is how we train, attract, retain and develop our PT's. We have been so lucky to have had experts on this topic before and in James we have another. His perspective as an MD of a huge trainer in our sector is really important and if you work in this sector and keen to...

It's time to announce our next guest on the Love Your Career Podcast, and it's a great one! We were joined by industry icon, events guru and the all round lovely person that is Lucy Findlay Beale from Elevate. We enjoyed this conversation a lot. Lucy is so honest, open and authentic and we explored so much from her early career, lessons learned and finding her passion all the way through to Elevat...

In so many of our chats with industry leaders on the podcast, Lawrence has referenced the great work Total Fitness are doing regarding their PT product, specifically in regard to attraction, recruitment, training and retention. Our next guest is the person responsible for this great work, Richard Wilson. We were really excited to have him as a guest after he was recommended by the brilliant previo...

So proud to welcome our very good friend and industry legend, Dave Hopkins, to the show today. Dave is the MD of Pro Insight and one of the most well known people in all of the UK fitness industry Dave takes us through how he got into the industry, his growth and progression and his tips for getting to a C-Suite level This conversation charts: - Dave's background - His Journey to starting Pro...

We are incredibly privileged to welcome Rhys Jones onto the Love Your Career Podcast. Rhys is currently the COO of Plymouth active and having risen through the ranks from starting as a fitness instructor, he can really add value to anybody listening on how to grow your career and take it to the next step. Rhys talks about the importance of trusting your gut, telling people what they need to hear -...

This week we are incredibly excited to have the amazing Dan Rees in the studio. A friend of Love for a number of years Dan is recognisable to many as being one of the most influential pro's at the forefront of education in the fitness industry where he is now MD of The Health and Fitness Institute. Dan talks to us about his humble fitness industry beginnings and leads up to his mic drop moment...

It's not every week we have a premier league winner on the show but that's exactly what we have on this episode. Introduced to us by the amazing Andy Kay, Luke Chadwick joins us this week. An ex pro footballer who went into coaching, Luke tells us about what made him get into the football fun factory and make sure that football is enjoyable for kids. Luke takes us through his career, time...

An exciting one this week as welcome Rob Handy, the man behind independent gyms. A friend of Love, Rob speaks honestly and authentically and tells us all about his career so far and some of his best tips for you. You can find out more about Rob and Independent Gyms below. https://independentgyms.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthandy/?originalSubdomain=uk You can find out more about Lawren...

We are so lucky to have the awesome Dave Candler as this week’s guest on our podcast. We have got to know Dave recently and he’s a brilliantly engaging and inspiring leader. He speaks honestly and authentically and we believe this shines through in this chat. In his field, Dave is an absolute expert and there is great information, guidance and tips here. You can find out more about Dave and STA be...

A titan of the fitness industry, Director at GG Fit and podcast extraordinaire, this week we are joined by the host of your dream gym podcast, Mr Guy Griffiths. Guy guides us through his career, detailing the unexpected twists and turns that have lead him to where he is today. There is so much knowledge, guidance and mentoring in this chat and we are so lucky to have had him. Some highlights were:...

We are so lucky to have the brilliant Elaine Coulthard as this week’s guest on our podcast. Elaine is an industry legend and is a big friend of Love Recruitment, playing a critical role in our journey. She is a friend and mentor and had so much knowledge and expertise to pass on. We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to he...

An absolute industry expert and figure head in the chair this week - Andy King, Chair of GM Active and industry consultant. Andy has had a wonderful career, from being a drummer, being a mature student to moving into our great sector and progressing through council leisure, Virgin Active (where he was their 1st ever GM), Fitness First, GLL, Carlisle Leisure and GM. There is so much knowledge, guid...

It’s time for a TWICE recommended guest and it’s the fantastic Andy Kay. Andy was recommended by both James Lawrence and Chloe Kinch and we can see why. Andy brings so much knowledge, wisdom and guidance in this episode. As usual, we have summarised some key areas but this chat is so much more than just the below. Tune in and listen. Whether you are a business leader, budding entrepreneur or looki...

We welcome a big friend of Love Recruitment, James Lorey to this episode of the Love Your Career Podcast. James is the co-owner and Operations Director of the fantastic Your Personal Training businesses, The UK’s most successful personal training brand. So much expertise, energy, passion and guidance comes through in this incredibly authentic chat. James is one of the great guys of the sector and...

So proud to welcome Sarah Watts, Founder of Alliance Leisure to the podcast. Real and genuine industry royalty in the chair today. Sarah is one of the most authentic, open and talented people we know. Simply exceptional and wonderful understate this…. This conversation charts: - Sarah’s background - her reasons for starting Alliance - Alliance’s growth over the years - Her Why and what makes her,...

Wow, what an episode! This week we welcome Suzanne Gabb to the podcast. Suzanne, COO of Good boost is a long time friend of Love and we are so excited to welcome her and for everyone to hear about her awesome story. She speaks about her rise into C-Suite and imparts some truly amazing tips on how you could do this too. We talk about so much more such as - What is Goodboost? - Interview tips for Ca...

So proud to welcome CEO of BFT, David Aitchison to the podcast. We have got to know David well over the last few years and he is truly exceptional - as a person and as a leader. He speaks authentically about his own growth, his own learnings and how his career has progressed. He is exceptionally talented and his advice on internal development, interview prep and career development are superb. Than...

Andrea cook We are very lucky to welcome Andrea Cook, Head of People for Total Fitness to the podcast this week. Andrea is exceptional. She is excellent at what she does, is delightful, generous with her time and her honesty and authenticity is brilliant. She has worked for some brilliant brands including John Lewis and Emirates too. She has also played an integral role and driven one of the stori...

Honoured to welcome industry leader David Monkhouse to the Love Your Career podcast. David has been a friend to Love Recruitment for many years and is someone who’s opinion and guidance is both respected and adhered to within our walls! We hope you love this chat. David is so generous with his time and opinions always but particularly we believe this really shines through in this chat. We hope you...

A truly unique episode today as we managed to snaffle the incredible Dean Pendergast whilst he was on a flying visit from New Zealand! Dean is an absolute innovator throughout his career and currently heads up the EnrolMy - the market leader in making bookings within the childcare industry simple and effective. It's a great episode where: - He talks about how leaders are both born AND made - T...

What an honour to have Ian in for a Love Your Career conversation. For those who haven’t come across Ian, he’s the founder and CEO of Keepme.ai and we certainly see him as the vanguard of ai and its adoption in the fitness industry. He is incredibly impressive for many more reasons too including his career itself, tech, business growth, wisdom and value on personal relationships. His career overvi...

Well this is awesome! Yes Yes Yes. This week’s guest is the awesome, fabulous and exceptionally talented Chloe Kinch, Director of Client Success at Proinsight. Chloe is a big friend of us at Love Recruitment and we could not be more excited to welcome her into the Love Your Career Podcast chair! Chloe exudes authentic advice and guidance throughout. So many great areas were covered including: - Im...