The TJ Podcast

Jon talks to Dr. Lynda Shaw about masks, trust, role models, kindness and more. Check out her new book here: https://www.drlyndashaw.com/books/

Jon talks to Sean Purcell, award-winning business and leadership performance coach about flexible working, recession-proofing your business and more. Sean is also author of the number one best-selling book MillienniALL, which you can buy from his website here: https://www.sean-purcell.co.uk/book

Jon talks to new TJ blogger Salma Shah about her work on diversity in the world of coaching. Check out her first TJ blog post here: https://www.trainingjournal.com/blog/leap-faith and find out more about her great work in coaching here: https://www.masteringyourpower.com/

Jon talks to Carl Makins and Andrew New about how they trained up 3,000 volunteers to support frontline staff in the early days of the pandemic. It's an inspiring case study. Do listen in.

Jon talks to Perrine Farque, speaker and diversity consultant, about how the coronavirus has impacted women's equality. It was cut out of the recording, but she was very understanding when Jon's daughter kept interrupting demanding breadsticks. Thanks Perrine! Find out more about Perrine here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrinefarque/

Jon, Jo and Kate talk about the power of conversation (appropriate), elearning scams, the future of events and more. Plus, Jon talks to Fiona McBride and James Barrass-Banks about the upcoming L&D Connect Virtual Unconference. Tune in! Get your unconference tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ld-connect-virtual-unconference-tickets-114516941254 Check out the Raconteur article here, with a...

Anthony Chadwick gives us a potted history of L&D and veterinary science, as well as discussing virtual events, the environment and much more. Find out about Anthony's business here: https://www.thewebinarvet.com/

Jon talks to Fiona McBride and James Barrass-Banks about the first L&D Connect Virtual Unconference. What's an unconference? Listen in to find out all you need to know... And get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ld-connect-virtual-unconference-tickets-114516941254

Jon talks to JC Townend about outplacement, redeployment and the differences between the two. It's a tough time out there for employers and employees alike - hopefully this conversation will help give people a few more options. Find out more about JC and her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannetownend/

Jon talks to Cara de Lange about boundary setting, work life balance, burnout, and the new world of work. Get more info about Cara's work here: https://softersuccess.com/

Jon talks to Pathlight CEO Alex Kvamme about overhauling management practices for a new era. Change is coming! Find out more about Alex here: https://www.pathlight.com/

Jon, Jo and Kate tackle the recession, UNLEASH, some of the latest site content and Yash Dubal looks at the upcoming immigration changes as the Big B approaches. It all gets a bit blooper-tastic late in the game, so listen out for that... oh, and here's that great HBR article: https://hbr.org/2020/08/21-hr-jobs-of-the-future

Jon has a chat with L&D veteran Dr. Nick van Dam about the future of digital and executive learning, as well as touching on conferences and events among other things. Have a listen to this discussion with a seasoned conference speaker and scholar. Here's Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickvandam/

Jon talks to Alison founder Mike Feerick about the current climate and how this is changing the perception of university and distance learning. Find out more about distance learning platform Alison here: https://alison.com/

Jon talks to leadership and EQ consultant Ally Nathaniel about the causes of burnout. Listen to this interview for tips about keeping control of your work life, and if you're in a leadership position, how you can help your workforce deal with stressful situations. Get more info on Ally's work here: http://www.theebiq.com/

Jon talks to Yash Dubal, immigration law expert and MD of A Y & J Solicitors. In case you forgot, Brexit is happening and that means changes to immigration law. We go through some of it here. Find out more about Yash's work here: https://ayjsolicitors.com/

Jon, Jo and Kate cover learning transfer, LTSF, Skillsoft, the TJ Awards and more, while Neta Meidav from Vault Platform talks discrimination in the workplace.

Jon talks to Vault Platform's Neta Meidav about discrimination in the new work paradigm. Find out about the important work that Neta does here: https://vaultplatform.com/

Jon talks to BrightHR's Alan Price about the Government's furlough scheme and other support for businesses large and small. Find out more about Alan here ; https://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/sco/author/alanprice/

Jon has a quick chat with Gerry Griffin, founder of SKill Pill about the upcoming webinar on Wednesday 15 July at 3pm - 'What you need to know about returning to work'. Also featuring author Pam Hamilton and Rosie Powell-Lunt of John Lewis, this is a timely webinar not to be missed - sign up free here: https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=1181278988531459

Jon talks to Gent Ahmetaj, senior researcher at Emerald Works, about this year's Learning Health Check. Benchmark your business processes and compare performance metrics with those of other organizations today - find out more here: https://emeraldworks.com/research/learning-health-check

Jon talks - pre-lockdown - to PSI International's Ali Shalfrooshan about diversity quotas and resilience. Two issues which are still very relevant and will be for a very long time, we think. Find out more about Ali and his work here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-shalfrooshan-b3009314/

Jon talks to Amanda Rosewarne from the CPD Standards Office about what to look for in good online learning when everyone's doing it (which they are). More about Amanda and her colleagues here: https://www.cpdstandards.com/about-us/members-of-the-panel/

Jon and Jo are back in the podcast hot seats! Listen as they catch up on the last three months, detail a few changes to TJ's business and talk about the global impact of #BlackLivesMatter. Payfit's Nick Miller joins to talk about company culture. The blog post that Jo references is here: https://tommccallum.com/2020/06/07/be-a-point-of-light/#gsc.tab=0

Jon talks to Nick Miller of Payfit about staying to true to your values as you grow, and how culture helps business impact. Get more info about Payfit here => https://payfit.com/en/