Guest: Sophie Allington, Head of People Operational Excellence, Ocado Group Sophie leads a team of HR Product Experts focused on HR tooling and global HR and Finance processes, as well as governance, compliance, and risk. With a background in Talent Acquisition and HR transformation, Sophie has led large teams across the public and private sectors. She is passionate about workplace equity and chairs Ocado’s Parents and Carers Community. Join us as we discuss the vital role that parents and carer...
Jul 03, 2025•32 min
Guest: Claudia D Thompson: Author of ‘Take Charge: The BOSS Method’. You started your business with a great idea — not necessarily the plan to become a boss. Now you’re managing people, juggling expectations, and wondering how leadership ended up on your to-do list. Claudia D. Thompson is a leadership consultant and team strategist who helps business owners build workplaces where people want to stay and grow. With a business degree and two decades of experience across industries – from fashion t...
Jun 18, 2025•28 min
Special Guests: Dr Sarah Pass and James Court-Smith Join us to hear the initial findings from the Engage for Success Employee Engagement 2025 survey. This is the third Engage for Success national survey, established to examine the current state of employee engagement in the UK. We will be discussing the EFS Employee Engagement Index and the 2025 UK engagement benchmark. Listen as we reflect on variations in engagement levels according to organisational size, sector, and the level of action (or i...
Jun 12, 2025•32 min
Guest: Tim Pointer: Operating Partner at Three Hills Tim Pointer is Operating Partner at Three Hills, working as a portfolio Chief People Officer across Three Hills’ group of investments. Tim creates organisational value through select people strategies covering talent, organisational design, learning & development, performance data, reward and governance. He has held global Chief People Officer roles in a breadth of sectors including brand & talent management (Creative Artists Agency); ...
Jun 05, 2025•32 min
Special Guests: Matt Tenney, The Generous Group Matt Tenney envisions a world in which all leaders and workplace cultures consistently make a positive impact on the wellbeing and growth of team members. He is the author of three leadership books, including Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process, and his inspiring TED talk has been viewed over 1 million times. Since 2014, Matt has delivered programs that help develop world-class leaders, who impro...
Jun 05, 2025•31 min
Guest: Brian Ranson: Head of Internal Communications and Engagement, Cuckoo Fibre Brian Ranson is a highly experienced communications professional, currently serving as Head of Internal Communications and Engagement at Cuckoo. With an Internal Communications career spanning leadership roles at Jurassic Fibre, Virgin Media O2 and Zurich Insurance, he specialises in crafting human led, targeted internal communication campaigns that deliver emotional outcomes and drive positive engagement. Brian’s ...
Jun 05, 2025•32 min
Guest: Valeria Winkworth: EY Director| Technology-led Transformation Expert Dr. Valeria Winkworth is a recognised change leader with a passion for driving human-centred transformation to create a working world of equitable opportunities open to all. A Doctor in Medicinal Chemistry by background, Valeria has been a STEM professional throughout her career, working closely with Executive Directors from leading global corporations across a spectrum of industries, including pharmaceuticals, infrastru...
May 16, 2025•26 min
Guest: Vidhi Thakker: Global Director Vidhi Thakker | Global Director, Talent and Organizational Effectiveness, VML Vidhi Thakker is a global talent and organizational development leader driven by a passion for creating environments that inspire individuals to realize their full potential. With experience spanning the US, UK, APAC, New Zealand, and India, she brings a truly global perspective to creating impactful talent strategies that resonate across cultures. Grounded in her Social-Organizati...
May 08, 2025•31 min
Guest: Chris Hood, NeuroBridge As awareness of neurodiversity continues to grow, so too does the responsibility for organisations to create truly inclusive environments—ones where neurodivergent individuals are not just accommodated, but empowered to thrive. In this episode of Engage for Success Radio, we’re joined by Chris Hood, Partner at NeuroBridge. Chris is passionate about helping businesses build neuroinclusive cultures that unlock potential, drive innovation, and create a deeper sense of...
May 01, 2025•31 min
Guest: Ed Fidoe: Founder of LIS Ed Fidoe is the visionary founder and CEO of the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS), pioneering a revolution in education. LIS is the first institution in decades to be granted degree-awarding powers from inception in the UK. It offers an innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum designed to address complex global challenges such as inequality, sustainability, ethics, and artificial intelligence. Ed will explore the concept of “networked expertise” versus “narro...
Apr 17, 2025•32 min
Guest: Matt Burney Matt, a globally recognised thought leader with over 20 years of experience in talent strategy and recruitment technology, brings simple clarity to some complex issues, addressing such things as whether AI is truly revolutionising hiring or simply complicating the process. They discuss the realities behind the so-called “skills gap,” explore how economic literacy (or the lack of it) can influence good and bad talent management, and examine the balance between automation fears ...
Apr 10, 2025•31 min
Guest: Aang Lakey: Speaker, coach and advocate Aang Lakey (they/them) is an internationally recognized speaker, coach, and advocate specializing in the integration of leadership, equity, and consciousness to advance social change. With a background in social work, violence prevention, and organizational development, Aang equips leaders with tools to navigate challenges and foster equitable, collaborative environments. Aang brings a unique blend of lived experience and professional expertise to t...
Apr 03, 2025•31 min
Guest: Kelly Meerbott: TEDx Speaker and Author of From Burnout to Bliss Kelly Meerbott is an acclaimed TEDx and keynote speaker, author, podcast host, and award-winning certified leadership expert. With a unique trauma-informed approach and PTSD training, Kelly has transformed the leadership landscape for hundreds of C-suite and senior executives, and more than 400 high-ranking military officers. Her proven strategies help 90% of her clients overcome burnout, become more resilient, and achieve t...
Mar 28, 2025•32 min
Guests: Jason Anthoine: Strategic Consultant Jason Anthoine is a globally recognized leader in internal communications, employee experience and culture change. With over 35 years of experience, he understands how to reach employees where they already are by communicating with them the way they want. His passion for reaching hard-working, blue collar employees was inspired by his father, who worked as an assembly line foreman in a school bus factory and embodied the values Jason teaches today. Ja...
Mar 20, 2025•32 min
Guests: Roger Gerard: Owner of Sloan & Gerard Consulting and Author Dr. Roger A. Gerard is the owner of Sloan & Gerard Consulting, a private consulting practice serving executives and boards in strategic planning, operational planning, executive coaching, and management development. He also specializes in process improvement, and the use of lean methodologies in bringing about significant and measurable organizational improvement. He is the former Chief Learning Officer for ThedaCare, an...
Mar 13, 2025•33 min
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Mar 06, 2025•27 min
Guests: Emma Bridger Despite 20 plus years of focusing on employee engagement, we have seen little improvement – according to some studies employees are actually less engaged today than they have ever been! Why? Because we need to focus on intentionally designing experiences that deliver engagement, rather than focusing on engagement as an end in its own right. This starts by asking and understanding what a great EX looks and feels like. In this session, Emma Bridger and Lee Smith, share the fin...
Feb 27, 2025•30 min
Guest: Joel Zeff: Author and Speaker Joel Zeff creates energy. His spontaneous humor and vital messages have thrilled audiences for more than 25 years. As a national speaker, work culture expert, author, and humorist, Joel captivates audiences with a unique blend of hilarious improvisational comedy and essential ideas on work and life. He has shared his experience and insight on collaboration, leadership, change, communication, innovation, fun and passion at more than 2,500 events. His book, “Ma...
Feb 20, 2025•30 min
A short show this week as my guest didn’t arrive but I took the opportunity to explain where the other five hundred and seventy odd shows are, if you’re new to us! Go to engageforsuccess.org or you can find us on your podcast app. Host: Jo Dodds
Feb 12, 2025•2 min
Guest: John Amaechi OBE EFS’s mission is ‘inspiring people and workplaces to thrive’, and John’s work is dedicated to creating high-performance, ethical workplace cultures. We will explore our common ground and the role that values can play in driving the behaviours that create successful organisations, the importance of culture and a people-centric environment as well as what can get in the way of creating a positive working environment. Professor John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational ...
Feb 06, 2025•34 min
Guest: Victoria Dioh: Founder Victoria Dioh is an African Oracle (an intuit and healer). She helps leaders who have sacrificed their personal fulfilment for professional success, fall in love with life. As a result, they enhance their wellbeing and wealth by up to 750% or more. Before surrendering to her purpose, Victoria managed some of the country’s most high-profile initiatives such as MPs Expenses IT Infrastructure and Olympics 2012 Red Route. She is also an international speaker, gracing th...
Jan 30, 2025•27 min
Guest: Robin Nathaniel: TEDx Speaker | Social Media Leader Robin Nathaniel has a story of resilience, creativity, and reinvention. Beginning his career as a musician, Robin’s artistic roots laid a unique foundation for his journey. This experience in music, with its emphasis on connection and storytelling, naturally paved the way for his transition into the professional world of social media. By day, he advances marketing initiatives for local government while also serving mission-driven organiz...
Jan 24, 2025•31 min
Guest: Matthew Winn, Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust. Matthew Winn has been the NHS England national director for Community Health leading on virtual wards, NHS Long Term Plan for older people and integration with social care. He continues to advise NHSE England and the Government on intermediate care and rehabilitation. On behalf of partners, he is the senior responsible officer across Bedfordshire and Luton for comm...
Jan 15, 2025•28 min
Guest: Jonathan Bennett: Advisor and Executive Coach In this episode, Jonathan will discuss how, when implementing major organizational changes such as mergers, leaders should be prepared for a full range of employee reactions–from denial, to excitement, to anger. For Jonathan, effective leadership through change properly acknowledges these emotions and engages in clear, frequent communication that explains both what will change and what will remain the same in the new organization. It’s a diffi...
Jan 08, 2025•31 min
Guest: Dr Leandro Herrero: Chief Organisational Architect / Founder of The Chalfont Project, Author and International Speaker Even today, the focus on the exclusive power of leadership at the high ranks of the organisation prevails in the minds of employees, managers and leaders. We have collectively outsourced to them not just the responsibilities for visions and strategies but also role modelling, influence, authority and all sorts of powers. Middle management is just the middle man. The role ...
Dec 18, 2024•35 min
Guest: Sharon Mahli: Chief People Officer, NHS As Chief People Officer, Sharon’s vision is for a healthy, resilient, capable and flexible workforce. Sharon is focused on empowering staff at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to learn, lead, innovate and collaborate in a culture that is inclusive, wellbeing-focussed and patient-centred. From our induction programme for new starters, to practical things like dedicated wellbeing spaces in the Trust and undertaking wellbeing convers...
Dec 13, 2024•26 min
Guest: Abeer Albashiti: Founder of Larimar Abeer Albashiti is the founder of Larimar, a startup that aims to fuel empathy through AI, coaching, and mentoring. She is a mentor at Bridge for Billions and brinc accelerators. Before being Larimar’s founder, Abeer was an instructor at Luminous Education and was responsible for delivering social science courses for less advantaged students like refugees. Abeer was a researcher at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), before joining Lumin...
Dec 04, 2024•31 min
Guest: James Scouller: Executive Coach and Author Did you know that research shows 75% of business teams fail? We struggle to form teams. Why do we find team building so hard? This question has driven James Scouller, an executive coach and celebrated author, throughout his 45-year career. Having led three international companies as CEO for 11 years, he founded The Scouller Partnership in 2004 – an executive coaching practice near London focused on growing leaders and building teams. James stands...
Nov 27, 2024•30 min
Guest: Elizabeth Lotardo: Author of ‘Leading Yourself’. Elizabeth Lotardo is a consultant, writer, and online instructor who helps organizations drive emotional engagement. Her new book, Leading Yourself, has been called a refreshingly candid playbook that helps you create a work experience worth loving, right now. With an undergraduate degree in advertising from Boston University and a Master’s in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Elizabeth works with senior leaders, frontline managers,...
Nov 20, 2024•27 min
Guest: Michelle Pascoe: Founder and CEO of Optimum Operating Procedures and Services Michelle Pascoe grew up on a Turkey farm in Australia and was educated at a bush school with one room, one teacher, and 10 students. However, nothing has kept Michelle from achieving the best and building one of Australia’s most respected training and research businesses, Optimum Operating Procedures and Services (OOPS). Michelle is excited to share with you; Her personal lessons in leadership after 30 years in ...
Nov 13, 2024•30 min
