Special Guest: Charlotte Dahl Join regular EFS radio show host Jo Moffatt in conversation with Charlotte Dahl as they look forward to this year's Employee Engagement Summit at The Brewery in the heart of London on Wednesday May 1st. Kicking off with a keynote from none other than Ruby Wax OBE, delegates will also hear the latest UK Engagement Survey results from EFS volunteers Dr Sarah Pass and James Court-Smith as well as presentations, case studies and panel discussions that showcase the...

Special Guest: Claire Smith: Chief People Officer at Movera In this episode, we will discuss the impact of a positive culture within the workplace. Claire will talk about her experience in award winning organisations who had strong, positive cultures within their workplaces and the benefits of such. Claire will share some key takeaways on what you can do within your business, no matter what size, for the benefit of your people and customers. She will highlight the impact of her work within...

Special Guest: Yosi Amram: Author of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire to be Inspired Yosi Amram, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, and an executive coach catering to CEOs, entrepreneurs, and other influential leaders. Previously a founder and CEO of two companies that he has led through successful IPOs, he has coached over 100 CEOs – many of whom have built companies with thousands of employees and revenues in the billions. He is a pioneering researcher in the...

Special Guests: Dr Sarah Pass and James Court-Smith Join us to hear the initial findings from the Engage for Success 2023 survey. This is the second 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 2023 UK engagement benchmark. Listen as we reflect on variations in engagement levels according to organisational size, sector, and the level of action (or inaction) in...

Special Guest: Jo Hand: Co-Founder of Giki Jo is Giki’s co-founder and has worked in sustainability since 2006, is responsible for Giki’s engagement programme, clients and partners. She specialises in behaviour change, climate communications, employee engagement and personal carbon footprints. Jo is a former BBC Panorama journalist and executive committee member at CDP. The Race to Zero is global campaign rallying nations, industries, and individuals to unite in the fight against climate...

Special Guest: Suzana Mihajlovic: Author of Your2Minds Suzana Mihajlovic is the founder of Your2Minds Pty Ltd. She is a multiple best selling author and elite level performance and success coach. Her expertise has been featured in many prestigious podcasts and business magazines and most recently in Times Square, New York. Suzana Mihajlovic has had a wide calibre of experience and expertise all of which distinguish her from the ordinary. She has been referred to by her clients as the...

Special Guest: Alison Green: Director of WOMBA More than 80% of parents in the UK are in employment yet there’s remarkably little research. The research that has been conducted tends to disregard the experience and role of working dads – perhaps reinforcing the notion that this is a ‘woman’s issue’. We have started with a unique, binary gender equal piece of research to explore the perspectives of both working mums and working dads. The aim of our research is to help parents returning to...

Special Guest: Jo Moffatt, EFS Advisory Board Member & Strategy Director, MD Woodreed We will be discussing the topic of workplace culture: what it is, how it is defined and why it matters, not only for organisational and corporate success but also for health, wellbeing and engagement of the wider workforce. This is in advance of Jo speaking at the Health & Wellbeing @ Work conference at the NEC in Birmingham on 12 March. Join us as we discuss workplace culture. Host: Jo Dodds

Special Guest: Jeffrey Klubeck: Author of The Integrity Game®️ Jeffrey Klubeck is retired Professor of Communication and author of The Integrity Game®️ which is evolving into a comprehensive soft skills development company. As a world class coach, Jeffrey has worked with entrepreneurs and high performance teams in 12 countries across 4 continents. He is also the founder of Get A Klu, Inc. which serves small/micro businesses and solo-preneurs with productivity and accountability frameworks....

Special Guests: Mike Pounsford, Kevin Ruck and Howard Krais Leading the Listening Organisation was published in December 2023. This book explores tapping into employee voices for better decisions, innovation, and performance. ‘Leading the Listening Organisation’ offers practical strategies, based on global research across 500 organisations, to create resilient workplaces where open communication and fresh ideas thrive. Essential reading for leaders, HR, and communication...

Special Guest: Sharn Kleiss: Internal Comms & EX Strategy and Gary Moss: Internal Communication Director at Gallagher’s Communication Practice Sharn Kleiss (she/her) is Strategy Partner: Employee Experience & Insights at Gallagher’s Communications Practice, and has worked in the employee engagement field for a decade. Sharn’s expertise is focused on the interplay between internal communication and employee experience, and this comes to life in Gallagher’s annual State of the Sector...

Special Guest: Joey Havens: Author of Leading with Significance: How to Create a Magnetic, People-First Culture Joey Havens has a 30+ year history of growing leaders and elevating others based on a personal purpose of helping people see and realize their full potential. He recently retired from HORNE, a top 25 CPA firm, after serving in several roles since joining them in 1984, including as an executive partner where he led more than 2,000 team members to build the Wise Firm, HORNE’s...

Special Guest: Geoff McDonald: Geoff McDonald Consulting Limited Geoff’s background in teaching, HR, marketing, communications and sustainability is considerable. His experience during his 25 years with Unilever (a global corporation with a turnover of £50 billion and 170,000 employees in 90 countries worldwide), has taken him around the world, working across Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, Australasia and Asia, Europe and the Americas. His HR experience has spanned leadership and...

Special Guest: Catherine Chabiron Catherine Chabiron is an established expert in Lean management with a professional journey spanning over 40 years. Her expertise in Lean thinking has been largely shaped by her experiences within the automotive industry, where she has lived and breathed the Lean philosophy. Catherine is not only a Lean executive coach but also a renowned author. Her notable contribution, “Learning to Scale at Theodo Group: Growing a Fast and Resilient Company,”  exemplifies...

Our guest for this show cancelled so we are replaying our most downloaded show... Special Guest: Phil Sherwood, Head of Volunteering and Workforce Training. London 2012 Olympics In this 'blast from the past' Show #20, Find out how the Games Makers programme for London 2012 fits with the Engage for Success Four Enablers. 70,000 volunteers in 860 roles across 80 venues working 8 million hours for free - here's your chance to find out how they did it from an engagement perspective. Host: Jo...

Special Guest: Melissa Hackmeier: Global Head of Employee and Community Engagement, Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at Merck Life Science Education and engagement are fundamental to all Melissa Hackmeier does at Merck Life Science. As Global Head of Employee and Community Engagement, she leads the development and implementation of employee and community engagement strategy, programs and nonprofit partnerships, as well as communications to raise awareness about these...

Special Guest: Maria Marukian: Speaker and Host of ‘Culture Stew’ Maria Morukian is a recognized organizational development practitioner specializing in training, coaching, and facilitation with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and intercultural competence. Maria is the President of MSM Global Consulting, and an adjunct faculty member at American University’s School of International Service. She previously served in leadership and organizational development positions at the U.S....

Special Guest: Chris Turner: Consultant in Emergency Medicine Radio Show #521: The Impact of Behaviour on Performance Have you ever had a professional interaction that has left you feeling disrespected? Left you feeling distracted and not performing at your best? It turns out that this isn’t just you, it’s all of us. Chris is consultant in emergency medicine at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. He is interested in governance and highly performing teams, and this has led...

Join our host Andy Goram sharing his 10 retention tips (his guest couldn't connect and will be rebooking for next year!).

Special Guest: Paul ter Wal: Founder of ANDARE Training & Education Paul ter Wal and his consulting company Team ANDARE make healthy businesses better with the belief that happiness makes money. An organization expert with a lot of experience as a lawyer in the field of social security and employment law, Paul saw first hand the ways that social security failed human beings. He was surprised to learn that despite the millions of dollars and euros spent to support people when they become...

Special Guest: Gerald Leonard: Founder of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute Gerald offers a unique productivity approach to accomplishing more every day. Gerald J. Leonard PMP, PfMP, and a C-IQ Coach; he's the Publishing Editor, CEO, and Founder of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute, as well as the CEO of Turnberry Premiere, a strategic project portfolio management and IT governance firm based in Washington, DC. Gerald is also an Author, TEDx Speaker, Management...

Special Guest: Paul Reid: Founder and CEO at Trickle Paul started his career as a software engineer, before launching a market-leading tech business that became well known for being a great place to work – with a real focus on putting its people first. The culture that Paul and his team rooted in the business was key to its success, which saw them repeatedly win customers against globally recognised brands with 1000x more staff. Paul’s business was acquired after 15 years, and the...

Special Guest: Cathy Brown, EFS Advisory Board Member, Former Exec Director What's it like being a neurodivergent leader? How do you lead and manage neurodivergent employees? Cathy speaks about her own personal experience of late diagnosis with ADHD and how she asked for reasonable adjustments and got practical help through Access to Work. Join us as we discuss neurodivergence as a leader and as an employee. Host: Jo Dodds

Special Guest: Alex Eade: Marketing Manager at Footprint Digital Lifelong learning and keeping education at the core of everything we do is paramount to the team at Footprint Digital. Our industry, digital marketing, has often been seen as smoke and mirrors, with clients confused about what agencies are actually doing for them, and agencies using this confusion to their advantage. Footprint Digital was set up to be the antithesis to this, demystifying and humanising marketing to help clients...