Engaging People Pod

On today's podcast I host Marc Obrart who is the Co-Founder of Fin-House. Marc talks us through his journey from becoming an accountant to working out that impacting businesses was more up his street. We take more of an in-depth look at what an outsourced FD can do and how Fin-House are evolving the model.  You can find Marc on Linkedin @MarcObrart and you can find Fin-House online www.fin-house.co.uk Marc is available on email marc@fin-house.co.uk As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma1 & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Lewis Hatchett is an ex Professional Cricketer turned start-up Founder. He has overcome numerous challenges throughout his life, starting with being born with Poland Syndrome which is a condition where you don't have one pectoral muscle & two of the ribs surrounding your lungs. Hear how his father was told that Lewis would never play professional sport.  Then having made it to the top level of the game, Lewis suffered a back injury that would ultimately force him to retire & re-evaluate his life. He has since founded Sport Yogi & is using his former experience to build a scalable Yogi app for athletes of all levels.    Lewis recommends the following books The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters Legacy by James Kerr The Pressure Principle by Dave Alred. He also recommends the Rich Roll podcast & The Huberman Lab. You can find Lewis on all the socials @lewishatchett and you can also find Sport Yogi @sportyogi. His website is LewisHatchett.com and the business site is www.sportyogi.com You can listen to him on his very own podcast - Raising Your Game on iTunes.   As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma1 & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

In our final episode of 2021, Sam shares some ideas for 2022. Here are the details of our recommendations. Raising Fame Podcast. Rational Reminder Podcast.  He discusses 4 core values for your life or business. 1 - Deliver Massive Value 2 - Be Intentional 3 - Do what Works 4 - Take Accountability We hope you've enjoyed this podcast and that you have a happy and healthy festive break. Here's to a great 2022. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma1 & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Josh Green is the founder of BetUp Media which is a marketing consultancy in the gaming/online gambling space.  He is a long standing personal friend of mine and in this episode we discuss all things crypto & NFT's. We tried to make the conversation high level enough for people to understand what's going on in this world, what we are doing ourselves & some use cases for some of the digital assets people are buying.  Please note nothing in this podcast is to be construed as Investment Advice. All opinions of mine & Josh's are our own opinions and not those of Engage Financial Services. You can find Josh on Linkedin @JoshGreen on twitter @greeno99 or @fruityslots.  Our Instagram handles are @samsloma @engagefinancial, you can find me on Linkedin @SamSloma, on twitter @samsloma1 @Engage_FS We hope you enjoyed this conversation, please do leave us a rating or review. We love your comments feedback and suggestions, write to us hello@engagefs.co.uk

Oli Weingarten has had two of the best legal jobs the sports world has to offer. Being a lawyer for The Premier League & The Secretary General of The F1 Teams Association. However he decided that he wanted to venture out on his own to scratch his entrepreneurial itch! Enter his new venture - LDN UTD LDN UTD is the Esports org that unites professional Esports and grassroots gaming with healthy lifestyle and social issues. To date, they have addressed knife crime in LDN with grime artist P Money; loneliness and mental health during COVID with CALM; participation in sport with Street League; nutrition with Bio-Synergy; diversity with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation; and education partnering with the Mayor of London, academics, mainstream sport and esports orgs including Man City and FaZe Clan.  Hear about the challenges of starting a business in a relatively new sector, raising capital and surviving Covid in my interview with LDN UTD CEO Oli Weingarten. You can find LDN UTD on their site - www.ldnutd.gg You can find them on twitter @ldnutd You can find Oli on Linkedin @Oliver Weingarten Instagram @ldn_utd Please do leave us a review or a rating and email us with any questions, queries or suggestions. Our email is team@engagefs.co.uk  The Engaging People Podcast on iTunes & Spotify.  

Today on this short solo episode I discuss how financial anxiety is common place wherever you are on the wealth journey & I give some practical examples of how communication can help.  I also discuss how expenditure control is so important to future financial success. Knowing your expenditure, understanding it and controlling it will means you have far more options for saving, investing and building wealth for your future. The more excess income you have, the more options you have and the easier life is to sustain should something go wrong.  Please do leave us a review or a rating and email us with any questions, queries or suggestions. Our email is team@engagefs.co.uk  The Engaging People Podcast on iTunes & Spotify.

Today on this short solo episode I discuss how to organise business & personal bank accounts, how your main residence can move you up the property ladder & the importance of long term saving. It's been a long while since my last pod so I hope you enjoy & see you again soon. Please do leave us a review or a rating and email us with any questions, queries or suggestions. Our email is team@engagefs.co.uk 

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

The guys at The CoreMaster got in touch with us to ask if we might get top PT's Marvin Ambrosius & Honey Fine to tell their stories as to why The Core Master is a revolutionary new product to hit the UK gym scene. You can find details of the business and the product at their website - https://www.thecoremaster.co.uk/ On all socials - @thecoremaster  Honey can be found @honeyfinefitness and Marvin @marvinambrosius Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Josh White, Ariel Booker & Perry Alexander are three friends from North West London who went on holiday and came back with a crazy idea which if it worked, would disrupt the entire drinks industry & play a part in a more sustainable global future.  Josh tells his side of the story from concept to where the company is today and all of the trials and tribulations in between. Hear some shocking statistics about how much plastic is actually recycled and how much is dumped into our Oceans.  You can hear Josh's passion for the business shine through & it's very simple to see why a business with such an important mission is doing so well. You can find details of the business on all socials - @canowater and on their website - www.canowater.com Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Our Instagram handles are @samsloma1 & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Today we welcome back entrepreneur Duncan Kreeger as he updates on how his various business ventures are going and how they've developed throughout the lockdowns & Covid-19. We first interviewed Duncan in March 2019 and he was just launching a new lending business. He was also spending time working out a new property investment business focused on fractional ownership. It's fair to say the two years since we last spoke have been an interesting time in the world. Duncan provides a brilliant insight into how his mentality shifted during Covid and how he was able to get everyone focused on the business to the point where every metric has grown or doubled in the past 12 months. You can find him on the social @duncankreeger or at TABHQ.com Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Amit Lubling has been an entrepreneur since straight out of college, he has never really worked for anyone else. His early career was spent building out the initial stage broadband infrastructure for the UN's development team in emerging markets around the world. He then became a partner at Incubator Pre-Hype which took problems from some of the worlds best companies & spun them into businesses before setting up his own VC studio with a niche of focusing on businesses in Africa. Amit took Philosophy in College and it's had a major impact on his life, so much so that he's got some writings due out soon. Amit cites the following podcast as something he really likes to listen to  - Making Sense with Sam Harris. He lists these books as ones he'd recommend - Debt, The first 5,000 year by David Greaber, The Utopia of Rules also by David Greaber. He likes Steven Schreiber & Ted Chang as authors and urges you to check them out.  Finally he recommends John Gordon's course on the history of languages. You can find on Linkedin @Amit Lubling or on the website www.Akili.vc or - www.akili.ventures As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Daniel Daggers is the self proclaimed Mr Super Prime. He founded Daniel Daggers Real Estate after working in the Super Prime sector for the previous 13 years. His Instagram page @daniel_daggers has 34,000 followers & Daniel has been a pioneer in using the platform to showcase some amazing assets & insights about his market. Daniels journey to running his own business has been anything but smooth. His resilience & inner confidence allowed him to push through those difficult periods. He cites the motto 'Be Good, Do Good, Feel Good' as words to live by and recommends the following podcasts All in - Chamath Palihapitiya Gary Vee Experience Daniel admires his parents and believe his mum having him is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for him :) You can find him here on all the socials. Insta & Twitter - @daniel_daggers website - www.danieldaggers.com Email - dd@danieldaggers.com As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

This is a brilliant conversation with Ten Toes Media's Founder Ben Weisfeld. Hear his story of how he went from working in a coffee shop to taking an internship in New York before setting up his own business.  Ten Toes was founded five years ago and began working with Michel Vorm and looking after his social media. It has since expanded to work with some amazing clients and some of the biggest brands in the world.  Ten Toes has 4 pillars as it's core parts of the business and things are in motion to add more in the coming years. You can find Ben on all the social channels @benweisfeld. Ten Toes have their own linkd @TenToesMedia Their website is www.tentoesmedia.com Ben cites Shoe Dog as his favourite book. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Gary Lewin is the ex Arsenal & England Physiotherapist.  He has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in football. He was part of the Arsenal back room team that won two Football Leagues, 3 Premier Leagues, a European Cup Winners Cup & 5 FA Cups.  He also went to 5 world cups with England, 4 European Championships and spent time across a number of other sports before setting up his own private practise 'The Lewin Clinic' with his cousin Colin. Here how Gary didn't make it as a professional footballer at Arsenal and a conversation with their Physio at the time led Gary down a path that would eventually define both his career and his life.  You can find The Lewin Clinic on all the social channels @thelewinclinic and their website is www.lewinclinic.co.uk As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Today for my 100th Episode my wife is back but this time to speak about her job for the Amazing Grief Encounter. In 2019 Laura trekked The Great Wall of China and in 2021 she's aiming to do the Three Peaks Challenge.  Hear more about the work they do in helping bereaved children through some of the most difficult circumstances. They have recently launched a new helpline - grieftalk - 0808 802 0111 or you can find them online - https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/ Their Instagram is @griefencounter As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Today I chat to Rohan Sivajoti about the last 4 years at Engage & what we're doing with surge meetings for all clients. There is also wise words from the legend that is Seth Godin - DO THE WORK. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

In this episode we speak to The Curators Co-Founder Ed Hauck on their journey from concept to being in Sainsbury's & Tesco's. Ed talks in great detail about how he watched his parents go through the rollercoaster of business ownership which has given him the drive and determination to succeed. We hear about how he and his Co-Founder Max met, strategized about what they thought would be a good opportunity and focused in on the growing premium healthy snack market in the UK. They almost failed at launch before finding themselves in the food halls of Selfridges & Fortnum & Mason.  The Curators can now be found on Amazon, in Sainsbury's and Tesco amongst other places. You can find Ed on Linkedin @Ed Hauck.  The Curators site - www.wearethecurators.com and on Insta - @wearethecurators - As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

Today I speak to Nathan Kosky who is the Vice President of Global Partnerships at AEG - no not the appliance firm but the global firm Anschutz Entertainment Group that owns the likes of the O2, Staples Centre, the LA Galaxy and Coachella amongst other famous venues and iconic festivals.  Nathan started in media sales before being recruited by AEG to help then develop the O2 Arena. He had a stint away to be the commercial director at Coventry City Football Club before returning to AEG to find a company that had substantially grown during his time away. Nathan discusses how deals get done at such a huge level and offers insight into the scale of the thinking behind these partnerships.  Finally, Nathan has recently launched a cricket podcast called Middle Please Umpire with Mark Wood & Miles Jupp and although it's only a few episodes in, it's had some really promising early numbers and I think he has a hit on his hands.  Nathan recommends the following books Fibber in the heat by Miles Jupp. Seavens Heaven by Ben Ryan An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth - by Chris Hadfield. Nathan is challenging himself in 2021 to match his behaviours with his goals - he is reviewing every decision with his values in mind.  You can find Nathan on LinkedIn @Nathan Kosky - you can find Middle Please Umpire on iTunes & Spotify and on Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  AEGcan be found - www.aegworldwide.com As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial

  Jamie Peacock MBE is considered one of the best Rugby players of his generation and is one of the most decorated players of all time. Having had success at Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos and captained England & Great Britain for 8 years.  He talks about his journey as an average player to becoming one of the greats through sheer hard work. Jamie realised early that hard work was in his control & that not everyone wants to go the extra mile.  Jamie is natural leader and post Rugby after a spell as director of Rugby at Hull KR he has set up his own coaching and mentoring business. You can find his website www.jamiepeacock.co.uk - make sure you check out his honours list on the profile page.  We discuss his youth & where his desire & learning ability came from. We talk about the transition away from sport and how his first coaching client made him nervous! Jamie is also running & competing in huge running events for charities and in March is running the Green Man Ultra with our previous guest Simon Dent. They are hoping to raise a substantial amount for charity Green House Sports (www.greenhousesports.org).  Greenhouse Sports uses inspirational sports coaching and mentoring to engage young people and improve their life chances. We partner with schools to provide opportunities for young people who may be disengaged, vulnerable or facing disadvantage to develop the social, thinking, emotional and physical skills that help them thrive. You can support the cause here - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/simonjamieforgreenhouse You can find Jamie on Twitter or Instagram @jamiepeacock10, he is on linkedin @JamiePeacock As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial  

In this episode Sam talks about 2020 and how the stock markets have reiterated that no-one knows what is going to happen and sticking to the plan trumps everything else. We discuss Airbnb, Tesla and Bitcoin and how they've had huge years through the pandemic.  Finally Sam discusses his plans for 2021 and what it has in store for the podcast & for Engage FS.  You can find Freddie on Instagram @41woodman41  As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial  

Freddie Woodman, current Swansea City FC goalkeeper - on loan from Newcastle talks us through what he does to maximise the talent he has.  Freddie has developed his own habits, routines and techniques to set goals, to measure his progress and to lead to success.  Hear all about each one as we talk through Freddie's perspective on personal development. You can find Freddie on Instagram @41woodman41  As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Paul McShane came to England from Ireland aged 16 to sign for Manchester United. He has gone on play almost 400 professional games in the Premier League and Championship. He's also represented his country and got man of the match on his Ireland Debut.  Hear about Paul's journey through his career, some of the highs and low's and what he looks back on over the past 16/17 years.  You can find him on Instagram @pmacca15 or on LinkedIn - Paul McShane. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

There is always a lot of commentary about Price v Value in Financial Services and today I discuss some of the value we bring to clients.  Whether it's in peace of mind, organisation, structure, tax efficiency, investment returns, protection or all of the above there are lots of ways to measure the value we bring - however lots of people choose to focus on the costs we charge.  Hopefully this outlines some of the positive aspects of the work we do. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Recently I've been reading a book by Brian Portnoy & Josh Brown called 'How I invest my money' and it's a number of finance professionals speaking about how they invest their own money.  They and I spend a lot of time explaining how others 'should' invest and where they should put their money so it was great to hear about what they do and what bias's they succumb to.  It gave me the idea that I too should share how I invest my money. So here it is. I hope you enjoy and please let me know your own money stories. Find me on twitter - @samsloma1 or on Linkedin Sam Sloma As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Last week I joined Jason Butler on his brilliant podcast 'Real Money Stories'. Jason is a financial services legend, a well renowned author and speaker and so it was great to talk to him about my own personal views on money. The Engaging People Pod doesn't always cross over into financials with clients as we want to keep podcasts about people and their stories, however as we move towards episode 100 we might edge towards more numbers based conversations.  You can find Jason on twitter and Linkedin as @JBthewealthman and as Jason Butler on Linkedin. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

On today's podcast we speak to Mitch Hahn who is the CEO of top 100 accountancy firm Nordens.  Mitch fulfilled a dream of becoming a professional footballer before falling out of the professional game. He found himself looking for a job and came across a one man band accountancy firm. He and the founder began building the business to where it is today - a firm of 70 people who are in the top 100 firms in the UK. Hear Mitch's story and how he uses lessons from football to help build an amazing culture at Nordens.  Mitch recommends the following books The missing secret & Zero Limits by Joe Vitale. True Wealth by T Harv Eker  Life of surrender by Michael Singer You can find Mitch on instagram @mitchelhahn or on his website www.nordens.co.uk his email is mitch@nordens.co.uk We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

On today's podcast we speak to Charlie Hoare.  Charlie Hoare is a wellbeing consultant, entrepreneur, life coach, speaker on male mental health and most importantly, a father. Personal experience of depression and anxiety led him to write ‘MAN DOWN: A Guide for Men on Mental Health’. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Down-Guide-Mental-Health/dp/1787832503/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=man+down&qid=1605089893&quartzVehicle=69-2047&replacementKeywords=down&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzM0FTR1FKMzlHU1haJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODU2MTkwUU9DUkFQQlRPS1I4JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5NDM3NTkxQ1Q2U0RYNkhQR0lDJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== He co-founded TÅPPED birch water having worked for Innocent Drinks, Air Asia and start ups in London, Hong Kong and Malaysia, from where he cycled the 10,000 miles home (perhaps ironically for mental health charity SANE!). He has a MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and simply wants to help men to open up. Hear his story and what's next in his life.  You can find Charlie on instagram @slowdowndoless or on his website www.charliehoare.com, his email is cpjhoare@gmail.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

On today's podcast we speak to CEO of Recognise Financial Jason Oakley.  Jason has had a stellar 35 year career in Banking, starting at Natwest/RBS before moving to Close Brothers before becoming one of the early employees at Metro. Jason helped grow the loan book from £60m to £2.5bln in the near 3 years he was there.  Jason is now setting up his own bank as he feels there is a huge area of need in the UK - serving SME's.  Hear how the bank is ready to go and make it's mark in the UK.  You can find him on Linkedin @JasonOakley or his email is jason@cityoflondongroup.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Today's podcast is a solo episode with Sam on how important learning how to enjoy the process of learning is and using the metaphor of teaching yourself how to fish as opposed to buying a fish! We also speak about framing and how small tweaks to your mindset can give huge benefits to your mental health and the enjoyment of everything you have.  Today we recommend the podcast 'Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett' and 'Feel Better Live More with Rangan Chatterjee - episode 127 with Wim Hof.  Both of those are really inciteful listens.  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Andrew is an experienced Wellness Practitioner and has been coaching and mentoring within organisations at professional and executive levels for over ten years. He has undertaken training in several coaching certifications including professional (co-active) coaching (GSK, Coaching Development), NLP (Quest Institute) and medical coaching (Medical Coaching Institute).  He has an MSc and PhD in Physiological Sciences and an MSc in Psychology. He is also a qualified hypnotherapist and EFT practitioner. Hear how he left a senior position at GlaxoSmithKlien and set up his own business www.reciprocalminds.com and in turn he began giving up his time to help coach cancer patients with registered charity www.fountaincentre.org You can find Andrew on all the social channels. Twitter @reciprocalminds - Instagram @reciprocalminds and on Linkedin @Andrew a Parsons. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Simon Dent is a sports & business entrepreneur. He started life in London as a solicitor before a period of difficulty in his life forced him to reflect on what he really wanted to do. He moved into owning a sports memorabilia shop, before being a nightclub promoter, a sports agent and most recently the founder of sports marketing agency Dark Horses. In the last 6 years Simon has become a prolific runner, running many marathons and ultra marathons and raising thousands for charities.  Simon is also a huge proponent for personal development and is involved with a number of amazing companies and people in this space. If you'd like to reach out to him you can find him on twitter @simonjdent or on linkedin - Simon Dent. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Phil Lewis is an award winning business strategist, mentor, speaker & author. He is the founder of corporate punk who are a management consultancy with a difference. Here he explains the below. The next five to ten years are looking bumpy. Like the financial crisis in 2008, coronavirus has unleashed economic consequences that will be measured in years not weeks or months. To survive and thrive, many businesses need to fundamentally and urgently change how their people work together, to become more responsive, resilient and innovative. They need to ready themselves for a world where the only constant is change. How do you know if your organisation is change ready? There are six steps you need to take - in order. Most organisations fail at change because they omit one or more of these steps, believing them to be less important than just "cracking on". Or they handle them badly, because their thinking is woolly or they haven't properly worked through sources of disagreement.  We teach the world's leading organisations how to avoid hurdles like these, and they are often surprised by the progress that they can make when they do the basics well. (The basics are often the highest form of skill.) Step 1: Set the vision for change Step 2: Create a simple (but not simplistic) strategy for change Step 3: Study feasibility Step 4: Ensure that your culture is ready Step 5: Get good at conflict Step 6: Communicate, communicate, communicate You can find Phil on twitter @phillewishq, on Linkedin and the website is www.corporatepunk.com He mentioned the change course and you can find the details https://corporatepunk.com/change-course/  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Annelise has a unique spectrum of experience as CEO of a highly successful marketing agency, with a background in leadership and wellbeing that filters through her work with clients. She supports women to transform their business to discover the profit and freedom they started it to achieve. Her true passion lies in developing and helping clients to implement efficient, high converting marketing strategies. She recommends the 7 habits of highly successful people by Stephen Cubby as a good book to read.  You can find her on all the socials Facebook - @annelisewornofficial Insta @annelise.worn Linkedin @anneliseworn website - anneliseworn.com  Email @annelise@anneliseworn.com  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk  

Charlotte Wiseman is a leadership and wellbeing consultant. She started her career in fashion, but after a stress induced episode, she decided to change paths and focus on helping people transform the work place.  This is a great conversation about developing mental fitness with some amazing tips that you can take away.  She recommends the following books: The happiness advantage by Shawn Achor and Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. You can find her at charlottewiseman.com, on LinkedIn at Charlotte Wiseman and on Instagram @charlottewiseman_   We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

First Five Yards is a boutique digital sports consultancy founded by Rob Gevertz.   Within his career, Rob has worked in senior commercial positions at organisations such as Sky Sports, talkSPORT and most recently City Football Group (Manchester City FC). Three years ago Rob was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma & went straight onto a round of chemotherapy. He thought he was in the clear before it returned which is often a difficult sign. Rob has pioneering treatment in the UK & has made a full recovery.  Hear how his mentality helped him through the tough times & how he's well positioned to thrive in the years ahead.   You can find him on all the socials @Rob Gevertz and his website is www.firstfiveyards.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

In 2001 whilst living in Spain, Andrew Mangan was working out what to do with his life. Whilst working on this new found internet, he decided to start writing about Arsenal and posting his thoughts every day. 18 years later at Arseblog is one of the biggest Arsenal blogs in the world. Andrew now has two different blogs covering all things Arsenal. This is general thoughts, news, Arsenal Women, Youth, transfers etc. He has two weekly podcasts and has written 2 books. For someone who admits they're not business savvy, the evolution of this site has been a huge success. Listen in to hear Andrew's story. You can find him on all the social channels @Arseblog and arseblog.com. As always you can find us at www.engagefs.co.uk or @engage_FS on twitter and @engagefinancial on Instagram. Please do drop us a line with thoughts or feedback - hello@engagefs.co.uk and please leave an iTunes review!

Today I answer the most asked questions on Engage and it's a brief episode speaking about us and our business. I ask the following Who/What is Engage? Who do you work with? What do we do for them? How do we charge? How are we different? What are the best things and biggest challenges you face? Why do clients hire you?  Why do they stay with you? You can check out our website - www.engagefs.co.uk and find me on twitter @samsloma1 .We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Malvin Kamara is the CCO & founder of Vallum Associates. In a previous life he was a professional footballer. He started his career at Wimbledon FC before moving to Cardiff and Huddersfield.  Injuries & a falling out of love for football forced him to change paths and Malvin speaks very openly about some of the challenges he has faced over the years.  Here how he was reprimanded for using changing room banter in the office and how his hard work has put him & his family in a brilliant position moving forward.  Malvin listens to the 'Sean Anderson recruitment rollercoaster podcast for inspiration and to Les Brown for motivation (lesbrown.com) You can find Malvin and or Vallum mainly on Linkedin. They do have an instagram - @vallumassociates We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Kunle Olafare is the CEO of SK Financial. He sits on the board at Surrey Cricket Club & of Haberdashers Livery Company group of schools. This is the first conversation about Kunle's career and how he has become a CEO and the challenges that brings. He discusses how he got into finance and how he loved working for one of the biggest firms in the UK.  In the next part of our conversation we'll discuss more social topics and how Kunle impacts people in all different aspects of their career.  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Nick Jankel is an amazing man, he is a futurist, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, author and family man and this is great conversation covering many different facets.  Nick is the founder of Switch On Now - switchonnow.com and Futuremakers. He has written three books (check him and them out on google/amazon) and he has given key note speeches at some of the biggest and best companies in the world. This is a brilliant conversation about so many different subjects.  You can find Nick on twitter @nickjankel - on instagram @switchon_now On linkedin @NickJankel  He has a podcast on soundcloud as well. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

On today's episode I speak to author Louise Blyth about her new book 'Hope is coming'. Louise shares her personal story about losing her husband at age 34 when they had two young children and how she chose hope and optimism. Her story is a real inspiration and it's a great conversation. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook @wonderfulness_of_life and on Linkedin @Louise Blyth. She cites Sheryl Sandberg's book 'Option B' as one to read and Brian Stevenson as someone to listen to.  The link to her book is here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916332900/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_pzzbFbZPCWSJV We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Paul 'Woody' Wood is one half of the duo Woody & Kleiny who have amassed an amazing 4.9m Instagram followers, 2m YouTube subscribers & 3m Facebook followers. Throughout the journey to get where they are today, Woody & Kleiny have suffered numerous setbacks in their lives. However they have always shown resilience and a desire to achieve above everything else.They never thought about going solo, they had each others back and their friendship is first and foremost to this day. Woody gives lots of great insights into the W&K strategy, how to utilise social media & how they get paid for the work they do. He talks in detail about the differing elements of YouTube, Instagram & Facebook.  You can find Woody & Kleiny in the following places Instagram @woodyandkleiny YouTube - Woody & Kleiny Facebook - Woody & Kleiny As always you can find us at www.engagefs.co.uk or contact Hello@engagefs.co.uk Our instagram is @engageFinancial and our twitter is @engage_fs  We'd love to hear from you, any feedback is good feedback and please do drop us a line if you've got something to share.  

Jo Tutchener-Sharp has an amazing story about her Scamp and Dude was founded. Jo started her working life in PR and was running a successful PR agency.She was a successful working mum with two young children when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.  Thankfully she has made a full recovery but her time being ill gave her the perspective she needed to try something new and make a difference in the world.  She founded the amazing Scamp and Dude and this is their story. The companies website is www.scampanddude.com. You can contact them hello@scampanddude.com and their social media handles are as follows..... Instagram - @scamp&dude Linkedin - @Jo Tutchener-Sharp Linkedin - @scamp&dude We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Hear our views on why Black Lives Matter is so important. As a person, as a business owner, as a father I am against all forms of racism and we don't want to be silent on this issue.  I will be back next week with an interview in the normal format but I hope you like this short episode on this extremely important subject.  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions - email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

On today'S pod I discuss the kind of clients we look after at Engage, why we love working with them so much and how working with a type of client brings around network effects and efficiencies to benefit all concerned. I also discuss the thorny topic of expenditure and how controlling your burn rate is one of the biggest proponent of financial success and failure. If anyone would like to take up the offer of a free review please do get in touch with us on the details below. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions - email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Today we speak to Samara Grimsdell, a primary school teacher and Yoga teacher. Samara speaks about how she had some anxiety issues after the birth of her second child. She turned to Yoga and was so transformed by it that she had to learn more & ultimately became an instructor.  She gives her top tips about breath work, the grounding technique and how walks in nature do her a world of good.  You can find her on Instagram - @silverlinings_yoga We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

To I speak to Lizandra Leigertwood who owns New Frame Therapy which is a counselling & psycotherapy business in St Albans.  Liz helps lots of people in different areas including relationships, anxiety & stress. Today she is sharing tips on self care.  Liz describes the 5 key components of self care 1) Mental - Pay attention to your own needs. 2) Physical - Keeping healthy/active and on top of your physical health 3) Emotional - check in with your own feelings.  4) Spiritual - Meditation, Yoga or being in nature are examples of getting in touch with your own spirituality.  5) Relational - both with yourself and with others - how connected are you in your relationships? Liz's website is www.newframetherapy.co.uk If you sign up to the mailing list you you will be a free 30 ways to self care download and a weekly self care planner. Instagram - @newframetherapy  Linkedin - @Lizandra Leigertwood We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Danny Piler is another repeat guest on The Engaging People podcast. Today he gives 5 tips around how to take care of yourself.   1) Communication. Listening & understanding yourself.  2) Giving yourself some me time. 3) Take action. 4) Be curious and enjoy learning. 5) Give to others Danny has kindly put some videos together where you can hear more of his stuff. Please see the link below. https://www.danpiler.com/blog/2020/5/18/freedownloads   You can find Dan via all of the below, his website is www.danpiler.com. Instagram - @danpiler_lifecoach Linkedin - @Daniel Piler We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk