Love Your Career

This week on the Love Your Career Podcast we welcome James Allchin, Head of Group Membership for The Club Company.A rising star of the industry, James started in fitness with a spell at L.A Fitness before moving to Virgin Active where he started to push on, managing sales for some of the most prestigious clubs in the estate. James then stepped into the club company in a regional sales role and nearly 7 years later oversees the growth of the entire companies memberships. Not only does James run the sales function for the club company but he is also heavily involved in charity work, founding the beautiful aim that raises money for numerous charities through sport and is also an ambassador for Movember. On top of this James is a big Chelsea fan which elevates him even more in my opinion.James takes us through his rise through the ranks and plans for the future, imparting wisdom along the way on how to replicate his journey. A brilliant listen, we hope you love this episode as much as we do.

This week we are so excited to bring Emma's podcast to everyone. Emma is the COO of Pump Gyms, Business Mentor, Competitive athlete and an all round dream to work with!Having had a successful career in the corporate world working in senior positions for KPMG, Emma started in the fitness world as a member of Pump in their very first club who offered to help with their timetable - fast forward over a decade later she sits as COO for Pump and resides over their entire estate. Emma also runs a successful coaching and mentoring business for businesses and PTs where she takes the wealth of experience she has built up and helps the stars of the future to grow. In today's podcast Emma talks of the importance of keeping things simple when it comes to recruitment, how to grow a business from the ground up and so many more amazing tips. We cant wait to share this one with you from a truly inspirational leader!

This week we are joined by an absolute legend in Becky Prifti, Central People Director for PureGym. Having joined in September 2019 Becky began in the company as People Partner and has seen the huge growth that PureGym has gone through in the last 5 years to not only grow themselves to the UK's largest operator but also one of the largest operators in Europe, growing from people partner to head of central HR, group head of people to her role now as Central People Director. Becky takes us through her journey and passes on so many useful nuggets of information that can help and progress your career.

This weeks guest is the mecurial Steve Shaw! Steve is the Co-Founder and Director For Stronger Wellness who specialise in creating smarter fitness spaces, improved workouts and training recovery, accessible to everyone.Having worked across the industry from clubland in Sales and GM positions to sales director and senior leadership positions, Steve is the perfect man to pass on his tips on how to develop and elevate your career!As always we hope you like the episode and look forward to you listening!

This episode is a really special one as we are joined by Steve Ward, Chief Transformation Officer with Go Fit.Perhaps unknowingly, Steve once imparted the most valuable advice that has helped shape the Love Group and over the course of our chat, I'm sure that he will have a huge impact on you too!As former CEO of UKActive, Steve is one of the most well known and recognisable people within fitness and we cannot wait for you to hear what he had to say!

We are super excited about this one - the man needs no introduction but Carl is an industry legend, fitness extraordinaire and one of the most generous people in the sector in terms of helping others and giving his time.With years of amazing industry experience, Carl gives us so many pearls of wisdom and imparts vital knowledge on how you can elevate your career and take it to the next level! We hope you enjoy this masterclass as much as we did!

This week we are joined by Rowland Omamor, managing director for Lampton Leisure. Lampton offers a suite of fitness and wellbeing facilities for local people. Rowland set up the company in October 2020 having been in the private sector for a long time, and has made real waves in the public sector. Rowland has been in the sector now for 24 years with his first job in leisure being a food and beverage manager for a large leisure chain, and I worked my way through from there. With such a varied and storied career - he really know what good looks like and how he can help you!

Wow, what a treat this week we have! We are joined in the studio by Justin Tamsett, chair person and podcast host!Justin is recognized Internationally as a thought leader who delivers in a unique style and with quality content. He began his career in 1989 as a gym instructor before opening clubs from 1993 to 2008. He began chairing REX Roundtables in Australia in 2005 and joined the US team in 2020. he chairs REX Roundtables for owners, suppliers and franchisees. He has trained in over 500 fitness facilities since 2015 as a casual visitor to get the true consumer experience and now receives hundreds of gym emails every month, allowing a global overview of gyms, studios, and trainers

What a guest we have this week! In our latest episode we are joined by Duncan Anderson, the founder of South Downs Leisure.Duncan is the founder CEO and Managing Director of South Downs Leisure, running leisure centres and swimming pools across Sussex, including Splashpoint in Worthing and Sea Lanes in Brighton. The company won The Sustainable Business Award 2022 and has been shortlisted for the national Seriously Social Award for the Environment.Duncan talks us through how he founded the company, obstacles he's had to overcome on the way and networking in the workplace. A truly great episode, we're looking forward to hearing your feedback!

This week we are joined by the legendary Steve Bambury, COO of 1Life management solutions and Lawrence's Cricket nemesis. Steve has built an amazing career in the industry starting as a sales and marketing manager for Leisure Connection to progressing all the way through to a senior leadership role as COO of 1Life - and he tells us how. In this episode Steve talks to us about how to make a lasting impression, the importance of authenticity in interviews and his biggest tips for interviewees. A truly great episode and we hope you enjoy!

This week we are joined by Dave Alstead, commercial director at Xplor Technologies. Dave has a wealth of fitness industry experience with over 20 years under his belt. Dave's background in operations and across the supply chain means he's worked with some of the industry's most prominent players – including David Lloyd, Les Mills, and ukactive.His passion lies in working collaboratively to create lasting communities. Whether it's working with gym owners or operators and trainers, Dave knows that building strong relationships is the key to success.Dave imparts so much wisdom around his journey to where he is and how you can implement that into your career.

This week to help usher in the new year we are joined by Natalie McGuire - what an episode it is too! Natalie is currently part of Space & Place as their business development and engagement officer and has had a hugely successful career prior to this working with Welcome to Yorkshire and Swim England (where she still sits on their board) amongst others. Natalie describes her career from school to swim teaching, her career development and working in senior leadership and imparts so much sound wisdom. We can't wait for you to listen!

In our first episode of 2025 we are absolutely thrilled to welcome Rob Cunningham to the podcast. Rob is the director of leisure and business development for BH Live. Rob brings with him more than 15 years' experience in health, fitness, sport and wellbeing. Rob started his career working in the high-end private sector fitness industry moving to public sector in recent years.Having begun his career as a a PT with Esporta, Rob has worked his way up through the ranks and is uniquely placed to pass on his wisdom on how you can do the same. We hope you enjoy the return of the podcast and wish you a happy and healthy 2025!

What an absolute treat we have this week as we welcome Caroline Constantine, Managing Director of Right Directions. Right Directions employ a number of highly experienced leisure managers across the UK who are able to provide specialist support in both quality manager and health and safety. Starting out in the industry as a DM post uni, Caroline climbed the ladder before starting the company in 2004 and over the past 20 years has contributed massively to the industry. A thoroughly enjoyable episode today, we hope you like it as much as we did!

This week on the show we have Dan Edwardes Founder and CEO of Parkour Generations. Parkour Generations the award winning multi-national professional organisation for the dynamic movement discipline of parkour / freerunning. Parkour Generations provides the highest quality education, coaching, movement fitness programming, elite performance and production work. Dan offers a unique insight to how parkour has taught him to face fears head on and helped grow a number of businesses. We hope you enjoy this weeks episode as much as we did. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltdYou can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcastIf any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance fromLawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

We are incredibly privileged to welcome Jon Kohn onto the Love Your Career Podcast in our latest episode. Jon is the Co-founder of Thrive Gyms and former head of commercial for David Lloyd Clubs across the UK. With a wealth of experience across a number of roles, Jon is a truly exceptional guest and will impart so much wisdom. You can find out more about Jon and Thrive Gyms below. https://thrivegyms.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-kohn-6190a010a/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below.https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise.https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitmenthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the teamhttps://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guideSponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

This episode is a really important one.  Sarah is a former Global Director and UK Head of the inspirational Movember group.  Raising awareness of mental and physical health is a huge part of our wellness, and what could be more important to our sector than that.   Hear more about the origins of Movember, how it all began to where it is now, a truly awesome story and journey.   We also hear Sarah's inspiring decision making, journey and decisions that lead her to change career, be an entrepreneur and be part of a movement that has raised millions of pounds and saved lives.   You can find out more about Movember and it's amazing impact right here https://uk.movember.com/   You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below.  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/   You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise.  https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd   You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast   If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide   Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove  

This week we are joined by the amazing Louise Anderton, People Director for PureGym UK, Denmark and Switzerland. A relative newcomer to the fitness industry, Louise has made a huge impact already in driving the success of PureGym in the last year. Bringing a wealth of experience from the Hospitality and retail sectors, Louise brought her talent to PureGym in January of this year. A podcast with so many valuable bits of information, takeaways and life lessons, we loved having Louise on and hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

When we say we have a guest on this week that is universally loved within the fitness industry - we aren't kidding. Everybody's favourite Business Development Director, this week we welcome Active Insight's Julie Allen. Julie is truly one of the industries most loved faces who has excelled throughout her career from working with Herts Sport Villahebto her time with the air ambulance service. Julie talks about her biggest tips for success, her story and how she has made her name in the industry so far. We loved having Julie on and we can't wait for you to hear it.

This week we are absolutely delighted to welcome Clemency Lion to the podcast. Clemency is part of UKActive's exec team and joined in June of 2023 as Director of Research, policy and communications. Clemency's background prior to joining the UKactive was filled with parliamentary experience, working for the government as a special advisor and in Parliament as chief of staff. In this episode Clemency gives us so many nuggets of information and having worked in a completely different sector to the fitness industry prior, gives us a unique perspective on how to grow and maintain a successful career cross industries. Whether you're a fitness professional, entrepreneur, or enthusiast, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge from one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders.You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitmenthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltdYou can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcastIf any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guideSponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

Love Your Career - Rebecca Passmore Wow, what an absolute honour and privilege to welcome Rebecca Passmore onto the podcast today. Rebecca is the Group COO for PureGym, overseeing the leadership of PureGym UK, PureGym Switzerland and PureGym Denmark Having spent 5 and a half years with PureGym in senior leader positions, Rebecca has helped to oversee the huge growth in the company and pushed them to become the biggest operator in not only the UK but now in the entirety of Europe. In this podcast, Rebecca shares so many amazing words of wisdom and will add value to any of our listeners at any of stage of their career. Whether you're a fitness professional, entrepreneur, or enthusiast, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge from one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

Love Your Career - Jo Matthews Jo is the Co Founder of Ten Health and Fitness which was born post a car accident that Jo suffered and has since blossomed into of the most recognisable and respected in the industry . In this podcast, Jo shares her journey from pre Ten to how the guys first started and beyond. She discusses long term thinking and pragmatism in business and finding meaning in your career. Whether you're a fitness professional, entrepreneur, or enthusiast, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge from one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

Love Your Career - Paul Bowman Paul is the dynamic CEO of Wexer. With a deep passion for the fitness industry, Paul has been at the forefront of integrating technology with fitness.In this podcast, Paul shares his journey through the fitness industry, from his early career to his current role. He discusses the challenges and opportunities of leading a tech-driven company in a rapidly evolving industry, and offers insights into the future of fitness as it becomes increasingly digital. Paul also provides valuable advice for those looking to build a career in fitness and for buisnesses looking to recruit effectively for their brands. Whether you're a fitness professional, entrepreneur, or enthusiast, this episode offers a wealth of knowledge from one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders.You can find out more about Weser right here Wexer Virtual Fitness - Technology Solutions For Clubs WorldwideYou can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitmenthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltdYou can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcastIf any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guideSponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

What a guest to have on the podcast, Marc Diaper, CEO of Gymbox. Marc is an inspiration when he talks and how he leads and within this chat he articulates brilliantly how he does this in such an authentic way.  His passions, his journey and his decision making are all discussed.   So much of his success and so much of his method is about people and he constantly refers to his senior team, his partners and also the people he worked with along the way.   Gymbox are an outstanding business and brand and to hear how they make it tick was brilliant.   You can find out more about Marc here https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-diaper-9757b64/  and also about Gymbox via this link https://www.gymbox.com/   You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below.  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/   You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise.  https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd   You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast   If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide   Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove  

Our next guest is one on the nicest people in our sector, plus he also crosses over into our other sector of childcare too!Danny Melling is the Interim Director of Member Experience at ukactive and is someone we have come to know really well as a friend, client, candidate and recently as a colleague on the Suppliers Council with Lawrence. Danny has a very authentic, clear and passionate view of our sector and I absolutely believe he delivers in all these areas within our chat.  Thanks so much Danny for taking part and see you soon! You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below.  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise.  https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team  https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

This week we welcome Steffie Bryant, a long time friend of Love Recruitment and Chief of Staff at Keepme.ai. Steffie is our first two time guest on the Love Your Career Episode however this is her first release and she explains why in the episode. Having worked in clubland in senior roles and in senior leadership roles in other parts of the industry, Steffie truly has a unique view of the industry and can impart a wealth of knowledge and advice on how to improve, both for the candidate and the company. It was great to have Steffie back and learn more about her career, hear some insightful tips and we know that this episode can really add value whoever you are.

We are so lucky this week. Not only do we have the first ever live recording of this podcast at the independent gym conference, we welcomed industry legend Kevin Yates. We cover all the usual areas and pursuits of the podcast but we also try and cover key areas that would be applicable to independent gym owners. Kevin is excellent in covering these areas and also making it appeal to the wider sector too. He speaks honestly and authentically and we believe this shines through in this chat. Kevin brings experience from creating and driving fantastic brands across our sector including 1Rebel and Trib3 and now leading Snap Fitness across EMEA. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 recommendation from Huw Edwards and thanks so much, you were 100% correct! You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 that, but delivers everything with clarity, conciseness and warmth. It was great to explore his career, learnings and stories so far but also to get his perspective on the importance of a company's narrative, candidate journey and career advice. We thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot ourselves too.

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 opportunities our sector has and SO much more. Really enjoyed this chat and was honoured to have him as a guest. #LoveYourCareer #CareerPodcast #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerAdvice #FitnessCareers. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 hear from a training expert who answers questions on all the areas above, well, here you go! You can find out more about James and the Study active team here https://studyactive.co.uk/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 Elevate, some challenging times and what is coming next. So many tips and some great guidance in there. Plus the launch of the quick fire round of CV, prep and interview advice for clients and candidates! Thanks so much Lucy - loved it. #LoveYourCareer #CareerPodcast #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerAdvice #FitnessCareers

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 previous guest Andrea Cook, and he did not disappoint! If you need solutions to a PT problem in your club, want to grow and develop your PT career or hear about a great professional's journey all the way up to Head of Personal Training for a major fitness operator we have got you! This is the chat for you. You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 Insight - Pro Insights growth over the years - Tips and guidance for businesses in building culture. - Listening to your supporters and believing in yourself - The Dungeon! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Dave via her LinkedIn below and Pro Insight too. https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hopkins/ https://www.proinsight.org/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 - not always what they want and how to make that jump into the C-suite roles. You can find out more about Rhys and Health and Fitness Institute below. https://plymouthactive.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhys-jones-57985738/?originalSubdomain=uk You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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! You can find out more about Dan and Health and Fitness Institute below. https://www.thfi.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-rees-4b2b02a/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 at United and lessons since. You can find out more about Luke and Football Fun Factory below. https://thefootballfunfactory.co.uk/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 below. https://www.sta.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-c-7909b017/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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: - Best career decision - His career so far - an unexpected journey! - Best career advice - Advice for both sides of the recruitment divide - recruiter and candidate And much, much more! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Guy below. https://www.linkedin.com/in/guygriff/?originalSubdomain=uk You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Elaine below. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainecoulthard You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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, guidance and mentoring in this chat and we are so lucky to have had him. Some highlights were: - Best career decision - follow your heart - Importance of goal setting. He also does this alongside his wife which was a really great element of this chat. - Always following the gut and it being the right thing to do. Andy gave a great example from Fitness First in this regard. - Believe it enough - if you believe you can you can, if you believe you can't you can't. - Exploring the balance of goal setting and the execution of the goals. - A great chat around entry points into our sector. - Overcoming self limiting beliefs. - Importance of mentors - How to get more people active in our sector here in the uk - a great perspective from an expert. - Graciously advised to read our blogs! - Read more about our sector, read, be passionate and have an opinion. - Advice on recruiting for businesses and hiring managers. - Importance of mentors and people who can help develop you! - Explore yourself! If you think you know yourself you are wrong… speak to others and find out their opinions on you. - Career advice - CV tips - equate a cv to how you see your career. What's a bullet point? What are your outcomes and achievements? - How to prepare for an interview. Prepare! Don't do the bare minimum. Ask around, look at glass door, look into their values. Don't leave it too late. - Advice for businesses on their recruitment - use of agencies, being clear and having the courage to not just recruit because you are filling a gap. - Biggest mistake, when recruited people ‘like them'. - Book recommendations - 7 habits and Good to Great / Built to Last. - Common traits of great people - emotional intelligence is prominent. - Be patient and serve. We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Andy below. https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-king-b569277/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 looking to glean some tips for your career, Mr Andy Kay is here. - Early entrepreneurial efforts and actions. - Importance of time and space and thinking. Importance of looking up and thinking about tomorrow. - Importance of not feeling like you are owed anything. You aren't. Be flexible. - Importance of being human. Building relationships - Being proactive - Doing that bit more to get on. - So much knowledge, experience and guidance for both businesses looking to recruit better and for people looking to progress. - CV Tips - Interview tips! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Andy below. All the businesses he is linked to are on his page. https://www.linkedin.com/in/arkay/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 we are very lucky to have him in the chair. He covers so much, below are just a few of the highlights…. - Importance for your career of getting stuck in early on. Degree or not, this has been a common theme of so many guests. - So many times he says - “so many learnings!” - Bravery and backing yourself. - Early breakthroughs personally at Your PT. Not just recruiting but as importantly retaining them. - Bravery and steps in their management buy out. Confidence was key! - Coming out of COVID and still having over 100 pts associated with their brand. - Pathways in our sector. Hear James' view in helping the individual find their journey. - His expert advice and guidance of how to create, guide and help PT's to be a success. Also what role operators play in this too! Importance of value proposition and what's in it for them. - Advice for businesses in this regard… - Exploring PT models in our sector. - Desire being a critical reason for his success. - Books - Black Box Thinking and 10x Rule. - Guidance for people's careers - follow your own directions. - Keep LinkedIn updated. Add your successes!! - CV advice. - Advice for interviews. - Adding science to their recruitment processes and how much value it adds. They have a 10 stage process in their recruitment. Thorough and robust but clear and open. - Importance of hearing from your teams and how that is integral in building a culture. - Importance of discipline. - Always willing to learn and how important that is. We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about James and the Your PT business via the links below. https://www.yourpersonaltraininguk.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lorey-a88b163b/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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, well her. - Tips and guidance for businesses in building culture. - Tips for people starting our of frustrated in their careers. - Hard work! - How important it is for her to be 2 years ahead all the time. We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Sarah via her LinkedIn below and Alliance Leisure too. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-watts-248b931/ https://allianceleisure.co.uk/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 Candidates - How to conduct yourself in an interview Tips for the interview itself - Her big No, no's - And a quick nod to restarting her football career! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Suzanne via her LinkedIn below and BFThere - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-gabb/ https://www.goodboost.ai/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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. Thanks so much David and in addition to the above, we also loved these areas too…. - His start as a PT - Relationships and how important they are. - Put yourself forward! - Prep for interviews - ask AUTHENTIC questions. - Books - some great recommendations - Fantastic advice for both candidates and businesses alike. Clear, concise and information that we would advise people listen to at least once! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Davis via his LinkedIn below and BFThere - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-aitchison-12b97535/ https://www.bodyfittraining.com/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 stories of the sector in transforming the employee proposition and narrative in working for Total Fitness. In what is sometimes an overused phrase, they have without doubt become an employer of choice. Andrea talks us through this journey, which we are so lucky for and then also gives her guide, tips and advice for people's careers and how business can improve their recruitment processes. Thanks so much Andrea and in addition to the above, we also loved these areas too…. - How to get spotted for development - being bold, working hard are key areas in this advice - Luck and the importance of leadership within that. - Don't be afraid to try something new. - Journey of Total Fitness - loved this part and so interesting. - Use of behavioural assessments - how these were used prevalently in her previous roles and how much value they have added to Total Fitness. - Embracing the fact that the advertising of their roles isn't for everyone. And that's ok! Not all businesses are right for everyone and that's ok too! - Truth in the narrative is so important and critical for busiensses. - Transparency and being authentic key reasons for their success in recruiting and retaining huge talent. - Talked of the importance of their internal survey. - Books - 9 lies in work. - Fantastic advice for both candidates and businesses alike. Clear, concise and information that we would advise people listen to at least once! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Andrea via her LinkedIn below and Total Fitness here - https://www.totalfitness.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-cook-assoc-cipd-a7594a80/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 will identify your own highlights, but for us, some of these are below. - Only had 3 bad days - David is so positive and enjoyed his career so much, he can pinpoint only 3 bad days in his career to date. That's not bad is it!? - He describes so well his early steps being very ‘hands on' - almost the apprenticeship route - ending up learning ‘how to learn' with lead to more and more qualifications and growth. He talks this through so well and so succinctly. Loved it. - Volunteering, putting yourself forward. It's a safe place to learn new skills. Sticking your hand up. - Succession planning - this is a big part of what makes up David's job right now. Hear more about how he is learning to do it better and look after the future. - Books - some great recommendations here. Firstly Black Box Thinking. Also Who moved my cheese, Fish and Think like a Freak. - Advice for early stages of career and to step into senior roles - great great advice here. - What's a great trait is great leaders he knows? Empathy and competency in their development of people. - “A lot of what I do is about solving problems”. Great quote. - Advice to people looking to develop their career or find a new role - Advice for hiring, how to do it better. It starts with retention. Love this. - How vital the narrative piece is when recruiting. - Identifying the value add a recruitment company can add to a business. - Mentorship and the different forms it happens. - Lastly he recommended the brilliant Sue Anstiss as a future guest. We are on it! We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about David via his LinkedIn below and Active net https://active-net.org/ here https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-monkhouse-fcimspa-4ba281b/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 - The importance of being open minded - even at a senior level we may not always be right - How luck can give you the opportunity to get a good head start, but only you can make sure you get ahead. - How a starting point in life does not dictate where your career goes - Books - You'll want to hear these recommendations! - CV tips and importance of honesty. - Plus a GREAT final ONE thing. Lawrence's 3 things: “ 1. When Dean spoke about how to be a great leader he talks about the amount of literature out there that help with this. He talks about people being naturally gifted when it comes to leadership – but its through continuous hardwork and learning that you truly become a top class leader – it is both nature and nurture. 2. He talks about how he had a great start in life and how he was lucky with his upbringing however the onus is on him to develop and make sure he fulfils potential – it's the opposite of the world owes me something mentality, it's we owe the world something and its up to us to work towards it.  3. One thing to takeaway is to be open in your views and not afraid to accept that you are wrong – he needed to foster a team dynamic where any one can contribute but also where they feel comfortable disagreeing with senior management and that is what has pushed their business on. “ We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Dean and EnrolMy via their website below https://enrolmy.com/uk You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove

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 overview covered so many lessons. These are from senior roles largely and senior people can learn. But the lessons and values shine for people at all levels. Advice and guidance shines throughout, here are some of our favourites: - Ai uses, the fact that it's everywhere already. Such a great chat here. - Future uses of ai and its impact in fitness industry as well as recruitment. - Importance of backing yourself - Communication - Ian places a high degree of importance of this skill and how he articulates was enlightening. - Any entrepreneur journey for him has been about fixing a problem and if someone wants it. We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below. You can find out more about Ian via his LinkedIn below and Keepme.ai here https://www.keepme.ai/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmullane/ You can find out more about Lawrence and the Love Recruitment team via the links below. https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/ You can also follow Love Recruitment for more content, help, jobs and fitness recruitment expertise. https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment https://www.linkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd You can follow our page on Instagram via https://instagram.com/loveyourcareerpodcast If any of the tips around interviews were of interest, you can find out more candidate help with our candidate guide, which point you in the direction blogs, tips and guidance from Lawrence and the team https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/candidate-guide Sponsored by Share The Love https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/pages/sharethelove