Podcasts about engage for success

In this episode, Dr Natalie Lancer, with Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, Dr Anna Kane and Dr Eva-Maria Graf, discusses how research can be applied to coaching in organisations. We cover linguistic research in coaching conversations, the use of psychometric tools in coaching, and confidence at work. We ask: What do we mean by self-confidence? How can we use different models and tools to build confidence in clients? What do coaches and clients do when they are having an authentic coaching conversation? What does the research show about using closed questions? What can we learn from the EDI (Embodied, Dynamic, Inclusive) model about confidence including our physical experience? What are the 12 types of questioning sequences that show up in coaching? How do coaches work with ideologies, stereotypes and generalisations, including gender, when coaching leaders? How can psychometric tools support the coaching process towards increasing self-awareness? What makes coaching unique? We talk about the benefits and limitations of coaching tools, including psychometrics, in achieving the aims of better leadership and team working. We also discuss how to manage coachees' resistance during the coaching process. The episode concludes with the panel sharing their future research plans. Our guests today are: Juliette Alban-Metcalfe is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, CEO of the Real World Group, author and researcher. As a leadership and organisational behaviour expert, Juliette has authored articles and book chapters on leadership, teamworking and diversity & inclusion and she has helped establish assessments of Engaging Transformational Leadership. She earned her MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology from Birkbeck, University of London and her MSc in Positive Organisation Development and Change and Certificate in Appreciative Inquiry from Case Western Reserve University. She is currently undertaking a doctorate exploring effective leadership of hybrid teams. She also served as co-Chair of the Thought and Action Steering Group of the UK government-sponsored Engage For Success and co-edited the International Congress on Leadership, Management and Governance. Dr Eva-Maria Graf is Associate Professor in Applied and English Linguistics at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria and is also a coach and trainer of coaches. Her research interests and publications are in applied linguistics with a focus on the helping professions, in particular, coaching. She is the founder of linguistic coaching process research which analyses the micro interactions between coach and client in coaching sessions. She uses Conversation Analysis and Interactional Sociolinguistics to interrogate her data.  She co-launched the first open-access academic journal on coaching research in the German speaking market (Coaching | Theorie & Praxis). She currently investigates forms and functions of questioning practices in coaching from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating qualitative linguistic and quantitative psychological methods (https://questions-in-coaching.aau.at/).  Dr Anna Kane is a Chartered Coaching and Occupational Psychologist with 20 years' experience offering occupational psychology services within public, private and third sectors. Anna is driven to support people from under-represented groups navigating leadership roles. She draws upon principles and practices of mindfulness, compassion, creativity, innovation and an appreciation for our innate, embodied intelligence. Her research draws on queer and black feminist theory to challenge the status quo and deliver meaningful, progressive outcomes. As a coach, facilitator and supervisor she enables individuals, teams and organisations to experience restoration, growth and transformational change. You can read about her research on the measurement of self-confidence and the Embodied, Dynamic and Inclusive (EDI) model in the International Coaching Psychology Review. Your host, Dr Natalie Lancer, is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, and British Psychological Society (BPS) Registered Supervisor. She is the Chair of the BPS's Division of Coaching Psychology and an accredited member of the Association for Coaching. She is the host of this podcast series and invites you to email any comments to docp-tcppod@bps.org.uk https://www.bps.org.uk/member-networks/division-coaching-psychology © British Psychological Society 2023

Following last week's milestone show, have a listen to Episode 1 - our very first Engage for Success podcast with Jon Ingham and Jo Dodds

In this replay episode of Growing in the Green Industry, we welcome Monique Allen, Founder & Creative Director of The Garden Continuum. Monique shares her distinct business model, with a focus on “Life-Scaping” and sustainable landscape practices for residential and commercial properties.  The group also discusses the importance of true evaluation and evolution as you build your business, and best practices for engaging your team and cultivating passion for the work they do. This episode is hosted by Neal Glatt of GrowTheBench and Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape.

The Pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the levels of employee engagement in the UK.  But trying to find a consolidated answer to what has actually happened, who has faired better, and why, has been pretty much impossible. Until now.   Andy Goram talks to Sarah Pass, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University and James Court-Smith, Data Scientist and Director at Stillae, and who are both Engage For Success Board Members, about their new, definitive report into what has happened to employee engagement, pre, during and post the Pandemic.  They pick out the key points that separate the winners from the losers and make clear recommendations as to the way to improve going forwards. ----more---- Join The Conversation Find Andy Goram on LinkedIn here Follow the Podcast on Instagram here Follow the Podcast on Twitter here Check out the Bizjuicer website here Get a free consultation with Andy here Check out the Bizjuicer blog here Download the podcast here ----more---- Useful Links Follow Sarah Pass on LinkedIn here Follow James Court-Smith on LinkedIn here Find the Engage For Success website here Get access to the report findings and employee engagement assessment here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Special Guests: Sarah Pass, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School Nottingham Trent University, EFS Board Member & James Court-Smith, Director at Stillae and EFS Board Member. Sarah Pass Dr Sarah Pass is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School (NBS) Nottingham Trent University, focusing on postgraduate and executive teaching. Sarah is an Ambassador for Engage for Success and chairs the following Engage for Success groups; the East Midlands Area Network, the Line Manager Thought and Action Group, the Engagement Champions Thought and Action Group, and the Organisational Purpose Thought and Action Group. She is also a member of the Advisory Board, the Steering Group, and the Core Team. Sarah is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), a member of the CIPD, the British Academy of Management, and works closely with the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) and ACAS. Her main research areas focus on issues of employee experiences at work. For example engagement, meaningful work, good work and voice. She has published both academic outputs and practitioner reports in these areas. James Court-Smith At Stillae, James provides data-based consulting to executive teams -enabling constructive discussion and decision making in complex business situations. James has been involved in Engage For Success since contributing several case studies to the original MacLeod Report in 2009. In 2016 James wrote the movement's Further Evidence report. He continues to be involved in several TAGs, serves as Chair of the Steering Group and as a member of the board. Join us as we discuss our recent research exploring the impact of the pandemic on employee engagement. Host: Jo Moffatt

90% of companies have some sort of employee listening programme, but only 7% of employees feel their company is very good at doing anything with that feedback.   When it comes to employee data, how many companies are ticking the box of collecting various bits of information, including sentiment towards the business, through surveys and other such listening mechanisms, and then do very little with it?  Is it because they are overwhelmed, don't have the skills, or can't be bothered?   In episode 47 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Kevin Campbell, an employee data scientist from Qualtrics. Kevin shares his experiences of working for Qualtircs, Gallup, Deloitte, and as an independent data consultant and shines a light on how to turn all this data into real action, that moves the business, and those in it, forward. ----more---- Join The Conversation Find Andy Goram on LinkedIn here Follow the Podcast on Instagram here Follow the Podcast on Twitter here Check out the Bizjuicer website here Get a free consultation with Andy here Check out the Bizjuicer blog here Download the podcast here ----more---- Useful Links Follow Kevin Campbell on LinkedIn here Find out more about The Four Enablers of Engagement here Read the "Engage For Success" evidence paper here Follow David MacLeod OBE on LinkedIn here Follow Nita Clarke on LinkedIn here Find out about Google's Heartbeat Analysis here Find out about Employee Journey Analytics here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Special Guest: Jo Moffatt, Jo Dodds & Andy Goram Join us as we discuss volunteering with Engage for Success; what it's like, what you can do, and how you can raise your hand and join us. Host: Jo Dodds

In this episode of Growing in the Green Industry, we welcome Monique Allen, Founder & Creative Director of The Garden Continuum. Monique shares her distinct business model, with a focus on “Life-Scaping” and sustainable landscape practices for residential and commercial properties. The group also discusses the importance of true evaluation and evolution as you build your business, and best practices for engaging your team and cultivating passion for the work they do. This episode is hosted by Neal Glatt, Managing Partner of GrowTheBench and Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape.

Join Andrea Ross, Talent Talk Asia podcast host and corporate trainer to the recruitment industry at The Career Establishment for an exclusive conversation with Kirsty Poltock, Director at Page Personnel Singapore. Kirsty joined Page Personnel Finance in 2005 in Coventry, England where she progressed from Associate Consultant through to Manager to Senior Manager, Regional Manager to Operating Director before making the bold move to Singapore where she now heads up the entire Page Personnel for Singapore covering commercial functions and managing up to 40 fee earners. In this episode, Andrea sits down with Kirsty and picks her brain about employee engagement which continues to be a pressing topic right now. Kirsty shares her insights, based on her experiences in Page Personnel, on how to engage and motivate people to collectively tackle problems, achieve goals, and cultivate emotional commitment. She also discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and gives valuable advice to female recruitment professionals on advancing their career to a senior level. This is an episode that you don’t want to miss! This podcast is proudly sponsored by Vincere the #1 CRM in the world. If you enjoy our podcast, follow us & share this link with a colleague to enjoy. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn for weekly tips from the host on the recruitment sector. Course Outline [2:55] – Introducing Kirsty Poltock [6:00] – Kirsty’s early career in the UK [8:38] – Getting promoted during GFC and leading a team with mature people [12:36] – The opportunity to work in Singapore [18:17] – Major hurdles at work when Kirsty first moved to Singapore [21:20] – Kirsty’s current role in Page Personnel [30:35] – What keeps Kirsty energized and motivated at work [36:18] – How Kirsty motivates her team members over time [41:33] – Ways to achieve emotional commitment among team members [44:10] – Heading up the diversity and inclusion in Singapore [50:15] – Advice to female recruiters in Asia [53:35] – How does work from home policies affect Kirsty’s team performance [55:10] – Importance of training and development programs on employee engagement [58:25] – Find out everything you wanted to know about Kirsty in this Quick Fire Round Connect with the guest: Kirsty Poltock, Director at Page Personnel Singapore Reach out at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-poltock-5788a24/ Connect with the Host, Andrea Ross Andrea.ross@thecareerestablishment.com Andrea.ross@talenttalkasia.com (if you are keen to be a guest on the show). enquiries@thecareerestablishment.com Connect with The Career Establishment Follow Us: www.thecareerestablishment.com Follow Us: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrearossrecruitmenttrainer/ Follow Us: https://www.instagram.com/thecareerestablishment/ Guests mentioned on the show Melissa Mayne https://www.linkedin.com/in/mellissamayne/ Resources mentioned on the show Book “Year of Yes” by Shonda Rhimes. Documentary on Netflix “Knock down the house”.

David Macleod and Nita Clarke are co-authors of 2008’s ‘Engage for Success’ report commissioned by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, described by the CMI as the definitive work on this subject. David Macleod OBEDavid is co-founder of the Employee Engagement Task Force launched by the then Prime Minister at Number 10. He is a visiting Professor of the Cass Business School, An Honorary Professor at Nottingham Business School, a fellow of the Institute of Marketing, the RSA and a companion member of the CMI. This follows an early career in marketing followed by becoming CEO of a global business formed through the merger of an ICI and a Unilever business. He has worked at senior levels in manufacturing, (both business to business and business to consumer) and in the services sectors. He has been an NED of three Government Departments and has worked for a year and a half in the Cabinet Office. Nita Clarke OBENita Clarke is the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA), Britain's leading organisation delivering workplace support for good employment and industrial relations. She was vice-chair of the MacLeod Review on employee engagement and continues to work with David MacLeod on the new national Employee Engagement task force, launched by Prime Minister David Cameron in March 2011.She was appointed as Vice-President (employee relations) by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development in January 2012, and is a visiting Fellow at Kingston University Business School. She was also a member of the Mutuals Task Force established by Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude in 2011.Connect with Kate Isicheihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kateisichei/www.wheretolookcomms.co.uk

2.50 – A bit of David and Nita’s background – 7.00 – Why was the report commissioned? – 8.40 – Four ways to improve business – 10.40 – Most companies are still command/control – 12.45 – Put your people first - 16.00 – Enabler 1 – Strong Narrative – 20.30 – Enabler 2 – Engaging Leaders – 23.50 – Recognise good behaviour! - 26.00 – Enabler 3 – Employee Voice – 31.00 –Enabler 4 – Act with Integrity – 35.30 – Why is global disengagement so high? – 39.00 – The people agenda is in the boardroom now – 42.30 – Success is about the people, stupid – 47.30 – What has COVID-19 taught us? – 50.30 – Learn more about Engage for Success

Fresh from the Archives Russell Grossman wears many hats; he is Director of Communications at the Office of Rail and Road, Head of Government Internal Communications Profession for the UK Government and Director at Engage For Success. In this episode from the archives, Russell Grossman and David Pembroke discuss the best practices in government communication. We hear about Russell’s experience as Director of Group Communications at the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, as well as International Chair of the IABC and Director of Engage for Success. Discussed in this episode: ·       Maximising communications budgets ·       Using a project management approach to reform communications ·       Creating long-term marketing strategies ·       Strong bold leadership and sharp project management ·       Adapting to digital platforms

Fresh from the Archives Russell Grossman wears many hats; he is Director of Communications at the Office of Rail and Road, Head of Government Internal Communications Profession for the UK Government and Director at Engage For Success. In this episode from the archives, Russell Grossman and David Pembroke discuss the best practices in government communication. We hear about Russell's experience as Director of Group Communications at the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, as well as International Chair of the IABC and Director of Engage for Success. Discussed in this episode: ·       Maximising communications budgets ·       Using a project management approach to reform communications ·       Creating long-term marketing strategies ·       Strong bold leadership and sharp project management ·       Adapting to digital platforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's interview is with Kerim Akgonul who is Senior Vice President of Products at Pega and is responsible for the company's suite of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications. I had a chat with Kerim at their annual customer event: Pegaworld 2016to find out more about what they are up to, what makes them different and how they are fast becoming the big, new challenger in the CRM space. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Your people know the best ways to improve your organisation – Interview with Cathy Brown of Engage For Success – and is number 182 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to their customers.

Today's interview is with Cathy Brown, Exec Director at Engage for Success, a UK-based social movement that is committed to promoting employee engagement as a better way to work that benefits individual employees, teams, and whole organisations. Cathy joins me today to talk all things employee engagement, why it's important and what firms should be thinking about and what they should be doing if they want to boost their levels of employee engagement. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Great service comes from doing things upside down – Interview with John Timpson – and is number 181 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to their customers.

Special Guests: Jo Dodds &  Jo Moffatt, co-Strategy Directors, Engage for Success Join us as we talk about how you can get involved volunteering with Engage for Success in our newly formed Hubs. What are they? How do they work? Why do we need them? How can you get involved? Jo and Jo, co-hosts of this radio show will be talking about their own experiences of volunteering with the movement as well as talking about our new hubs. Host: Jo Moffatt, co- Strategy Director, Engage for Success

This is so far my the most energetic podcast of 2019. I interviewed Lara Morgan last year, and her motto is ‘only actions count’ - I love jumping into these ‘cold’ conversation and see how those go. And this one was just purely amazing.    At the end of the podcast I found out that Lara had actually written a book about her experience, something that I hadn’t been aware of. I now have a copy (thank you again) and her story of building a multi million business from scratch with hard work is utterly mind bobbling. For her success is all about choice and making money to create choice, wanting to be an example for her children.   As a sales and negotiation expert, she has a ton of drive to succeed. She lives by her high standards in business and private life, being very disciplined and an early riser, prioritising things recklessly. Her ambition is to live to 120 years of age, but she couldn’t master that or her ‘work-life-challenge’ without staying fit and having a supporting husband; plus she emphasises the need for a strong mind.    "Be more self-disciplined" is her advice at the end. Only action counts.    Projects she is involved in: Scentered - Restoring Lifestyle Balance Naturally https://scentered.me/ Dryrobe - the world’s warmest and most advanced change robe https://dryrobe.com/ Gate8 Luggage - avoid baggage check in https://www.gate8-luggage.co.uk/ Kitbrix - no fuss, just organised kit https://kitbrix.com/ Yogi Bare - Yoga accessories https://www.yogi-bare.co.uk/ Engage For Success - https://engageforsuccess.org/   Books she recommends are of course her own “More Balls than most” and “Lynda Gratton - The 100 Year Life” - more on my recommendations page.    This podcast is hosted by Volker Ballueder (Ballueder Partners) who also wrote a book on productivity and life improvement #BeBetter.

Special Guest: Cat Barnard, Working the Future and Sian Fording, EFS Core Team Join us as we discuss the Engage for Success "One Change" project, which is an idea that crystallised following this year's Engage for Success conference. Inspired by both the great content  and the surrounding conversations that took place on the day, Cat Barnard and Sian Fording decided they wanted to maintain the momentum. They've been out and invited the keynote speakers from the event to think about one change they'd make to workplaces to drive employee engagement. You can see the results of their work on the website and their goal is that these video clips inspire the wider Engage for Success community to implement small and simple changes within their work environments to improve engagement. Cat spent over 20 years in the technology staffing and recruitment field, prior to setting up Working the Future. Her experiences in recruitment gave her a detailed picture of why organisations sometimes fail to retain staff, and this inevitably and predominantly leads back to a failure to engage employees. Working the Future specialises in helping business leaders adapt to increasingly disruptive and challenging commercial environments and focuses particular effort on helping leaders understand the importance of employee engagement in driving business success. Sian joined EFS in February 2017 as Content Curator and is leading on setting up the ‘Virtual Content Team'. She was on secondment from Academi Wales, Welsh Government, and now continues as an EFS volunteer coordinating the EFS Wales TAG activity. Sian has a passion for excellent digital communications and believes sharing stories and information is an important part of improving leadership, employee engagement and the world of work! Host: Jo Moffatt

Special Guest: Iain Jardine, Naval Aviator, Leadership Instructor and Performance Coach When we think of Military Leadership, we think we know what its all about. Top Down, Command and Control right? Wrong…….The best military leaders use engaging leadership to inspire and empower their teams. Iain Jardine is an Engage For Success volunteer, facilitating Mission:Engagement Workshops at locations around the country, sharing his experience as an aviator, instructor and coach to help dispel some of the myths around military leadership. The workshops centre on an interactive mission planning exercise where participants experience and practice the same Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief cycle that Military Aviators use to engage their teams. Join us as we challenge the myths around military leadership, find out more about the Mission:Engagement Workshops and reveal how you can get involved. Host: Jo Dodds

Special Guest: Cathy Brown, Executive Director, Engage for Success Our next conference is on Thursday 23 March 2018 with the theme of putting People at the Heart of Business. Join us as we discuss the 2018 conference, who's speaking, what the main themes are and how you can book to come. Host: Jo Dodds Archive available here

Special Guest: Anne Wilsdon, Community Director secondee, Engage for Success Our original guest for today is ill so Anne stepped into the breach to update us on the local Thought and Action Groups (TAGs) and how they've developed this year during her secondment as Community Director. We talk about Anne's experience as a secondee with the movement as she is on the brink of returning to her employer, the new groups that have started in 2016, growing our reach as far as Scotland and Jersey, some of the events that we've run and our final event of the year - our thank you to our supporters. Host: Jo Dodds

Are your people really giving their best? Possibly the most fundamental issue impacting productivity today is a lack of engagement. This is such an issue that within my own business we are determined to help address the problem. I am therefore absolutely delighted to welcome ‘Engage For Success' who have created the voluntary movement promoting employee engagement in the UK. Their aim is that everyone working in the UK should want, and be able, to give their best each day, so that each day is a great day at work, and that workplaces in the UK are thriving, growing and developing through the commitment, energy, and creativity of the people that work in them. My guest Cathy Brown is Executive director for Engage for Success, and passionately believes that helping people find a better way to work can make a big difference to people's lives, their organisations and ultimately to the country.

Are your people really giving their best? Possibly the most fundamental issue impacting productivity today is a lack of engagement. This is such an issue that within my own business we are determined to help address the problem. I am therefore absolutely delighted to welcome ‘Engage For Success' who have created the voluntary movement promoting employee engagement in the UK. Their aim is that everyone working in the UK should want, and be able, to give their best each day, so that each day is a great day at work, and that workplaces in the UK are thriving, growing and developing through the commitment, energy, and creativity of the people that work in them. My guest Cathy Brown is Executive director for Engage for Success, and passionately believes that helping people find a better way to work can make a big difference to people's lives, their organisations and ultimately to the country.

Special Guest: Cathy Brown, Exec Director of Engage for Success After a very successful conference with the theme of 'Engage or Bust' in October 2015, we're all set for another of our, now annual, conferences on 17 October. This time the theme is 'Engage by Design'. Join us as we discuss the highlights of last year's conference whilst very much looking forward to this year's, with some great speakers and sponsors already confirmed. Host: Jo Moffatt

Minter Dialogue Episode #209 — This interview is with Cathy Brown, Executive Director at Engage for Success, a social movement committed to releasing the capabilities of employees to improve performance and enhance wellbeing. In this podcast, we discuss the different enablers that employers can spark up in order to enhance employee engagement. We look at the challenge of creating “corporate culture” and values, as well as how best to measure employee engagement. Some great insights for switched on leaders. Meanwhile, please send me your questions as an audio file (or normal email) to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes to rate/review the podcast. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Susannah Couper shows sales managers how to unleash the full potential of their sales teams resulting in more motivated, focused and happier sales professionals. Susannah spent 22 years as a field sales person for large blue chips mainly within the services industry and understands the emotional roller coaster of high pressure selling intimately. She has been engaged in Coaching, Mentoring and Emotional Intelligence training for the past 7 years. Susannah is passionate about sharing her insights and knowledge and how so often sales people are making their jobs a lot more difficult than they need to be. The true success of all the external resources that businesses provide, is significantly dependent upon the willingness of the employee to use the resources.  True long lasting change can only come from personal choice. In order to make a personal choice, our egos need to discover the personal benefit or gain. The newly launched Sales MindSet Matters teaches and develops emotional intelligence (EQ) which has now become far more important in business that IQ. So much so that over 75% of Fortune 500 companies are already incorporating EQ training and reaping huge rewards. Host: Jo Moffatt

The Engage for Success Radio Show has been running for almost three years now. We had a Christmas Show at the end of the first year we were broadcasting but not last year, so we are doing something special this year. This was inspired by a 'morris dancing team building event' that Cathy Brown's partner donated to us (Cathy is an avid morris dancer!). And during our first year we interviewed Andrea Callanan from Sing and Inspire, talking about how they use singing to engage employees and why it is such a great tool to build team relationships, improve communication and motivate staff. And they have kindly agreed to help us out with this festive show. We will spend an hour rehearsing a couple of Christmas songs, in harmony - no unison singing here! And then, after a short break, we will perform live on our radio show at 5.30pm!

Special Guests: Ruth Lawton, HR Director, Employee Engagement at GKN and Rob Bridges, Colleague Engagement at Boots UK Engage for Success is a not for profit organisation that is only successful because of the energy and contributions of the people involved.  Be it organisations who have seconded employees on a full or part time basis, our taskforce members, our volunteers who take on ad hoc projects or the Chairs and members of our sub groups.   We are holding an open evening on 10th December at RMG Networks (25 Old Broad Street, London) and on this week's Radio Show you can hear from previous secondees Ruth and Rob about how they and their organisations benefitted from their time with Engage for Success.  Host: Jo Moffatt

Special Guest: Rob Bridges, Engage for Success Communications Manager Rob Bridges is currently on a full time secondment at Engage for Success from his substantive post in the Learning & Development team at Boots. Fascinated with how and why people do the things that they do, Rob is passionate about working with teams and people to enable them to maximise their performance, as well as exploring how better understanding and engagement of people as individuals can make every manager, leader and organisation more successful. Rob talks about his experiences of being part of the Engage for Success Core team and how you and your organisation can benefit from secondment to the movement as well as how you can find out what's going on within the movement. Host: Cathy Brown

Cathy Brown, Exec Director of Engage for Success, will be talking about: The three objectives of E4S for the futureExpected outputs from the current research groupsNew research directionsSecondees to the Engage for Success teamHow you get involved! Host: Freddie Guilmard

We have a special Christmas Show for our last of the year. We have some carols, an interview with members of the Birmingham City Council Choir as featured on the BBC programme The Choir, some new year's resolutions, some shout outs to great engagement practitioners and an interview with a very special festive guest! This show is an extended show to fit in all the contributions that we have received. We have no idea how long it will actually last (certainly no longer than 2 hours!) but don't worry if you have to hop off and do something else, it will all be recorded! Special guests: Raffaella Goodby, Chantelle as well as another rather special festive guest! Hosts: Jo Moffatt, Jo Dodds and Cathy Brown

Special guest: Sean Trainor, Chair of the Communicate for Success Special Interest Group (SIG) The link between employee communications and business success is perhaps obvious when you look at the four enablers for success identified in the MacLeod report. The life in the day of an employee communications practitioner involves supporting leaders and managers articulate the purpose of the organisation and facilitating dialogue with front-line staff to make sure their voice is heard.  Recent research amongst practitioners demonstrates a desire to spend more time on these activities away from the humdrum of providing functional and operational updates. What is holding internal communications practitioners back from playing a more fulfilling role? What role will social media inside enterprise play and how is that likely to change the role of employee communications? These and other questions will be explored in the SIG Communicate For Success. Hosts: Jo Moffatt

Special guest: Bec Richmond, COO & Board Member at Melcrum Ltd Bec will share some key insights from Melcrum's new study Innovation and Intervention in Manager Communication, looking at how smart companies are approaching leader and manager communication to improve business outcomes such as change management, employee engagement, and alignment with strategy and organizational vision.   The research examines the array of training methods and principles used around the globe to improve manager communication; sharing the different-in-kind principles and practices that characterize effective training:  tailored, contextual, experiential and, in some cases, just-in-time.   The research also profiles organisations that have equipped managers to be strong communicators by reframing traditional messaging toolkits and centralised communications, giving managers the know-how and commitment to move it forward.    Host: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guests: Arnaud Henneville of Challengera & Chantal Rafflin of GE Healthcare DGS   “We asked ourselves; would not we improve the success rate of strategies implementation if we could engage people in the process? What's more, with the world moving to the Cloud and all fundamental work processes going through ‘digitalisation', how can we help companies secure business results faster by cascading initiatives in a way that makes work fun, social and engaging?”   We'll be interviewing Arnaud Henneville, co-founder of Challengera & Chantal Rafflin, global HRD at DGS (Detection & Guidance Solutions) – a global business unit of GE Healthcare.   After 10+ years as management consultants specialising in change-management, Arnaud and his co-founder spotted two problems that were both present in almost all companies. On the one hand, 90% of strategies fail due to poor execution. On the other hand, 87% of the global workforce is not fully engaged in their work. Together with Chantal Rafflin, we will discuss this global problem and the solution applied by DGS. DGS, worked together with Challengera and its customizable cloud-based social platform to engage 1600+ globally spread employees on the culture by putting the DGS's core values in practise in a cost effective, business-connected yet fun and social way.   Hosts: Jo Moffatt and Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special Guest: Karin Volo of Evoloshen, co-author of international best seller 'Engage!'   Karin Volo, an expert in engagement, career, personal and organizational development, is known as The Evolution Expert.    She is a best-selling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and consultant. She uses her professional skills and draws from her personal experiences to help individuals and companies thrive and maximize their potential.    To find out more about how you can take your business through an evolutionary process using contribution as a key element, go to www.Evoloshen.com to get a free report, Taking Charge of the Future: A New Mindset For How We Do Business and find out more about Evoloshen.   Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

The Engage for Success Movement 'Go Live' was November 2012. What has happened since then, where is employee engagement and the Movement going 'one year on'. Join Wendy and Jo to find out Special guests: Wendy Leedham - Programme Director of Engage for Success and Jon Ingham  Host: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Michael Silverman In early August we interviewed Michael Silverman of Silverman Research about 'The Future of Research' research! In this show he is coming back to discuss their findings. Hosts: Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special Guest: Jim Alexander, The Performer Coach Join us when we will be talking about an interesting case study about engaging people through creating, performing and recording a hit single that is deeply moving, highly inspiring and reflects the group of people they are, and the company they keep. Jim worked with 12 employees from Strada, the restaurant company, to create their single. Listen in to find out how (and we may even play some of their music!). Hosts: Jo Dodds and Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special Guest: Dave Ulrich Hosts: David MacLeod and Jo Dodds David MacLeod will be interviewing Dave Ulrich about meaning at work, referencing his book 'The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win'. Dave Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources.  He has helped generate award winning data bases that assess alignment between strategies, organization capabilities, HR practices, HR competencies, and customer and investor results. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 25 books. In 2011 he was ranked #1 most influential international thought leader in HR by HR Magazine Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events&a

In 2012, Hay Group's research revealed that depressed levels of employee engagement and enablement were stunting business performance with: Just two-thirds of employees engaged Firms losing ground to the highest performing organisations Company loyalty hitting a new five-year low More than 40 percent of the global workforce intending to leave their jobs within five years In this show we talk with Sam Dawson, head of Hay Group's employee engagement practice in the UK as the company reveals their 2013 findings.   Have things changed for the better or have levels of engagement fallen further? Special guest: Sam Dawson, Hay Group Host: Jo Moffatt  Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Dean Royles, Chief Exec of NHS Employers, Task Force member and Social Media Sub Group Chair. And for the second year running named HR Magazine's Most Influential Practitioner 2013. We will be talking about Dean's involvement with the Engage for Success Task Force and specifically about the engagement challenges in the NHS. Host: Jo Dodds  Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Leandro Herrero   Quality, excellence and having a passion for what you do is the norm, no more than average and certainly not enough to call yourself remarkable.    Designed to ‘ask all the right questions', during this interview Leandro Herrero will examine 10 of the components that can help an organization on its journey towards becoming remarkable.     Drawing upon his experiences from working in global pharmaceutical companies, coupled with his behavioural science background gained during 15 years spent as a practicing psychiatrist, this is about encouraging you to raise the bar for excellence and ask ‘what if?' Hosts:  Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Andrea Callanan of Sing & Inspire   “Why singing is such an amazing tool to encourage people to engage with themselves and others, and how we've successfully utilised singing in Sing & Inspire to impact and benefit businesses across the UK.”   We'll be interviewing Andrea Callanan, co-director of Sing & Inspire. Andrea is a classically trained musician who's been singing professionally for nearly 2 decades. Andrea has been teaching music for over 23 years and since 2000, she's been a leading Voice Coach in the Welsh music industry.   Sing & Inspire was founded when Andrea and her business partner Georgina Jones realised the business benefits of this motivational training and married it together with Georgina's business skill base and idea for motivational business choirs. Andrea's experience with preventing and correcting vocal health problems with performers over the years also led to developing a vocal health training package for business which is needed so badly in voice heavy industries and is fast becoming an essential part of occupational health and wellbeing across contact centers   Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Lindsay Levin, Leaders' Quest   Lindsay Levin is founder and managing partner of Leaders' Quest and author of ‘Invisible Giants: changing the world one step at a time'. She works with leaders from all disciplines and sectors to explore solutions to some of the big issues in the world today.   Leaders' Quest helps organisations marry profit with purpose and helps individuals find meaning in their work and lives. In this podcast, Lindsay will examine the role that inspiring, visionary leaders play in motivating and engaging employees. She will share stories of individuals from all around the globe who are doing just this – often in the most unlikely circumstances. Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Jonathan Austin, Best Companies Ltd What a ¼ of a million employees say they want from their work Jonathan will be discussing the findings of the 2013 Best Companies survey, what the key themes for this year have been and whether these have been affected during the challenging times of recession.  He will also talk about how Best Companies survey findings support the four enablers of engagement. Host: Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Jacki Connor, Retail and Logistics HR Director Sainsbury's and Engage for Success Task Force member. Find out how Marketing Week's Brand of the Year, Sainsbury's, approaches engaging its 157,000 retail colleagues to put the customer at the heart of everything they do. We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Hosts: Jo Moffatt & Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special Guests: Kiran Sondhi of PWC and Ali Godding, past secondees to Engage for Success   Sean Conrad shared '5 Ways to Boost Employee Engagement' on our website and in number 3 - Support Employee Development' he suggests secondments as one such way.   The EFS movement would not survive without the secondments that have been generously supported by our task force. There is a small core team who pick up the planning and day to day running of the movement, staffed almost entirely of secondees.   Kiran & Ali will be joining us to talk about the power of secondments both from an individual engagement perspective, given their own experiences, but also from a wider movement perspective.   We'll keep the pitching to a minimum ;-) but if we do inspire you to want to explore more about a secondment with Engage for Success please use our contact page to get in touch.   Host: Jo Dodds https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special Guest: David Zinger   The End: A Practical and Tactical Guide to Engagement.   David Zinger will be talking about the double endings involved in employee engagement. What needs to end for employee engagement to begin and how will employee engagement end (as a fad that withers away or as a way of work, management, and leadership that get integrated into the fabric of work.) The conversation will cover the 10 block pyramid of employee engagement and a focus on small behaviours achieving big results.   David Zinger is a sought after author, educator, coach, and consultant focused intently on employee engagement. He is one of the world leading independent employee engagement experts and he founded and hosts the Employee Engagement Network, bringing together over 6000 people from around the globe to improve and increase employee engagement.   David wrote Assorted Zingers: Poems and Cartoons to Take a Bite Out of Work and Zengage: How to Get More Into Your Work to Get More Out of Your Work.   David is devoted to employee engagement and his work ranges from presentations and workshops to writing over 1700 blog posts on the topic. David developed the popular 10 block pyramid of employee engagement to focus on practical and tactical engagement based on the premise that employee engagement is never more than 10 blocks away. David conducted a 3 summer study looking at work, organisation, and engagement with honeybees.   Host: Cathy Brown https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guests: Michael Silverman and Reece Akhtar from Silverman Research Michael and Reece will be discussing how the future of employee opinion research is likely to move away from being measured by surveys, and instead be replaced by emerging technologies such as Big Data, social media and wearable devices. Hosts: Jo Dodds Link to research project mentioned in the show Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Peter Cook - The Boss - Academy of Rock and Human Dynamics Peter's book 'Punk Rock People Management' strips down HR to the bare essentials for busy people and those who are sick of HR jargon getting in the way of running a business. In the spirit of punk, each chapter is just one page long, which means that you can read a chapter in less time than it takes to pogo to a Sex Pistols or Linkin Park song! In this show we're going to be talking Punk Rock Engagement! Hosts: Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

It's all about our SME Special Interest Group! Special guest: Michelle Bailey of 3Ease Ltd and Chair of Engage for Success SME Special Interest Group 99.9% of businesses in the UK are defined as small or medium sized (SME's). They employ about 60% of the UK workforce and are responsible for about 50% of GDP. The purpose of this SIG is to:   Gain better understanding of what SMEs are thinking, and doing about engagement. Identify and explore influences on SME participation e.g. size, industry sector, perceived relevance/value Help raise the profile and awareness of employee engagement among SMEs Develop and share SME specific tools, resources and best practice   Listen in and find out more! Hosts: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We will be discussing the research Ashridge and Engage for Success recently launched about ‘Employee Engagement Through CEO Eyes', completed by Amy. Special guest: Amy Armstrong, Research Fellow at Ashridge This research, a year-long study which explores the concept of employee engagement through the eyes of 16 UK CEOs, was commissioned by Engage for Success and sought to get under the skin of the CEO, to find out how leaders define engagement, what stops them from leading in an engaging way and why engagement is not happening more in the UK? Hosts: Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guests: Eric Collins and Laura Buckthorpe from Nampak Plastics Europe Ltd. Eric is MD and Laura is currently on secondment to Engage for Success. Hosts: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Amber Kelly Amber Kelly, Employee Engagement Director at Serco is also leader of the Engage for Success Guru Group. We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Hosts: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Lara Morgan Lara is an active supporter of the EFS movement as a member of the Task Force. Lara began to develop the skills of an entrepreneur at an early age! Her parents lived and worked in Hong Kong, whilst she and her brother would travel halfway round the world to school in Scotland. Her independent childhood and her parents being wonderful ‘leaders by example' all attributed to her understanding of business today.   She finished school at the age of 18 fully expecting to attend university. However, that same year her father was declared bankrupt. As a result, she found herself borrowing her first business clothes from a mate of her mothers and went for an interview. At 18 she taught herself the art of sales, and by 21 she was managing a Yellow Pages sales team in 6 countries in the Gulf. In 1991, at the age of 23, she started her first business, Pacific Direct Ltd, which manufactured and sold brand licensed toiletries and amenities to the hotel industry.  Seventeen years later, she sold her majority share (99%) in 2008 for the sum of £20million. Since then, she spends quality time with her husband and three lively daughters. Lara is the Founder of CompanyShortcuts.com, a source of practical advice and frameworks to enable businesses leaders to achieve accelerated growth. She is seriously passionate about Leadership, Self and Employee Motivation (you might even remember her for celebrating achieving her first £1m profit by taking her staff on an all-expenses paid holiday to Barbados in 2005) and Business Growth; and she regularly talks about these and other specific topics based on her own experiences. Host: Jo Dodds & Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

  Special guest: Cary Cooper We discuss well-being in the workplace and its link to employee engagement. Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for.   Special guests: Perry Timms and Graham Frost from the ConnectingHR Unconference - volunteers from the organising group   Join us to find out what an Unconference is and why you might find the ConnectingHR Conference interesting. The event will be very different to any standard conference you have been to before. The agenda is driven by the attendees, not the event organisers.  This means that the event is highly interactive and participative and whilst there will be industry experts and thought leaders in attendance, they are not driving the agenda, or, as is typical with a normal conference, delivering long, one way presentations. The day will be broken up into a number of free flowing discussion groups based around subjects as suggested by the attendees in the lead up to the unconference.    The theme for the unconference is: Brave HR   How does this fit with the employee engagement agenda?   Hosts: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. What role does engagement have in creating a more diverse working environment where challenging the status quo is not just tolerated, but encouraged? Can E4S itself strive for more diversity and a way to integrate difference without losing it? Special guest: Doug Shaw of What Goes Around Ltd, Organisational and People Development Consultant Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Phil Sherwood, London 2012 Head of Volunteer and Workforce Training Find out how the Games Makers programme for London 2012 fits with the Engage for Success Four Enablers. 70,000 volunteers in 860 roles across 80 venues working 8 million hours for free - here's your chance to find out how they did it from an engagement perspective. Hosts: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: David MacLeod - Co-Chair of Engage for Success Hear the latest, send us questions on our Google+ page or even dial in to speak to David live! Hosts: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Sameena Bashey of GE Healthcare - Country HR Director - UK & Ireland and member of the Engage for Success Taskforce Host: Jo Moffatt Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Ian Dodds of Ian Dodds Consulting Ltd Having a diverse workforce offers real business benefits such as: superior and more creative problem solving; a better understanding of the needs of diverse customers; higher productivity; enhanced Employer Brand. However, these benefits are only gained when an organisation builds an inclusive workplace culture that engages everyone in delivering future success. Ian Dodds will describe why these benefits are obtained and how to build an inclusive workplace to benefit from them Hosts: Jo Moffat & Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. We talk about one increasingly topical aspect of engagement  - the need to allow staff to take risks and accepting they may fail. We also hear about one practical example of this approach talking to Dave Gill, Assistant Principal at Telford College of Arts & Technology. Host:  Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special Guest: This week we are interviewing Sam Dawson, Associate Director of Hay Group Insight. Sam has some 15+ years experience in the field of employee engagement research and consulting. Sam works with his clients to facilitate real organisational improvements from their engagement programs. He has recently returned to Europe as head of Insight UK, having started and headed up Hay Group Insight in the Pacific region. Sam works across major sectors globally on many employee engagement survey progams. This has included work for National Australia Bank, BHP Billiton, Serco, Nestle, Compass Group, McDonald's & Nissan. Host: Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guests: David MacLeod and Nita Clarke, co-chairs of Engage for Success Host: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We recently published the slides that Tanith shared at an Enage for Success event all about the evidence for employee engagement, based on the report by Tanith and Bruce Rayton.   Within 24 hours over 4,000 people had viewed them, in less than a week over 8,000 had seen them.  With this level of interest we figured this was a good time to get Tanith on the show! Why not dial in or get on the google+ group to ask a question or share a point of view.... Host: Ali Godding Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Greater employee involvement and even ownership is often put forward as a more motivating and sustaining business model, but does it work?  In this show we look at the evidence for the links between employee ownership and engagement. We also review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Iain Hasdell, CEO Association of Employee Ownership Hosts: Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

Special guest: Francis Goss. Head of Employee Engagement, Grass Roots and Engage for Success Task Force Member Francis will share the insights gathered at the recent Employee Engagement Forum and discuss the topic of engaging managers.  We will also look at the latest on employee engagement and future events to look out for.  Hosts: Jo Dodds Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

This week we speak with special Guest: Wendy Cartwright, HR Director, Olympic Delivery Authority The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is the public body responsible for ensuring delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Olympic and Paralymic games in London.  We will be talking to Wendy about how they brought the purpose of this organisation to life, manged the attraction, retention and development of people in a short term organisation, and helped employees leave feeling positive about their experience.   Get a peek into this fascinating organinsation and hear how what they learned can help you too. Why not dial in to ask Wendy a question or share a point of view?     We also review the latest insights in Employee Engagement  and the conversations stimulated by the Engage for Success movement.    Host: Ali Godding    ODA Legacy Site: http://learninglegacy.independent.

Our call-in shows have no pre-defined guests, no particular topics - just conversation around employee engagement with you! The big issue for us is the Francis Inquiry into the UK's Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the clear need for a stronger employee voice. See:http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dean-royles/francis-inquiry-demands-strong-leadership_b_2637245.html We also review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Host: Jon Ingham Back-channel:https://plus.google.com/events/ckuo5vunctf0kvplcbj80r4i8nc?authkey=CLm-8oG39MTP8wE

In the first of our interviews with E4S gurus, we interview Graham Frost.  Graham is a customer service and employee engagement specialist, a professional speaker, trainer, coach and blogger. We also review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Graham Frost Host: Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events Graham's website: http://www.grahamfrost.com

We talk about the E4S video: Get Engaged. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xqO3sfRZDAE We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Pete Stevenson from Edge Picture Hosts: Ali Godding, Jo Dodds, Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We talk about the way engagement changes in different cultures around the world. See for example: http://www.scoop.it/t/employee-engagement-and-leadership-and-management/p/1357234767/shrm-foundation-research. We review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Prof Clare Kelliher Hosts: Ali Godding, Jo Dodds, Jon Ingham Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

In this week's show we meet Cathy Brown from our Core Team who is tasked with ensuring the delivery of our Practioner Events all around the country. Cathy works on the engagement team at BT and is the Operations Manager for Engage for Success. We ask Cathy who the Practitioner Events are for, what actually happens at an event and how interested people can join in either as attendees or to run an event for us! We also, as time allows, review the main insights generated in employee engagement over the last couple of weeks, the conversations which have been stimulated by the movement and the future events and outputs to watch out for. Special guest: Cathy Brown Hosts: Ali Godding, Jo Dodds, Jon Ingham We love to have callers, so please dial in if you'd like to ask Cathy a question or to join in the conversation. Back channel: https://plus.google.com/communities/118419210283831602780/events

We normally try to feature guests and special topics on these Engage for Success shows.  We want these shows to be as engaging as possible so we do give all listeners the chance to call in - but in a 30 minute show the time to talk is really limited! So some of our shows will be special call-in shows - no pre-defined guests, no particular topics - just conversation around employee engagement with you! What do you think are the burning topics in employee engagement at the moment?  And particularly since this show is going out at the start of the year, what do you think organisations should see as their main priorities for buidling engagement during 2013? Call in and let us know!

In this show we review the lastest event organised within Engage For Success - the Engaging Workplaces conference at the University of Kent (see http://grahamfrost.com/2012/12/engaging-workplaces-for-a-sustainable-future-17-december-2012/ ) We also talk about the conversations that have been stimulated by the movement and highlight future events and outputs. Hosts: Jon Ingham, Jo Dodds & Ali Godding Guests: Katie Truss, Kent Business School, University of Kent   There will be an opportunity for listeners to call in and join the convesation too.

Post the launch of Engage for Success, we review the Nailing the Evidence report, the conversations that have been stimulated by the movement and future events and outputs. Hosts: Jo Dodds, Jon Ingham & Ali Godding Guests: Bruce Rayton, University of Bath School of Management There will be an opportunity for listeners to call in and join the convesation too.

Post the launch of Engage for Success, we review what has been happening over the last couple of weeks, the conversations that have been stimulated by the movement and the events and outputs which are coming up. Hosts: Jon Ingham, Jo Dodds.