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How many times have you been asked for feedback, to complete a survey or submit new ideas, and then hear nothing back?  Plenty I'm sure.  A surefire way to destroy engagement and lose great people is to ignore people when you've asked them to give you something more than just their time.  If you are going to ask for ideas, you have to have a decent way of directing, collating, responding to and implementing them.  It's easier than it sounds.   Andy Goram talks to Will Read from Sideways6 about how best to bring employee ideas to life and what the rules of thumb are when trying to co-create with your employees so that everybody benefits. ----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 Will Read on LinkedIn here Follow Will Read on Twitter here Visit the Sideways6 website here Follow Sideways6 on Twitter here Read about The IKEA effect here Find out about Jim Collins here Find out about Leo Quinn here Find out about Balfour Beatty's "Build To Last" strategy here Find Tim Ferriss's Podcast here Find out about James Clear here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Andy Goram talks to the author and award-winning Apple Podcast host, Oscar Trimboli, about what makes a deep listener.  Oscar is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners across the globe, but what is deep listening and how does that differ from being a good listener?   In a lively conversation, Andy asks Oscar to unlock the secrets of deep listening and share the benefits of taking your listening skills to another level. ----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 Oscar Trimboli on LinkedIn here Take the listening quiz here Get the book "How To Listen" here Visit Oscar's website here Find Oscar's Deep Listening Podcast here Find out about Professor Stefan van der Stigchel here Find out about James Nestor here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

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

Equality, diversity and inclusion are important principles to build a modern workplace on.  Recruiting for that breadth of experience and perspective can be a delicate subject though.  Leading a discussion on this topic even made me nervous as a podcast host, for fear of upsetting someone, or unintentionally saying the wrong thing.  But that's no excuse for not talking about this important topic.   Andy Goram talks to Nicky Wright, MD of Diversity Works Group, who is trying to take out conscious and unconscious bias from the recruitment process, as he seeks to understand and get better educated about the issues and opportunities the combination of E,D,&I, and Recruitment present. ----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 Nicky Wright on LinkedIn here Follow Diversity Job Group on LinkedIn here Follow Diversity Jobs Group on Twitter here Follow Diversity Jobs Group on Instagram here Follow Diversity Jobs Group on Facebook here Follow Diversity Jobs Group on YouTube here Watch Diversity Jobs Group website here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

With everything that’s going on in the world at the moment, could there be a better way to take a break from all that, than talking about the topic of joy? In a world where there’s a tonne of leadership books and doctrines about the choices and responsibilities of leadership, this conversation hones in on the real human side of things and speaks of transformation, love and joy in leadership that can sustain purposeful action and social change.   Andy Goram talks to Rajasvini Bhansal, co-author of the book "Leading With Joy" about why leading with joy is a serious business, is by no means the easy path, but can bring wonderful results. ----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 Rajasvini Bhansali on LinkedIn here Follow Rajasvini on Facebook here Follow Rajasvini on Twitter here Follow Rajasvini on Instagram here Find the book "Leading With Joy" here Follow the book on Twitter here Follow the book on Instagram here Find the book page on LinkedIn here Follow Akaya Windwood on LinkedIn here Follow Akaya on Facebook here Follow Akaya on Twitter here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Employee engagement and workplace cultures took a bashing during and post the Pandemic.  Many employees today are far less tolerant of outdated, uncaring, and inauthentic practices, attitudes, and behaviours. We know this because they are voting with their feet.  So how can you fortify your culture and set your business and the people that power it up for success?   Andy Goram talks to Shaara Roman, author of the book "The Conscious Workplace" about what it takes to build a sustainably enabling culture, where you hold on to more of your talent, who succeed and thrive. ----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 Shaara Roman on LinkedIn here Find Shaara's Website here Find The Conscious Workplace book here Follow The Silverene Group on LinkedIn here Find the story about King Arthur Flour and Employee Ownership here Find out more about Employee Stock Ownership Plans here Find out more about the Leesa Mattress story  Find the Vital Friends book here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

In this special, shorter episode, your host, Andy Goram, goes solo, to take stock of what's happened in 2022, and offer up 7 tips on how to increase employee engagement and retention in 2023. ----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 Check out the Bizjuicer blog here Download the podcast here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Andy Goram talks to Brad Taylor, former CIPD Director of People, Organisation Design and Workplace about the challenges the hybrid model is bringing to leaders trying to build, maintain or grow levels of genuine employee engagement, and create sustainably enabling, and productive cultures. Brad is now the founder of Strategically People, and a Senior Associate with Advanced Workplace Associates, where he helps organisations develop their workplace experience and approach to hybrid working. ----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 Brad Taylor on LinkedIn here Find the Strategically People Website here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Who's the best leader you've ever worked for?  What made them special?  How did they engage you? How did they stretch and challenge you? Why were they different from other leaders you've worked for?   In episode 54, Andy Goram chats to Barrie Robinson, Operations Director for Parkdean Resorts, the UK's biggest Holiday Park operator about what the ideal leadership qualities he looks for are, which all comes down to a balance between commercial focus and business acumen and the ability to show compassion and act with emotional intelligence. ----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 Barrie Robinson on LinkedIn here Find the Parkdean Resorts Website here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

What does it take to construct a place of work where people love to be and are enabled to bring their best selves and do their very best work, every day, willingly? There's lots of talk about the future of the workplace. One day hybrid is the new black, the next day we're all going back to 5-days-a-week in the office. Who knows what the reality will be?   In episode 53, Andy Goram chats to Simone Fenton-Jarvis, a Facilities Maintenance expert and author of the book "The Human-Centric Workplace". In this episode, Simone passionately shares her views on the future of the workplace, and the impact this has on the people that work there, the wider community and the planet we inhabit. ----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 Simone Fenton-Jarvis on LinkedIn here Find the Human-Centric Website here Follow Simone on Twitter here Follow Simone on Instagram here Find the book The Human-Centric Workplace here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

What is it that makes some businesses perform better than others? What makes them more attractive to candidates than others? How do they hold on to more of their talent than others? Well, one commonality, that I'd wager, is seen in all of those consistently top-performing businesses is having a set of guiding core values that are alive and working in the organisation, every day.   In episode 52 of Sticky From The Inside, the popular employee engagement, culture and human leadership podcast, your host, Andy Goram, discusses the importance and benefits of having core values alive and working in  your business, and how to achieve that with Marc Reifenrath, CEO and Co-Founder of Spinutech, who puts a lot of the company's success down to having just that. ----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 Marc Reifenrath on LinkedIn here Find the Spinutech Website here Find out more about the EOS model here Find out about Alabama Crimson Tide College Football Team here Find out more about Coach Nick Saban here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Have you ever taken a personality profiling test? Have you ever read the result and felt as though you've been put in a box, or pigeon-holed? Or have you felt for the first time, that you've been truly seen? In episode 51 of Sticky From The Inside, the popular employee engagement, culture and human leadership podcast, your host, Andy Goram, discusses the merits and pitfalls of such tools, with Nicola Jackson, a strengths assessment coach.   The pair compare notes on the opportunities lost and gained, and the absolute joy of seeing the results of self-awareness happening right before you. ----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 Nicola Jackson on LinkedIn here Find the Personal Strengths Coaching Website here Find Dan Pink's book "Drive" here Find out about Strengthscope here Listen to The Engage For Success Radio Show here Find out more about Lumina Spark here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

What's more important today, a company's profit or purpose?  Are the two mutually exclusive or are they inextricably linked? And where's the evidence?   In the 50th episode of the popular employee engagement, workplace culture and leadership podcast, Sticky From The Inside, your host, Andy Goram, talks to consultant, researcher, passionate advocate of Purpose and the co-author of Selling With Noble Purpose, Elizabeth Lotardo.   In this episode's conversation the pair discuss the links, the disconnects and the reasons why that might be.  They also talk about how Jack Welch's GE reign has a lot to answer for, quiet quitting and share some great examples of exemplar companies and those who really must try harder! ----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 Elizabeth Lotardo on LinkedIn here Find the book "Selling With Nobel Purpose" here Find the book "The Man Who Broke Capitalism" here Read Larry Fink's 2022 letter to CEOs here Read about Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard's Climate Change Action here Find EY's "Is your purpose lectured or lived?" article here See Southwest Airlines purpose here Read about Quiet Quitting here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

The world is now a much smaller place, thanks largely to technology. The person you sit next to at work, virtually, is less likely to come from the same town as you, have the same accent as you, or have the same cultural customs as you than ever before. If you struggled to communicate before, imagine what it's like now!   In this episode of the popular employee engagement, workplace culture and leadership podcast, Sticky From The Inside, your host, Andy Goram, talks to global communication expert, Heather Hansen.   In this fun and lively conversation, Heather shares her insights on how to be a more effective global communicator and how you as a leader can unmute your whole team and get everyone to show up, stand up and speak up. ----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 Heather Hansen on LinkedIn here Check out Heather's website here Find The Global Speech Academy here Find Heather's book, "Unmuted" here Watch Heather's TEDx Talk here Find the book "Surrounded By Idiots" here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

Menopause affects 52% of the workforce, and it is reckoned that c.1m women in the UK, or persons going through it, have left work because of it.  Its effect on employee engagement is not a topic I thought I would be discussing when I started this podcast, but I'm glad I did. I'm just sad it didn't happen earlier.   In episode 48 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Bev Thorogood, the menopause training specialist about how the transition through the various stages of menopause can seriously affect the engagement and performance of those people going through it, and the steps you can take to help, support and retain that precious talent. ----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 Bev Thorogood on LinkedIn here Check out Bev's website here Find Bev's Facebook Group "Your Best Midlife" here Find Davina McCall's TV Programme Sex, Myths And Menopause here Find Mariella Frostrup's Book "Cracking The Menopause" here Find Channel 4's Menopause e-learning programme here Find The Menopause Experts here Find The Fawcett Report here Find out more about Imposter Syndrome here Watch a classic Les Dawson & Roy Barraclough "Cissie & Ada" sketch here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

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

The world of scaling up a business can be a frenetic, chaotic, crazy and rewarding experience at the best of times. During all the hurly-burly and constant change, hard-wiring your ideal enabling culture into the embryonic fabric of your business and creating an environment where employees are engaged and feel like they are thriving, can get left until later. If it's left too late, it can create a mountain of issues that's hard work to climb eventually, such as talent loss, constant recruitment, poor levels of employee engagement and revenue and profit dilution. But it doesn't have to be that way.   In episode 46 of the Sticky From The Inside Podcast, host Andy Goram, from the employee engagement and workplace culture consultancy, Bizjuicer, talks to Tom Holliss, Chief People Officer of Zappi. Tom talks about the lessons they've learned during their scaling-up activities, and honestly shares their successes and mistakes, including the time they tried self-set salaries! But all the way through their journey they've put respect, trust and treating their people like adults at the very heart of the organisation. ----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 Tim Holliss on LinkedIn here Check out Zappi's website here Follow Zappi on Twitter here Follow Zappi on Instagram here Find the link to Tom's original LinkedIn post here Find Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organisations book here Find out more about Frederic Laloux here Find out about the Advice Process here Find out more about Dennis Bakke here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

What are the future requirements of successful leadership? The world of the last 3 years is almost unrecognisable. Many things we took for granted, or had never imagined have either changed or happened. When you think of it like that, is it any wonder that the celebrated concepts of leadership, that have been commonplace over the last three decades are now looking outdated and out of place? Couple that with the generational shift that's taking place in the workplace, and the differing needs of today's workplace, and I think there is clearly a need for a good deal more humanity for leaders to be successful going forwards.   In episode 45 of the employee engagement and workplace culture podcast Sticky From The Inside, host Andy Goram, speaks with the author of 3 best-selling books on teams and leadership, and motivational speaker, Caspar Craven. The pair exchange views on what traits are required to be a successful leader of people in the future. The conversation covers mistakes the pair have made, why the command and control leadership model is inappropriate today, emotional understanding, tattoos, sailing around the world with 3 kids under 10, their aversion to phrases such as "soft skills" and "feminisation of the workplace" and how unresolved trauma may be a hidden inhibitor of team success. ----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 Caspar Craven on LinkedIn here Check out Caspar's website here Follow Caspar on Twitter here Follow Caspar on Instagram here Find Caspar's 3 best-selling books here Find Caspar's 20 Huam Leadership Principles here Find out more about Carol Dweck here Watch Carol Dweck on Growth Mindset here Find out more about Ray Dalio here Watch the video on Pain + Reflection = Progress here Follow Jane Adshead Grant on LinkedIn here Find Jane Adshead-Grant's book here Find out more about Bessel Van Der Kolk here Find "The Body Keeps The Score" book here Find out more about Talk Therapy here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

There's a talent war, so how do we unlock sustainable growth, when there's such fierce competition for talent?   We're also told that innovation is a critical factor of sustainable growth.  But how do we achieve that when 67% of our people give us their time, but not their best effort or ideas.  The fact is most of the time, these people have never even been asked for those ideas or input, so they end up being indifferent to your business.  Involvement is another key ingredient to re-engaging these people and growing sustainably.  However, changes in remote and hybrid working have made that more challenging.   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to growth specialist, Tim Cakir.  With a real focus on people and a passion for involvement and technology, Tim offers up some simple, practical advice on how to involve and engage all your employees in useful, growth conversations.  He also shares his recommendations for technology and apps that make the whole involvement and engagement process much easier. ----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 Tim Cakir on LinkedIn here Check out Tim's website here Sign up to receive Tim's Newsletter here Check out the Around Video Call app here Check out the Notion workspace app here Check out Loom the Video Messaging app here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here

In a recent poll, a staggering 42% of people working in the Hospitality industry said that they wanted to leave.  But this number fell to 6% from a list of businesses that made it into the long list of the Best Places To Work in UK Hospitality, run by The Caterer magazine. So what are these guys doing that's so different?   In this episode, your host, Andy Goram, talks to experienced Hospitality-focused engagement and culture specialist and long time Hospitality campaigner, Jane Sunley, as they exchange notes from their recent attendance at The Caterer's 2022 People Summit, and work through what the best places to work in UK Hospitality are actually doing to attract and retain their people. ----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 Jane Sunley on LinkedIn here Check out the Purple Cubed website here Find the book "The People Formula" by Jane Sunley here ----more---- Full Episode Transcript Get the full transcript of the episode here