Engaging People Pod

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oli Henry is our second bonus episode during Mental Health Awareness week. In what is a really interesting tip, he talks about how doing less can actually be more in the workout world. He gives an example using the 5x5 rules.  The companies website is www.worklifewell.com. You can contact them hello@worklifewell.com and their social media handles are as follows Instagram - @work_life_well Linkedin - @worklifewell We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Today I speak to Andy Hart, personal finance specialist, founder of Maven Adviser & The Maven Money Podcast. The below outlines what we discuss and Andy's top 3 tips.  Financial Wellbeing The 3 health’s Mental health, Physical health & Financial health Face your finances - face you fears. You have to be willing to get stuck into your finances if you want to change your thoughts and feelings about it. No one is going to save you.  What gets measured improves.  Money is the fabric of society you’re all playing the game, some intentionally, some passively playing the game. The more you know the less you’ll blow (ignored and illiteracy play into the hands of the big business) they earn from your lack of understanding. It’s a long journey to become financially independence. Everything your parents tell you about money is likely to be wrong Practical tips: 1) Andy advocates two bank accounts - one for bills - one for spending. 2) If you struggle to save any money a great way to build up some saving is premi

Oliver Henry tells his story of how a freak injury at 19 years old gave him 18 months of invaluable to learning which led to him set up the fitness company 'Ready, Steady, Fit' before co-founding WorkLifeWell with his partner Adam Greenfield. Adam is an award winning Chiropractor and together they have build a company the helps corporate clients look after their staff in a more meaningful manner.  Oli recommends Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss & Jay Shetty as podcasts to listen to and cites his dad as someone he looks up to.  The companies website is www.worklifewell.com. You can contact them hello@worklifewell.com and their social media handles are as follows Instagram - @work_life_well Linkedin - @worklifewell We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or ch

Today I interview the hottest prospect in the EFL Championship. Ollie Watkins has scored 22 goals in all competitions this season and if you google him, it looks like a big move is on the cards.  Today we find out more about his early career at Exeter City. Hear how he couldn't concentrate when he first went there and so didn't get a contract before being asked to go back two years later. Ollie saw his brother break a leg playing Sunday league football and that made him more determined to make it professionally. He made his debut at 17 but broke into the first team properly aged 20. He played another two years before signing for Brentford.  You can follow Ollie on Instagram @OllieWatkins  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website

On today's show Laura my wife interview's me on my background, from leaving school at 16 to starting Engage at 34. We talk about my transition from football to work and the challenge of studying at age 30 with children. Finally I run through whats most important to me and why. You can find me on all the soicals Twitter @samsloma1 instagram @samsloma Linkedin - Sam Sloma We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

The below is the headline from Phil Lewis's company 'Corporate Punk is a management consultancy But it isn’t Because we don’t slash for efficiency. We build for innovation, resilience, growth. Instilling agility, embedding better, happier ways of working. Changing businesses inside out, human first. So that when you’re asked “When did you last get a proper buzz out of work?” The answer is “I do.” This gives a great insight into Phil's business and this chat is a brilliant conversation about management consultancy and business in general. Phil has worked with large corporate's such as The BBC, KPMG & Sony and has a 90% retention rate. Phil cites Ray Dalio's principals as a book to read and see's Nick Cave as someone who is authentically himself.  You can him on twitter @phillewishq, on linkedin and the website is corporatepunk.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are

Today I speak to Mark Rhodes who is the director of business consultancy at accountancy firm Sobell Rhodes. We speak about how Mark started his career at big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young and how he knew quite early that closer relationships with his clients was needed.  Mark speaks about how his work impacts businesses and gives some tips for business owners listening. Mark discusses about the difficulties in joining his fathers firm and outlines his ideas for the future.  I have been through the Sobell Rhodes business strategy programme myself and can highly recommend it should you want to have someone give you a second opinion on your business.  You can find Sobell Rhodes on their website www.sobellrhodes.co.uk whilst Mark's email is m.rhodes@sobellrhodes.co.uk We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback &

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Derby  footballer Curtis Davies of Derby County. Curtis started of his career at Luton Town before making the move to then Premier League West Brom before moving to Aston Villa. Curtis crossed the second city divide by signing for Birmingham City before joining Hull and scoring in an FA Cup Final. He then moved to Derby where he's keen to get them promoted after two play off heart breaks.  Curtis is extremely honest about his career, what he'd like to do after and we were extremely appreciative of his time. You can find him on twitter @thecurtisdavies. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Josef Jackson is an amazing guy. He is an ex-professional footballer who is just about to start an internship at Morgan Stanley.  Above that though, he has been through some extremely difficult times and has shown courage & determination that is a true testament of his character. At 14 he lost his 12 years old sister to a brain hemorrhage and if that wasn't enough, Josef was told at age 21 that he had Leukemia.  Josef tells his story and there is lot to learn about how difficult situations can fuel a desire to make the most of every second available to you. If you'd like to get in touch with Josef you can find him on the below channels.  Lin: Josef Jackson Twit @josef_jackson3 Insta @joejackson93 E josef.jackson@gmail.com  Joe's book recommendation was by Martin Robert Hall and the book is called How Leaders Make it Happen. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatl