LEAP Listens
Sara MacGregor and Roger Cayless
LEAP Listens is a bitesize podcast hosted by Sara MacGregor and Roger Cayless who are both leaders in Employer Branding, Candidate Experience and Recruitment Marketing. In this ongoing series of podcasts they tackle client and industry themes and along the way host expert guests who provide opinion, stories and advice on the world of ‘people communications’.
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Jan 29, 2023 • 20min
Episode 17 | Being honest about your culture in recruitment marketing with Jane Avison
Are you using Glassdoor as part of your employer branding strategy? If not perhaps you should! Some great advice from Jane Avison along with some other words of wisdom about how to keep your employer brand authentic. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Jan 13, 2023 • 20min
Episode 16 | The culture of burnout with Clive Cary
Sara and Roger are joined by Organisational Psychologist, Clive Cary where they discuss burnout in the workplace. Clive shares his own experience of burnout and how organisations can spot and support their employees with this serious non-clinical condition. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Jan 5, 2023 • 18min
Episode 15 | Creating an authentic candidate experience with David MacFarlane
The pandemic has reset the candidate experience. We discuss with David how organisations need to adapt to ensure candidates still have a personal touch and authentic experience. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Jan 4, 2023 • 14min
Episode 14 | Creating an employer story for an iconic brand with Izy Cowling
Izy Cowling talks about her experience in being the first employer brand lead for the iconic Penguin Books and the opportunities in shaping their employer brand story for recruitment and retention. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Dec 15, 2022 • 18min
Episode 13 | The importance of culture when onboarding employees with Noel Thomas
When should the onboarding process start and how early should you be starting to build a relationship with your new employees? These are the important questions we talked about with Noel Thomas. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Dec 14, 2022 • 20min
Episode 12 | The highs and lows of internal communications with Kate Fenton
To kick off Series Two, we are joined by Employee Engagement and Internal Comms expert Kate Fenton who shares her advice on communicating with employees in 2023, plus we chat about the challenges and opportunities comms teams face post-pandemic. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Nov 8, 2022 • 14min
Episode 11 | Series One Wrap Up - What We Learnt
In this final episode, Roger and Sara talk through all the learnings and takeaways of all the guests featured in Series One of LEAP Listens. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Sep 6, 2022 • 20min
Episode 10 | How to recruit more women into STEM with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
In this final interview of Series One, Dr.Anne-Marie, Co-founder of Stemettes, shares her experience and knowledge with Sara and Roger about how organisations can inspire and attract and recruit more women into STEM roles. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
Aug 12, 2022 • 16min
Episode Nine | Do employer brands really exist? with Mark Horley
Creative Officer & Co-Founder of Tonic, Mark Horley discusses the convergence of the consumer brand and the employer brand into something which is simply just, the brand. A fascinating chat with one of the industry's best-known and highly-regarded creative figures.LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
May 25, 2022 • 15min
Episode Seven | Employee engagement and the impact on your customers with Pete Markey
If you want your customers to truly experience your brand’s purpose, you’ve got to get your culture right. Pete Markey, CMO of Boots UK, delivers useful insights and actionable advice on how to land your purpose with your people.LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
