Adam Lee is the Founder & MD at Mobile Rocket.

Topics discussed:

- Adams's story of getting a cancer diagnosis at 20yo and overcoming adversity

- The stresses and challenges of running, growing, and scaling a bootstrap business

- How he hit the first £1m milestone

- The sacrifices you have to make to grow a small business

This was one hell of a conversation with Adam, and it's crazy to think that he has managed to create a stellar business following what he had to go through.

Gemma is the co-founder of a recruitment company called Mixxos. I met Gemma at the recruitment agency expo in Birmingham and was blown away by her passion for the industry.

In today's episode, we cover the following topics:

🔥 Gemma's story and an intro to Mixxos

🔥 How they grew from just two founders to 15 heads.

🔥 How they went from £200k revenue to £2m revenue

🔥 Why keeping your standards high is so important🔥 Why service is such an important attribute for recruitment

🔥 Actionable strategies for building a personal brand and the significance of consistency in efforts

🔥 The impact of neurodiversity in the workplaceGo and follow Gemma and Mixxos onl LinkedIn to keep up to date with their journey. And make sure to follow, like, comment, subscribe and anything to help us grow the show.

In today's episode, we are joined by Will Bourne, an industry veteran with over 15yrs experience and currently the founder of RekBot. Back in the day, Will used to fight for money and has been a life long martial artist. Nowadays he is highly engaged within the tech/saas space and engrained in AI.

We covered so many things in this conversation from running a recruitment business with and without investment, mindset, mental health, business development, strategy, AI, and so much more.

Go and follow Will and his journey on LinkedIn and make sure that you like/subscribe!

In today's episode, we are joined by Chris O'Connell, who if you haven't seen on LinkedIn, I'd be thinking you have been living under a rock!

Chris started his career at the infamous SThree back in 1998 and within that 5+yr stint, was one of the global top performers. He then went on to grow his own recruitment company to over £25m and went through an exit. Tune in to hear how crazy that story is, not all sunshine and rainbows...

What I didn't know about Chris before we started recording, was how his childhood was growing up. He talked through the gut-wrenching story of how his mother abandoned him and the numerous things he had to go through during his upbringing.

Chris now runs BASE Mindset as an external coach, advisor, and NED with numerous recruitment companies and is the author of the book 'Become The CEO of Your Life'.

Finally, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for tuning in to the podcast, and if you want to check out the rebrand of my business, go to www.inf1nitelearning.com.

In today's episode, we are joined by Matt Carter, a Senior Design Talent Manager at TDA and fellow podcast host.

Matt used to be a professional footballer before getting into recruitment and shares some key insights he has learned over the years, all things personal/professional development.

We done a deep dive into mindset shifting in recruitment and how important emotional connection is when speaking to candidates and clients. We also spoke at length about cold calling openers, how to build relationships with clients, how to overcome anxiety when doing business development and loads more.

This is a great chat for anyone in the industry looking to learn more about mindset, BD, cold calling and personal development.

Today's episode is a special episode for me, not only is this the first in-person recorded episode, but it is with someone who got me my first L&D role.

Sachin is the CEO of Camino Partners and possibly the best recruiter I have ever dealt with in my entire life.

In this episode, we talked through Sachin's journey in recruitment, the evolution of Camino Partners, how he grew the business, and the biggest lessons and wins of running a successful recruitment business.

Sachin talked at length about embarking on the world of therapy, how and why that was pivotal for him and the business. We both talked about our upbringing and Sachin was very open with me talking about his childhood.

Mental health is something so many people are talking about, but in this episode, Sachin talks through tangible things that he has done to revolutionize his mental health as well as talking through his key lessons learned from therapy that translates to being a business owner.

In today's episode, I am joined by 'The Events Recruiter' Dan Payne, founder of Ark Recruitment. Dan shared his story on how he got into the British Army and what his almost 10yr career was like. He shared many war stories (pardon the pun) from both his military career, including nearly getting lost in the jungle by himself, all the way to setting up Ark Recruitment.

Dan and I share a passion for mental health awareness, and he shared some heart wrenching stories from post army, where he and some of his old colleagues suffered greatly with what their purpose is in life after being in the army.

This is a great conversation to listen to and Dan shares some incredible insights for those who are considering a career change or looking to set up on their own down the line, as well as some solid advice when it comes to looking after your mental health.

In this episode, we are joined by Mel Sedgley, founder of Edge, a people and talent consultancy. Mel has been in the recruitment sector/doing talent roles since 2013 and is a mum of two now.

The topics we cover in this episode are the following:

- Opportunities for working mums. Setting up a business with kids.

- Society tells women they can not do something, how do we shift that in both society and in women.

- Navigating mental health, how to approach it in the right way.

- Utilizing ED&I as part of a value proposition for recruiters.

Laura Clark is the CEO of OA Recruitment Solutions and a mother of 4 children. Laura talks passionately about how in order to be successful in whatever you want to be in life, you have to sacrifice certain things. Whether that means sacrificing going to the gym, the pub, out for dinner, whatever it is, you have to choose your sacrifices.

We also spoke at length about culture and how culture is the immune system of a business. Your business must be agile, adaptable, and open minded.

Finally, we talk about why women don't get as many opportunities... Is it a societal issue, or is it an accountability issue? Tune in to hear what Lauras take is on it.

So we have come to the end of 2024, you may have had a good year, a mediocre year or an awful year. But how can we cultivate the best possible mindset going into 2025?