In today's episode, we are joined by a veteran of the recruitment industry, Brad Placks. Brad founded Broadbean, is the co-founder of Mint 66, the chairman of Camino Partners, and is an NED for multiple recruitment companies.

Brad is someone who has to plan everything and mentions on the show that a recruiter should have a good enough day plan that anyone could run their day for them. So tune in to learn all about how to plan properly.

We also speak at length about 'Work Life Balance' and that we all have it wrong when it comes to this... It should be 'Work Life Intergration'!

Max is the founder of Forge Talent, a finance recruitment business in Manchester. He has been in the recruitment industry since 2012 and in this episode, we talk about all things business development.

From your cold call openers, email marketing, lead chasing process to soft skills like listening & questioning, we cover everything to do with BD.

In today's episode, we are joined by a veteran of the recruitment industry, one of the co-founders of Jump Advisory Group, Howard Greenwood. Howard is a business coach and recruitment advisor.

This entire episode revolves around STRATEGY. From your business strategy, candidate acquisition, business development, exit, and strategy to execution gap.

If you are like me, you might overcomplicate things in your mind when you think about building a strategy, but after this episode, Howard breaks things down in granular detail, yet makes it extremely easy to understand.

In today's episode, we are joined by Bobby & Shane from Elev8 Learning. Bobby & Shane have been in the recruitment/L&D space for a good amount of time and have helped train/coach thousands of recruiters.

We spoke at length about how we can interview recruiters OUT of our industry and make sure we are getting the right people in it. Loads to talk about in regard to the best onboarding strategy, and how to train recruiters who both have or do not have experience.

If you are also curious about performance planning for consultants who have been there for a year, we go through tools, techniques, and strategies for that as well.

This is our first overseas guest from Germany and a good friend of mine, Niclas Garms. Niclas has been in recruitment for over 6 years and has almost always started on a cold desk.

I worked closely with Niclas the year he was the global top biller across three sister companies. In this episode, Niclas shares his insights as to how he built a massive desk from scratch and billed over 300k+ in one year, all net new business.

If you are thinking about setting up a DACH desk, starting in the DACH region or you are based in that area and want to learn from an expert, this episode is 100% for you!

In this episode, we are joined by 'The Zestiest Man In Recruitment', founder of Add Some Zest, Calum Lyle.

Alex Dick is the CEO/Founder of Alexander Lyons Solutions, a 100% remote recruitment business that has been running since 2011. Alex was also a Million Pound Biller in his day and now has a thriving business primarily in the legal sector.

Alex opens up about his childhood, during which he had dyslexia so bad that he couldn't read and write yet showed signs of a very high IQ. We spoke at length about how neurodiverse people work so differently and that if it's managed well, they can help people see things in a unique way.

If you follow him on LinkedIn, it's no secret that Alex has been breaking the norms of the usual recruitment CEO, hence the title 'Probably the weirdest CEO'. But Alex talks us through how important it is to be authentic and you can run/grow/scale a business YOUR WAY!

DISCLAIMER: Halfway through the episode, the platform we were recording on crashed, so we continued on Zoom.

This was so far, the most raw, open, emotional, and REAL episode to date.

James Lovell-Butt runs a multi-million-pound recruitment business that is growing rapidly, used to play football at a high level, and has a life most people would dream of, but a couple of years ago, woke up and didn't want to carry on with life anymore.

James and I opened up about our mental health struggles, how therapy has helped, the tactics, techniques, and strategies that we utilized that got us to where we are today.

We also talked a lot about the impact of ADHD has on recruiters. James opens up about the fact he isn't diagnosed but he has faced challenges with focus, impulsivity, hyperactivity etc. but talks through what has helped him grow his recruitment career/business.

James is also an avid believer in the 1% club and talked about how you can be a top performer, how to strive for more whilst remaining humble and grateful for what you have.

In today's episode, we are joined by Rich Evans who is the co-founder of Unbound and someone who has had successful exits from recruitment and marketing agencies.

Rich and I spoke at length about ADHD and how we both manage it, sharing tools, techniques, and strategies that help us.

Rich is a coach for multiple business owners and talks through his coaching process and how he helps business owners succeed.

I really enjoyed talking with Rich and he is genuinely one of the nicest people in the world, with a tremendous amount of value to offer the world of recruitment and beyond.

In today's episode, we are joined by Jo Major, founder of Diversity in Recruitment.

Jo has been in the world of recruitment since 2000 and now runs a successful business that helps recruitment businesses with all things Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.

We both agreed that because of social media, there are a lot of people who use this topic to make you feel like you are a s**t human being... That is not the point of ED&I.

I said to Jo that many aspects of this industry are flawed and that I don't necessarily agree with, but thankfully, Jo has restored my faith and I think you will learn a lot from this episode.

I did not want to be like many other podcast hosts and have someone on the show to show everyone that I am "Pro ED&I"... I wanted to challenge some ideas, learn, grow, and understand a different perspective.

I think you will all enjoy this conversation!