Biz 15 - Voice of the SME

In episode 5 Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley, Business Support Director at Brook Corporate Developments and Tom Dickinson from O.S.I

The trio explore how to adapt to the workplace culture when there is a change of management, The process needed and how continuing to learn helps these leaders grow and develop

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"Go out and make your mistakes somewhere else to gain experience"

Host Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley, Business Support Director at Brook Corporate Developments and Tom Dickinson from O.S.I

The team explores their experiences of taking the reins when a family member steps down from the day-to-day operations and the process needed for them personally and for the workforce.

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"If you focus on the numbers, then you're missing a huge part of the business and that's your people"

In episode 3 Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley, the recently appointed Business Support Director at Brook Corporate Developments. They chat about what leaders can do when they fail and how quickly they can pick themselves back up again to change that failure into a success.

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"79% of employees will actually quit or look to get another job based on inadequate appreciation from their managers"

In episode 2 Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley, the recently appointed Business Support Director at Brook Corporate Developments. They are exploring new research which shows if workplaces don't support the future development of their staff, young people may choose to work for other organisations that support development.



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Back for season 2, Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley, the recently appointed Business Support Director at Brook Corporate Developments.

In the first episode of the new series, they explore what is Net Zero and how local businesses in Barnsley and South Yorkshire are moving toward reducing their carbon footprint.

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"After being around the players for... 4 years there very highly motivated and they don't want to fail and I have worked with them outside of rugby through print... and they still have that same mentality"

In episode 12 of Biz15 host, Dom Brook is joined by Sheffield Eagles General Manager Liam Claffey and Commercial Director Mark Hannigan, in this episode, the team explore the transferable skills that playing in sports can bring, and what player's do when they hang up the boots.

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"if I'm not fighting for that bit of commercial revenue from these companies in South Yorkshire, Rotherham United...., Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield steelers are doing it"

In episode 11 of Biz15 host, Dom Brook is joined by Rugby league club Sheffield Eagles General Manager Liam Claffey and Commercial Director Mark Hannigan, discussing the importance of having a business plan in sport to help grow the club and why it has been difficult for them due to their nomadic existence.

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"It's down to our foundation... (The Eagles foundation) Sheffield City Trust, Sheffield City Council and the RFL have all funded a development post for two years.. from there we have launched a wheelchair side and will be launching a woman's side and hopefully, an LDRL side "

In episode 10 of Biz15 host, Dom Brook is joined by Sheffield Eagles General Manager Liam Claffey and Commercial Director Mark Hannigan, giving an insight into the brand-new facilities they will be using and how they are engaging with the local community of Sheffield and South Yorkshire

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"Our product is what happens on that pitch for 80 minutes... we don't make baked beans, it's Rugby that our product and we had to put it out there and the live stream enabled us to do that"

In episode 9 of Biz15 host, Dom Brook is joined by Sheffield Eagles General Manager Liam Claffey and Commercial Director Mark Hannigan, they give an insight into running a rugby league club in a pandemic and the effects the pandemic has had on and off the pitch.

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"If you have a leadership team in place that does not have the interest of the staff at its heart, you are going to have a problem"

In episode 8 Biz15 owner and host, Dom Brook is joined by Andrew Rowley Business Support and Compliance Manager at Brook Corporate Developments;

They continue their look at staff wellbeing by finding out the impact of having poor staff wellbeing and what to do to fix or mitigate the problem.

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