In the first episode of our new mini series of Love Life, Live Well, our host Emma Cartmell is joined by Sian Sayward, who is Director of People, Partnerships & Strategic Projects at Inntel Ltd.

Sian is also Chair at Beam (formerly HBAA), who work on setting the standard for the business events, accommodation, and meetings sector.

This series was recorded at CHS Leeds, a tradeshow for the Meeting and Events industry.

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Episode highlights:

• What Sian loves about life
• The importance of being surrounded by people that support you
• What Sian does to live well
• How to create time for yourself and the things you enjoy
• The importance of quality time over quantity
• Being OK with asking for help
• The role of trust within hiring and staff retention at Inntel 
• How Inntel deal with mistakes that may be made
• How Inntel work to educate and guide their new starters

Key Takeaways:

• It's quite therapeutic to go, it's alright to ask for help. - Sian
• That 20 minutes of reset just makes all the difference. - Sian
• So when someone comes to work for you, your philosophy is, we will trust them 100%. And it's theirs to lose - Emma
• Changing people's mindsets to say you have to trust this person from day one is not easy, because inherently, we don't like to trust anyone. - Sian

Resources:

• Sian Sayward at CHS Leeds