Engagement Express

In this episode, we look at how to make remote working work for you? How do you keep engagement levels high with remote teams ?

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Hannah Awonuga is the Founder of Rarity London career development services. She is a female corporate coach that dedicates her time to supporting and developing female professionals trying to excel in their careers. Over the past 3 yrs she has delivered empowerment workshops, keynote addresses and sat on many panel discussions, discussing topics including Diversity and Inclusion, Social mobility, Race and Ethnicity and Gender Equality. Hannah is a Global Diversity and Inclusion vice president within the financial service industry. She has been working in Banking since she was 17yrs old and for the past 14yrs has spent time in the Retail bank, business and corporate bank before transitioning in to HR in 2019. Hannah has recently been appointed as a foundation school governor at her local catholic secondary school and has recently joined the National black governor's network board as a trustee.

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In episode 10, we look at part 2 of People Manager Power. We look at how people managers do Interpretation & Sensemaking. We also look into how managers can deal with difficult conversations.

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David Macleod and Nita Clarke are co-authors of 2008’s ‘Engage for Success’ report commissioned by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, described by the CMI as the definitive work on this subject.  

David Macleod OBE
David is co-founder of the Employee Engagement Task Force launched by the then Prime Minister at Number 10.  He is a visiting Professor of the Cass Business School, An Honorary Professor at Nottingham Business School,  a fellow of the Institute of Marketing, the RSA and a companion member of the CMI.  
This follows an early career in marketing followed by becoming CEO of a global business formed through the merger of an ICI and a Unilever business. He has worked at senior levels in manufacturing, (both business to business and business to consumer) and in the services sectors. He has been an NED of three Government Departments and has worked for a year and a half in the Cabinet Office.  

Nita Clarke OBE
Nita Clarke is the Director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA), Britain's leading organisation delivering workplace support for good employment and industrial relations.   She was vice-chair of the MacLeod Review on employee engagement and continues to work with David MacLeod on the new national Employee Engagement task force, launched by Prime Minister David Cameron in March 2011.
She was appointed as Vice-President (employee relations) by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development in January 2012, and is a visiting Fellow at Kingston University Business School.  She was also a member of the Mutuals Task Force established by Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude in 2011.

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In episode 8, I explore the topic of people managers. In the new model, managers are enablers and play a crucial role in creating the right environment for engagement to happen.

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Advita Patel is the Director of CommsRebel, co-founder of A Leader Like Me and a Board  Director for CIPR. She has a wealth of experience within the Internal Communication  sector and has worked in areas such as Employee Engagement, Digital, Change and Transformational comms. Advita is a chartered PR practitioner. She helps people gain confidence and  take the leap so they can revolutionise the way they communicate in their business. 

In episode 6, I explore the power of storytelling and narratives and how this relates to telling the strategy to organisation employees.

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Bonnie Khan is a Communications Consultant with more than 15 years’ experience working across industries, from Oil & Gas, FMCG, Third Sector and Government organisations. Specialising in Internal and Change Communications, she is also an avid advocate of employee engagement, which holds to key to keeping employees and leaders happily productive. Bonnie brings to bear her diverse experiences in Journalism, Scenario Planning and Communications on all her projects, is a specialist in Oil & Gas, and is also qualified in Change Management, Agile Project Management and Crisis Communications.

Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, Bonnie has lived and worked in the UK, The Netherlands and in Italy. She lives in Venice, Italy, with her son and husband.  

In this episode, Bonnie Khan talks about Practical Employee Engagement

In episode 4 I explore the wonderful world inhabited by Communities of Practice, firstly looking at what they are and how they play a role in sharing expertise and information exchange. 

As part of this remit, I investigate how building networks, like Communities of Practice, can help foster engagement by providing employees with a safe place to exchange ideas and promote innovative approaches to solving old problems.

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How can collaboration help organisations to build better and more authentic relationships, both internally and externally, increase sales and revenue and help build a culture of continuous knowledge sharing?  I look into what collaboration is, why collaboration is so important and how to collaborate across geographies and different parts of the business also touching on the benefits of constantly sharing skills.

Kate Isichei is a global employee engagement and communications professional with over 20 years experience of working in multi national organisations. She has worked in senior roles for AON, Medtronic, Sage, Infosys and other blue chip companies. Her passion for engagement has led her to create a consultancy that offers bespoke solutions to increase trust, build relationships, encourage collaboration and ultimately increase engagement.  Her desire to support these ambitions are what drove her to set up this series of podcasts. 
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