Is it ever a good idea to take a backward or sideways step in your career? Can it help you achieve more in the long term?

This episode of Short Shift, your weekly bitesize clip from the Know Your Shift podcast was taken from my conversation with Sam Smith

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Are Student Housing operators providing a great accommodation experience for Neurodiverse students?

This episode of Short Shift, your weekly bitesize clip from the Know Your Shift podcast was taken from my conversation with Jenny Shaw from Unite Students

Jenny also tells me how she ensures Unite Students keep pushing on with important projects.

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I have had a few people who I’m lucky enough to describe as mentors throughout my career, and Steve Jones was the first and perhaps the most influential, and I know this to be true for so many people in the hospitality industry.

Steve is CEO at Wyboston Lakes, and the Past Chair of the MIA, and we covered many topics including;

Steve’s early life growing up wanting to be a mechanic, to his rapid rise to general Manager in the hotel industry at a young age.

How the industry and the role of the GM has changed.

His unique take on Leadership that can be applied in any sector

How the loss of his own business has affected him and why he still wants to do it again.

How shocking events, particularly involving the health of his children gave him perspective to be able to deal with any situation that is thrown at him

The whirlwind experience of being asked to debate at the Cambridge Union

What effect Charles Holmes has had on life and career.

And what do Steve’s team really think of him? We asked them…

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I’m The Same Regardless Of Who I Speak To, I’m Just Me

This is a conversation about being real, and leading the charge for all things authentic is my guest on this episode of Know Your Shift, Laura Bosworth.

We got stuck into lots of things, including;

The impact of AI & ChatGPT on marketing & social media.

Where Laura’s passion for saving the high street comes from which led to her starting LOCAL.

Working with her husband Mike in the business and the impact that has on their relationship.

And how she’s lived in 34 different houses…

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Imposter Syndrome is more widely talked about now, but has the reduction in face time with colleagues made the situation worse?

Listen to what Jackie Hudson thinks, and tell us whether you agree or not

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Chris Holloway has been recommended many times by previous guests on Know Your Shift, and now I know why.

Yes he is Chief Business Development Officer for Yugo, but there is so many threads to his life and his story.

From theatre to bookshops to lecturing at university and much more.

Chris tells me how he got into Student Housing by accident thanks to a previous guest, Brian Welsh. From moving to Spain the day after 9/11 and teaching English in Madrid.

 And the surprising truth he learned about his father on his wedding day…

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This episode of Short Shift, your weekly bitesize clip from the Know Your Shift podcast, is from my conversation with Brian Welsh.

Brian talks to me about a really tough period in his life, but how he just kept going in order to find a new path.

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Sam Smith has returned to Dandara Living.

But that’s only a small part of the story…

· How despite the huge successes in Sam’s career to date, he still suffers with imposter syndrome and what he does to overcome it in the moment.

· Why he took a brave step back in his career which paid huge dividends in the long term.

· Why BTR can be a part of the solution to the housing crisis in the UK.

· How The UKAA is bringing the industry together for the greater good

· And that his parents still think he’s an estate agent…

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As always, I asked Sam to recommend a future guest for me to speak to on the podcast, he recommended Lesley Roberts, we look forward to recording an episode with you soon Lesley.

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How do GSA & Yugo ensure that the needs of the students who will live with them, are listened to more than senior decision makers and overcome their biases?

GSA conduct thorough research, but it goes deeper than that.

This episode of Short Shift, your weekly bitesize clip from the Know Your Shift podcast was taken from my conversation with Aaron Bailey - Head of Real Estate Projects at GSA.

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Anything that is unfair, really annoys Jenny Shaw. This has driven her work, but where does this come from?

Jenny opened up about things with me on Know Your Shift that were really difficult for her to share.

Jenny has been open about her imposter syndrome, but how does that really affect her?

We also got stuck into her incredible work with Unite and the Unite Foundation, including the Living Black at University research, and her work with government on Student Mental Health.

Jenny has changed Higher Education in the UK, but she doesn’t think about it like that.

And we saved a subject to the end that was really big for her to share…

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As always, I asked Jenny to recommend future guests for me to speak to on the podcast, she recommended Sam Kingsley & Bernadette Cochonat, we look forward to recording an episode with you both soon.

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