This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Tony Medhurst is the Principal & Chief Executive of Hertford Regional College, a general Further Education College with campuses in Broxbourne and Ware. He has been in post since August 2015, having previously held the same position at Harrow College for over 7 years. He chairs the Association of Colleges’ National Curriculum Reform Policy Group and is a member of the British Council’s Education Advisory Group.  Tony joined the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership Board in April 2021 and, in addition, sits on Hertfordshire’s Skills and Employment Programme Board. 

Since taking up the role at HRC, he has implemented a curriculum delivery model, the “Destination Curriculum”, which is strategically focussed on delivering more than just a qualification in order to prepare young people and adults for the needs of the modern workforce. This has resulted in significantly improved outcomes for learners and has addressed skills needs in the local economy. He has also introduced new higher education programmes and apprenticeships to address skills gaps in the communities the College serves.  

He has chaired and spoken at many national conferences over the last decade. He has also been involved in multiple successful international partnerships in countries such as China, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, the US and Vietnam and he has spoken at conferences in several of the countries mentioned. He was a recipient of the London Development Agency’s Education Partnership Award for his work in China. Married with three children, Tony is an award-winning youth football coach in London and Essex. 

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This week's guests on The Talent Waste Show are Simon Bradberry Vice President, EMEA and Bruce Morton, Head of Strategy at Allegis Global Solutions.

This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Kalpesh Baxi, founder of Baxfield, offering business advisory and leadership consulting across the recruitment and wider recruitment industry ecosystem.

This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Sonal Shah, Vice President, and Founder of She Chose Tech.   

Sonal is a Vice President in Banking with over 20 year's corporate experience and has a coaching business to help women fulfil their potential and progress in their careers.  She is passionate about increasing the number of women in the tech industry by inspiring and helping them to join the industry through her coaching.     

Sonal is a multiple award winner of Rising Stars in Tech100 and also a  winner in Diversity through to finalist in ‘Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in 2022’ as well as the ‘Global Women of Inspiration’  award’ in 2022.     

She is a Speaker who frequently speaks at industry events,  including a  roundtable for ‘Women in Blockchain Talks’ on International Women’s Day,  panel participant at the Women in Business Conference discussing “the  Glass Ceiling”, Life Skills ‘Global’ Summit for careers, and panel moderator at We Are The City Women in Tech conference on ‘Block Chain and The Supply Chain’ through to teaching ‘How to Build your Brand through LinkedIn’ to business owners.      

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and  CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment.   

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they leave. Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions, bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality.   The Talent Waste Show is powered by Phoenix51 and is available on  YouTube, Spotify and all the major podcast platforms.  

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This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Danny Caines, Global Head of Talent Acquisition for the Estonian-founded professional services firm, Nortal. He leads the TA function which is spread across 7 countries and delivers recruitment globally.

Danny has been in talent acquisition/in-house recruitment since 2001, which he describes as a time when "everything was done on spreadsheets and each recruiter managed ~120 roles, although he started in a great company, Sky".  Since then, he has worked in multiple sectors, including IT, Professional Services, MedTech/Diagnostics and TA Consulting.

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment. 

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they leave. Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions, bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality. 

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This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Sharon Kelly, Chief People Officer at Monstarlab.   

Sharon is a legally trained (US/UK) multi-national People & Culture Executive with over 20 years of experience working closely with key stakeholders across all functions and at organization levels, including C-Suite experience providing vision, direction, and support on all strategic People & Culture and business initiatives promoting highly innovative, purposeful, and collaborative cultures and teams.    

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment.   

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they leave. Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions, bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality.   

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This week's guest on The Talent Waste Show is Georgina Lansdale,  Director of Talent Acquisition at Foxtons, London’s leading Estate  Agency.   

With over 13 years’ experience in the Talent Acquisition industry,  Georgina is a specialist at introducing and transforming internal TA  teams. She has experience recruiting at all levels, from early careers to the top of organisations and has recruited for multiple teams in  Asia, Europe and the USA, including spending two years living and working in New York.   

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and  CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment.  

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they  leave.  Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions,  bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes  and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality.   

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Diversity & Inclusion Special Episode

Chief Operating Officer Chris Wimshurst will be interviewing Tinu Cornish, Director of Sea Change Consultancy. Tinu is one of the UK’s leading diversity psychologists, Tinu supports organisations to deliver comprehensive organisational change frameworks and charters that successfully ensure the progression of women and BME’s.

Highly respected for her work on unconscious and race bias, Tinu consults and trains on bias for a range of high-profile clients in the private, governmental and higher education sectors. She is particularly known for her credibility with senior and board audiences.

Tinu has co-authored two scientific evidence reviews on the topic, most recently for the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Tinu is founder and Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion at Work Group, sponsored by the Division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological Society and is the co- editor of the group’s publication ‘The Psychology of Ethnicity in Organizations’.

The podcast is called ‘The Talent Waste Show’ and we discuss current challenges in HR & Recruitment and our best advice for professionals in the industry.

Phoenix51 coined the term ‘Talent Waste’ after realising a global problem in the industry. Talent Waste affects organisations across all industries. It occurs when employees leave an organisation prematurely due to the business not being able to retain them.

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This Weeks guest is Richard Matthews, Head of Talent & Resourcing at The Co Operative Bank. Richard is a Talent leader with an extensive knowledge across the UK financial services industry building his experience through Agency, RPO and In-house roles and currently leading the In-House Talent Acquisition function at the UK’s original Ethical bank.

He has had a strong focus on managing through change, and leading talent transformation projects globally.

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and  CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment.

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they leave.  Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions,  bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality.

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This weeks guest is Manuel Heichlinger, Director of People & Recruiting EMEA at Samsara.  Manuel has gained a wealth of experience in Talent Acquisition working for organisations such as LinkedIn, HSBC, Alexander Mann, and Deloitte.

Manuel has been working in Talent Acquisition for over 16 years in Germany and the UK. During this time, he has gained experience at numerous household names in the professional services, staffing and technology sectors, recruiting talent across EMEA from graduate up to executive level. In his current role at Samsara, he is responsible for all people and recruiting matters for all European Samsara employees. Manuel grew up as a gay boy in a small town in Southern Germany and is happily married for 10 years now. He is very passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as creating a beautiful experience for all Samsara candidates and employees.

The Talent Waste Show is a podcast hosted by The Apprentice winner and CEO of Phoenix51, Lee McQueen. Lee chats to industry leaders to get their take on the challenges in HR, talent and recruitment.

Talent Waste is what happens when you can’t retain employees and they leave.  Talent Waste exists for many reasons – poor hiring decisions,  bad cultural fit, unconscious bias, insufficient onboarding processes and lack of learning and development pathways. Reducing Talent Waste lowers costs, saves time and assures quality.

The Talent Waste Show is powered by Phoenix51 and is available on  YouTube, Spotify and all the major podcast platforms.

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