The best recruitment event in the UK?

Recruitment Agency Expo in London next week promises to be as huge as ever

This is an unusual event. In a very good way!

I can’t think of a better event for learning, sharing and meeting interesting folk

I am speaking both days, so I hope to see you there. The roster of speakers is fabulous, and the exhibitors are always fascinating

It’s FREE. Sign up HERE

Day 1:

‘Failing my way to success’: PART 1

Lessons from a lifetime of Recruitment mistakes

This session reveals all the mistakes I made as a recruiter and how learning and adapting led to future success.

Making errors in your job, career, and life is inevitable; your failures do not define you. How you respond does.

The narrative draws on a lifetime of personal errors, mistakes, misjudgements and misaligned attitudes. Some were the result of pure naivety and inexperience. Others were because of complacency and hubris. The hardest to correct stem from deeply embedded character and personality traits.

The focus of this session is on mistakes as a recruiter and career misjudgements and assumptions.

I plan to illustrate, through my blunders as a recruiter, that it’s what you have done or not done that dictates the outcome.

Day 2:

‘Failing my way to success’: PART 2

Lessons from a lifetime of Leadership mistakes

The Day 2 session builds on the material from the Day 1 session. However, it focuses on management and leadership lessons and stands alone. There is no requirement to have attended Part 1.

Managing and leading are particularly challenging, and you will screw up.

The narrative draws on a lifetime of personal errors, mistakes, misjudgements and misaligned attitudes.

This session focuses on mistakes and learning as a manager, leader, business owner, and Advisor. I learned (Slowly, because I am… slow) that the secret sauce is developing self-awareness and a determination not to blame luck, ‘the market’ or other people.

I will share with no shame (well, a little maybe) how, through my blunders with all aspects of leadership, including people, hiring, performance management, metrics and KPIs, finances, strategy, team building, technology, and much more, it’s what you have done or not done that dictates the outcome.