Finding your North Star
hgkc in conversation with prominent business people about their experiences and challenges of strategy, innovation, leadership, employee engagement, and building a thriving business - even during difficult times.
Episodes
43 episodes
Stacey Mead, HR Department: proposed changes in UK employment legislation - part 2
In this episode of the HGKC podcast, Finding your North Star, host Kim Jones of hgkc welcomes Stacey Mead, HR Department Bristol, to discuss significant proposed changes in UK employment legislation following the election of a Labour government...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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23:44
Compassion needn't cost the earth - getting to grips with updates in employment law
Kim Jones from hgkc talks to Stacey Mead, Director of The HR Dept about the recent changes to employment law. Stacey’s care...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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30:36
People are the Key
People are the Key is a collaboration between hgkc, Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace and DISCsim...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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30:20
Giving your money a voice - investing for positive impact
Peter Quintana talks to David Macdonald, founder of Path Financial, a wealth management firm that only invests client money in funds committed to positive impact. In a wide-ranging and inspirational conversation, David talks about the momen...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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23:58
Sustainability and a strong brand
Peter Quintana from hgkc talks to brothers Andy and Tim Fussell about their farming heritage, their pioneering move into producing cold-pressed, virgin rape seed oil and earning a place for it alongs...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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32:48
A passion for building things, numbers, and diversity
Peter Quintana from hgkc talks to Carol Massay, Head of Construction at the Access Group, about her career in construction stre...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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29:34
Making a successful exit starts earlier than you think
Kim Jones from hgkc in conversation with Paul Netto, hgkc Associate, Accountant, Business Advisor and owner of
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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20:32
Helping owners meet the challenges of struggling companies when they hit the lowest point
Kim Jones of hgkc in conversation with Sam Talby of undebt, a turnaround specialist, qualified mediator and insolvency practitioner, Sam shares h...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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29:07
ZiaBia - Reimagining Events
The dynamic team heading up ZiaBia embraced digital disruption in their corporate events company with the same creativity and “can do" approach that has fuelled their business since starting out in 201...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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22:20
Releasing trapped value in your business, the power of people and a culture of innovation and renewal
Peter Marchbank MD of Rotary Precision Instruments was interviewed by Kim Jones from hgkc as he reflects on his four-year journey at RPI UK, bringing a spe...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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38:02
Build your brand; get more leads
Helen Moloney from All Things Web and Rich Kersey from ker-Z creative talk to Peter Quintana from hgkc
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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14:26
Andrea meets...Kim Jones
Many thanks to Andrea Sexton of AdmirePR for hosting this interview with Kim Jones of hgkc about planning and resilience on times of uncertainty, and f...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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12:25
Cash is king, but finances too need planning
James Short of hgkc speaks to Mark Watts, owner and founder of Yumo Finance, about the importance of understanding the financial flows through a ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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12:42
Re-framing the future – leading a digital disruption in the nation’s heating
Kim Jones from hgkc speaks to Helen Isherwood is the Innovation Director at Adey, Queen’s Award-winning company recognised for their pioneering work in main...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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28:34
Courage to lead with compassion and conviction
Courage to lead with compassion and conviction - Mark Colbourne talks to James Short of hgkc about his journey of personal challenge and courage from the world of elite sport into business life. His enthusiasm and drive are infectious as ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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18:50
Plan and reframe to protect and grow social, financial and emotional capital reserves
As we move into the second phase of national lockdown in England, Sarah Owen of DISCsimple is in Conversation with Peter Quintana of hgkc about the impact...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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8:22
Leaders need to spend more time with their workforce to nurture, build trust and rapport, and grow employee engagement
Continuing our series of Short Conversations, Sarah Owen of DISCsimple speaks to Kim Jones of hgkc and the most important cultural and people characterist...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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9:59
Think positively, innovate and plan to meet the needs of clients now and in the future and put bread on the table
In this, the first in our new Conversations podcast series, Sarah Owen, founder of DISCsimple, talks to James Short of hgkc about how he brings his experi...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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11:19
Reframing the future - reflections on hgkc research
Kim Jones shares insights into the research that she's been doing into how business owners are approaching the need to innovate in a world that's changed not only by technology, but also by these extraordinary circumstances of social and commer...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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25:54
Planning in uncertain times
We are living in complex times. People are becoming comfortable with digital communication and collaboration platforms; remote working and reduced social interaction are becoming the norm. In this webinar, hosted by Weston Chamber of Commerce, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:47
Opportunity out of adversity
Experiencing more than a 90% drop in turnover overnight would be daunting for any business owner. Graham Preston of SFL Group talks candidly about their experience as an events production company facing ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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16:54
Championing the employee ownership revolution
Chris founded financial planning company Ovation Finance in 2000, selling a majority to an Employee Ownership Trust in March 2018. For entrepreneurs like Chris, employee ownership is a new and innovative way of preserving their achievements. Do...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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26:25
People-centred design for the business of the future
As a founding Director of a digital creative agency Gavin Jones shares his insights from the early days of a graduate start-up to a fully-fledged firm. Elixel has a highly collaborative way of working. Through design-led thinking, t...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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21:30
Technology propelled and hyper-relevant, delivering success for their clients and their agency
Modern have only ever known digital disruption and embrace the twin drivers of being technology-propelled and hyper-relevant to deliver success for their clients and their agency.How Modern is run is at the heart of their success. Kim Jo...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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28:48
A start-up's pivot to the future
Brent Oldfield, co-founder and Head of Operations at Voltric Electric Vehicles shares with hgkc's Kim Jones his vision for transport of the future and how their business’s customer centric strategy has enabled Voltric to flex their business mod...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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16:58