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Welcome to All About Apprenticeships, the podcast that brings you everything you need to know about the world of apprenticeships. Presented by business journalist Georgie Frost and sponsored by Checkatrade, All About Apprenticeships will keep you up to date with the latest news, bring you interviews with big name guests, and get up close and personal with the apprentices and employers. For more information about apprenticeships and some of the apprenticeship programmes supported by Checkatra ...
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Welcome to The Mindful Marketer Podcast with your host, Lisa Nirell. This is where you’ll discover marketing leadership ideas to help you go further, faster and create healthier, more sustainable organizations. If you like our show and want to know more, visit lisanirell.com. And please be a mindful marketer by posting a review on iTunes.
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"Fight Fake News, Protect Your Brand: Lessons from an AI Experiment" with Jack Brewster (#86) It can cost bad actors less than $150 to create a fake (or "pink slime") news site and mess with your company’s brand. We’re deep into the USA election season, and we’re watching this train wreck unfold. Don’t let misinformation ruin your hard-earned reput…
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Full Time vs. Fractional? The CMO Career Debate Guests: Scott Kabat, CEO, 621 Consulting and Michael Taylor, CEO, SimpleMind Inc. SUMMARY: It’s our job as leaders to present cost-effective and strategic alternatives to old traditional CMO roles and responsibilities. Why now? Because generative AI is rapidly streamlining how we build content, go to …
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“Four Big Customer Growth Unlocks” with HomeServe USA’s CMO, Andy Yost There has never been a better time for marketers to lead growth initiatives--yet many are mired in overwhelming and misaligned priorities. That clouds their ability to design new futures and test growth hypotheses. Hear how Andy Yost is testing and discovering new revenue stream…
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Episode 82 dives into the power of community in marketing, featuring a special book giveaway of "Rising Together" by Sally Helgesen. We cover the nuances of community-building among marketers and CMOs, and learn how to navigate the challenges that often hinder the formation of strong employee, stakeholder, and customer communities. This episode out…
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“Smart Recruiting Strategies in an AI Powered World” with CoStar Group’s Kirstine Wilson The Wall Street Journal recently reported that 85% of 1,000 U.S. professionals surveyed are thinking about changing jobs this year. This represents an 18-point surge from 2023. Why do this report (and episode) matter? Because promotions and job searches have be…
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Reflect and Refresh: Six Mindful Questions for 2024 Before you start this show, grab a nice cup of hot tea or cacao. Find a quiet spot where you do your best dreaming and thinking. Bring your presence, pen, and paper. Then press “start.” We skipped the “fast start/out of the gates” approach to the new year. Instead, we designed Episode 80 to help y…
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Episode 79: Welcome to 2024 planning season. How will you ensure your go to market and customer retention strategies ring true for your customers, investors, and board members? If you are relying on ‘tried and true” approaches for 2024, your plan might not hit the right notes. Amy Kellinger and Alex Withers joined us in the studio. Amy leads growth…
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In this episode of All About Apprenticeships, we're lifting the lid on apprenticeships in proferssional sport. Careers in professional sport are notoriously short - so how can apprenticeships prepare athletes for life after sport and what role do they play in helping young sporting stars stay on top of their game? Joining host Georgie Frost for thi…
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How Marketing Can Be an Ally for Truth” with Eric Schurenberg In our previous episode 76 with Charlene Li, we discussed how intentional marketing leaders share three habits: courage, curiosity, and discipline. Those qualities are needed more than ever: across every institution, facts are under attack. Some media and tech leaders stoke polarization.…
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Generative AI: What CMOs Need to Know 📿 We broadcast live from the 1200-person Voice + AI Conference in Washington, DC. Here are highlights from the 77th Episode with return super guest, Charlene Li : 1. At your core, intentional CMOs share three habits: courage, curiosity, and discipline. Skip these habits and you fall into the hype cycle "just pl…
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In this episode of All About Apprenticeships, it's all about the exam results....and what comes next. The dust has settled on another year of GCSE and A-Level results and that means it's decision time for millions of young people. But how do you know what the best option is, where do you look for help and how has the landscape changed for the class…
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Episode 75: “EX and CX: The Marketer’s Magic Formula” with Tiffani Bova “The fastest way to get customers to love your brand is to get employees to love their job." In this episode, you will find out why old beliefs that “the customer is number one” are no longer true—nor sustainable. We welcomed Salesforce’s Chief Growth Evangelist, Tiffani Bova, …
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In this episode of All About Apprenticeships, we're asking, how do we encourage the next generation of apprentices? And could a new breed of trade influencers hold the key? Joining Georgie Frost are electricians Amy Barratt-Singh and Danny Webb, who started their trade careers in their late 20s. They have since established their own company called …
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In Episode 74 of The Mindful Marketer, we explored a common cause of leadership and team breakdowns: Ego Myopia. The session highlights include: * Where you might be practicing ego myopia without knowing it * The most common ego myopia move among marketing leaders * Three ways to transform ego myopia today—and definitions * Wisdom discussion – “See…
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In this episode of All About Apprenticeships, sponsored by Checkatrade.com, host Georgie Frost explores the role of apprenticeship training providers with Jill Whittaker, the CEO of HIT Training, the market leading expert ‘apprenticeship and training provider’ for the UK’s hospitality and catering industry, and KATE TAYLOR, the apprenticeship opera…
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What’s Your Innovation Melody? Power Panel Featuring Monique Elliott, Shane McCarthy, and Eric McCarthey Welcome to Season Two of The Mindful Marketer, where we explore the role of marketing in cultivating conscious and mindful communication. Join us on June 2 from 1:30-2:05 pm ET on June 2 to discover: - Three types of marketing innovation. - Comm…
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“From Global to Local: The Art of Listening” with TATA Consulting CMO Abhinav KumarAs we launch Season Two, we explore the role of marketing in cultivating conscious and mindful communication. Abhinav Kumar, the CMO of TATA Consulting and FC Barcelona fan, joins us from Brussels to share his “global to local” communications playbook.Abhinav faces a…
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Welcome to the efficiency era, when many top marketers worry about brand investments getting rejected or delayed. During Episode 71 - "Brand ROI for Marketing Skeptics" with Katie Hollar and Michael Oliver --you will hear: How to pick the right set of metrics for your current growth stage (explore vs. exploit mode) Ways AI can help you engage custo…
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Customers, Cookies, and Content: A President’s Perspective featuring Jascha Kaykas-Wolff March 10, 2023 The rapid decline of third-party cookies has turned a CMO’s growth playbook upside down. And building trust has never been more challenging--especially in the United States. A 2021 Oxford University study asked 92,000 people whether they trust th…
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We are back with season four of All About Apprenticeships, and this time we're sponsored by Checkatrade.com. And what better way to kick off a new (monthly) series than by talking to the brand new (reappointed) Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon during the week in the year dedicated to all things apprenticeships…
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[REPLAY: The Mindful Marketer #LinkedIn Live featuring David Allison – Episode 69] What is values-based marketing and why does it matter? In our community, CEOs and CMOs are reporting LONGER sales cycles, ineffective messaging, and customer churn. Based on the ValueGraphics team’s assessment of over 750,000 surveys globally, we have learned that de…
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Episode 68 kicks off Season 1 of The Mindful Marketer podcast, where we explore content strategy in 2023. Why should this topic matter to you?ChatGPT, tougher privacy rules, and a growing demand for differentiation can decimate well intended thought leadership and content strategies. Furthermore, Layoffs.fyi just reported that the number of tech la…
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Ready for some "Baja A-has?" In this episode of The Mindful Marketer podcast, we explored: * What it means to be a modern marketing elder * The distinction between empathy and compassion * How the Modern Elder Academy practices compassionate leadership and marketing -- and where their marketing plan initially got it wrong * The power of "Third Vaul…
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The Mindful Marketer/ Episode 66 Are you dreading an upcoming layoff, acquisition, or budget cut announcement? You're not the only one. These announcements create stress for marketing leaders and CEOs, no matter how experienced they may be. In Episode 66, I sit down with my fellow 100 Coaches colleague and author Amii Barnard-Bahn. We discuss a 6-s…
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How are you securing your upward mobility in today’s hybrid world? For senior marketers, skill building is simply table stakes. Top marketing leaders also master the art of building allies. In this dynamic session and virtual book launch party with fellow 100 Coaches leader and Skye Team founder, Morag Barrett, you’ll learn: The key traits of stron…
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Leading marketing during a downturn takes guts and grit. Your board expects more predictable results while your customers keep changing buying habits and brands. Branding falls out of favor while demand gen grabs more attention. Teams become more stressed and disengaged. What can you do to minimize the drudgery of a downturn? Hear what Lisa’s best …
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How is your business playing a clear and concrete role in advancing society? What role does a mindful marketer play in cultivating conscious business practices? In this episode, Lisa Nirell sits down with a seasoned catalyst of conscious business cultures, Seth Goldman. Seth is Co-Founder of Eat the Change®, a chef-crafted brand that helps people “…
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What does it take to make the leap from CMO to CEO? What’s the best CEO career path during a downturn? How do successful CEOs hire and retain great marketing leaders? We addressed these questions with Lisa’s two CEO guests, NetCentrics’ Kenny Cushing and Clutch.co’s Sonny Ganguly. Both Sonny and Kenny grew their careers in marketing. They have help…
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Marketing innovation is about applying creativity to improve your stakeholders’ condition. It requires us to challenge our established beliefs and assumptions. Innovation often requires that we learn from our past as a way to inform our future. We often need to set aside the past, and begin with a clean slate. This process helps us design an empowe…
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It’s an industry worth billions of pounds, and it’s one that leads the way when it comes to technology and forward thinking - so why is the gaming industry so behind the times when it comes to apprenticeships? According to a recent report by Into Games, there are only 35 active apprenticeships in the UK gaming sector - and more than half of those i…
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Now that many CMOs have doubled down on digital, certain “tried and true” channels have become over-crowded. In The Mindful Marketer Livestream Episode 61, here are highlights: *The main reasons why your audience might be ignoring you. * Michael Taylor, the Master of Messaging, gave us fresh ideas to help you rise above the noise. Hint: it's NOT ab…
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In episode 60 of “Learning Out Loud: CMO Table Stakes,” you will hear several learning strategies and resources to recession-proof your Marketing career. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want our upcoming schedule? Register at themindfulmarketer.com Curious about our private CMO peer groups and coaching programs? Visit market…
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In this episode award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost talks to Nicola Drury, UK apprenticeship manager at Amazon, to find out why they are investing big into their apprenticeship programme. Plus we hear from Anna Morrison, CEO of Amazing Apprenticeships on why apprenticeships are the perfect way for businesses (very) big or small to find …
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* Have you intentionally designed your career—or are you complying with someone else’s version of “success?” * Do you catch yourself resting on your previous accomplishments? If you answered “YES” to either, then don’t miss this session with Lisa’s friend and mentor, 100 Coaches Founder and Award-Winning CEO Coach, Marshall Goldsmith. You will walk…
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In this episode award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost talks to former Paralympian Amy Marren about her career in swimming and her decision to retire and pursue a career in law. They explore why apprenticeships are the perfect way to make a career change. Amy is a British double Paralympian, World and European Champion, and Paralympic Bron…
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In this episode award-winning journalist Georgie Frost talks to the BBC's Head of Early Careers and Staff Apprenticeships Sarah Moors, to find out why apprenticeships are so important to the future of the broadcaster, why it is committed to taking on 1000 new apprentices by 2026 and why apprenticeships are the perfect way for the BBC to meet its am…
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All about partnerships - why finding the perfect partner is key to making apprenticeships work for you. In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we’re finding out why partnerships between employers and training providers or between employers and the apprentices themselves are so important when it comes to making an apprenticeship or an apprenti…
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How Great Marketers Tame Turmoil During times of crisis, great marketers see and sense what others don’t. They create a range of possible actions, even if their ideas are on the back of a paper napkin. They don’t get paralyzed, even when surprised. In this timely episode of The Mindful Marketer, Lisa sits down with seasoned board adviser, Harvard B…
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “remarkable” as being uncommon or extraordinary. It takes courage, curiosity, and chutzpah to be a remarkable marketer today. Look no further for inspiration than our special guest, Guy Kawasaki. (Yes, THAT Guy!) Former jewelry salesperson-turned Apple evangelist-turned prolific podcaster, Guy will share his remar…
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The Importance of Apprenticeships: how vital are apprenticeships post-pandemic? In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we’re gazing into our crystal ball and exploring the importance of apprenticeships in post-Covid Britain. Georgie Frost speaks to Jon Graham, CEO of JTL - a not-for-profit charity offering advanced apprenticeships in the trad…
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This week on All About Apprenticeships, we're going back to basics, as Georgie Frost speaks to Richard Hamer, Education and Skills Director at BAE Systems, to find out everything you need to know about setting up an apprenticeship scheme. How can you get it right for both you and your apprentices? Where do you get funding from? How important is it …
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As we’re still in the midst of hybrid work, making a real mark for people who need to come together, innovate, and solve problems does come with some sense of isolation. In this experimental program of Ask Me Anything, I invited everyone to drop their burning questions so we may interact in this valuable exchange. Watch my latest life stream as I g…
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The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer delivered a serious blow to media and government entities. They reported, “The failure of leadership makes distrust the default.” For marketing leaders, truth-telling starts with YOU and how you lead your teams. We need the courage and the skills to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable. Our reputation depen…
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In the first episode of series three of All About Apprenticeships, award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost chats to the new man in the top job - Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Alex Burghart MP. In a conversation recorded ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, Georgie and Alex talk levelling up, why incentives are coming to an end, …
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Whether you work for a museum or MarTech company, one thing remains constant: too many marketers still believe that a poor digital or physical experience won't hurt their brand. Just think about how many retailers you recently visited, and how deeply disappointed you felt by the experience. If you’re like me, you probably walked out empty-handed, g…
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PwC's study in 2021 reported that 65% of employees were in search of a new job! And over half of my clients were either promoted or changed jobs. You only have 3-4 months to make your mark as an innovator—so how will you prove it? We all know that making time to observe, reflect, and capitalize on key trends is ESSENTIAL, yet few of us dedicate tim…
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Two years into the pandemic, things still feel heavy. To cope, some professionals have turned to self-medication versus meditation (or other healthy habits). For many of us marketers, our creative candles have flamed out. Instead of focusing on discussing the theme, "The Great Resignation," what if we made 2022 "The Year of PLAY?" In Episode 51, we…
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We’ve heard horror stories about toxic bosses and behaviors: McDonald’s, United Way, The Ellen Show are just a few examples. Storytelling can make or break your team engagement and culture. Leadership expert Karen Eber reminds leaders to rethink how they communicate and use storytelling as a neuroscience hack to cultivate relationships and culture …
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For marketing leaders, 2021 was a year to remember—and not repeat! Customer expectations shifted rapidly. Some great marketers left their lofty roles to be their own bosses. In fact, recent Labor Department data show that the number of unincorporated self-employed workers has risen by 500,000 since the pandemic. Many top team members either resigne…
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