People, Recruitment & Talent Episodes

Happy New Year! And what better way to start the year than by chatting to someone from the world of learning and development. Not only that but we went straight to the top and got some time with Beth Aarons, Global Director at the world class Dorchester Collection Academy (www.dorchestercollection.com/en/academy). Beth has forged an incredible career so far working in and out of industry with some phenomenal brands. We chat about early Tiers, Dorchester Collection, How the Academy was born, th...

This week, we got some time with Hotel Human Resources Legend, Jon Dawson, recently appointed Group Director of People Development at Lore Group (https://loregroup.com). Jon has forged an enviable career so far working in some iconic hotels including the St Pancras Renaissance, The London Edition and the Mandarin Oriental. As always, we get through lots including reciprocal back scratching, exercise, football, USA, Marriott, the beauty of the St Pancras Renaissance, picking your interview atti...

Happy 50th to us! We couldn't let our 50th episode pass without doing something a little different so to celebrate we've got an extra special guest.... Me! Otherwise known as the Co-Founder and Director of Momentum Hospitality Recruitment Ltd and the Founder and host (Normally) of this podcast. But don't worry, you don't have to listen to me interviewing myself. I enlisted 2 wonderful ex guests, from episode 4, Robert Richardson and from episode 7, Katherine Price. We get through loads includ...

You may recall that one of the objectives of the podcast was to tell the stories of a wide variety of roles throughout the industry. Well, today we have another guest who ticks that box but not only that brings a story forward of real depth and power. I was delighted to get some time with Mitchell Collier, Reception Manager for the Newly Opened Mayfair Townhouse in London (www.themayfairtownhouse.com). Mitch has a superbly rich story with so many elements. We chat about the Mayfair Townhouse, S...

I really am a lucky pup. There's so many stories of the different people and roles in hospitality that it will take several lifetimes to tell them all. Today's guests is an absolute cracker. I got some time with the inspirational beacon of positivity that is Kellie Rixon, Founder of Rixon Associates (http://rixonassociates.com) and the new Chair of the Institute of Hospitality (https://www.instituteofhospitality.org), the professional body for the Hospitality industry. As always, we get...

43 episodes in and we finally chat to someone from contract catering, although today's guest has done far more than that. We speak to hospitality legend Simon Esner, Founder at Executive business mentoring Uncommon Sense (www.finduncommonsense.com). Simon is also still involved with Baxter Storey (https://baxterstorey.com) and WSH Ltd (https://www.wshlimited.com) working with some world leading chefs and concepts. Simon has had an Epic career and life so far and has achieved so much, with muc...

Humans are such a massive part of the Hospitality Industry and looking after all those humans is no mean feat. Today we talk to a real heavy hitter in that space, Jose Ruiz, Director of Human Resources for The London Edition & W Leicester Square. Jose is an effortless story teller with some awesome comedy moments from an illustrious career so far, he also doesn't take himself too seriously which you'll learn within 2 minutes of this chat. We talk accents, HR in luxury, Opening a hotel in a sk...

In may 2020, we were lucky enough to steal some time with Louise Gallant, Talent Director at Harri.com, rising tech superstars and all round great people. Louise is a natural story teller with some amazing and hilarious stories throughout. This week we cover travelling in America, being born in a pub, winging it in business class, taking geography lessons from Pete Sampras’ coach, life on ships, being held at gunpoint (Yes you read that correctly), Pizza, meditation, dealing with depressio...

Back in May 2020, we got some time with Eugenio Pirri, Chief People & Culture Office for Dorchester Collection (www.dorchestercollection.com) a global luxury hotel company. Eugenio tells his story with great humility and grace, sprinkled with a large portion of humour. In this weeks chat we cover Scotch, learning and growing, culture (Unsurprisingly), writing, warnings, falling in swimming pools and so much more as well as some wonderful stuff about business culture and guest experience. ...

When we started the podcast, one of the objectives was to showcase the variety of opportunity available within Hospitality as a career of choice. Today's chat does exactly that. We chatted to Fabien Figarol, Co-Founder and Director of Momentum Hospitality Recruitment (www.momentumrecruitment.com), a boutique hospitality recruitment firm based in London specialising in management level and upwards recruitment worldwide. We talk through Fabien's career journey also covering topics such as ma...

There's nothing quite like having a chat with colourful characters. Kieron "AKA the Boy" Bailey is one such character. Co-founder of Experience 101 (www.experience101.co.uk) he's got bags of personality and is something of a Hospitality Champion. Kieron's story is told against a back drop of variety and we cover off so much including, living on an island, compilation cassettes, Leadership, Recruitment, Panorama, dealing with drunks, personal growth, monkeys and so much more. Enjoy Recor...

Some people were made to entertain, Jim Knight is one such human mixing entertainment with education for what he calls Edutainment. Jim is the brains and name behind www.knightspeaker.com, a top 10 rated speaker in the USA, author of "Culture that Rocks" and Podcast host on the Awesome "Thoughts that Rock". Throughout our chat Jim showcases an effortless mix of humour, seriousness, energy and passion. Jim's go to subject is Business Culture and if there's anyone else alive that can speak a...

The week of 22nd June 2020 will go down in history (In the UK at least) as the week where the government announced that hospitality could reopen on 4th July. This put us all in a good mood and so we decided to give you another bonus episode. Cue Elsa De Jager, founder of HospoBox (@hospobox on Instagram) We have a great chat about Vegan Mayonnaise, Winging it, the influence of Danny Meyer, Adversity and Positivity. We also talk through her story and her wonderful idea HospoBox. Tu...

15 episodes in and we finally get to talk to someone about their story from within the world of Talent Acquisition. And we didn't do it half heartedly, we went to one of the World's most iconic hotels and had a chat with Louise Phelps, Head of Talent Acquisition at the Savoy in London. We chat about Talent attraction (Obviously), toilet humour, Impostor Syndrome, New habits, Mentoring and many other things. Louise was a natural conversationalist and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with her. ...

In one of our first lock down recordings (Apologies for the audio drops in places) we chatted to the effervescent Hayley Connor, Head of People & Learning at Brewhouse & Kitchen (https://www.brewhouseandkitchen.com/) & Co-Founder of Beers & Peers (@beersandpeers) In this episode, we talk about Housekeeping, Acting, Pantomime (But not the one you think), Seeking leaders in fancy dress and getting back to the pub. In addition, Hayley walks us through her story to date. Hayley is turning herself...

Pre-lockdown, we chatted to Adam Rowledge, prolific public speaker and Managing Director of Rowledge Associates (https://rowledgeassociates.co.uk) In this episode, we talk about Adams journey as well as covering such important topics such as eggs, credit control, Nokia phones, socks and the things you see whilst being a Night Manager. Adam was a class act and is a shining light in the world of leadership discussion. This Podcast was recorded in person on 27th February 2020, before lock down c...

Hospitality Meets... with Phil Street is a new podcast for the hospitality industry. Join Phil each week as he hosts a new guest in a light-hearted talk about their journey and story to date. Today we chat to Mr Personality, Liam Wood. Head of new openings for the New World Trading Company (https://nwtc.uk.com/) Liam talks us through how he ended up leading new openings for the company and a lot more besides. To reach out to Liam to chat through his work at the New World Trading Company...