Engaging People Pod

Today I speak to Nathan Kosky who is the Vice President of Global Partnerships at AEG - no not the appliance firm but the global firm Anschutz Entertainment Group that owns the likes of the O2, Staples Centre, the LA Galaxy and Coachella amongst other famous venues and iconic festivals.  Nathan started in media sales before being recruited by AEG to help then develop the O2 Arena. He had a stint away to be the commercial director at Coventry City Football Club before returning to AEG to find a company that had substantially grown during his time away. Nathan discusses how deals get done at such a huge level and offers insight into the scale of the thinking behind these partnerships.  Finally, Nathan has recently launched a cricket podcast called Middle Please Umpire with Mark Wood & Miles Jupp and although it's only a few episodes in, it's had some really promising early numbers and I think he has a hit on his hands.  Nathan recommends the following books Fibber in the heat by Miles Jupp. Seavens Heaven b

  Jamie Peacock MBE is considered one of the best Rugby players of his generation and is one of the most decorated players of all time. Having had success at Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos and captained England & Great Britain for 8 years.  He talks about his journey as an average player to becoming one of the greats through sheer hard work. Jamie realised early that hard work was in his control & that not everyone wants to go the extra mile.  Jamie is natural leader and post Rugby after a spell as director of Rugby at Hull KR he has set up his own coaching and mentoring business. You can find his website www.jamiepeacock.co.uk - make sure you check out his honours list on the profile page.  We discuss his youth & where his desire & learning ability came from. We talk about the transition away from sport and how his first coaching client made him nervous! Jamie is also running & competing in huge running events for charities and in March is running the Green Man Ultra w

In this episode Sam talks about 2020 and how the stock markets have reiterated that no-one knows what is going to happen and sticking to the plan trumps everything else. We discuss Airbnb, Tesla and Bitcoin and how they've had huge years through the pandemic.  Finally Sam discusses his plans for 2021 and what it has in store for the podcast & for Engage FS.  You can find Freddie on Instagram @41woodman41  As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk  Our twitter handles are @samsloma & @engage_FS Our Instagram handles are @samsloma & @engagefinancial  

Freddie Woodman, current Swansea City FC goalkeeper - on loan from Newcastle talks us through what he does to maximise the talent he has.  Freddie has developed his own habits, routines and techniques to set goals, to measure his progress and to lead to success.  Hear all about each one as we talk through Freddie's perspective on personal development. You can find Freddie on Instagram @41woodman41  As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Paul McShane came to England from Ireland aged 16 to sign for Manchester United. He has gone on play almost 400 professional games in the Premier League and Championship. He's also represented his country and got man of the match on his Ireland Debut.  Hear about Paul's journey through his career, some of the highs and low's and what he looks back on over the past 16/17 years.  You can find him on Instagram @pmacca15 or on LinkedIn - Paul McShane. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

There is always a lot of commentary about Price v Value in Financial Services and today I discuss some of the value we bring to clients.  Whether it's in peace of mind, organisation, structure, tax efficiency, investment returns, protection or all of the above there are lots of ways to measure the value we bring - however lots of people choose to focus on the costs we charge.  Hopefully this outlines some of the positive aspects of the work we do. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Recently I've been reading a book by Brian Portnoy & Josh Brown called 'How I invest my money' and it's a number of finance professionals speaking about how they invest their own money.  They and I spend a lot of time explaining how others 'should' invest and where they should put their money so it was great to hear about what they do and what bias's they succumb to.  It gave me the idea that I too should share how I invest my money. So here it is. I hope you enjoy and please let me know your own money stories. Find me on twitter - @samsloma1 or on Linkedin Sam Sloma As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

Last week I joined Jason Butler on his brilliant podcast 'Real Money Stories'. Jason is a financial services legend, a well renowned author and speaker and so it was great to talk to him about my own personal views on money. The Engaging People Pod doesn't always cross over into financials with clients as we want to keep podcasts about people and their stories, however as we move towards episode 100 we might edge towards more numbers based conversations.  You can find Jason on twitter and Linkedin as @JBthewealthman and as Jason Butler on Linkedin. As always please do leave us a rating or review on iTunes. If you have anyone you think would be a good guest please don't hesitate to introduce them. We love you comments feedback and suggestions - write to us - hello@engagefs.co.uk 

On today's podcast we speak to Mitch Hahn who is the CEO of top 100 accountancy firm Nordens.  Mitch fulfilled a dream of becoming a professional footballer before falling out of the professional game. He found himself looking for a job and came across a one man band accountancy firm. He and the founder began building the business to where it is today - a firm of 70 people who are in the top 100 firms in the UK. Hear Mitch's story and how he uses lessons from football to help build an amazing culture at Nordens.  Mitch recommends the following books The missing secret & Zero Limits by Joe Vitale. True Wealth by T Harv Eker  Life of surrender by Michael Singer You can find Mitch on instagram @mitchelhahn or on his website www.nordens.co.uk his email is mitch@nordens.co.uk We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments fee

On today's podcast we speak to Charlie Hoare.  Charlie Hoare is a wellbeing consultant, entrepreneur, life coach, speaker on male mental health and most importantly, a father. Personal experience of depression and anxiety led him to write ‘MAN DOWN: A Guide for Men on Mental Health’. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Down-Guide-Mental-Health/dp/1787832503/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=man+down&qid=1605089893&quartzVehicle=69-2047&replacementKeywords=down&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzM0FTR1FKMzlHU1haJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODU2MTkwUU9DUkFQQlRPS1I4JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5NDM3NTkxQ1Q2U0RYNkhQR0lDJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== He co-founded TÅPPED birch water having worked for Innocent Drinks, Air Asia and start ups in London, Hong Kong and Malaysia, from where he cycled the 10,000 miles home (perhaps ironically for mental health charity SANE!). He has a MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and

On today's podcast we speak to CEO of Recognise Financial Jason Oakley.  Jason has had a stellar 35 year career in Banking, starting at Natwest/RBS before moving to Close Brothers before becoming one of the early employees at Metro. Jason helped grow the loan book from £60m to £2.5bln in the near 3 years he was there.  Jason is now setting up his own bank as he feels there is a huge area of need in the UK - serving SME's.  Hear how the bank is ready to go and make it's mark in the UK.  You can find him on Linkedin @JasonOakley or his email is jason@cityoflondongroup.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Today's podcast is a solo episode with Sam on how important learning how to enjoy the process of learning is and using the metaphor of teaching yourself how to fish as opposed to buying a fish! We also speak about framing and how small tweaks to your mindset can give huge benefits to your mental health and the enjoyment of everything you have.  Today we recommend the podcast 'Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett' and 'Feel Better Live More with Rangan Chatterjee - episode 127 with Wim Hof.  Both of those are really inciteful listens.  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

Andrew is an experienced Wellness Practitioner and has been coaching and mentoring within organisations at professional and executive levels for over ten years. He has undertaken training in several coaching certifications including professional (co-active) coaching (GSK, Coaching Development), NLP (Quest Institute) and medical coaching (Medical Coaching Institute).  He has an MSc and PhD in Physiological Sciences and an MSc in Psychology. He is also a qualified hypnotherapist and EFT practitioner. Hear how he left a senior position at GlaxoSmithKlien and set up his own business www.reciprocalminds.com and in turn he began giving up his time to help coach cancer patients with registered charity www.fountaincentre.org You can find Andrew on all the social channels. Twitter @reciprocalminds - Instagram @reciprocalminds and on Linkedin @Andrew a Parsons. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTu

Simon Dent is a sports & business entrepreneur. He started life in London as a solicitor before a period of difficulty in his life forced him to reflect on what he really wanted to do. He moved into owning a sports memorabilia shop, before being a nightclub promoter, a sports agent and most recently the founder of sports marketing agency Dark Horses. In the last 6 years Simon has become a prolific runner, running many marathons and ultra marathons and raising thousands for charities.  Simon is also a huge proponent for personal development and is involved with a number of amazing companies and people in this space. If you'd like to reach out to him you can find him on twitter @simonjdent or on linkedin - Simon Dent. We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co

Phil Lewis is an award winning business strategist, mentor, speaker & author. He is the founder of corporate punk who are a management consultancy with a difference. Here he explains the below. The next five to ten years are looking bumpy. Like the financial crisis in 2008, coronavirus has unleashed economic consequences that will be measured in years not weeks or months. To survive and thrive, many businesses need to fundamentally and urgently change how their people work together, to become more responsive, resilient and innovative. They need to ready themselves for a world where the only constant is change. How do you know if your organisation is change ready? There are six steps you need to take - in order. Most organisations fail at change because they omit one or more of these steps, believing them to be less important than just "cracking on". Or they handle them badly, because their thinking is woolly or they haven't properly worked through sources of disagreement.  We teach the world's leading or

Annelise has a unique spectrum of experience as CEO of a highly successful marketing agency, with a background in leadership and wellbeing that filters through her work with clients. She supports women to transform their business to discover the profit and freedom they started it to achieve. Her true passion lies in developing and helping clients to implement efficient, high converting marketing strategies. She recommends the 7 habits of highly successful people by Stephen Cubby as a good book to read.  You can find her on all the socials Facebook - @annelisewornofficial Insta @annelise.worn Linkedin @anneliseworn website - anneliseworn.com  Email @annelise@anneliseworn.com  We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engage

Charlotte Wiseman is a leadership and wellbeing consultant. She started her career in fashion, but after a stress induced episode, she decided to change paths and focus on helping people transform the work place.  This is a great conversation about developing mental fitness with some amazing tips that you can take away.  She recommends the following books: The happiness advantage by Shawn Achor and Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. You can find her at charlottewiseman.com, on LinkedIn at Charlotte Wiseman and on Instagram @charlottewiseman_   We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk

First Five Yards is a boutique digital sports consultancy founded by Rob Gevertz.   Within his career, Rob has worked in senior commercial positions at organisations such as Sky Sports, talkSPORT and most recently City Football Group (Manchester City FC). Three years ago Rob was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma & went straight onto a round of chemotherapy. He thought he was in the clear before it returned which is often a difficult sign. Rob has pioneering treatment in the UK & has made a full recovery.  Hear how his mentality helped him through the tough times & how he's well positioned to thrive in the years ahead.   You can find him on all the socials @Rob Gevertz and his website is www.firstfiveyards.com We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engage

In 2001 whilst living in Spain, Andrew Mangan was working out what to do with his life. Whilst working on this new found internet, he decided to start writing about Arsenal and posting his thoughts every day. 18 years later at Arseblog is one of the biggest Arsenal blogs in the world. Andrew now has two different blogs covering all things Arsenal. This is general thoughts, news, Arsenal Women, Youth, transfers etc. He has two weekly podcasts and has written 2 books. For someone who admits they're not business savvy, the evolution of this site has been a huge success. Listen in to hear Andrew's story. You can find him on all the social channels @Arseblog and arseblog.com. As always you can find us at www.engagefs.co.uk or @engage_FS on twitter and @engagefinancial on Instagram. Please do drop us a line with thoughts or feedback - hello@engagefs.co.uk and please leave an iTunes review!

Today I answer the most asked questions on Engage and it's a brief episode speaking about us and our business. I ask the following Who/What is Engage? Who do you work with? What do we do for them? How do we charge? How are we different? What are the best things and biggest challenges you face? Why do clients hire you?  Why do they stay with you? You can check out our website - www.engagefs.co.uk and find me on twitter @samsloma1 .We'd love our listeners to recommend people for the show so if you know anyone please do send them our way. Also please do leave us a review or a rating on iTunes as these are always greatly appreciated.  We want to hear your comments feedback & suggestions -  email us at hello@engagefs.co.uk and or check out our website www.engagefs.co.uk