In this Inspire Club Podcast episode, host Matt Manners chats with Sarah Hood, Global Head of Engagement & Insights at BUPA, about leadership, employee engagement, and navigating workplace challenges. 

Sarah shares how her career at BUPA began unexpectedly, and how her first manager, Yvonne, made a lasting impression by creating an authentic and supportive team culture. This leadership style has remained central to Sarah’s philosophy of employee engagement, emphasizing simplicity and authenticity in driving meaningful workplace connections.

Plus much much more. We hope you enjoy. 

Inspire Club Ep #29 - Sarah Hood

In this episode we talk with David Bellamy, Founder & CEO at Harkn.

With over 25 years of experience in management consulting, leadership advice, and strategy, David have a deep understanding of the human aspects of work and the challenges that leaders face in creating a positive and inclusive environment.



His company, Harkn, helps companies hear more of what matters about life inside their business by making it safer and easier for employees to share their experiences, ideas and opinions. They have developed market-leading capabilities around identifying and supporting those people who are showing signs of distress at work.

We hope you enjoy it.

Inspire Club EP #28 - David Bellamy

In this episode we talk with Taylor Smith, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Blueboard.



Taylor is focused on creating a world of work where people can thrive both personally and professionally. Beyond leading Blueboard to 3 consecutive Inc. 5000 lists and 2 Great Place to Work Awards, he is an engineer by schooling and a musician at heart.



He's dedicated his life to challenging companies to show up for their employees in an authentic way, and inspiring people to spend quality time outside of the office with the people they care about most.



We hope you enjoy it.



Inspire Club EP #26 - Taylor Smith

In this episode we talk with Kay Vessey, Learning & OD Specialist at H&H Agency.

Kay gets a real buzz out of supporting and developing people to reach their full potential – transforming behaviours so people can unleash their happiest, most fulfilled and productive selves.


She advises on the psychology and strategy behind H&H’s client projects. Known as the model queen (scientific models – not catwalks!), everything she does is underpinned with robust theory, translated into action and behavioural shift.


We hope you enjoy it.

Inspire Club EP #27 - Kay Vessey

In this episode we talk with Gideon Pridor, Chief Marketing Officer at Workvivo.

Gideon Pridor is Workvivo’s interim CMO and chief storyteller. Gideon is a veteran marketing leader with a track record of growing disruptive startups into global leaders, that redefine their markets. Before Workvivo (and a well-deserved sabbatical) Gideon was VP Marketing at TravelPerk, One of the world’s fastest-growing SaaS companies, Perfecto (acquired by Perforce), and others. 

Gideon is a frequent speaker at industry events, an HRtech enthusiast, and a startup mentor helping companies build their story and tell it to the world.

We hope you enjoy it.



Inspire Club EP #25 -Gideon Pridor

In this episode we talk with Nick Court, CEO of The People Experience Hub.

Nick Court has a wealth of experience in the fields of people analytics, reward, HR systems, employee engagement, employee relations, employee experience, and employee benefits. In 2019, they became the CEO of The People Experience Hub, an organization that allows companies to track how their employees feel at each stage of the employee journey. From 2015 to 2019, they were the Founder of Cloud9 People, a multi-award winning professional people services consultancy. 

From 2017 to 2018, they were a Reward, HR systems and People Analytics Consultant at Travis Perkins plc, a People Analytics Consultant at Kier Group, a Reward and Analytics Consultant at Fuller, Smith & Turner, and an Advisory Board Member at Healthia. From 2016 to 2017, they were a Reward, Culture, Engagement and Analytics Consultant at Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland Ltd, an HR Systems and People Analytics Consultant at wagamama, a Reward and Data Consultant at Dr. Martens plc, and a Global Reward Consultant at Thomas Cook Group plc.

We hope you enjoy it.





Inspire Club EP #24 - Nick Court

In this episode we talk with Perrine Farque, Founder & Speaker at Inspired Human.

Perrine Farque has worked for over a decade with organisations in London, including Facebook, PagerDuty, Pivotal, AvePoint and Nlyte Software. Perrine Farque is passionate about building diverse and inclusive workplaces that cultivate employee engagement, retention, productivity, profitability, innovation and business growth. Perrine Farque believes that the world needs more diverse and inclusive workplaces to build new products and services that reflect the diversity of the population.

We hope you enjoy it.



Inspire Club EP #23 - Perrine Farque

In this episode we talk with Kaitlin Howes, HR Business Partner at Reward Gateway.

Kaitlin Howes is an HR Business Partner at Reward Gateway. Kaitlin loves the dynamic nature of her job and that she gets to wear many hats, but is especially happy when creating a welcoming, fun and supportive experience for RGers. When she isn’t wearing her RG hat, you can find her repelling her sticky-fingered toddler from grabbing her laptop or chasing sunshine that provides the perfect setting for a picnic.

We hope you enjoy it.

Inspire Club EP #22 - Kaitlin Howes

In this episode we talk with Bobby Duffy, Author of The Perils of Perception.

Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute. He has worked across most public policy areas in his career of 30 years in policy research and evaluation, including being seconded to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. Bobby sits on several advisory boards including Chairing both the Campaign for Social Science and the CLOSER Advisory Board, is a member of the Executive of the Academy of Social Sciences, a trustee of British Future and the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) and a Senior Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto.

We hope you enjoy it.

Inspire Club EP #21 - Bobby Duffy

In this episode we talk with Daniel Crosby, Chief Behavioural Officer at Orion Advisor Solutions

Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist, behavioral finance expert and asset manager who applies his study of market psychology to everything from financial product design to security selection. He is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management and founder of Nocturne Capital. He is at the forefront of behavioralising finance. His ideas have appeared in the Huffington Post and Risk Management Magazine, as well as his monthly columns for WealthManagement.com and Investment News.

We hope you enjoy it.

Inspire Club EP #20 - Daniel Crosby

The Inspire Club podcast comes from the world of work with just one rule for each guest. They must share a story of someone who has inspired them along the way. We then explore their career, life away from work, share advice and tips for inside and outside of the workplace and much more. Want to feel good and learn something in half an hour? Join us at The Inspire Club.

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