Today Alasdair and Ben talk to Paul Owen of Sales Talent, Paul is concerned of the long-term detrimental effect that working from home will have on the countries sales force.

Sales is a unique environment where people feed off each others success and pick each other up after the many failures that come with the territory. Even with the video conferencing facilities such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, it still doesn't replace that atmosphere of the office, the celebrations, the commiserations, the pick-me-up talks we give to each other.

Listen to the fascinating insights from Paul who is a highly skilled Sales Trainer and has the resume, as well as an Amazon number one best selling book, to prove it.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic the working culture has changed forever, of that there can be no doubt. We now have so many options of how to work, all as beneficial to businesses and employees alike, such as workplace premises, working from home or a mixture.

What this does bring of course is different dynamics on a daily bases depending on who is talking to who and how they are communicating. So what culture do you want within your business and how will you manage it?

Well let us try to provide you with some useful tips and guides as Alasdair and Ben talk to Chris Golby of Lumien, Chris is an expert in creating the perfect office environments and ensuring that a happy work life equals more profitability for the business, Chris explains how the two are inexplicably linked and how to maximise and harness the culture you want for your business. 

This podcast is to help raise awareness of menopause in the workplace, listen to Lauren Chiren from Women of a Certain Stage and Hannah Charman of Physic Health as they talk about their own experiences and how it has helped them both build businesses that helps other ladies through a tough and challenging period of their lives.

Listen to the huge amount of help and advice for both employers, fellow employees and those going through the issues too, this really is 20 minutes of intriguing and educational talk you will hear in a long while.

Today talking to Alasdair and Ben, we have Mary Lawlor who has been through a lot in her career in recruitment, and was discriminated against for being pregnant. Indeed, she was invited onto Lorraine Kelly's sofa to discuss it further.

However, turning her life around, Mary is now a wellbeing consultant and passes on her knowledge to help others improve their life, in a really fascinating story, listen to how Mary ensures that both businesses and personnel within the businesses maximise their potential and mental well being.

Listen in to the next HR podcast as MD, Alasdair Hobbs and new Kickstarter, Ellie Marley, discuss the success of the Government backed scheme and how they are both extremely happy to have found each other. 

Also Alasdair explains how he enjoys developing staff and moulding them into the ethos of Human Results, a real fascinating insight into the Shropshire based company that offer HR advice as well as legal support.

To promote World Mental Health Day, we talk to Sheila Lord, who has many years of experience in helping workplaces keep the people within the organisations mentally fit. In a fascinating insight, Sheila promotes prevention is better than cure and that keeping morale high within work settings helps with productivity and, ultimately, the bottom line.

Listen in as Alasdair puts over his point of view on crucial HR questions surrounding EEA and Coronavirus protocols, some that we have forgotten about over the past 18 months.  

As always Alasdair looks to protect you and your business, make sure you listen to this straight talking, practical advice.

Welcome back to the Human Results Podcast, in the first show of the new season, we talk about Pingdemic, Foreign Travel with personal experience from Alasdair Hobbs and also that events are back from this coming weekend.

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