This week we are joined by the one, the only - Tara Dillon.Tara is fitness industry royalty andwas appointed as CEO of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity in January 2015. Tara began her career in sport and physical activity as a lifeguard in her local centre back in 1987, whilst studying. Having gained hands-on experience within local authority leisure, various management positions followed until in March 2001, she was appointed as Contracts Manager at DC Leisure Management. Â Â Â
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Love Your Career: Elevate Special
This week is something slightly different as you join us at Elevate, fresh from our panel hosted by myself with 4 incredible leaders in the fitness industry who spoke to our audience about their journey to CEO and imparted some hugely valuable tips on how they can achieve it too. We were joined by Paul Ferris (CEO of Speedflex), Sophie Lawler (CEO of Total Fitness), Evgenia Korlova (CEO of One London) and Neil Randall (CEO of Urban Gym group). With so much combined wisdom and knowledge with our panel, there was never going to be enough time to hear everyone's answers to all our questions - so because of this we have put together this podcast with all 4 of our guests answering these key questions.
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Love Your Career: Jenny Patrickson
Wow what an episode this week! Just in time for Elevate 2025, we bring you the absolute industry legend Jenny Patrickson - MD of Active IQ.Jenny has been responsible for so much of the talent that has come into the industry over the years where she has sat in leadership positions for awarding bodies such as Active IQ and YMCA.Jenny talks to us about her journey to the top and what she thinks will help you. We hope you enjoy!
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Love Your Career: James Allchin
This week on the Love Your Career Podcast we welcome James Allchin, Head of Group Membership for The Club Company.A rising star of the industry, James started in fitness with a spell at L.A Fitness before moving to Virgin Active where he started to push on, managing sales for some of the most prestigious clubs in the estate. James then stepped into the club company in a regional sales role and nearly 7 years later oversees the growth of the entire companies memberships. Not only does James run the sales function for the club company but he is also heavily involved in charity work, founding the beautiful aim that raises money for numerous charities through sport and is also an ambassador for Movember. On top of this James is a big Chelsea fan which elevates him even more in my opinion.James takes us through his rise through the ranks and plans for the future, imparting wisdom along the way on how to replicate his journey. A brilliant listen, we hope you love this episode as much as we do.
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Love Your Career: Emma Sills
This week we are so excited to bring Emma's podcast to everyone. Emma is the COO of Pump Gyms, Business Mentor, Competitive athlete and an all round dream to work with!Having had a successful career in the corporate world working in senior positions for KPMG, Emma started in the fitness world as a member of Pump in their very first club who offered to help with their timetable - fast forward over a decade later she sits as COO for Pump and resides over their entire estate. Emma also runs a successful coaching and mentoring business for businesses and PTs where she takes the wealth of experience she has built up and helps the stars of the future to grow. In today's podcast Emma talks of the importance of keeping things simple when it comes to recruitment, how to grow a business from the ground up and so many more amazing tips. We cant wait to share this one with you from a truly inspirational leader!
Love Your Career is hosted by Lawrence Everest, CEO of Love Recruitment and Love Care Recruitment.
The aim of this podcast is simple - we want to give you the best advice from industry professionals to help you grow and love your career.
We want companies to be able to take guidance on improving their recruitment and for individuals to pick up knowledge, hints and tips of how they progress their career. We do this by letting our guests tell their stories.
W: https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/
I: https://www.instagram.com/loverecruitment
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