This week we are joined by Lauren Connis, Head of Health and Wellbeing for Oldham Active.In this episode of the Love For Your Career podcast, we interview Lauren who shares herinspiring career journey in the health and wellbeing sector. The conversation covers the importance of mentorship, navigating career changes, and the significance of self-reflection and personal growth. Lauren emphasises the need for a supportive work environment, effective CV and interview strategies, and the value of being proactive in creating opportunities. We also discuss lessons learned throughout their career and her aspirations for the future.Lauren began her career in the entertainment industry, working aboard P&O cruise ships, before moving into health and fitness as a personal trainer. She went on to management roles with Pure Gym, GLL, David Lloyd and Blackburn Borough Council, gaining wide-ranging experience across the sector.
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Love Your Career: Giles Denning
This week we are joined by none other than Giles Denning - head of marketing for PerformX and Fitfest.Giles has worked with a number of well known brands in the hospitality space before joining the fitness and leisure industry, initially freelancing with Bonska consulting before joining up with PerformX where he has helped transform it into one of the industry's leading events with record numbers year on year. Giles talks to us about his journey, navigating multiple industries and developing yourself into a market leader.
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Love Your Career: Freya Tringham
This episode sees us joined by the amazing Freya Tringham, Head of Padel at Powerleague. A real powerhouse in the industry Freya spent a number of years growing the Hotpod Yoga Brand, starting as a commercial strategist and franchise manager before growing into Head of Franchise management and then MD, growing the business from 15 sites to over 50 and becoming one of the most recognisable in the space.Freya talks to us about a multitude of different factors that have helped her develop to where she is now, from lessons learnt from previous roles, exploring diverse career paths and investing in personal development. One of our favourite episodes to date, we hope you get as much out of it as we did!
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Love Your Career: Michelle Dand
This week was a really special one, we were joined by fitness industry royalty as Michelle Dand, head of fitness products and programming for David Lloyd was our guest on the show.Michelle is responsible for creating the strategic direction for Studio Programming along with the latest Fitness Products to ensure innovative; engaging and leading-edge experiences are developed for all members within the Group Exercise arena and as many of our listeners can attest, helped revolutionise product within the business - co creating the much loved Blaze product which has launched in over 100 clubs. Starting life as a fitness instructor and growing to become a senior leader in one of the world's most recognisable brands is no mean feat and Michelle tells us her story but more importantly, gives so many amazing bits of advice which can help tomorrow's senior leaders with our amazing industry. We hope you love the episode as much as we did!
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Love Your Career: Paul Ferris
This week we are so excited to be joined by Paul Ferris. Normally here is where we would list their job title but with Paul, this feels like a real disservice as he is a man whohas had multiple hugely successful careers from the CEO of Speedflex to heading up the medical department at Newcastle United to Lawyer and even a successful publisher of a number of self written books - this week was a real honour tohave him on.  Having shared the stage with Paul at Elevate this year we were well aware of Paul's inspirational story but we took a deeper dive into his background and his beginnings as a professional footballer and how he bounced back from a career ending injury to become such a success across a number of different positions. Paul talks to us about his drivers, what it was like to work in the professional game and what he feels his big task is as a CEO now. Truly one of our favourite episodes sofar, we cant wait for you to hear it!
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.
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