The Wilson James Podcast

The theme of National Apprenticeship Week 2023 is Skills For Life and reflects on how apprenticeships can help individuals to acquire skills and knowledge for a rewarding career and help businesses to develop a talented workforce that is equipped with skills for the future.

In this episode, Amy Dean, Learning & Development Partner is joined by our WJ colleagues Brian Clarke, Jenni Stone and Shaniece Deleon to talk about networking and increasing visibility at work as well as ways to build our own professional profiles.

Yesterday, Alyson McNeela, Learning & Development Consultant hosted a Q&A session with Meg Reed, Client Development Manager - Construction and Casey Caswell, Project Manager on building transferrable skills and working collaboratively as main factors of successful project completion in the Construction Logistics sector.

Explore the importance of self-reflection and "upping your game" with Maya Jani, Director of Business Improvement and Amy Dean, Learning & Development Partner.

In our first podcast episode for LAWW 2022, Rosa Osman, Head of People Development, and Amy Dean, Learning & Development Partner talk to Heather Mandizvidza, Aviation Services Director - Heathrow and Gary Oakes, Terminal Manager - PRS Gatwick. They reveal details about what it is like to be part of the Aviation and Transport division at Wilson James, facing and overcoming Covid-19 challenges as well as opportunities for career progression within WJ.

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and it's safe to say that the events of 2020-2021 have put digital and data safety on the map in a new way. Biju Chudasama, Chief Technology Officer for Wilson James sits down with our Head of Communications to talk about cybersecurity, what it is, and how both individuals and organisations should be managing it. 

Marcela Robinson, Training Manager at Wilson James, will help you explore how to overcome barriers to learning and make learning a priority.

We are joined by Biju Chudasama, IT Director, to discuss why taking the approach of listening and understanding people is essential to becoming a learning ambassador for your team.

Rosa Osman, Head of People Development, will help you discover how to embed coaching and mentoring into your discussions with team members, and learn some practical tips on how to effectively have a coaching/mentoring conversation.

Konstantinos Tasis, Training Manager at WJ Museums Consortium, talks about the ways to maximise your own learning potential through discovering your preferred learning style.

Rosa Osman, Head of People Development, and Amy Dean, Learning and Development Partner, discuss the range of learning opportunities available at Wilson James.

In this Apprenticeship Series #podcast episode, we talk to Laura Burns, HR Business Partner for Construction Logistics, about current opportunities within this area and other potential areas of interest. #WJNAW #NAW2021

In this #podcast episode, we are joined by Karen Blackham, one of our HR Business Partners for Aviation, to share Wilson James’s current opportunities within aviation, as well as other potential areas of interest. #WJNAW #NAW2021

In this episode we talk to some of our past apprentices, Hannah Bury and Stevie Key, who have recently completed their apprenticeships, to hear about their apprenticeship journeys and what has been happening for them since.

In this episode, we talk to Jenni Stone, one of our apprentices within recruitment, about what her apprenticeships experience has been like so far and her advice and tips for those who are considering starting an apprenticeship.

In this episode, we talk to Rosa Osman, our Head of People Development, about what apprenticeships are, why we support them as a business and the different offers available for our teams within Wilson James.

Rosa Osman, Learning and Development Manager, speaks to Cadence Woodland, Head of Communications, about her top tips on staying connected during these times.

DISC is a simple psychometric tool that connects people and helps us to understand why we are all different.

At Wilson James, DISC has allowed us to have a common language that is easy to understand and can quickly be applied across the organisation. Over 200 individuals have taken part in the self- assessment profiling and facilitated workshop to discover their DISC type and understand how they can enhance their working relationships across all personality types.

In this series, we speak to a Wilson James staff member of each profile:

- D (dominance) - Cadence Woodland, Head of Communications
- I (influence) - Brian Clarke, Business Development Manager
- S (steadiness) - Kirsty Creed, Mobilisation Manager
- C (conscientious) - Barrie Diffin, Head of Client Systems & Technology

DISC is a simple psychometric tool that connects people and helps us to understand why we are all different.

At Wilson James, DISC has allowed us to have a common language that is easy to understand and can quickly be applied across the organisation. Over 200 individuals have taken part in the self- assessment profiling and facilitated workshop to discover their DISC type and understand how they can enhance their working relationships across all personality types.

In this series, we speak to a Wilson James staff member of each profile:

- D (dominance) - Cadence Woodland, Head of Communications
- I (influence) - Brian Clarke, Business Development Manager
- S (steadiness) - Kirsty Creed, Mobilisation Manager
- C (conscientious) - Barrie Diffin, Head of Client Systems & Technology

DISC is a simple psychometric tool that connects people and helps us to understand why we are all different.

At Wilson James, DISC has allowed us to have a common language that is easy to understand and can quickly be applied across the organisation. Over 200 individuals have taken part in the self- assessment profiling and facilitated workshop to discover their DISC type and understand how they can enhance their working relationships across all personality types.

In this series, we speak to a Wilson James staff member of each profile:

- D (dominance) - Cadence Woodland, Head of Communications
- I (influence) - Brian Clarke, Business Development Manager
- S (steadiness) - Kirsty Creed, Mobilisation Manager
- C (conscientious) - Barrie Diffin, Head of Client Systems & Technology

DISC is a simple psychometric tool that connects people and helps us to understand why we are all different.

At Wilson James, DISC has allowed us to have a common language that is easy to understand and can quickly be applied across the organisation. Over 200 individuals have taken part in the self- assessment profiling and facilitated workshop to discover their DISC type and understand how they can enhance their working relationships across all personality types.

In this series, we speak to a Wilson James staff member of each profile: 

- D (dominance) - Cadence Woodland, Head of Communications
- I (influence) - Brian Clarke, Business Development Manager
- S (steadiness) - Kirsty Creed, Mobilisation Manager
- C (conscientious) - Barrie Diffin, Head of Client Systems & Technology

The second episode of our Apprenticeship Series podcast features our host Ellie Gannon in conversation with three of our HR apprentices: Emily Swain, Hannah Bury and Stevie Key.

We're kicking off National Apprenticeship Week 2020 with our first Apprenticeship Series podcast. In this episode, we discuss our involvement in the trailblazer for a Security Apprenticeship with Wilson James's HR Director, Samantha Rope.