In this episode of the Abecederpodcast The Independent Minds, Bright TrainerLinda Salazar explains being Volun-Told to host Michael Millward.

Linda describes the start of her career in training, and how she has developed her career.

A key reason for Linda’s success has been recognising the times when she has been told to volunteer, what Linda describes as Volun-Told to take new opportunities.

Michael and Linda explore what Volun-Told involves and what it feels like. They discuss ways to welcome that change and how build counter arguments to being Volun-Told.

They also look at how a manager can effectively Volun-Told any employee.

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Find out more about both Michael Millward, Linda Salazar at Abeceder.co.uk

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In this episode of the Abecederpodcast The Independent Minds, host Michael Millward meets Alan Lazaros, the CEO of the Next Level University.

Next Level University helps individuals work out what they need to do to be able to lead a fulfilled life., which as Michael and Alan discuss has undoubted benefits for an employer.

Alan uses his personal experience, and the four bucket model to explain how happiness is linked to how well we balance achieving our definition of success, with being fulfilled as individuals.

Their discussion explores how people are defined by teh goals that they set for themsleves and how those goals impacts the ability of the person to live a fulfilled life.

Nevertheless, says Alan we can all be 1% better today than we were yesterday, which means that our work can also be 1% better. Magnify that 1% by the number of employees in a company and you soon start to see some big improvements.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, Alan Lazaros and Next Level University at Abeceder.co.uk

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

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Travel

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Three the network

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Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fmthe introduction to Alan.

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Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on The Independent Minds, please contact using the link at Abeceder.co.uk.

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In this episode of the Abecederpodcast The Independent Minds, host Michael Millward discusses with Sid Madgefounder of Meee the commercial reasons why employers should seriously consider employing ex-offenders.

In April 2024 data from the UK Police National Computer showed 11 million people in the UK have a criminal record.

A third of men and nine per cent of women will have been convicted of an offence by the age of 53.

Numbers like these suggest that employers who are reluctant to employ ex-offenders, are probably already employing someone with a criminal record.

Sid explains to Michael the work that Meee is doing to prepare offenders for employment and the results they are achieving.

You will learn about some of the causes of crime, and the role employment plays breaking the cycle of crime prison crime, that many offenders struggle to break.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms.

Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, Sid Madge and Meee at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Members of the Ultimate Travel Club, have access to trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, package holidays and all sorts of other travel purchases. You can become a member at a discounted price by using my offer code ABEC79 when you join-up.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on The Independent Minds, please contact using the link at Abeceder.co.uk.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

Thank you for listening.