Listen as Sue and Lou invite guests to step onto their 'soapbox' to share their perspectives about their jobs and careers.

Soapbox The Podcast

Podcast

This podcast is about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. 

It is produced and created by marketing communications specialist, Louise Chandler, 

What are the triumphs? What are the challenges? What makes someone tick?

Listen and find out as the ladies invite guests to step on to their soapbox to share their perspectives about their jobs, lives and careers.

Friends for over 20 years who invite inspiring people who have fascinating stories about their career journey.

Lou is a media and communications specialist with over 20 years’ experience of working in the media, marketing and PR communications industry.

Sue is a professional pilot with over 18 years of flying experience.

People operations manager at Enterprise Nation. Passionate about empowering small businesses, from micro to growing teams. Keen to support every step of the journey, with a special mission to champion female founders.

People ops manager

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What small businesses need to know legally when recruiting employees and managing their workforce.

I am a Leadership and Operational Improvement Advisor, Trainer and Mentor, specialising in helping businesses to focus on Operational Excellence and Building High Performing Management and Leadership Teams.
I work with people managers and business leaders who are stuck in a rut or hit a ceiling and need help focussing on the priorities to help their business improve. Upskilling them with mgmnt &amp; leadership development and mentoring them on how to manage their people fairly and effectively and their processes, workflows and standards efficiently.
With over 20 years Operations Management and Leadership experience, working for multi-national and market leading organisations, I provide real life and practical solutions to business problems.
As a trusted advisor, coach and mentor to Senior Leaders down to front line Team Leaders and Supervisors, I provide them with essential Lean and Management tools, techniques and skills to help them operate more efficiently, with an action oriented approach to achieving improvement goals.

Leadership Consultant and Mentor

Leadership development

A group for business owners, senior leaders and managers alike.

As a senior HR professional and Chartered Fellow (FCIPD), I bring extensive experience across different industries and companies such as Amazon, DHL, EasyJet, as well as the public, private, and charity sectors and small organisations. As the founder of HRDOT, I help businesses align people strategies with growth, hire effectively, and optimise teams. With expertise in HR strategy, compliance, recruitment, and AI tools, I provide tailored insights to improve retention, compliance, and workplace.

Director- HR Consultant

HR Documents and Processes

You are seasoned business or just getting started to onboard your first employee we are here to help you to make sure you are ready, confident and compliant. We offer bespoke HR documents including: 
Employment Contracts (full-time, part-time and contract for services). 
Job descriptions updates and reviews, new starter checklists 
Onboarding checklists 
Employee Handbook tailored to your business 
HR Policies tailored to the industry and the business 
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Hi there , my name is Alexandra Paduraru , I am a dedicated accountant specializing in driving efficiency and innovation within my London-based accountancy practice. Armed with an AAT qualification and currently advancing towards ACCA Chartered Accountant status, I am passionate about exploring cutting-edge strategies and connecting with like-minded professionals to elevate our firm&apos;s performance and client satisfaction.

Soapbox The Podcast

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