How To Create A High-Performing Temporary Workforce

This episode of "The Prestige Podcast" introduces ‘How To Create A High-Performing Temporary Workforce’.

Summary: 

This podcast delves into the essential strategies for assembling and managing a high-performing temporary workforce in the modern business landscape. It highlights the importance of viewing temporary teams as strategic assets capable of flexibility and rapid adaptation to market demands. The episode covers key areas, including rapid integration, effective onboarding, clear communication, fostering a unified team ethos, adaptive leadership, and leveraging skill diversity. Drawing inspiration from Mercedes' Formula One team, it adapts its successful strategies to the context of temporary workforces, emphasising talent acquisition, shared vision, and agile re-evaluation. The podcast concludes with the notion that building a cohesive, goal-focused temporary team transcends mere skill assembly, transforming temporary workforces into strategic assets for long-term success across various industries.

Recruit Masters - The 20-Minute Toolkit: 9 Strategies for Recruiting in a Candidate-Driven Market Podcast

This episode of "The Prestige Podcast" introduces a new series called "Recruit Masters: The 20-Minute Toolkit," aimed at providing valuable recruiting advice in bite-sized episodes under 20 minutes. The first episode focuses on "9 Strategies for Recruiting in a Candidate-Driven Market." These strategies are designed to help HR professionals and talent acquisition specialists navigate the challenges of today's fast-paced recruitment environment. Here's a summary of the key points:

1. Be Decisive and Fast: Timing is crucial. 

2. Think Beyond Qualifications: Consider candidates who may lack specific qualifications but possess other valuable qualities.

3. Express Enthusiasm: Show your enthusiasm for candidates who impress you. 

4. Address Potential Obstacles: Discuss any potential obstacles. 

5. Workforce Demographics: Understand the demographics of the workforce.

6. Company Climate Awareness: Be aware of the evolving company climate.

7. Employment Branding: Build a strong employment brand that influences candidates positively even before they enter the job market. 

8. Use Review Platforms: Leverage review platforms.

9. Embrace Technology: Stay up-to-date with AI-driven recruitment technology to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and focus on strategic talent acquisition. 

Tidy Tot (A Phoenix From The Flames Special)

Welcome back to the third episode of The Prestige Podcast

Episode three 'Tidy Tot’ (A Phoenix From The Flames Special)

On this show, we talk to Jennifer Unsworth, one of our clients that has used our recruitment services in the past but more importantly has an amazing and inspirational story to tell. Jennifer is the founder and owner of Tidy Tot. The Multi-Award Winning Tidy Tot is the UK’s leading designer of baby and toddler feeding bibs, together with problem-solving weaning products. Tidy Tot supports mums and dads through the whole weaning journey into the toddler years with innovative products.

Show Notes:

1. How it all started, the seed idea of the business

2. Benefits of the product, the idea and product trials

3. The impotence of listening to customers, customer service and social proofing

4. The business journey, the idea to product

5. The pace at which the product became successful

6. How Jennifer's sales background influenced the evolution of the business

7. The direct to consumer model

8. The influence of COVID-19

9. Business Growth

10. Sales channels

11. Food Culture

12. Copy Cat problems

13. Problems along the way

14. Awards

15. Advice for anyone wanting to start a business

16. Using specialists

17. The mindset

Regaining Your Mojo With Motivation!

Welcome back to the second episode of The Prestige Podcast

Episode two 'Regaining Your Mojo With Motivation!'

In this show, we have asked back Sandra Marston an esteemed counsellor and life coach for the past 18 years. We talk about a big issue that we are seeing with people at the moment and that is keeping your motivation during the second lockdown.

Show Notes

Seven Key Reasons Why We Lose Motivation:

1 Being bored with your routine.

2 Feeling like you can't make a difference.

3 Not being satisfied with what you've done - Are you a perfectionist?

4 Feeling stressed about what you're doing - Do you regularly feel stressed and overwhelmed by work and/or home life?

5 Comparing yourself to others.

6 Lacking purpose.

7 Setting unrealistic targets

One of the biggest motivation killers is trying to please everyone.

Your Body is a Temple – Self Care

5 Taking Control Strategies We Covered in The Last Show

1. Sleep

2. Exercise

3. Food

4. Meditation and mindfulness

5. Breathing exercises

STAYING MOTIVATED LONG TERM

1. Lack of direction or intention is a motivation killer.

2. Routine is key

3. Embrace your emotions

4. Keep calm and read a book – or listen to a podcast

5. Learn new habits or re-discover old ones

6. Switch off the stream - It’s time to go offline AND GET outside

7. NLP tells us that as human beings we move towards what is pleasurable and move away from what is painful

FACE YOUR FEARS

Chances are, you have some sort of fear or belief of something negative happening that is keeping you from taking action.

The most common are:

1. Fear of failure

2. Fear of the unknown

3. Fear of rejection

4. Fear of not being good enough

5. Fear of change

6. Fear of the unknown

Kindness and motivation and mental health. What’s kindness got to do with motivation? The answer is everything!

Suggested Videos, Ted Talks & Reading

TED TALKS:

Want to be happy? Be grateful - David Steindl-Rast - More Information

How to make stress your friend - Kelly McGonigal - More Information

PODCAST:

Prof Laurie Santos – The happiness Lab. - More Information

READING:

Why kindness is good for you – David R. Hamilton - More Information

How to win Fresids and Influence People - Dale Carnege - More Information

LAST SHOW

The Apps Mentioned:

Headspace

Calm

Mindfulness

Stop, Breathe and Think

The Books Mentioned:

The Chimp Paradox

Ruby Wax book on mindfulness - Sane New World

Mindfulness A PRACTICAL GUIDE

by Mark Williams and Danny Penman

The Little Book of Mindfulness - 10 minutes a day to less stress by Patrizia Collard

Other Information Mentioned:

5 Tibetan Rites for exercise

Whim Hoff for Breathing

Light Watkins anxiety buster

Dr Sarfaraz Munshi COVID-19 breathing

'The Guide to Survive and Prosper in the World of Lockdown and Homeworking'

Welcome to the first episode of The Prestige Podcast! 

In this week's show, we talk to Sandra Marston an esteemed counsellor and life coach who talks about how to deal with the new paradigm for many of homeworking. We also talk about the general psychological effect of the covid19 lockdown, and advice on how we can overcome some of the common psychological problems this can bring. For full show notes go to https://prestigerecruitmentgroup.com/podcast

Show Notes: 

Intro 0.00 

Guest introduction 1.40 

Sandra Marston 3.05

Homes working article 4.00

1. Maintain regular hours 4.15

2. Create a morning routine 4.50

3. Set ground rules with the people in your space 6.09 

4. Schedule breaks 8.15

5. Leave home if at all possible 9.18

6. Don’t work in your PJs 11.00

7. Keep a dedicated work Space 12.29

Quote on Sandra’s website 15.12

Taking Control Strategies 15.58

1. Sleep 18.07

2. Exercise 22.25

3. Food 25.25

4. Meditation and mindfulness 29.00

5. Breathing exercises 31.26

Covid19 Breathing technique 34.14

Apps and Books 35.10 

Show Information:

Sandra Marston Webiste: https://www.sandramarston.com

Website Article Top tips section WORKING FROM HOME 

The Apps Mentioned:

Headspace

Calm

Mindfulness

Stop, Breathe and Think

The Books Mentioned:

The Chimp Paradox

Ruby Wax book on mindfulness - Sane New World  

Mindfulness A PRACTICAL GUIDE by Mark Williams and Danny Penman

The Little Book of Mindfulness - 10 minutes a day to less stress by Patrizia Collard

 Other Information Mentioned: 

5 Tibetan Rites for exercise 

Wim Hof for Breathing  

Light Watkins anxiety buster 

Dr Sarfaraz Munshi covid19 breathing 

About The Prestige Podcast

Welcome to the Prestige Podcast The Prestige Podcast is brought to you by The Prestige Recruitment Group. We are just about to launch our first podcast so we would like to give an idea of what's to come. Every month we aim to cover interesting topics of investigation within business, research and lifestyle. From BioTec and the new digital horizon - to self-help and mind body and spirit. We will be here to help and inform, covering topics and challenges that are facing us now and also looking into exciting future developments from around the globe.

We will have a wide array of guests on the show covering a wide array of topics for you and your business. So, please hit the subscribe button on the right, and every time we go live with a new show we will notify you. We are just days away from releasing our first episode which is 'The Guide To Survive and Prosper in the World of Lockdown and Home Working.' Remember to subscribe and get ready for your first episode, see you there!