Andrea cook
We are very lucky to welcome Andrea Cook, Head of People for Total Fitness to the podcast this week. Andrea is exceptional. She is excellent at what she does, is delightful, generous with her time and her honesty and authenticity is brilliant. She has worked for some brilliant brands including John Lewis and Emirates too.
She has also played an integral role and driven one of the stories of the sector in transforming the employee proposition and narrative in working for Total Fitness. In what is sometimes an overused phrase, they have without doubt become an employer of choice.
Andrea talks us through this journey, which we are so lucky for and then also gives her guide, tips and advice for people’s careers and how business can improve their recruitment processes.
Thanks so much Andrea and in addition to the above, we also loved these areas too….
- How to get spotted for development - being bold, working hard are key areas in this advice
- Luck and the importance of leadership within that.
- Don’t be afraid to try something new.
- Journey of Total Fitness - loved this part and so interesting.
- Use of behavioural assessments - how these were used prevalently in her previous roles and how much value they have added to Total Fitness.
- Embracing the fact that the advertising of their roles isn’t for everyone. And that’s ok! Not all businesses are right for everyone and that’s ok too!
- Truth in the narrative is so important and critical for busiensses.
- Transparency and being authentic key reasons for their success in recruiting and retaining huge talent.
- Talked of the importance of their internal survey.
- Books - 9 lies in work.
- Fantastic advice for both candidates and businesses alike. Clear, concise and information that we would advise people listen to at least once!
We hope you love this episode and if you have any favourite parts or if anything resonates with you we would love to hear from you. Contact is here or via any of the links below.
You can find out more about Andrea via her LinkedIn below and Total Fitness here - https://www.totalfitness.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-cook-assoc-cipd-a7594a80/
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https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceeverest/
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