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Dare to Lead: A Halian PodcastFrom Recruitment Rookie to CEO: Stuart Fry on Growth & LeadershipIn this episode, Stuart Fry shares his inspiring journey from growing up in a pub England to becoming CEO of Halian. He discusses how his early experiences shaped his leadership style, the lessons he learnt in sales, building Halian across theMiddle East, and leading high-performing teams. Stuart also opens up about balancing work and family, and the importance of building personal relationships for success. Listen now as the tables turn and our host shares his journey, leadership lessons, and secrets to success. 00:00 Intro00:41 Personal and Career Journey2025-07-1538 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastBalancing Law, Life & Leadership: Maria Rubert’s StoryMaria Rubert, Managing Partner at Rubert & Partners, shares her inspiring journey from Spain to Dubai, blending law, leadership, and life lessons. She reflects on balancing sports and academics, her legal career path, and building her firm from scratch. Maria also discusses the power of care, common sense, and adding value in leadership, and the impact of boundaries and reflection in fostering growth, both in business and personally. Listen now to discover insights on balancing leadership, risk-taking, and personal growth! 00:00 Intro00:37 Personal and Career Journey47:55 How do y...2025-06-1949 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastBeyond the Resume: Matthew Hesketh on Talent, Leadership, and the Future of WorkMatthew Hesketh, Regional Head of Talent Acquisition MENAT at HSBC, explores the future of recruitment, the evolving talent landscape in the Middle East and beyond, and how AI is reshaping hiring and DEI. He shares insights on leading high-performing teams, embracing unconventional talent, and developing future leaders.Listen now to learn how bold thinking and fresh strategies are helping win the war for talent — and redefining what great hiring looks like.00:00 Intro00:39 Personal and Career Journey48:54 How do you Dare to Lead?51:38 OutroFOLLOW US ► LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cF0AvnInstagram: https://bit.ly/3MoHT4kFacebook: https://bit.ly/3MmJGqBTwitter: http...2025-05-2052 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastBeyond the Resume: Matthew Hesketh on Talent, Leadership, and the Future of WorkMatthew Hesketh, Regional Head of Talent Acquisition MENAT at HSBC, explores the future of recruitment, the evolving talent landscape in the Middle East and beyond,and how AI is reshaping hiring and DEI. He shares insights on leading high-performing teams, embracing unconventional talent, and developing future leaders.Listen now to learn how bold thinking and fresh strategies are helping win the war for talent and redefining what great hiring looks like. 00:00 Intro00:39 Personal and Career Journey48:54 How do you Dare to Lead?51:38 Outro FO...2025-05-1952 min
Vint Wine PodcastA Masterclass in Pinot Noir with Kosta Browne’s Julien HowsepianIn this episode of The Vint Wine Podcast, we sit down with Julien Howsepian, lead winemaker at Kosta Browne, one of California’s most acclaimed producers of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Julien shares how his path led from UC Davis to becoming a key figure in American fine wine and explains what makes the Kosta Browne portfolio so distinct—from Russian River to Santa Rita Hills, and even Burgundy.🍇 Julien’s journey from economics major to head winemaker—and how a brewery in Pennsylvania helped shape his approach to winery logistics and efficiency.🌍 The r...2025-04-3052 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastFrom Broker to Builder: Miro Fok’s Journey to Vita VirtuesJoin us on this episode of Dare to Lead: A Halian Podcast as we chat with Miro Fok, Founder of Vita Virtues. Miro shares his journey from growing up in California to launching his innovative insurance technology company. He discusses his leadership values, lessons learned, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Discover what it takes to turn an idea into reality and lead with purpose in today’s evolving business world. Tune in and get inspired to take your own leap! 00:00 Intro00:41 Personal and Career Journey40:36 How do you...2025-04-0842 min
Recruitment on the RoadStaffing Fakten & Flurfunk – 02/25
🎙Sonderedition bei Recruitment on the Road: "Staffing Fakten & Flurfunk"!🚀
Aufgrund der extrem positiven Resonanz gibt es die zweite Sonderedition von Recruitment on the Road! Simone Straub und ich tauchen in die aktuelle Marktlage der Recruiting-Branche ein. Es ist eine spannende Zeit, und wir diskutieren die Auswirkungen der Konjunktur, vergleichen den englischen und deutschen Staffingmarkt. Wir zeigen auf dass jede Krise eine Chance birgt und jetzt die Zeit zum angreifen ist.
**🔹 Was erwartet dich in dieser Ausgabe?
**✅ Harte Fakten & aktuelle Zahlen – die wichtigsten Analysen zum Staffingmarkt auf den Punkt gebracht
✅ Flurfunk & Gossip – XING, Nigel Frank, Randstad und Halian
✅ Tren...2025-03-1840 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastBreaking Barriers: Peter Komolafe’s Journey to Award-Winning Content Creator & Financial ExpertPeter Komolafe—Founder, Author, and Multi Award-Winning Content Creator—joins Dare to Lead to share his journey from foster care to finance leader. With 18 years in top financial institutions, he now bridges the financial literacy gap through Conversation of Money. Peter discusses industry shifts, personal branding, and transitioning from corporate to content creation. Packed with valuable insights on leadership, financial empowerment, and resilience, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. 00:00 Intro00:47 Personal and Career Journey46:16 How do you Dare to Lead?46:48 Outro2025-03-1047 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastFrom Dropping Out to a £1.5 Billion Turnaround: Building a Business Empire with Tristan RamusIn this episode of Dare to Lead, we talk with Tristan Ramus, founder of Twenty20 Capital, whose portfolio generates £1.5 billion annually. Known for billion-pound turnarounds and sharp deal-making, Tristan shares his journey from early inspirations to leading in the workforce management sector. We discuss his approach to leadership, mentoring future CEOs, and navigating industry challenges.
Packed with insights on resilience, decision-making, and innovation, Tristan reveals what it takes to lead and succeed in today’s fast-changing world. Listen now!
00:00 Intro
00:49 Personal and Career Journey
51:46 How do you...2025-02-1041 minDare to Lead: A Halian Podcast“With a clear vision, anything is possible”: Coach to Success with Frank AmankwahIn this episode, Frank Amankwah, Chief Technology Officer at RAK Digital Assets Oasis, shares his journey from software engineering to leading technology teams across global giants like Amazon, Emirates, Rain, and UBS. Frank delves into the importance of learning and development, coaching high-performing teams, and offering invaluable advice to young leaders climbing the career ladder.
Tune in as he reveals how to navigate diverse sectors, lead through rapid change, and inspire the next generation of leaders.
00:00 Intro
00:49 Personal and Career Journey
51:46 do you Dare to Lead?
...2025-01-0754 minDare to Lead: A Halian Podcast“Once I decide, I never look back”: Leadership and Entrepreneurial Spirit with Milad RouhanaJoining Halian’s CEO, Stuart Fry, for this episode is Milad Rouhana, Managing Director at Perfetti Van Melle for Middle East, Africa and Pakistan. Milad shares his perspective on leadership, building high-performing teams, and fostering an entrepreneurial spirit.
Be sure to listen to the engaging and insightful conversation now!
00:00 Intro
00:47 Personal and Career Journey
35:33 How do you Dare to Lead?
36:44 Outro
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Facebook...2024-11-1137 minDare to Lead: A Halian Podcast“If you’re really passionate about something, you just make it work!”: Career Advice with Helen McGuireIn this episode, Helen McGuire, Impact Entrepreneur, Board Advisor & Author, joins Halian's CEO, Stuart Fry, to discuss all things career, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Helen shares her journey as an entrepreneur, her insights on building diverse workplaces, and advice for future leaders.
Tune in for an inspiring conversation on balancing personal and professional life, with valuable insights from both leaders!
00:00 Intro
00:47 Personal and Career Journey
43:10 How do you Dare to Lead?
44:20 Outro
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...2024-10-0844 minDare to Lead: A Halian Podcast“There is no heart in business, and there is no logic at home”: Leadership Insights with Sahem AzzamJoining Halian’s CEO, Stuart Fry, for the premiere
episode is Sahem Azzam, Senior Vice President for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey at Orange Business.
From overseeing operations across 60 countries to
mastering IoT, Big Data, and Blockchain, Sahem’s 20+ years of experience will provide key insights into all thing’s leadership, innovation, and more.
Don’t miss out on a thrilling conversation!
00:00 Intro
00:37 Personal Stories
06:30 Break
07:11 Professional Journey and Career Insights
24:21 How do you Dare to Lead?
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The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth PodcastSeason 7 | Ep23 - Jamie Reynolds on the changes required to deliver multiple 7 figures of profit as former CEO of Cordant GroupIn this week’s episode, I’m joined by Jamie Reynolds, a man who’s held some impressive titles in his career but most notably was the Former CEO of PMP Recruitment, a part of the Cordant Group, COO of Halian, and most recently, CEO of The Recruitment Co. In this in-depth episode, he shares his journey from a 17-year-old trainee to his moves toward CEO. During his time at Cordant, he delivered multiple millions in profit through a company wide business transformation programme.Jamie is passionate about empowering people to think...2024-01-171h 06The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth PodcastSeason 7 | Ep15 - Stuart Fry & Lloyd Cremer on why they are focusing the growth of Halian (1100 staff) in the Middle East and NOT entering the US market!On this week’s show, I was super excited to be joined by Stuart Fry & Lloyd Cremer. Stuart is the CEO, and Lloyd is the CRO, of Halian, a recruitment and IT services business headquartered in the UK with multiple offices all over the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.Lloyd joined me from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Stuart was in Dubai. They recently completed an MBO where they bought the original founders out, and they're on a journey now for the next four years to create an incredible weal...2023-11-081h 19
ProjectifiedWhat It’s Like to Be a Woman in Project ManagementFor International Women’s Day, Projectified® hosts a roundtable with three women project leaders to discuss what it’s currently like for women in project management, how teams benefit from diversity and how organizations can better support women leaders, plus questions they had for one another as fellow project leaders.Our guests include Janete Faustino, PMP, PfMP, portfolio management leader of operations strategy and performance, TAP Air Portugal, Lisbon; Bharti Ochani, PMP, IT project manager, Halian, Dubai; and Maeve O’Brien, project manager, DDB, Chicago.Key themes[02:00] Three women project leaders on the...2023-03-0822 min
UPLIFT: Personal Branding and Thought Leadership from A to Z for Leaders & Experienced ProfessionalsHow to take ownership of your career with help of Thought Leadership and Personal Branding with Headhunter Claude MayHow Thought Leadership and Personal Branding can support you in building a long-term career plan
Experienced professionals can take their careers/job search into their own hands instead of passively waiting for opportunities to arise and that these assets can help them to also put a structure/guideline for the long term.
In this episode, together with our guest, Claude May, Headhunter from Halian Search , Luxsembourg, we discuss:
✅ Thought Leadership - a skillset in demand
✅ Career long term planning with the help of Personal Brand
✅ Headhunter perspective - stories from companies and re...2021-07-0248 min
Wildfulness: On Nature, Wellness, and Life in the Allegany Highlands Deep CreekGo Native! New Germany Park Native Plant Festival, May 11Wherein we celebrate all the wonderful things that NATIVE PLANTS can do for us and our environment, with a fun Mountain Maryland Native Plant Festival on Saturday, May 11. Festival highlights include demos of plants, speakers, many different growers to choose from to purchase plants, events for the kids, and much more. Hear from guest Charity Miller of Mosser Meadows Nursery/Halian Lanscapes about how this local Garrett County plant nursery is also going native, and what they can offer you and your yard, that's beautiful, low maintenance, and Mother Earth-friendly. View videos, photos, and much more at www.wildful...2019-05-0517 min
Let Your Ears Be the Gateway to Knowledge With Full AudiobookGift of Griffins Audiobook by V.M. EscaladaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 335437
Title: Gift of Griffins
Author: V.M. Escalada
Narrator: Julie McKay
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 08-07-18
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure, Epic Fantasy
Summary:
The second book in the Faraman Prophecy epic fantasy series returns to a world of military might and magical Talents as Kerida Nast continues the quest to save her nation.
Kerida Nast and her companions have succeeded in finding Jerek Brightwing, the new Luqs of Farama, and uniting him with a part of his...2018-08-0712h 00
Get Popular Audiobook Authors in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: EpicHalls of Law Audiobook by V.M. EscaladaListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: Halls of Law
Subtitle: Faraman Prophecy, Book 1
Author: V.M. Escalada
Narrator: Julie McKay
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-17
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
The first book in the Faraman Prophecy introduces a world of military might and magical Talents on the brink of destruction
The Faraman Polity was created by the first Luqs, and has been ruled for generations by those of the Luqs bloodline. It is a burgeoning...2017-08-025h 17Listen to Full Audiobook in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: EpicHalls of Law by V.M. Escalada | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Halls of Law
Author: V.M. Escalada
Narrator: Julie McKay
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-17
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Summary:
The first book in the Faraman Prophecy introduces a world of military might and magical Talents on the brink of destruction
The Faraman Polity was created by the first Luqs, and has been ruled for generations by those of the Luqs bloodline. It is a burgeoning empire maintained by the combined efforts of the standing military force and...2017-08-015h 17
Grab Full Audiobook in Kids, Ages 5-7The Adventures of the Talking Pets by Talia Teplitzky | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Adventures of the Talking Pets
Author: Talia Teplitzky, Audrey Jones, Blake Jones, Claire Jones
Narrator: Phoenix Clark
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-08-16
Publisher: Funway Entertainment
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Summary:
Follow Halian, Elizabeth, Brandon, and Emma as they briefly leave their pets to go play soccer only to return and find that their pets have gone on a mini adventure. Are the talking pets having more fun than their owners? Do their owners even know their pets could talk? Come and find out!
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