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Beyond the Business CardBeyond the Business CardBeyond the Business Card with Helen McGuire: From Maternity Leave to Million-Dollar BusinessIn this episode of Beyond the Business Card, host Justin McGuire, entrepreneur, Founder of MCG Talent, and creator of 7-Figure Recruitment, sits down with Helen McGuire, an entrepreneur who transformed her career from producing shows at BBC Radio 1 to founding Diversely, an AI-driven tech platform tackling workplace bias on a global scale.  Helen opens up about her unique journey. From landing her dream job at BBC Radio 1 after two and a half years of unpaid work to pivoting into the advertising industry and eventually building a remote tech startup with a fully distributed team across fi...2025-03-031h 16Podcast - Rana AlBasri MouawadPodcast - Rana AlBasri Mouawad#55: Building a Business with Purpose & the 7 Female Founder Principles – with Helen McGuire If you’re a founder or working on becoming one, this episode will give you lifeline advice that will impact your entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, my guest is Helen McGuire – a founder who pioneered 2 global diversity-focused platforms all while building her family of 5. We talk about her entrepreneurial experience, her purpose principles in founding a business, building a business from a female lens, her book, her soon to launch program and everything in between. Some of the topics covered in our chat: Failure and different issues founders face Finding the right info...2025-02-121h 10LET\'S MAKE WAVES with Rana Mouawad - Branding, Marketing, Publicity, EntrepreneurshipLET'S MAKE WAVES with Rana Mouawad - Branding, Marketing, Publicity, Entrepreneurship#55: Building a Business with Purpose & the 7 Female Founder Principles – with Helen McGuire If you’re a founder or working on becoming one, this episode will give you lifeline advice that will impact your entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, my guest is Helen McGuire – a founder who pioneered 2 global diversity-focused platforms all while building her family of 5. We talk about her entrepreneurial experience, her purpose principles in founding a business, building a business from a female lens, her book, her soon to launch program and everything in between. Some of the topics covered in our chat: Failure and different issues founders face Finding the right info...2025-02-121h 10Around The Emirates with Sara MousaAround The Emirates with Sara MousaAround The Emirates With Sara Mousa - Episode 140Y’all need to meet Helen McGuire, Author of The Female Founder Formula, a refreshingly honest and practical guide that challenges the conventional business playbook! Dubai-based entrepreneur and mum of three, Helen McGuire, has written the book, which offers an insightful, actionable and often tongue-in-cheek approach to building business success whilst bearing real-life in mind. Written from a feminine perspective, but aimed at all genders, it gifts readers with the roadmap to achieve purposeful success on their own terms, wherever they are on their own journey. Tune in to the episode now!2025-01-1710 minTake Her LeadTake Her LeadEpisode 13: The Female Founder Formula with Helen McGuire🎙️ This Week on the Podcast: "From Vision to Victory: Empowering Female Founders with the 3C Framework" ✨ 🌟 Ready to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit? Join host Nina Devouge as she dives into an inspiring conversation with Helen McGuire, the excited founder of Diversely.io, a platform dedicated to driving inclusion in the workplace. Helen shares her transformative journey as a founder and reveals her powerful 3C Framework: Clarity, Cash Flow, and Communications, designed to help female entrepreneurs thrive. 💡 Highlights from this empowering episode: ➡️ Discover how clarity of purpose fuels your entrepreneur...2024-12-1333 minUNBiasedUNBiasedUNBiased Episode 52 with Helen McGuireWe love a multi-hyphenate on UNBiased podcast and our guest this week, Helen McGuire, is mum of 3, entrepreneur, exited founder, certified Reiki master and photographer. Helen’s own lived experience in the corporate communications industry as a new mother in the workplace led her down a startup path to create a world first AI-driven DEI platform, Diversely.io with her co founder Hayley Bakker in January 2020, culminating with the acquisition of Diversely.io by world leading software company, The Access Group at the end of 2023. She now adds author to her list of titles, and her first bo...2024-10-2236 minThe Recruiter\'s Recruitment PodcastThe Recruiter's Recruitment PodcastEP244: Helen McGuire, Advisor, Coach, Speaker & Author - How Can YOU Reduce The Bias & Improve Your DiversityHelen McGuire is a passionate leader and innovator who has made a profound impact on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) landscape. Helen's journey is nothing short of remarkable — from ex-DJ to board advisor, fellow podcaster, and successful exited CEO & Co-Founder of a recruitment-led business.Helen's experience and insight into DEI are reshaping industries, and in this episode, she shares:What DEI truly means and why it matters to you.How can we improve our industry's approach to DEI and better educate our clients?Her personal story of successfully exiting her company and lessons learned.The re...2024-10-2039 minDare to Lead: A Halian PodcastDare 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   FOLLOW US ►  LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4cF0Avn ...2024-10-0844 minRecruitment Down Under: The APSCo Australia PodcastRecruitment Down Under: The APSCo Australia PodcastBoosting business performance through DE&I - featuring Helen McGuireUnlock the secrets to transforming your recruitment strategies with Helen McGuire, the CEO and co-founder of Diversely (acquired by the Access Group n 2023), to uncover the hidden power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the recruitment and staffing industry. With insights from the Access Group's eye-opening report, "Proving the Diversity Business Case," Helen reveals how well-executed DE&I initiatives can dramatically enhance business performance and talent pipelines. Please join our host, APSCo Australia MD, Lesley Horsburgh and thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.www.apscoau.org2024-08-2142 minThe Resilient RecruiterThe Resilient RecruiterHow Purpose-Driven Business Models Help a Female Founder Achieve Acquisition Success, with Helen McGuire, Ep #220Helen joined us three years ago to share how to attract 70% more diverse talent by leveraging DEI - diversity, equity and inclusion. This time, she returns as a special guest to share an amazing feat - the platform she co-founded, Diversely.io, has just been recently acquired. This means more sourcing and recruitment firms can now access the platform, meaning more recruiters and sourcing firms can embed DEI in their hiring process. What fascinates me more is Helen’s strategies and lessons learned from exiting Diversely.io. She shared strategies and things she would have done differently, wh...2024-06-2040 minThe RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth PodcastThe RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth PodcastSeason 7 | Ep45 Helen McGuire on her journey from founding the first women’s careers platform in the Middle East to exiting a global DEI tech business!On this week's show, I'm super excited to be joined by Helen McGuire. Helen is the exited founder of Diversely.io, a technology business acquired by Access Group in 2023. Entering the pandemic in 2020, Helen ran a recruitment business dedicated to helping return-to-work mothers find flexible jobs. Helen understood this cause well, as she’d previously been in this exact position herself. But she soon realised that her recruitment agency's business model limited the number of people she could actually help. There was so much more to be done!So, to solv...2024-06-191h 05The D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work70. Is 'radical recruitment' the answer to systemic change? With Emma FreivogalThere’s a huge talent pool out there that’s largely untapped. In this episode, I sit down with Emma Freivogel, the Founder & CEO of Radical Recruit and Co-Founder at B-Radical to learn more. Emma moved from Australia to London 11 years ago, and since then, she’s built Radical Recruit as the UK's only charitable recruiter for businesses that want to level the playing field for radical people and communities. We dive deep into the process that Radical Recruit goes through in hiring people who’ve suffered adverse life experiences, such as prison leavers. Emma gives he...2024-06-1347 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work69. Why People With Dyslexia Are Leaving Your Website with Ross Linnett83% of people experiencing an accessibility problem on your website will leave. So why are so many websites still not tailored to people with disabilities? Ross Linnett is the CEO and Founder of Recite Me - an inclusion tool that allows websites to be used more easily by people with dyslexia, visual impairment, and numerous other accessibility needs. Ross learned of his dyslexia at university when he realised something was holding him back from getting the grades he deserved. After benefiting from a piece of life-changing accessibility software, Ross was driven to campaign for companies to...2024-05-3034 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work68. Why DEI isn’t moving as fast as it should be with Sheree KnowlesSince the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, organisations have started to take more notice of DEI in the workplace, but things still haven’t progressed at the speed that we would hope for. In this episode, we sit down for a frank, honest and practical discussion with Sheree Knowles, Chief Executive Officer at HR Knowledge Source. Sheree has been in the human capital space for three decades. As head of HR, she found herself taking on roles within DEI for organisations looking to fulfil DEI targets. This is what fueled her passion to move th...2024-05-1651 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work67. Why did this man win the UN Women's Changemaker Award 2023 with Lee Chambers4 in 10 men believe that inclusion has gone too far the other way. This is according to Lee Chambers’ research with Male Allies UK. Lee was awarded the UN Women’s Changemaker Award in 2023, and in this episode, it’s clear to see why. Lee started Male Allies UK, an inclusive wellbeing business after exiting from his first business and going through an eye-opening period of discovery. Lee shares with us the inspiring journey to breaking all expectations to build a highly successful business that took off faster than he’d ever imagined. We speak about Lee’s il...2024-05-0250 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work66. Multicultural marketing that builds bridges with Tomasz DylAre you connecting with the communities that you serve in a meaningful way? In this episode, we speak with Tomasz Dyl, founder of GottaBe! - a marketing agency that specialises in multicultural marketing. Tomasz moved from Poland to the UK 20 years ago. He didn’t speak a word of English, but four years later, at the age of 17, he started his journey and took Western Union as a client. Tomasz found a gap in the market - brands looking to reach out to Polish people living and working in the UK. Tomasz has filled this ga...2024-04-1852 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work65. Levelling The Playing Field - Hiring Inclusively in Sport with Francis KellySports recruitment has a ways to go in its journey to truly inclusive hiring. Founder of levelequals, Francis Kelly, joins us in this episode to share with us the answers to inclusive recruitment. levelequals is a consciously inclusive talent partner for sports organisations that creates a fair and inclusive process for candidates. They’ve worked with large organisations such as the Premier League and Premiership Rugby and small NGOs like UK Deaf Sport and Cerebral Palsy Sport. We speak about the current state of diversity and inclusion in sport today, and why it’s so impo...2024-04-0428 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work64. Is #prison-ism the next bias we all need to address - Rethinking prison with Jazz Singh Is prison-ism the next bias we need to address? Our guest today believes it is, and shares with us his fascinating lived experience that’s sure to get you thinking. In this episode, we’re joined by Jazz Singh and we delve into the often-overlooked talent within the prison leaver community and tackle the concept of the prison skills economy. Jazz grew up in East London and suffered racist bullying throughout his education. His education put him on a path towards a career in law, but the discrimination he faced pushed him in a very diff...2024-03-2152 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work63. IWD Special - How women can own their success with Shelmina Babai AbjiThe theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is #InspireInclusion, and our guest today fits that theme perfectly. Shelmina Babai Abji is a prolific keynote speaker and former VP of IBM. She is also the author of SHOW YOUR WORTH - the book that helps underrepresented women accelerate career success and fast-track into leadership roles. Shelmina shares with us her inspiring story from her humble beginnings in Tanzania, to travelling the world to attain her degrees before realising her life’s purpose of advancing gender equality in leadership roles. After finding her first job in h...2024-03-0729 minThe Counter OfferThe Counter OfferA Trailblazer In Company Culture and D&I Creates Business Success with Helen McGuireIn this detailed conversation, Helen Maguire, the co-founder of Diversely.io, shares her experiences and insights in diversity and inclusion in the business world. Having formerly co-founded Hopscotch.work, a women's career platform, Helen talks about building Diversely, and the problems that diverse individuals, particularly women, face in the industry and how steps can be taken to correct these imbalances. She also shares tips on how businesses and individuals can ensure they are being inclusive and unbiased in their recruitment and the positive change it can make in the business industry. Find out more and connect with Helen 2024-02-2250 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work62. How I made it from childhood abuse to DEI powerhouse with Rocki HowardRocki Howard became frustrated with the lack of resources that leaders of SMBs have to create safe environments for their people, which drove her to build Diversiology.io - a platform designed to support SMBs in their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. She is also a speaker, podcaster, a mother of four and so much more. But the road to get to where she is now wasn’t easy. Rocki grew up in an abusive household and poor economic conditions. She shares with us the inspiring story of how she was able to “come out of survival mode...2024-02-1549 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work61. How ADHD can make or break your career with Shell MendelsonBefore Shell was diagnosed with ADHD, she found herself struggling to keep hold of a job. After being fired from over 10 jobs and directing the blame on herself she embarked on a journey to find the career that was right for her. In this episode, ADHD Career Coach, Shell Mendelson, sits down with us to share her journey and her expertise on careers for people with ADHD. Shell left college with a Bachelors in Communications and teaching qualifications, but she struggled to find the right role.  Shell wanted to be her own boss, which led h...2024-02-0142 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work60. The fashion industry's secret D&I shame and what one industry CEO is doing about it with Jamie GillOn the outside, the fashion industry paints a picture of inclusivity, but the backstage narrative tells a different story. In this episode of the D&Igest, we’re joined by Jamie Gill. Jamie is the Founder of The Outsider’s Perspective, a not-for-profit organisation that helps people from underrepresented groups break into the fashion industry. He also finds the time to hold a non-exec director seat, he’s on the board of the British Fashion Council and he’s a former CEO of luxury fashion brands. Jamie is a second-generation British-Indian, who grew up knowing he was g...2024-01-1851 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work59. Autism Unpacked - Why what we've been told is all wrong with Louisa Van VessemWhat many of us have been told about autism is all wrong. The ‘autistic traits’ that are seen as typical don’t necessarily define everyone with autism. In this episode, we sit down with Louisa Van Vessem, Creative Business Strategist and Mentor at Ingenious Corner. Louisa shares her journey as a solo parent raising an autistic child while managing her own late-diagnosed autism at the age of 43, along with several other health challenges. And on top of all of this, running her own business. She reflects on the revelation she experienced during the evaluation process for au...2024-01-0447 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work58. The journey to non-violent communication to resolve racial conflict with Roxy ManningDr. Roxy Manning didn’t initially realise how much race was impacting her experience as a black immigrant in the US, but she faced racism in numerous forms throughout her education - despite her aptitude for learning. The effects racism had on her education were exemplified when she wrote a brilliant paper which awarded Roxy an F, being told that “Black folks can’t write like that”. In this episode, Dr. Roxy Manning shares with us an incredibly transparent look into her background and helps us understand her specialism in non-violent communication. Roxy is a speaker, consultant and psyc...2023-12-2146 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work56. What dwarfism can teach us ALL and how resilience is always the answer with Marie-Liesse CalméjaneMarie-Liesse Calméjane shares with us her powerful journey of resilience, in this episode. Marie-Liesse started her career in communications and marketing at Danone in France. After she moved with her family to Asia, Marie-Liesse’s fourth child was diagnosed achondroplasia, a rare genetic condition which is the most common form of dwarfism. Marie-Liesse gives us a look into her experiences as a parent of four and a parent to a child with dwarfism. We learn about how she found support as an expat and how her son was supported by his schools and siblings. Tra...2023-12-1441 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work57. A Syrian refugee's unreal journey to UK employment and why businesses are missing a trick with RenaisiBahaa faced shocking day-to-day risks to his life while living in Syria. Now, he works in the UK for one of the UK’s largest construction companies. In this episode, we speak with Bahaa and discover his fascinating journey. We’re also joined by Hannah Brooke, Head of Partnerships at Renaisi - the organisation that supported Bahaa with finding employment through their ‘Transitions’ programme. We dive deep into Bahaa’s journey of attaining his PhD and his experiences of gaining refugee status after moving to the UK. More many seeking refuge, the immigration process can take one t...2023-12-0738 minPodcasting Amplified: The Podcast for PodcastersPodcasting Amplified: The Podcast for PodcastersThe Keys to Crafting Impactful Interviews with Helen McGuireSome new podcasters see interview podcasts as sort of the easy route to a podcast. Just write a list of 15-20 questions, invite some guests and they’ll do the rest of the work, right? Wrong! There are hundreds of thousands of interview podcasts out there. To stand out from the crowd, and have the impact that you want, you need to be tackling your interviews from a storytelling lens. And this is exactly what my guest today is doing. I'm Joe Eftihiou, your host, and I'm thrilled to have Helen McGuire, the host of...2023-11-2832 minWe Are LCCWe Are LCCConstance McGuire & Fiona Nanson: AI in EducationConstance McGuire is in her seventh year as Director of Academics at LCC and has been an educator long enough to remember when technology in the classroom consisted of a whiteboard, and if you were lucky, your very own overhead projector. She has been part of many schools' journeys from computer labs to one-on-one device programmes and online teaching tools. She is excited to see how AI will impact teaching and learning for both teachers and students.Fiona Nanson has been the Educational Technology Integration Coordinator for seven years at LCC. Her PhD is in neuroscience, specializing i...2023-11-0931 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work55. Why inclusion isn't working for you and your business and how to fix it with Heeral GudkaCreating an inclusive environment takes continuous work. Heeral Gudka, Founder of Convergent, joins us in this episode to talk about her pragmatic approach to EDI. Heeral helps businesses implement long-lasting, strategic EDI initiatives. We dive deep into how this looks in action, and how Heeral ensures that these initiatives stick. D&I professionals are quitting and D&I roles are being cut from some organisations. Heeral tells us why in this episode. Convincing leaders to take D&I seriously and getting buy-in from teams formed from lasting motivations is a challenge. We speak about how to get...2023-11-0947 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work54. What support for neurodivergent children should look like with J GrangeFor ADHD Awareness Month, we’re speaking with musician, international public speaker and neurodiversity advocate, J Grange. In episode 49, we spoke with J Grange’s dad. In this episode, we hear the other half of his incredible story, from J’s perspective. J struggled throughout his childhood with being misunderstood and not being supported at school. He shares with us his story of the challenge of navigating school with undiagnosed ADHD which led him to feel isolated and suicidal. Since being diagnosed with ADHD, J has experienced a meteoric rise in his music career and is now...2023-10-2640 minThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at workThe D&Igest: Diversity & Inclusion at work53. National Coming Out Day with Evolution11th October is National Coming Out Day in the US. That’s why in this episode, in a first for The D&Igest, we’re joined by two guests - John Volturo and Peter Gandolfo -  Partner and Executive Coaches at Evolution.  Evolution offers executive coaching, facilitation and training. Mainly working with startups and tech companies, Evolution supports LGBTQ+ workers and helps organisations recognise the role they play in creating a more inclusive environment. John and Peter share the pivotal moments in their lives that led them to pursue careers in DEI coaching. They reflect on how...2023-10-1141 min