Leader Scout - Your Podcast Career Coach

About Leader Scout - Your Podcast Career Coach

Leader Scout is a podcast on hiring, leadership, and why people join, stay,or leave organisations. Hosted by Tom Millington, the show explores the real mortals behind workplace decisions, from hiring breakdowns and leadership blindspots to retention challenges in construction, infrastructure, and project driven businesses. Each episode breaks down real-world patterns, current industry signals, and practical frameworks to help leaders build teams, make better hiring decisions, and create environments where people actually stay. If you’re responsible for hiring, leading, or retaining teams, leader Scope gives you a sharper lens on what is really driving behaviour inside your organisation.

Publisher

Tom Millington

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Mar 2024

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   17. Episode 17 (Guest) - Keep Your Goals Fixed, Your Plan Flexible | Richard Carson | Leader Scout Archives

   From the Leader Scout archives, Tom revisits a 2024 conversation with Richard Carson about building a career for the long term.Richard reflects on progressing from project engineering into senior leadership, why taking on responsibility early matters, the value of knowing your own strengths, and why career decisions should not be driven by salary alone.They also get into personal brand, developing people, commercial awareness, finding the right fit between leader and business, and why consistency matters more than one-off performance.This episode was originally recorded in 2024. Roles and circumstances discussed reflect the time of recording.

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   18 Sept 2026

   16. What Actually Makes Someone Employable in 2026?

   It’s getting easier to look employable. That doesn’t necessarily make it easier to identify the right person. In this episode of Leader Scout, Tom looks beyond the polished CV to what actually gives him confidence that someone can do the job. From technical experience and transferable skills to communication, adaptability and knowing where your own capability stops, he breaks down what hiring leaders should actually be testing for. And with AI now helping candidates write CVs and prepare for interviews, getting beneath the surface matters more than ever. 🎧 Listen to "What Actually Makes Someone Employable in 2026?" now Follow Leader Scout for practical conversations on hiring, leadership and retention across construction, infrastructure and project-driven businesses.

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   9 Sept 2026

   15. You Can't Rush a Career with Deni Campbell | From the Leader Scout Archives

   From the Leader Scout archives, Tom revisits a 2024 conversation with Deni Campbell about building a career without having everything figured out from day one. Deni shares the moves that worked, the one she knew almost immediately was wrong, what helped her progress quickly, and why some of the best career advice she received was also the advice she initially ignored. A candid conversation about career decisions, mentorship, management, resilience and learning when not to rush the next step. This episode was originally recorded in 2024. Roles and circumstances discussed reflect the time of recording.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

51

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

32

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