Veterans Work: The Podcast is a five-part series where Kate Silverton talks to business leaders, entrepreneurs, political decision makers and veterans from all walks of life to discuss the value and skillset service-leavers bring to business.
Breaking down the assumptions and stereotypes about the military, she looks at the key skills they possess – from vital human skills and a drive to help, to their unique suitability to future industries, and the powerful quality of resilience that underlines it all.
Veterans Work: The Podcast is brought to you by Deloitte, Officers Association, Forces in Mind Trust and produced by The Drive Project
In this final episode we’re taking a look at where we are with veterans’ employment, and where veterans sit in the post-COVID world. Kate Silverton is joined by David Richmond, Independent Veterans Advisor to UK Government at Cabinet Office, Ray Lock CBE, Chief Executive of the Forces in Mind Trust, Laura Blair, Director of Employment from the Officer’s Association, and Chris Recchia, veteran and Partner at Deloitte, one of the founders of Veterans Work.
Thank you to Leo Doherty MP, Minister for Defence People and Veterans, for introducing the episode.
Veterans Work is the UK’s leading independent veteran employability campaign and a collaboration between Deloitte, Forces in Mind Trust and the Officers’ Association. This new podcast series produced by The Drive Project continues to explore the skills and talent that make veterans such a huge asset to business; it also builds on the existing narrative by exploring their impact on organisational culture, reflecting on veterans’ new profile as a result of the UK’s pandemic response, and the opportunities this provides.
Twitter: @VeteransWork
Facebook: @VeteransWorkUK
Linked in: Veterans Work UK
Website: veteranswork.org.uk
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28 Jul 2021
S1E4: Episode 4: Resilient People
In today’s episode we’re looking at the incredible quality of resilience, how time in the military can hone it, and its application to the business world. Kate Silverton is joined by Kate Philp, veteran, ambassador for The Soldiers’ Charity and Leadership Consultant, Matt Johns, veteran and Director of Fieri, and Tony Harris, veteran and Operations Manager for Amazon.
Thank you to Lieutenant General James Swift, Chief of Defence People for introducing the episode.
Veterans Work is the UK’s leading independent veteran employability campaign and a collaboration between Deloitte, Forces in Mind Trust and the Officers’ Association. This new podcast series produced by The Drive Project continues to explore the skills and talent that make veterans such a huge asset to business; it also builds on the existing narrative by exploring their impact on organisational culture, reflecting on veterans’ new profile as a result of the UK’s pandemic response, and the opportunities this provides.
Twitter: @VeteransWork
Facebook: @VeteransWorkUK
Linked in: Veterans Work UK
Website: veteranswork.org.uk
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
21 Jul 2021
S1E3: Episode 3: Future of work
In today’s episode we’re looking at the unique skills that make veterans so well placed to contribute to future industries. Kate Silverton is joined by Andy Mihalop, veteran and Veterans and Allies lead at Facebook, Oz Alashe, veteran and CEO and Founder of CyberSafe, and Lisa Marr, veteran and leader of the Veterans’ Employment Transition Support Programme.
Thank you to Ray Winstone for introducing the episode.
Veterans Work is the UK’s leading independent veteran employability campaign and a collaboration between Deloitte, Forces in Mind Trust and the Officers’ Association. This new podcast series produced by The Drive Project continues to explore the skills and talent that make veterans such a huge asset to business; it also builds on the existing narrative by exploring their impact on organisational culture, reflecting on veterans’ new profile as a result of the UK’s pandemic response, and the opportunities this provides.
Twitter: @VeteransWork
Facebook: @VeteransWorkUK
Linked in: Veterans Work UK
Website: veteranswork.org.uk
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
14 Jul 2021
S1E2: Episode 2: Values and Purpose
In today’s episode we’re looking at the values that veterans share – above all, the drive to help and to feel a sense of purpose, that is of particular importance in today’s climate.
Kate Silverton is joined by Sally Orange, veteran, mental health campaigner and volunteer for the Nightingale hospital, Stephen James, veteran, primary school teacher and founder of an online school in response to Covid-19, and Mike Crofts, veteran, CEO of Amodigo, the leadership and human performance specialists, and founder of 3Pillars Project, a charity delivering long-term rehabilitation to young people in custody through sports-based mentoring programmes.
Thank you to Rory Underwood for introducing the episode.
Veterans Work is the UK’s leading independent veteran employability campaign and a collaboration between Deloitte, Forces in Mind Trust and the Officers’ Association. This new podcast series produced by The Drive Project continues to explore the skills and talent that make veterans such a huge asset to business; it also builds on the existing narrative by exploring their impact on organisational culture, reflecting on veterans’ new profile as a result of the UK’s pandemic response, and the opportunities this provides.
Twitter: @VeteransWork
Facebook: @VeteransWorkUK
Linked in: Veterans Work UK
Website: veteranswork.org.uk
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
6 Jul 2021
S1E1: Episode 1: Veterans employment
In today’s episode we look at the current state of veteran employment and why it is such an important issue. Kate Silverton is joined by James Reed, Chairman of Reed Recruitment, Lyn Webb, veteran and Chief Information Security Officer at the Open University, Neil Jackson, veteran and Director of Defence Relationship Management, and Brigadier John Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton, former minister for the Armed Forces and a serving Senior Officer in the Army Reserves.
Thank you to Joanna Lumley for introducing the episode.
Veterans Work is the UK’s leading independent veteran employability campaign and a collaboration between Deloitte, Forces in Mind Trust and the Officers’ Association. This new podcast series produced by The Drive Project continues to explore the skills and talent that make veterans such a huge asset to business; it also builds on the existing narrative by exploring their impact on organisational culture, reflecting on veterans’ new profile as a result of the UK’s pandemic response, and the opportunities this provides.
Twitter: @VeteransWork
Facebook: @VeteransWorkUK
Linked in: Veterans Work UK
Website: veteranswork.org.uk
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
24 Jun 2021
S1E1: Veterans Work: The Podcast Trailer
Welcome to Veterans Work: The Podcast. Listen to Kate Silverton introduce this five-part series where she talks to business leaders, entrepreneurs, political decision makers and veterans from all walks of life to discuss the value and skillset service-leavers bring to business.
Breaking down the assumptions and stereotypes about the military, she will be looking at the key skills they possess – from vital human skills and a drive to help, to their unique suitability to future industries, and the powerful quality of resilience that underlines it all.
Veterans Work: The Podcast is brought to you by Deloitte, Officers Association, Forces in Mind Trust and produced by The Drive Project
See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
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