Be inspired by L&D leaders and rising stars as they talk about their roles like never before. Hosted by Nathan Carey and Alex Lockey, Behind The Curtain will offer unique programming for those working in L&D and training sector, featuring guests that are unsung heroes, in a series of candid, insightful interviews that take a look at their career journey, the highs, lows, successes and failures, and lifts the lid on a world that for the most part goes unseen. Enjoy.
EP7 | Paul Callaghan | GEDU Global Education
In this week's show we catch up with Paul Callaghan from GEDU.
5/5/2023 • 43 minutes, 52 seconds
EP6 | Katy Walton | Make Real Progress
This week we spend time with Katy Walton, founder of Make Real Progress and the Progress Place, a facebook community for those in L&D and HR.
4/13/2023 • 59 minutes, 22 seconds
EP 5 | Rhys Davies | Tilbury Douglas
This week we're joined by Rhys Davies, Resourcing Performance and Development Manager at Tilbury Douglas, formerly Interserve Construction. Rhys talks us through the change in culture the business is embracing in the way they hire, promote and ultimately retain talent, with the development of managers across all teams and business units at the heart of their plans.
3/20/2023 • 42 minutes, 26 seconds
Ep 4 | Ian Bond | Inspire Culture, Learning and Libraries
Ian heads up Nottinghamshire's Community Learning and Skills Service for young people and adults. Hugely passionate, Ian is one of those people in learning that are truly inspiring. What he does makes a real difference to people's lives and he's a champion of social mobility. With vast experience in the funding, delivery and marketing of courses, as well as with partnerships with employers, this episode should be of interest to our listeners both from the private and public sector.
3/6/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 28 seconds
Ep 3 | Victor Amoah | Cushman & Wakefield
On this week's show we are joined by Victor Amoah, Global Senior Learning & Development Consultant at Cushman and Wakefield, one of the largest real estate firms in the world. Victor has moved into a global role at Cushman having spent a decade at John Lewis, rising from the shop floor to a similar L&D role there and being part of the team that delivered the training to Ambassadors at the London Olympics in 2012.
2/21/2023 • 48 minutes, 8 seconds
Ep 2 | Brendan Noonan | Strategic Leadership Consultancy
With experience spanning 22 years as the SVP of Learning & Development at Emirates Airlines, and later a similar role at Qatar Airways, Brendan delivers knowledge bomb after knowledge bomb as he discusses his time in the aviation business and some of the many problems the sector is currently facing.
2/7/2023 • 46 minutes, 39 seconds
Ep 1 | Mandy Lenheim | CapGemini
In this our first show, we meet Mandy Lenhiem, Managing Learning and Change Consultant at CapGemini. In this candid interview, Mandy doesn't hold back as she talks through her time at BT, taking on a number of roles over a 16 year period, and her subsequent move to CapGemini where's she been since 2000.