Sophie Clarke

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James Reed: all about business · 69. The career mistake smart people keep making (and what actually matters) | Sophie Clarke · 9 Mar 2026 podcast

It's what I love.

It's one of the reasons why I joined is there's so many... You're always meeting new people.

I love meeting new people and I get to work in different offices, but I've made a really big point of building relationships with people from all sorts of parts of the business, whether that's like talent, whether that's our BD, you know, business development leaders, new people that have started within the business.

to be someone that they can turn to if they want to talk about recruitment or they want to soundboard something or they need a bit of a pick-me-up during the day.

And I think what that has allowed me to do and what I see other people doing is it shows, again, I'm trustworthy, I'm reliable, I'm someone that they can turn to.

And I think, again, that's another way that you can do that within a business.

It's also potentially opening doors for people to come to you to talk about future projects, to get your opinion.

Exactly, again, exactly.

So it brings back to that piece of being strategical in where you're building those relationships with, and then thinking even more long-term.

I always talk about with my candidates and family and friends is you never know where your past might cross over.

So in 10 years time that person or you might be someone a little bit more senior and it's a family friend that might be reaching out.

So it's always important to leave a good impression.

And again, it could open an opportunity that you would never have had the position to have if you weren't maybe as open and building that credibility.

Interaction, absolutely.

I mean, we're a large organisation.

We're in the UK.

How many people are in the population?

You'd be surprised the number of stories I've spoken to candidates where a number of years down the line they've reconnected with someone that's had a transition within a business that has grown in a slightly different direction and it's sparked up a conversation.

So, yeah, we are a tiny little number in a large organisation

on this planet, but you just never know where things might cross over again.

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