The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast
Episodes
Season 5 | Ep 11 - Adrian Kinnersley on building TwentyAI based on core values that go against the classic recruitment agency!
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the final episode of 2021, I was delighted to be joined by Adrian Kinnersley.Adrian is the Founder & CEO of TwentyAI, headquartered in London w...
Season 5 | Ep 10 - Lewis Maleh on building a global, boutique search firm with a clear focus on building profit rather than scale
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was joined by Lewis Maleh, Founder and CEO of Bentley Lewis, an award-winning boutique executive sea...
Season 5 | Ep 9 - Amy Golding on her journey of scaling Opus from 150 to 300 people, consolidating the 13 brands down to 3, becoming a Mother and securing PE investment in less than 5 years!
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was delighted to be joined by Amy GoldingAmy Golding is the CEO of Opus Talent Solutions, Headquarte...
Season 5 | Ep 8 - James Johnson on how the stress of being a global Recruitment Agency CEO led him to changing his entire lifestyle and career
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, on this week's episode of The RAG Podcast I am re-joined by James Johnson!James is the founder of Dist...
Season 5 | Ep 7 - On why choosing the right business partner is essential to growing your recruitment business!
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was delighted to be joined by Ishpal BansalIshpal founded Aston Holmes, a resourcing and talent acqu...
Season 5 | Ep 6 - Nick Vaughan on scaling Hamlyn Williams to 100 people and then leaving the business to build the Bloomberg of the recruitment sector!
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was joined by Nick Vaughan, Founder of Hamlyn Williams and now CEO & Founder of Talent Ticker an...
Season 5 | Ep 5 - Dr. Aria on optimising your mindset for higher performance inside and outside of your recruitment business.
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was delighted to be joined by Dr. Aria, a high performance psychologist who works with A list actors...
Season 5 | Ep 4 - David Spencer-Percival on his secrets to growing £100m recruitment agencies multiple times and doing so without a laptop, purely operating on his iPhone!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was joined by David Spencer-Percival, Founder & CEO of Life Science People and serial recruitment...
Season 5 | Ep 3 - Gaelle Blake on her secrets to finding ‘balance’ whilst being a mother, a yoga enthusiast and a UK & Ireland director at Hays!
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I was delighted to be joined by Gaelle Blake, the UKI Director for Permanent Appointments & UKI Di...
Season 5 | Ep 2 - Leo Harrison MBA on growing Chapter 2 from 0-33 staff in a Global Pandemic without ever working in the Recruitment Industry!
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode of The RAG Podcast Live, I will be joined by a friend, client and mentor - Leo Harrison MBALeo is one of the smartest guys I hav...
Season 5 | Ep 1 - Mark Znowski on feeling empty after selling StaffGroup and finding purpose by starting up another agency!
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The RAG Podcast is BACK!What a first episode we have in store for you!Mark Znowski is a serial Recruitment EntrepreneurHe started, scaled, and sold St...
Season 4 | Ep 27 - Jamie Woods on his vision for JCW Group to go from his living room to 500 staff with no intention of selling and exiting!
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the LAST episode of the season!2020/21 has been epic for The RAG Podcast, interviewing over 120 amazing recruitment business owners throughout...
Season 4 | Ep 26 - Hannah Donaldson on her journey to growing to 135 staff across 4 global locations at the same time as starting a family!
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah is the Co-founder and CEO of Meet Recruitment - a 12 year old international Life Science recruitment agency in London, Berlin, New York a...
Season 4 | Ep 25 - Andy Larholt on why he should have sold his agency when he had an offer in 2015!
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode was EPIC! It was funny, serious, honest and inspiring all in one...Andy Larholt is the Founder and CEO of Montash - a 16 year old&nb...
Season 4 | Ep 24 - Daniel Fox on his journey from billing £1.4m per year as a recruiter to building a truly profitable agency with 35 people across UK, USA and EU
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I was really excited about today’s episode as my guest was someone who I had heard so much about during my recruitment days.Daniel Fox is the Co-Fou...
Season 4 | Ep 23 - Sam Crisp on how they have achieved 180% year on year growth inside 5 years and why building a team is truly the hardest aspect of being a business owner!
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pleasure to be joined live on LinkedIn with Sam, Co-Founder of Orama Solutions. A specialist agency helping high growth tech companies achieve their s...
Season 4 | Ep 22 - Andy Morrell on taking a handful of recruiters at Oscar in 2007 and growing to 100 staff across 5 offices in the UK & USA!
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What a great chat I had with Andy today, a guy who at the age of 27 took over the helm of a loss making recruitment agency after running a successful ...
Season 4 | Ep 21 - Bradley Lewington his career journey to becoming CEO of Spencer Ogden with 500 staff across 12 offices worldwide!
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was honoured to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live by Bradley, the leader of one of the most reputable recruitment firms in the world today!&nb...
Season 4 | Ep 20 - Jonathan Keen on building a truly flexible recruitment business consisting of mature, experienced, super niche Microsoft specialist recruiters!
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live with Jonathan Keen, the Founder & CEO of Cognitive Group, a 30+ staff recruitment agenc...
Season 4 | Ep 19 - James Cox from launching his start up within an established group to group CEO in 3 years!
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live with James Cox, the Co-Founder of Bio Talent and the CEO of Trinnovo Group. Trinnovo is a f...
Season 4 | Ep 18 - James Fernandes and Simon Gardiner on their 10 year journey from a garage with no heating to over 60 staff and multiple industry awards!
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live with James Fernandes and Simon Gardiner, the Co-Founders of Carrington West, an award winni...
Season 4 | Ep 17 - Logan Naidu on growing Dartmouth Partners to 180 staff through 30% year on year growth, PE investment and M&A activity!
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live with CEO and Founder of Dartmouth Partners, Logan Naidu.Logan is now almost 9 years into th...
Season 4 | Ep 16 - James Caan CBE on selling Alexander Mann for £260m, appearing on Dragons Den and why he still loves investing in Recruitment Agencies today!
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined on The RAG Podcast Live with Recruitment Entrepreneur and former Dragon - James Caan CBE!Although famous for his ti...
Season 4 | Ep 15 - Paul Flynn on addiction, mental health and selling Staffgroup for over £20m!
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was joined by Paul Flynn - an investor in recruitment and mental health businesses and the ex Founder / MD of Staffgroup which he sold in 2015...
Season 4 | Ep 14 - Tim Cook on what he has learnt about growing, selling and buying recruitment agencies after 34 years in the industry!
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was joined live on LinkedIn by Tim Cook - Group CEO nGAGE, a portfolio of 16 specialist recruitment businesses with over 750 staff.A fascinati...
Season 4 | Ep 13 - Clare Cooper on 4 weeks into launching her start up agency Storm3 and hiring 20 grads at once!
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was re joined by a guest from Ep 19 of Season 1, Clare Cooper! Back in June 2019, Clare was then an executive director at Phaidon Internationa...
Season 4 | Ep 12 - Project 500 reaches £40,000 in February!
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's live episode of The RAG Podcast, I was joined for the final time by Project 500 partners Tim Roedel and Chris RedmondWe are proud to announ...
Season 4 | Ep 11 - Bernie Schiemer on going from an 8 figure exit as a recruitment owner to building the world's fastest growing recruitment CRM!
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I was delighted to be joined by Bernie Schiemer, Founder and CEO of Vincere - the worlds number 1 all in one recruitment CRM platform and our wo...