The Reputation Podcast - with Jon Hammond

BETSY REED is a speaker, sustainability leader, activist, yoga teacher who inspires people to think differently about life. She has travelled around the world, focussing on social justice, racial equity, LGBTQI+, sustainability and the environment and is in demand as a speaker to talk about her experience of creating high-profile national campaigns on issues like fair trade, food waste and packaging.
One of her favourite topics is 'How connection, play and being human in everything you do can save the world' which is demonstrated in her fascinating podcast THE DISCOMFORT PRACTICE PODCAST. her first book Communicating Social and Environmental Issues Effectively has just been published.

In this episode of the #REPUTATION PODCAST I speak to the editor of the Yorkshire Post.
Founded in 1754 it was one of Britain's first daily newspapers and to this day has a reputation for campaigning journalism covering Yorkshire as well as parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, but read worldwide.
I talk to James Mitchinson about this journey into journalism, the changes he has witnessed, the challenges of online news, especially the advent of clickbait, and where he sees the industry going in the future.
It's a fascinating conversation about where we will find journalism we can trust, in a sea of fake news.

I’m sure we have all had moments when we considered uprooting, moving abroad and starting again.

For many people that feeling normally comes at the end of a successful holiday when we think about what it would be like to wake up every day in a relaxed ambiance of weather, food and chilled lifestyle.

For most people thinking about it is as far as it goes.

However, my guest in this episode of the #REPUTATIONPODCAST grabbed wanderlust by the horns, gave up her job as one of the BBC’s foremost radio presenters, and moved half way across the world to a new life in the USA.

Sam Walker’s journey has been documented in her weekly award winning podcast ‘Sam Walkers Desert Diaries’ and here she talks to me about the fascinating challenges, the highs, the lows, and the emotional rollercoaster of her new life in the Arizona desert.

In this episode I talk to renowned Hotelier and Managing Director of one of the top hotels in the UK, Rudding Park near Harrogate. From management trainee at the Savoy, to the Old Course at St Andrews, and then to the Hilton Park Lane, Peter Banks has built a stunning reputation as the ultimate host and leader.
Listen to the insight and experience from a fascinating career and about what matter to him, the insight into how to achieve great levels of guest service, and why Rudding Park has been so successful and won so many awards.

In this episode of the #Reputationpodcast I talk to Nicky Chance Thompson, the Chief Executive of the Piece Hall in Halifax West Yorkshire. Nicky won Yorkshire Businesswoman of the Year in 2019 and is on the Northern Power Women’s Power List. She also holds several non-executive voluntary roles in which she is a director including: Northern Broadsides, Halifax Business Improvement District and The Halifax Culture Hub. Nicky also works closely with women who are trying to rebuild their lives after addiction and supporting the homeless.
We discuss what its like to lead an organisation through the challenge of the Covid Pandemic, about being a woman in what was historically a male dominated business world and about how Nicky has become a role model to many people.