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Welcome to The Whole Marketer podcast. Our host Abigail Dixon, Founder and Director of Labyrinth Marketing, is here to support and empower the Marketers behind the brands and businesses, step change your growth. In each podcast, she along with her subject matter expert guest, will discuss a key skill; technical, soft and personal development and understanding needed to grow, you, the marketer for today's challenging yet fulfilling profession.

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Welcome to The Whole Marketer podcast. Our host Abigail Dixon, Founder and Director of Labyrinth Marketing, is here to support and empower the Marketers behind the brands and businesses, step change your growth. In each podcast, she along with her subject matter expert guest, will discuss a key skill; technical, soft and personal development and understanding needed to grow, you, the marketer for today's challenging yet fulfilling profession.

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Episode 121 - Psychological Biases with guest Richard Shotton

4/29/2024
Episode #121. Today’s episode is a technical skill on psychological biases, where we’ll discuss the patterns found in decision-making that marketers can use to better understand their customers and consumers biases and how we can address them and work with them. Abby’s guest expert is Richard Shotton, author of bestselling and award-winning book The Choice Factory and founder of Astroten, a consultancy that applies findings from behavioural science to improve marketing, working with brands such as Google, Mondelez and Meta. In Richard’s latest book ‘The Illusion of Choice’ he highlights 16 and ½ key biases that influence the way we buy. In this episode, Richard shares his definition of psychological biases, 3 reasons why knowing this helps marketers, test and control experiments with examples, and frameworks to help marketers get started. Plus his career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Richard Shotton | LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work. The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:37:24

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Episode 120 - Impact with guest Scott Morrison

4/22/2024
Episode #120. This episode is a leadership topic on Impact and the methodology of an impactful leader. Creating impact is an important skill for marketers as so much of our role is about creating a positive effect and influence i.e. impact, both internally with stakeholders and externally with our markets, customers and consumers. Abby is joined by Scott Morrison, Founder, Speaker, Author and NED. Scott is an experienced client-side and agency-side marketer at businesses including Diesel, Levi’s, Activision, W&K and Saatchi & Saatchi. As founder of The Boom, Scott works with ambitious leaders who want to create impact with pace with his Unblock, Unlock and Unleash approach to create movement and “business unusual”. In this episode, Scott shares his definition of impactful leadership, positive disruption, boom and bust mindset, leadership fundamentals and barriers that prevent impactful leadership. Plus his career highs and lows (including an experience with Nelson Mandela) and advice for marketers of tomorrow. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Scott Morrison FRSA | LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work. The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:43:06

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Episode 119 - Buy-in with guest Rachael Wheatley

4/16/2024
Episode #119. Gaining buy-in is the soft skill, leadership and personal understanding topic of today’s podcast. Gaining buy-in is a critical skill for marketers, particularly as marketing moves from a support function to one leading the long-term commercial agenda – gaining buy-in and alignment on our strategy and vision is imperative to gain support, investment and resource from the Board to bring these plans to life. Joining Abby to discuss how marketers approach gaining buy-in is Rachael Wheatley, MD of Watertight Business Thinking. As a strategist, planner, trainer, mentor and coach with 35 years in the marketing profession, Rachael is passionate about marketing-centred business transformation. In this episode, Rachael shares her definition of buy-in (both for the marketing function and for individuals), the 2 key challenges marketers need to overcome and finding allies. Plus Rachael’s career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Rachael Wheatley | LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work. The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:29:33

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Episode 118 - Challenger brands with guest Kerttu Inkeroinen

3/25/2024
Episode #118. Today’s episode is on challenger brands and the skills, behaviours and mindset marketers of challenger brands need to succeed. Challenger brands – whether created by a corporate or a start-up – aims to disrupt an existing category by satisfying a consumer need that’s not currently being met. Commonly challenger brands seen as the ‘underdog’ have greater constraints like budgets and resources meaning marketers need to be harness their strengths, creativity, agility and risk adversity to thrive. Abby’s guest expert to discuss is Lucky Saint’s Marketing and eCommerce Director, Kerttu Inkeroinen, awarded Marketing Week’s Top 100 Most Effective Marketers 2023 and recently won Brand of the Year at the Marketing Society awards. In this episode Kerttu shares the differences in culture and marketing skills between established vs challenger brands, insight into where her brand focuses and how they play to their strengths. Plus Kerttu’s career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Kerttu Inkeroinen | LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work.

Duration:00:29:13

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Episode 117 - Inclusive leadership with guest David McQueen

3/18/2024
Episode #117. Inclusive leadership is the topic of this episode, featuring returning guest David McQueen who has recently released his book Brave Leadership: Better Decisions for Inclusive Leadership. David is a respected international speaker, executive coach, board facilitator and podcaster, passionate about helping others to explore how best leadership can work for them and their organisations. In this episode, David discusses important issues for inclusive leadership, awareness of who is impacted and influenced by your decisions, systemic leadership, cultural shifts and his advice for marketers. Plus the principle of his book, written through the lens of a coach giving the reader the tools and models in order to make leadership choices. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: david mcqueen | LinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work. The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:34:52

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Episode 116 - Responsiveness with guest Anna Henwood

3/11/2024
Episode #116. Season 7 returns with a new topic – responsiveness AKA acting with pace. A key skill for marketers in our ever-changing industry, being able to act quickly and positively enables brands and businesses to capitalise on trends, relevancy and react to customer needs. Abby’s guest expert is Anna Henwood, who has previously led global marketing as CMO of Les Mills International and now as CEO of Stickybeak, is passionate about giving marketers a platform for affordable, real-time feedback on their marketing activity so they can act with pace. In this episode, Anna shares her definition of responsiveness, getting information quickly to make decisions, benefits of a responsive culture, growth mindset, and curiosity and safety to speak up. Plus, Anna shares her experience of responding to lockdown whilst at Les Mills, her career highs and lows and her advice for marketers. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Anna Henwood | LinkedIn Stickybeak: Overview | LinkedIn Stickybeak (@stickybeak__) • Instagram photos and videos This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:28:56

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Episode 115 - Marketing Effectiveness with guest Dr Grace Kite

2/19/2024
Episode #115. Marketing Effectiveness is the technical skill in this episode, exploring the importance and ability to demonstrate the impact of your marketing activity to the business. Joining Abby – to discuss one of her favourite topics – is Dr Grace Kite, award-winning founder of data analytic consultants, Magic Numbers. Dr Grace is a speaker, Marketing Week columnist and business economist who supports and coaches marketers on what works in marketing, to help their businesses grow. In this episode, Dr Grace shares her definition of marketing effectiveness, misunderstanding metrics and digital dashboards, categories and targeting, and research findings on what makes a great effectiveness programme. She also shares her career highs and lows and advice for marketers. Plus, Abby and Dr Grace discuss training on marketing effectiveness and the merits of group training so that marketing teams are all speaking the same language. For further information on Whole Marketer training programmes, visit Whole Marketer Training Courses Programmes - The Whole Marketer This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Dr Grace Kite | LinkedIn The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:41:55

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Episode 114 - Work/life balance with guest Katie Martin

2/13/2024
Episode #114. The personal understanding topic discussed in this episode is work/life balance, which can significantly impact our wellbeing and our sense of fulfilment in our career and lives as a whole. A good work/life balance means having the clarity on all the things that are important in your life, then actively making the time for them, especially for the things that energise you – or fill up your cup - both inside and outside of work. Joining Abby to discuss how you can work towards a work/life balance is Katie Martin, Head of Marketing Excellence at Innocent drinks, who has a passion for what makes people tick and is a mentor, certified with Insights Discovery and a mental health first aider. In this episode, Katie shares how she visualises the work-life balance, harmony when things are out of your control, self-compassion, open communication in the workplace and being willing to ask for help. Plus the work/life culture at Innocent and career highs and lows. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Katie (White) Martin | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:33:25

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Episode 113 - Self identity with guest Bronwen Foster-Butler

2/6/2024
Episode #113. The focus of this episode is self-identity, an area of personal understanding that can help you lead a more fulfilling life when you have greater awareness of who you are and your place in the world. In the workplace, gaining clarity on your self identity can be a journey of discovery as you understand your personality, leadership style, how you show up and also develop a sense of belonging within a team or organisation. Joining Abby to discuss self-identity is Bronwen Foster-Butler, who is passionate about personal development and is Chief Marketing Officer for British B-CORP outdoor surf brand Finisterre - having previously worked at Burberry, Lulu Lemon and PANGAIA. In this episode, Bronwen shares what is a sense of self, why it’s important in the workplace for you and your teams, and fixed and flexible values. Plus, as well as career highs and lows, Bronwen shares her past experiences and the effect her return from maternity leave and leadership style had on her journey of self-identity. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Bronwen Foster-Butler | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:39:38

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Episode 112 - Brand partnerships with guest Beth Reeve

1/30/2024
Episode #112. Brand Partnerships is the technical skill discussed in this episode – specifically the power of brand partnerships to drive societal change. Joining Abby to discuss this topic is Beth Reeve, Senior Group Brand Manager Northern Europe for Colgate, who leads the hugely impactful brand partnership between Colgate and Change Please (a social enterprise coffee brand helping people living with homelessness.) Both brands share an authentic purpose to create a healthier future for people, which has led this campaign to not only deservedly win a Cannes Lions Bronze award, but more importantly, the campaign tangibly affects the lives of people every day. In this episode, Beth shares how the partnership was created, the steps involved to craft the marketing campaign, the ways the brand and its resources could help others, and her 3 key tips for using your brand to help address societal issues. Plus Beth’s career highs and lows and her insightful advice for marketers of tomorrow. Watch the campaign video here Driving For Change (colgate.com) Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Beth Reeve | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:32:07

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Episode 111 - Strengths with guest Sean Hall

1/23/2024
Episode #111. Our first episode of 2024 is Strengths – a key area of personal understanding, which we can use to increase your fulfilment and energise you as a marketer. When we know our strengths, we can be intentional in taking ownership of our strengths, to ensure we are using our strengths (that we also enjoy) inside and outside of work, to continue to build our confidence, motivate and energise us, which will lead to greater fulfilment. Joining Abby to discuss strengths is Sean Hall, CEO Energx and a leadership researcher, TedX speaker and Global Marketing Academy lecturer. Sean partners with brands such as Meta, Unilever, Diageo, Google, Wall Street Journal and more, to help leaders to enhance the wellbeing of their employees, “leaving them more well than when they found them”. In this episode, Sean discusses strengths, curiosity for your wellbeing, comparing yourself to others, assessing your strengths and why it’s so important for you and others around you to have this self-awareness. Plus Sean shares his experience of burnout and his advice for marketers of tomorrow. You can take the assessment mentioned in this episode here http://thewholemarketer.pro.viasurvey.org Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Sean Hall | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:39:41

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Episode 110 - 3 Dimensional Marketing with guest Ben Carter

12/11/2023
Episode #110. This episode explores a technical area of latest thinking for marketers - 3 Dimensional marketing. 3D marketing is a fast moving, integrated communication approach that encompasses agile, test and learn ways of working in order to maximise a big idea or marketing assets. The 3 dimensional aspect comes from all marketing comms channels working cohesively to deepen and enrichen a brand story – and continue to build momentum afterwards – rather than working in silos. To discuss, Abby is joined by Ben Carter, Global Chief Customer and Marketing Officer of CarWow, whose previous role included BetFair, Not On The High Street and Just Eat. Ben also has Chair and Non-exec NFP roles with the Lily Foundation and Women in Football. In this episode, Ben explains his definition of 3D marketing, when it doesn’t and doesn’t work, the role of agency partners is 3D integrated campaigns and his advice to get started. Plus Ben’s career journey from journalist to marketer and advice for marketers. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Ben Carter | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:40:58

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Episode 109 - Business to Business Customer Journey with guest Antonia Wade

12/4/2023
Episode #109. Business-to-Business marketing and the B2B customer journey is the technical skill explored in this episode. B2B customer journeys can often been perceived as a Sales funnel. However, this approach is evolving as marketers begin to lead the commercial agenda and understand that today’s journey is series of buyer conversations that are not predictable and require a longer-term relationship. A leading voice in this area and Abby’s guest expert is Antonia Wade, Global Chief Marketing Officer at PwC. Antonia is one of Marketing Week’s top100 marketers and author of ‘Transforming the B2B Buyer Journey: Maximize brand value, improve conversion rates and build loyalty’. In this episode, Antonia shares what today’s B2B journey is (and what it isn’t) and how the B2B buying journey has changed, which she has outlined in her book. She discusses the different phases, measuring success and clues you can look for that a buyer is moving from one stage to another. Plus, what inspired Antonia to write her book and career highs and lows Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Antonia Wade | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:31:29

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Episode 108 - Marketing Effectiveness with guest Rachel Moss

11/27/2023
Episode #108. Marketing Effectiveness is the focus of this episode and a key technical skill for marketers to define, set, track and review KPIs in order to measure our performance vs our targets but also demonstrate how marketing has contributed to the wider business growth. As marketing is increasingly leading the commercial agenda, it’s key that we are able to demonstrate the effectiveness of our marketing investment at a strategic, tactical and campaign level and speak the language of finance and the Board, in order to bring key stakeholders with us on our marketing journey. Abby’s guest to discuss Marketing Effectiveness is Rachel Moss, Head of Marketing Strategy & Media at Camelot, who has played a significant role over the past decade to grow the National Lottery to its best ever brand health. In this episode, Rachel shares her definition of what makes marketing successful in an organisation, understanding metrics and choosing KPIs – and why you shouldn’t choose a KPI you don’t know how to shift – and the importance of agency partners and inspirational briefing to get better outputs. Plus career highs and lows and advice for marketers Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Rachel Moss | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:32:50

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Episode 107 - Strategic Insights with guest Febronia Ruocco

11/20/2023
Episode #107. This episode discusses a technical skill on strategic insight, which is fundamental in building a long-term strategy that drives the commercial agenda. Strategic insights form the basis of our strategic thinking – as marketers building the brands and businesses of tomorrow, we want to develop a long-term strategy that has the customer wants and needs at its heart. To do this we need access to data and actionable insight that can fuel our choices on markets, consumer needs, macro and micro trends, opportunities and threats, influences and how well we are placed to deliver against those. To discuss Strategic Insight, Abby is joined by Strategic Insight Director, Febronia Ruocco, a passionate Insights consultant, mentor and Exec Coach who has worked with brands such as Twinings, GSK, Heineken and more. In this episode Febronia discusses the role of strategic insight, how to get started, objectivity and biases, and working with strategic insight partners. Plus her career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Febronia Ruocco | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:30:59

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Episode 106 - Strategic Thinking with guest Zoe Scaman

9/25/2023
Episode #106. The technical skill explored in this episode is Strategic Thinking -a fundamental skill for marketers to gain clarity on long-term choices and strategic direction in order to unlock the future growth of brands and businesses. Joining Abby to explore this topic is Zoe Scaman, founder of strategy studio Bodacious, whose career spans across client-side, agency-side and consultancy for brands and businesses such as Nike, Netflix, EA Games, Unilever, Oatly and Mediacom. In this episode, Zoe defines strategic thinking and some critical questions she asks during the strategic process (but why it’s not a concrete framework). Zoe also shares her views on the marketing industry, why she champions optimism and generalists vs specialists. Plus career highs and lows and advice for marketers. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Zoe Scaman | LinkedIn This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:39:10

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Episode 105 - Decision Science with guest Phil Barden

9/18/2023
Episode #105. The technical topic in this episode is Decision Science and the role it plays in today’s consumer buying behaviour. Decision Science combines the learnings from neuromarketing, behavioural economics and cognitive, social & evolutionary psychology. It helps us to understand how our brains make our decisions and how marketers can practically apply this to grow the brands and businesses of tomorrow. Abby is joined by her guest expert, Phil Barden, MD of DECODE marketing ltd and author of 'Decoded. The Science Behind Why We Buy'. Phil started his career client-side for global brands such as Unilever, Diageo and T-Mobile before setting up the UK arm of Decode to leverage decision science to increase marketing effectiveness and brand growth. In this episode he explains what we now understand about the process for making decisions, busts myths about subconscious purchase behaviour and how to get started if you’re a marketer new to decision science. Plus career highs and lows and advice for marketers. This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Phil Barden | LinkedIn The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:37:05

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Episode 104 - Marketing Leader's Code with guest Gareth Helm

9/11/2023
Episode #104. Season 6 returns with a leadership topic to support marketers to identify and develop their authentic leadership style. Abby’s guest in this episode is Gareth Helm, award-winning marketer and author of the Marketing Leader’s Code: unlock your potential - learn the secrets of successful marketing leadership. His previous roles include Unilever, Innocent Drinks, Bear snacks, Tails.com, Zoopla, as well as Global Chief Marketing Officer for HomeServe. Today Gareth is a NED and Board Advisor for brands such as for Purple Bricks and Higgidy. In this episode Gareth shares the principles and inspiration behind his new book, the 4 types of marketing leaders, the value of assessment and capability and why you should spend time building relationships. Plus Gareth shares his career highs and lows. Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Gareth Helm | LinkedIn The Marketing Leader's Code: Unlock your potential - Learn the secrets of successful marketing leadership: Amazon.co.uk: Helm, Gareth, Helm, Sophie: 9781908770318: Books This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:27:48

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Episode 103 - High stakes leadership with guest Sally Henderson

7/10/2023
Episode #103. This topic is both a leadership skill and area of personal understanding – it’s high stakes, high performance leadership. High performing teams go hand-in-hand with high performing leaders, so in order to get the best out of others, you should start with your own holistic skills – particularly personal understanding – to understand your own drivers, beliefs and definition of success, to increase your effectiveness and fulfilment. Discussing this with Abby is Sally Henderson, a high stakes leadership mentor. With over 23 years of experience, Sally works with senior C-suite executives from brands like Nestlé, NatWest, and Coca Cola and her structured leadership programme “The Real Method” makes the best better so individuals can achieve meaningful leadership impact and legacy. In this episode, Sally shares her definition of high performance, what gets in the way of being a great high-performance leader and understanding your personal and professional identity and boundaries. Plus her career highs and lows. This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: Sally Henderson | LinkedIn The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:36:49

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Episode 102 - Brave leadership with guest David McQueen

7/3/2023
Episode #102. ‘Brave leadership’ is the topic discussed in this episode, exploring the practicalities and challenges of developing a leadership style to become the authentic leader that you want/need to be. Joining Abby in this episode is Abby’s friend and mentor, David McQueen; Executive coach, international speaker, founder and multiple non-exec advisory roles, some of his clients include Facebook, Lloyds, Sky, HSBC, BMW and Barnados. As host of the ‘Brave Leadership’ podcast, David is passionate about developing leaders to embrace responsibility and make brave decisions. In this episode, David shares his definition of leadership, how to navigate key leadership challenges like conflict, his ‘BRAVE’ model for great leadership and how to realistically get started. Plus career highs and lows and advice for marketers. This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn Guest: david mcqueen | LinkedIn The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Duration:00:34:55