Business Leader Stories: Brian Johnson, Managing Director of Forward Role Recruitment

In this instalment of The Recruitment Leadership Podcast, we're joined by the Managing Director of Forward Role Recruitment, Brian Johnson.   As part of our Business Leader Stories series, Brian's kindly agreed to share with us what his experiences of running a business through lockdown have been, and what his variances of successful adaptation are.   With talk around team engagement, the power of interim, the importance of crisis planning and why working from home is 2020's worst kept secret, there are insights a-plenty for boutique agency owners in this episode of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast.   Time-stamped agenda:  01:13 - How has the sector that Forward Role service has been affected by lockdown, and what has the knock-on business impact been? 04:05 - After an increase in conversation to 100%, was this a question of getting a better brief, or more to do with screening out those clients who weren't really committed to hiring? 05:02 - What proportion of your business was coming in was interim, comparing pre-lockdown vs during lockdown? 05:51 - When did you create a crisis plan and was it of practical use? 10:41 - When you had part of your workforce furloughed, were there any man-management issues or did everyone just understand? 12:04 - Have you changed your proposition to reflect changing market conditions? 13:26 - In terms of new starters, how challenging has remote onboarding been? 17:05 - How did you keep your team engaged over lockdown? 22:08 - Was there anything that you considered or piloted or tried out during these seven months, that didn't work that you can identify, and if so, why? 23:14 - Of all the things that you've experienced during lockdown, what do you hope will last in the business? 26:09 - Are there any other plans that you could share with us for next year?   If you have any questions, queries or comments, please contact Alison Humphries: [email protected] Find out more about Recruitment Leadership here.   Contact Brian Johnson [email protected] and find out more about Forward Role here.   This podcast is produced by Loaded Hype.