Talent Talk with Andrea Ross
by The Career Establishment
Talent Talk with Andrea Ross is back, reimagined, and ready to inspire! Join Andrea Ross, a globally recognized leadership development facilitator and accredited executive and team coach who has guided top-tier companies to be value-creating, as she dives into the future of work.In each bi-monthly episode, Andrea has unfiltered conversations and no rehearsed lines with top C-suite leaders, HR professionals, and industry experts about emerging workplace trends (yes we are covering AI), innovative leadership strategies, and modern hiring practices. Tune in to gain actionable insights to boost your leadership impact and speed up your career growth.Are you searching for a world-class facilitator or leadership coach to guide you and your team to thrive? Want to share your expertise as a guest? DM me and let’s get started: [email protected]. Don’t miss out on gaining bi-weekly insights and leadership resources by subscribing to our newsletter: https://www.thecareere
Episodes
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Leadership Lessons from Jens Drewes, CEO of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics { Ep. 78}
"Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast" - Leadership Lessons from Jens Drewes, CEO of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. What if your biggest leadership challenge isn’t strategy, but culture? Jens Drewes shares how a culture-first approach drives execution, trust, and results — and the habits every…
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Kinetic’s Take on Saudization, Emiratization & the Talent Shift to Saudi {Ep.77}
Your HQ just moved. Your team didn’t. That’s the reality for companies across the Middle East. RHQ mandates. Saudization. Emiratization. Legal shifts are redrawing the talent map — and companies who don’t adapt are getting left behind. Would your hiring strategy survive if you had to rebuild it...
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Leadership Without Borders: Gurj Sandhu on Trust, Culture, and Reinvention {ep.76}
Would you start over — in a new country, a new industry, with nothing but conviction? That’s exactly what Gurj Sandhu did. From the UK to India, Singapore, and now Dubai, Gurj’s journey isn’t just about career change — it’s a masterclass in leadership that refuses to play safe. In this episode of...
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Future-Ready Leadership in a Fractured World — with Victor Morales {Ep. 75}
What if the key to future-proofing your organization… isn’t found in strategy decks, but in empathy and integrity? This episode pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to lead through chaos, culture clashes, and constant change. Andrea Ross, team/executive coach & corporate trainer at The...
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Part 2: The Saudi Shift – Future Leaders and Female Power {Ep. 74}
Saudi Arabia isn’t following leadership trends. It’s setting them. In Part 2 of this bold and insightful conversation, David Jones (CEO of Mercer Talent Enterprise) returns to explore how Saudi and UAE organisations are reshaping the global leadership narrative — with female leaders rising, young...
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Part 1: Rethinking Assessments: What Every HR Leader Needs to Know {Ep.73}
Most psychometric tools used today were built before the internet. Yet we still expect them to find our future leaders? In this episode, I sat down with David Jones, CEO and Partner at Mercer Talent Enterprise, to challenge everything we think we know about assessments. We dig into the systems…
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The 50+ Talent Pool: Why Employers Can’t Ignore It—This Isn’t Just Inclusion, It’s Survival {Ep. 71}
What if the most overlooked talent in your organisation… was also the most loyal, emotionally intelligent, and resilient? The over-50 workforce isn’t slowing down. But many companies still treat them like they’re winding down. In this episode, leadership coach and corporate trainer Andrea Ross…
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Future-Proof or Fall Behind: AI Leadership Lessons with Microsoft’s Armanda Mealha {Ep.72}
AI isn’t just coming. It’s already reshaping the workplace. The question isn’t “if,” but how fast you’re adapting — and whether your leadership is evolving with it. In this episode of Talent Talk, leadership coach and corporate trainer Andrea Ross sits down with Armanda Mealha — Executive…
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Most Leaders Fail on LinkedIn—Here’s How to Fix It by Dean Seddon {Ep. 70}
Most Leaders Fail on LinkedIn. Are You One of Them? What if LinkedIn could be your most powerful tool for growth— but you're using it all wrong? I sat down with Dean Seddon, CEO of MAVERRIK®—a leader in social selling—to break down why most leaders and sales professionals struggle to stand out.…
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Future-Proofing HR: DEI Shifts, Remote Work & Career Growth {Ep. 69} *2 Bonus Resources
HR is evolving—are you keeping up? As we step into 2025, those who fail to adapt risk being left behind. On this episode of Talent Talk, Andrea Ross sits down with Stuart Elliott, CEO of Elliott Scott HR Search and Recruitment, to decode the biggest HR shifts shaping the future. What You’ll...
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New Season of "Talent Talk with Andrea Ross": Coming Thursday 6th March
Welcome back to a new season of Talent Talk with Andrea Ross! Join your trusted host and leadership coach, Andrea Ross, as she delves into the dynamic world of work with fresh insights on leadership strategies and the latest trends in the workplace. Whether you're a longtime fan or just joining…
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What Sets Kuehne + Nagel Apart? {Ep. 22}
Some would say the Logistics industry has been hit the most due to the coronavirus pandemic, but for Kuehne + Nagel the world’s leading logistic company boasting 1,400 offices in over 100 countries with over 83,000 employees that couldn’t be further from the truth. So how has one of the leading...
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Microsoft: Top Trends for Leaders 2022 - Re-Recruit Your Employees {Part 3 of 3 - Ep.68}
You have tuned into a unique 3-part series on workplace trends where I sit down with seasoned leader at Microsoft Asia, Rosalind Quek, General Manager for Modern Work to discuss the recent Microsoft 2022 Work Trend Index. Microsoft surveyed 20,000 people in 11 countries globally and analysed...
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Microsoft: Top Trends for Leaders 2022 - People come in for each other {Part 2 of 3 - Ep.67}
You have tuned into a unique 3-part series on workplace trends where I sit down with seasoned leader at Microsoft Asia, Rosalind Quek, General Manager for Modern Work to discuss the recent Microsoft 2022 Work Trend Index. Microsoft surveyed 20,000 people in 11 countries globally and analysed...
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Microsoft: Top Trends for Leaders 2022 - End Productivity Paranoia {Part 1 of 3 - Ep.66}
You have tuned into a unique 3-part series on workplace trends where I sit down with seasoned leader at Microsoft Asia, Rosalind Quek, General Manager for Modern Work to discuss the recent Microsoft 2022 Work Trend Index. Microsoft surveyed 20,000 people in 11 countries globally and analysed...
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Building a High-Performing Team with Adam Fisher {Ep.65}
Welcome to Talent Talk Asia Podcast. Today, you have tuned into a unique "Talent Acquisition" series where host and corporate trainer Andrea Ross showcases powerful voices in the TA industry across Asia. In this series we discuss the most pressing challenges facing TA leaders in the wake of the...
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ShopBack's Winning Candidate Experience {Ep. 64}
Welcome to Talent Talk Asia. Today, you have tuned into a unique "Talent Acquisition" series where host and corporate trainer Andrea Ross showcases powerful voices in the TA industry across Asia. Our guest is Amy Choong, Regional Head of Talent Acquisition at ShopBack. The ShopBack Group is...
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The Evolution of a TA Function With Victoria Murphy {Ep.63}
Welcome to Talent Talk Asia Podcast. Today, you have tuned into a unique "Talent Acquisition" series where host and corporate trainer Andrea Ross showcases powerful voices in the TA industry across Asia. In this series we discuss the most pressing challenges facing TA leaders in the wake of the...
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Turning the Tables on Former Recruitment Leader Andrea Ross {Ep.62}
Former Robert Walters Recruitment Leader and "Everything Recruitment" coach and trainer Andrea Ross from The Career Establishment and founder of Women in Recruitment Asia has the tables turned when she becomes a guest on her popular podcast Talent Talk Asia. Andrea is joined by Shulin Lee, Legal...
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Meet Charterhouse's Top Biller Matthew Ng {Ep.61} *
Welcome along to another episode of Talent Talk Asia Podcast brought to you by the training and coaching company The Career Establishment. My guest today is none other than Matthew Ng, Head of Financial Services - Technology and Operations, Singapore at Charterhouse. Charterhouse are a Women in...
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Habits of a Million Dollar Legal Biller {Ep 60}
Get this pod on your playlist - Why? If you're striving to be the best recruiter or recruitment leader in your field and looking to find out the habits of a million dollar biller then this is the pod for you. Shulin Lee, is the founder of a recruitment business. She is Singaporean, a mother…
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A chat with New Energy Expert Adam Carabetta{Episode 59}
In this pod I sit down with the co-founder and New Energies expert Adam Carabetta from Formative Search, based in Singapore. Before setting up his own recruitment business with business partner Nick Ryland he worked for Drake International as a Manager on the renewable energy desk for over 5…
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Getting technical with Ling, Xiang Lee, Principal at Robert Walters {Ep 58}
Welcome to another episode of Talent Talk Asia. Today, I am joined by Ling, Xiang Lee, Principal Consultant, Sales and Marketing, Industrial, Technology, and Services at Robert Walters, Singapore. We get technical in this pod with Ling sharing her experience on business development approaches,...
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The market is hot like Ryan Reynolds - stories from a rec2rec {Ep 57}
Happy New Year Talent Talk Asia Listeners. We are back and bringing you fresh pods for 2022. Meet Thaya, Than Tun Director at Tralent a Rec2Rec business based in Singapore and covering Asia. Thaya is a former agency recruitment, internal TA and in 2021 launched her own business providing talent…
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Bitesize Podcast: The 3 C's that make up a strong team by David Lim {Ep 56}
Welcome along to a bitesize episode of Talent Talk Asia. I thought it would be useful to pick out little snippets of the conversations I’ve had and bring them to you. This is a few minutes long and a bit of learning that will enhance your life. My guest is David Lim, leader of the 1st Singapore,...
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Bitesize Podcast: Hear from Managing Consultant, Sohail Kukar, Ambition {Ep 55}
Good news! Every month we’re releasing bitesize episodes that look at stand-out moments from our previous episodes. Whether you’re having your lunch, waiting for the next meeting to start or going for a quick run – we’d love to give you a dose of inspiration in this 7-minute bitesize episode...
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Bitesize Podcast: Building a successful recruitment business with Adam Wade {Ep 54}
Good news! Every month we’re releasing bitesize episodes that look at stand-out moments from our previous episodes. Whether you’re having your lunch, waiting for the next meeting to start, or going for a quick run – we’d love to give you a dose of inspiration in this 7-minute bitesize episode...
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The First 90 Days at JAC Recruitment: 60-90 days, (Part 3 of 3) {Ep 53}
This is the final pod in the 3 part series with Kirsty Poltock, Managing Director of JAC Recruitment Singapore. Have you read the best-selling book "The First 90 days" by Michael Watkins? If so, then you will be familiar with his proven strategies for getting up to speed faster and smarter when…
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Bitesize Podcast with Mark Ellwood on what it takes to build a team {Ep 52}
Welcome along to a bitesize episode of Talent Talk Asia. I thought it would be useful to pick out little snippets of the conversations I’ve had and bring them to you. This is a few minutes long and a bit of learning that will enhance your life. My guest is Mark Ellwood, Managing Director of…
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The First 90 Days at JAC Recruitment Series: 30-60 days (Part 2 of 3) {Ep 51}
In an exclusive three-part series with Kirsty Poltock, Managing Director at JAC Recruitment and a Company Member of Women in Recruitment Asia we will follow Kirsty in the first 90 days of her career at JAC over three episodes. In this second episode from the three-part series we follow her 30-60...
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Kevin Gibson talks Blockchain Recruitment {Ep 50}
Welcome to the 50th episode of Talent Talk Asia and to celebrate this achievement meet our guest Kevin Gibson, Founder of Proof of Search a blockchain specialist recruitment business based in Australia, former CEO of Robert Walters, Latin America and all-around legend within the global…
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Bitesize Podcast #1: Building Trust with Clients with Wendy Heng {Ep 49}
Good news! Every month we’re releasing bitesize episodes that look at stand-out moments from our previous episodes. Whether you’re having your lunch, waiting for the next meeting to start or going for a quick run – we’d love to give you a dose of inspiration in this 10-minute bitesize episode...
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The First 90 Days at JAC Recruitment Series: 30 days (Part 1 of 3) {Ep 48}
Meet our guest Kirsty Poltock, former Operating Director at Page Personnel who recently moved to JAC Recruitment as their Managing Director in May 2021. In an exclusive three-part series we will follow her in the first 90 days of her career at JAC. In this episode, we discuss her initial...
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The ERP Tech & Contracting King {Ep 47}
Meet Harjit Khatkar, Founder and Managing Director of Icon Consulting Group. Harjit recently sold a majority stake in his business to a Singaporean private equity family office, billed 4 million personally last year and can boast of being one of the most successful ERP tech recruiters globally....
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ConnectedGroup Recruit4Good {Ep 46}
Meet Mathew Gollop, Managing Director for ConnectedGroup based in Hong Kong, who believes giving back to others is non-negotiable. Originally from Canterbury in Kent, UK, Mathew spent four years with Hays placing temps in Romford to spending the next 20 years in Hong Kong leading ConnectedGroup....
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Hyppies lands in Malaysia {Ep 45}
Malaysian born and bred Ong, Xiau Wei shares her unique story at completing a 24 month International Future Leaders programme with Spring to leading a Sales IT team before embarking on a new opportunity at Hyppies - a digital and tech recruitment business owned by Jerome Remeur. Xiau Wei…
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The Everest Guy {Ep 44}
Our guest is David Lim, leader of the 1st Singapore, Mount Everest Expedition in 1998, author, corporate coach and legend on the motivational speakers circuit. He will share his passion for rowing at Cambridge University to mountaineering that led to over 70 expeditions. Hear David’s…
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The 8 Figure Payout From Hays That Led To The Growth Of The #1 CRM Vincere {Ep 43}
Our guest sold his recruitment business in Japan to Hays, he set up a chalet ski business in Hakuba Japan for fun and now runs one of the most popular CRM’s in the world headquartered out of Saigon. Not a bad life at all! Meet Bernie Schiemer, the CEO of Vincere, or as his clients like to call...
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Launching an RPO business in Malaysia {Ep 42}
Today’s guests are Sam Baxendale and Swee Jim Ho, Founders of Kinetik Hiring – an outsourced talent acquisition business based in KL, Malaysia. Yes, you heard it right. We have two guests on this episode – so you’re in for a treat this week. Sam and Jim share how they started Kinetik Hiring…
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Shared Services {Ep 41}
Are you a young and ambitious recruiter who is ready to climb the leadership ladder? Have you wondered how Shared Services recruitment works? Are you transitioning from an individual biller to a manager? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then get those earbuds in and tune…
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Recruitment In Japan {Ep 40}
Today’s guest is Matt Nicholls, Co-founder and Managing Director of Cornerstone Recruitment Japan. Brought up in the UK, taught English and played rugby in Japan before embarking on an exciting and fruitful career in recruitment. Matt co-leads a recruitment business in Japan that is Morgan…
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Grit Search Born In A Recession (Part Two) {Episode 39}
Welcome to the follow-up episode with Paul Endacott, Founder and CEO of Grit Search. Find out today whether the goals he adamantly committed to in episode 17 were achieved but, before you listen to this cast, firstly, check out Part One- Episode 17! In episode 17 back in the midst of Covid, Paul...
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It Takes Guts to Fail {Ep 38}
My guest is the big-picture thinker, Adil Driouech, Group Managing Director for JAC Recruitment International, the holding company for all JAC ex-Japan operations. Trust me this is a podcast not to be missed. Adil covers how failure has build resilience in how he has built successful businesses…
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The Brand Guru at Hoxo Media {Ep 37}
Today’s guest is Sean Anderson, CEO, and founder of Hoxo Media, which provides in-bound marketing solutions to recruitment businesses around the world. He is also the host for a popular podcast, “The Rag Podcast” where he interviews recruitment leaders across the globe. We also have the same...
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Lawyer Turned Legal Recruiter {Ep.36}
Our guest, Jess Deery, is an international, former magic circle lawyer. Jess built her career in-house for ESPN Star Sports and Sony Pictures Television Networks and has worked across the globe for some of the most prominent law firms in the world. She’s had some extraordinary experiences, one of...
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BONUS EPISODE: Tips on How to Build a Feedback Culture {Ep.35}
Following our last guest’s advice on the importance of providing feedback to a team member, we are excited to share with you a bonus episode. Andrea Ross, host and founder of the training company, The Career Establishment, shares her tips on how to provide feedback in a timely, frequent, and...
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It’s a Privilege to Lead {Ep. 34}
Our guest has trained the Bahrain cabinet on negotiation skills, served in the British army rising to the rank of Captain, and worked for some of the most well-known recruitment brands in the world. Join Andrea Ross, Talent Talk Asia podcast host and corporate trainer at The Career Establishment...
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Looking to Switch Jobs? {Ep. 33}
Are you looking to switch jobs this year? Have you ever wondered what the attributes Rec2Rec agencies are looking for in candidates? Do you get tongue-tied when you receive a headhunt call from a rec2rec? Reach out to collect your free resource "50 Questions To Ask A Headhunter" so you can ensure...
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Engage for Success {Ep. 32}
Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep a team engaged, motivated, and energized? Find out the benefits of an engaged workforce by joining Andrea Ross, Talent Talk Asia podcast host and corporate trainer to the recruitment industry at The Career Establishment for an exclusive conversation…
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The Telco, Media + Technology Expert {Ep. 31}
Having a disciplined and strategic plan for developing deeper relationships with clients is our guest's area of expertise on today’s show. Join Andrea Ross, Talent Talk Asia podcast host and corporate trainer to the recruitment industry at The Career Establishment, for an exclusive conversation...
About this show
Talent Talk with Andrea Ross is back, reimagined, and ready to inspire! Join Andrea Ross, a globally recognized leadership development facilitator and accredited executive and team coach who has guided top-tier companies to be value-creating, as she dives into the future of work.In each bi-monthly episode, Andrea has unfiltered conversations and no rehearsed lines with top C-suite leaders, HR professionals, and industry experts about emerging workplace trends (yes we are covering AI), innovative leadership strategies, and modern hiring practices. Tune in to gain actionable insights to boost your leadership impact and speed up your career growth.Are you searching for a world-class facilitator or leadership coach to guide you and your team to thrive? Want to share your expertise as a guest? DM me and let’s get started: [email protected]. Don’t miss out on gaining bi-weekly insights and leadership resources by subscribing to our newsletter: https://www.thecareere
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