Sean Price & Gary Parsons

The TPM Podcast

This week podcast hosted by Sean Price of Velez Managed Services is with Gary Parson Managing Director of Talk Staff.

“All I need to know is the heartbeat of the organisation still strong”- Sean talking about the importance of positive communication from HR with all staff members.

Today we hear everything about the full-service people agency inside and out. Starting with the very beginning, Gary packing up and moving 100 miles away from his home in Wales to England, Derbyshire and set up Talk Staff. Sean and Gary get into the remote working vs. office debate, which is better? Does it affect productivity levels?

In today’s episode we get into serious topics such as the war with depression, common with many business owners growing their business as Sean and Gary discuss the weight of running a successful business and how the achievement of the business has an indirect butterfly effect on the people in the business. Identifying majority of people’s mental health has worsened throughout the pandemic, seeing many people clutching at virtual meetings to stay sane, Sean mentions how Velez Friday night drinks suddenly became a virtual event through Microsoft teams, because people missed the human interaction so much, he saw people being on a call from 4pm till as late as 2am. We also discuss about Tesla’s Elon Musk announcing he has Asperges, discussing that many of the amazing entrepreneurs and businessmen and women may have mental disorders.

We also get into the topic of a business culture, looking at the importance of your workplace being a positive environment regarding poor reviews left on glass door from ex-employees. Questioning whether it is a reflection of the business or if the individual had a bad experience.