Engaging Seasonal Workers with L&D at St Austell Brewery with James Hampton

In this interview, Adam speaks with James Hampton, Head of Employee Experience at St Austell Brewery.

James has been supporting people’s organisational performance in the military, further education, retail, hospitality and production for the past 23 years. During this time, he has used this experience to challenge the status quo of traditional people experience approaches. 

James is passionate about the promotion of more regenerative approaches that use business to make real differences in people, their communities, and the planet. Cultivating a learning climate enriched by Inclusive and Conscious Leadership is essential to James’ approach.

In this fascinating interview, Adam and James discuss the effects of seasonal workers and how this affects the delivery of L&D. 

What is The L&D Challenges Podcast?

Welcome to the L&D Challenges podcast series.

If you are in Learning and Development, HR, Talent, or Organisation Development, this is the podcast for you.

The L&D Challenges podcast is a candid look at L&D today. It focuses on real-life practitioners solving real issues in learning and staff development.

In Series 1, we interview ten L&D movers and shakers who shared with us how they think about engagement and impact with their learning interventions.

The guests in this first series range from senior L&D professionals at global corporates like Ricoh, Continental, and EDF to solo L&D practitioners in fast-growing organisations. Each tackles the problem of how we best train and retain talent and maximise the business impact of L&D.

We thought we’d get a few friendly tips and tricks from these interviews about increasing engagement in learning and measuring impact. In reality, we learned so much more and think you will too.