Behind the Bob Carrie-Ann Wade

In the latest episode Carrie-Ann Wade talks with Simon Jones who is the Executive Director for Communications for Westco and the former Chair of LGcomms, a professional body representing local government communicators.
We talk about his 15 years’ experience at director level in local government where his remit not only covered communications but included policy, strategy and business intelligence.
Simon shares his journey from journalist and editorial director into a career in communications and is honest about the challenges and learning.
We also talk about the joy of working with senior leadership teams who value and understand comms as well as the impacts of crisis communications on our work and our wellbeing.
Thank you to Simon for sharing his story and his advice for communications leaders.
Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk

In this episode of Behind the Bob, Carrie-Ann Wade is in conversation with Ranjeet Kaile about life as a communications director and some of the highlights and challenges of his career to date. Ranjeet is the Executive Director of Communications and Engagement for South East London Integrated Care Partnership and for South London and The Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
From his desire to work for the police service, through to the various opportunities he has grasped throughout his career in public sector communications, it is clear that Ranjeet is focused on creating positive impacts for the communities he works in. We talk about the various and diverse work you can get involved in as a public sector comms pro, and some of Ranjeet's highlights such as the South London Listens programme.
We cover the challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 and managing comms through a pandemic has presented to our profession, alongside working out which team or teams you are part of when you take that step up into a leadership role.
And we also get to hear Ranjeet's thoughts on his hugely successful work supporting the communications trainee programme in the NHS, something many of our guests in the first series of the podcast name checked him for.
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Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review.
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published every Wednesday and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk
Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk

In this episode, Carrie-Ann Wade and Mary Whenman discuss Mary's career highlights and her advice and insight for aspiring communications directors.
Mary is Director, Group Communications at the British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank. Before moving in-house, Mary had a 25-year global agency career. She is a Fellow of the CIPR, has featured in the PR Week Powerbook since 2015 and was President of Women in PR 2015-2018.
The conversation ranges from holiday camps to high end diamonds, with everything in between. And Mary shares her experience of moving from agency to in-house. With advice on speaking truth to power when you are a communications leader, there are plenty of gems in this episode.
Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk

In this episode of Behind the Bob, Carrie-Ann Wade is in conversation with Darren Caveney. He is the creator and owner of comms2point0 specialist consultancy, Creative Communicators Ltd. His 28 years in communications, PR and marketing includes communications leadership in local government and in the NHS.
From a potential career as a stained glass maker (it's never too late) to be asked to stop the Guiness blimp flying over London, Darren shares the highlights and challenges of his career to date.
And best of all, he shares his top 10 tips for communications directors and aspiring communications leaders. These unsurprisingly include a focus on mental health and wellbeing, as well as setting really clear boundaries to support your ways of working and relationships in the workplace.
Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk

Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk

Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.

Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed listening please share it, leave a rating or a review. It really does help the podcast reach more communicators!
New episodes of Behind the Bob are published on Wednesdays and you can always subscribe via your favourite podcast platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.
You can find out more about Carrie-Ann and Cat's Pajamas Communications at www.cats-pajamas.co.uk