Speaker, trainer, content generator...Former REC Campaigns Director, now freewheelin’ freelance consultant, focusing on future of work & campaigning excellence.
London, UK
Joined March 2011
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The #FloralBoxFormula is a hybrid affair: Leadership book meets collection of life-affirming short stories with vignettes of local history, sporting interludes & corroborating missives from present-day business leaders. Check it out!
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@ClaireH_NN My book - ‘The Floral Box Formula’ - is out soon. It is a collection of life-affirming stories from my grandmother’s flower shop in Nuneaton. Will be hosting a launch event, would be great to chat!
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Massive thanks to all those who contributed to #TheFloralBoxFormula - Winifred Fovargue Hadley, would have approved! I’ll be holding a few launch events, details to follow….
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#TheFloralBoxFormula is a bit
hybrid affair: Leadership book meets collection of life-affirming short stories with vibrant vignettes of local history, the odd sporting interlude & corroborating missives from present-day business leaders. Give it a gentle peruse!
The Floral Box Formula is about to go LIVE! This is the book that has been simmering away in my head for a few years and captures slices of life & lessons in leadership from my grandmother’s flower shop in the Midlands. troubador.co.uk/bookshop/bus…
The Floral Box Formula is about to go LIVE! This is the book that has been simmering away in my head for a few years and captures slices of life & lessons in leadership from my grandmother’s flower shop in the Midlands. troubador.co.uk/bookshop/bus…
A privilege to deliver one of the keynote talks at #SussexSkills26 event in plush surrounds of the Amex Stadium. This was a timely platform for showcasing latest Youth Employment UK research. Plenty to build on & a real sense of collective resolve: Let’s make change happen!
Yes agree with that last point 100%. The role of employers as ‘social hubs’ and human ‘connectors’ is more important than ever. The same applies to sports clubs and community groups.
Yep, and who do we reckon is most likely Villa player to be called up next to England squad: TBH? Madjo? Hemmings?
#avfc #threelions
New CL ditty (to tune of ‘what a night’)?
🎶We’re all agreed,
Watching Villa in the Champions League
Ain’t nothing like it, it is all I need
Madrid in May, it’s guaranteed🎶
#avfc
This week’s Youth Employment UK board meeting was great opp to take stock of latest youth employment trends and potential ways forward. Lots in the pipeline, including #youthemploymentweek which kicks off this Monday. Watch this space!
Tom Hadley retweeted
Employers are increasingly turning to temporary workers to maintain flexibility amid ongoing economic uncertainty.
The latest #ReportOnJobs found:
🔹 Permanent placements fell at the fastest rate since July 2025
🔹 Temporary billings rose at the strongest pace in over three years
🔹 Demand for permanent staff weakened, while temp demand stabilised
🔹 Candidate availability continued to increase
🔗bit.ly/4aw3nIZ
Tom Hadley retweeted
Labour has been warned not to “regulate flexible jobs out of existence” after new polling found two-thirds of part-time workers chose their role specifically because it offered flexibility around childcare or studying.
Labour warned not to kill off hybrid jobs millions rely on bit.ly/4dTWNOH
Just shout: ‘and 2026’ after the 1982 line. Brand 2nd verse also an option. There’s quite a few words that rhythm with Istanbul!
Tom Hadley retweeted
#JobsOutlook: Employers still plan to hire, but confidence in the decision-making environment has weakened.
Hiring outlooks for both permanent and temporary roles remained positive in February–April 2026, though sentiment eased slightly from the previous quarter.
Key findings:
📉 Confidence in the UK economy fell to net: -43%
📊 Short-term permanent hiring sentiment: net: +5%
📈 Medium-term permanent hiring sentiment rose to net: +7%
📉 Short-term temporary hiring sentiment fell to net: +2%
Read more: bit.ly/4u0RIc2
Tom Hadley retweeted
Accelerated action on gender equality is needed to achieve a sustainable economy for the well-being of all.
Follow #ILC2026 for more about the discussion on gender equality in the world of work.
Tom Hadley retweeted
The International Labour Conference is the world’s largest international gathering dedicated to the world of work.
For more than a century, it has helped shape the rights and standards that protect people at work.
🔹 Starts 1 June
🔹 Follow #ILC2026
🔹 ow.ly/MoXG50Z34cv
Yes, one of the many hightlights! Of course wouldn’t have happened if there had been beer available on the concourses!
Tom Hadley retweeted
Take a journey into the future of work!
Hear @ilo experts and real stories from workplaces you may never have seen—about how rapid changes in jobs and technology are affecting all of us, and what comes next.
🎧 Tune in today: voices.ilo.org/podcast