The Whole Marketer podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode #130. Season 8 begins with a soft skill on being human and the importance of ‘humanness’ particularly for marketing leaders - being authentic, honest and open in order to build relationships with your team and connect more deeply with your customers and consumers. 

Joining Abby is Dom Dwight, former Marketing Director and now Director of strategy, insight, product innovation and diversification for Taylors of Harrogate – best known for Yorkshire Tea, the UK’s number one tea brand. 

In this episode, Dom shares his marketer’s definition of being human, humanness for brands and marketers, the role of AI to free up space for marketers to be more human, vulnerability and imperfections, leadership learnings and psychological safety for marketing teams and agencies. Plus Dom’s career highs and lows. 

Host:  Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Dom Dwight | LinkedIn

This episode is sponsored by House of Performance 

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For a free mini audit, get in touch with the team at https://houseofperformance.co.uk/wholemarketer 

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #129. Understanding grief is the topic of this episode, an area of personal understanding to support ourselves but also others in our care that may be experiencing grief. 

*Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion around bereavement and loss of a child. 

A complex and personal process, grief is the intense feeling of loss of someone or something which can manifest physically, mentally and emotionally.   

Abby’s guest is Lucy Hudson, Managing Director of McCann Birmingham which is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest marketing communications integrated agency. Lucy is a WACL Talent Award Winner, mentor and founding member of The Margot Collective, McCann World group’s first female-led consulting collective.  

After losing her daughter Poppy to a brain tumour, Lucy is dedicated to talking and writing about the effects of grief, particularly in the workplace. 

In this episode, Lucy shares her definition of grief and how it becomes a part of you, the impact bereavement has in the workplace, companies making admin and return to work easier, ‘pre-grief’ and understanding all the elements of loss (finance, identity, career, your own health). Plus practical advice for employers to support colleagues.  

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest:  Lucy Hudson | LinkedIn

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #120. This episode is a leadership topic on Impact and the methodology of an impactful leader. 

Creating impact is an important skill for marketers as so much of our role is about creating a positive effect and influence i.e. impact, both internally with stakeholders and externally with our markets, customers and consumers.  

Abby is joined by Scott Morrison, Founder, Speaker, Author and NED. Scott is an experienced client-side and agency-side marketer at businesses including Diesel, Levi’s, Activision, W&K and Saatchi & Saatchi. As founder of The Boom, Scott works with ambitious leaders who want to create impact with pace with his Unblock, Unlock and Unleash approach to create movement and “business unusual”. 

In this episode, Scott shares his definition of impactful leadership, positive disruption, boom and bust mindset, leadership fundamentals and barriers that prevent impactful leadership. Plus his career highs and lows (including an experience with Nelson Mandela) and advice for marketers of tomorrow. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Scott Morrison FRSA | LinkedIn 

This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak 

It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market   

Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work.  

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com

Episode #119. Gaining buy-in is the soft skill, leadership and personal understanding topic of today’s podcast. 

Gaining buy-in is a critical skill for marketers, particularly as marketing moves from a support function to one leading the long-term commercial agenda – gaining buy-in and alignment on our strategy and vision is imperative to gain support, investment and resource from the Board to bring these plans to life. 

Joining Abby to discuss how marketers approach gaining buy-in is Rachael Wheatley, MD of Watertight Business Thinking. As a strategist, planner, trainer, mentor and coach with 35 years in the marketing profession, Rachael is passionate about marketing-centred business transformation. 

In this episode, Rachael shares her definition of buy-in (both for the marketing function and for individuals), the 2 key challenges marketers need to overcome and finding allies. Plus Rachael’s career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Rachael Wheatley | LinkedIn

This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak 

It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market   

Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work.  

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #118. Today’s episode is on challenger brands and the skills, behaviours and mindset marketers of challenger brands need to succeed. 

Challenger brands – whether created by a corporate or a start-up – aims to disrupt an existing category by satisfying a consumer need that’s not currently being met. Commonly challenger brands seen as the ‘underdog’ have greater constraints like budgets and resources meaning marketers need to be harness their strengths, creativity, agility and risk adversity to thrive. 

Abby’s guest expert to discuss is Lucky Saint’s Marketing and eCommerce Director, Kerttu Inkeroinen, awarded Marketing Week’s Top 100 Most Effective Marketers 2023 and recently won Brand of the Year at the Marketing Society awards. 

In this episode Kerttu shares the differences in culture and marketing skills between established vs challenger brands, insight into where her brand focuses and how they play to their strengths. Plus Kerttu’s career highs and lows and advice for marketers of tomorrow. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Kerttu Inkeroinen | LinkedIn

This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak 

It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market   

Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work.  

Episode #117. Inclusive leadership is the topic of this episode, featuring returning guest David McQueen who has recently released his book Brave Leadership: Better Decisions for Inclusive Leadership.  

David is a respected international speaker, executive coach, board facilitator and podcaster, passionate about helping others to explore how best leadership can work for them and their organisations. 

In this episode, David discusses important issues for inclusive leadership, awareness of who is impacted and influenced by your decisions, systemic leadership, cultural shifts and his advice for marketers. 

Plus the principle of his book, written through the lens of a coach giving the reader the tools and models in order to make leadership choices. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: david mcqueen | LinkedIn 

This episode is sponsored by Stickybeak 

It’s time to put the consumer back at the heart of every decision, and thanks to Stickybeak, consumer feedback is at your fingertips. The self-service, affordable, consumer testing platform delivers actionable insights in hours, not weeks! So to find out what your consumers think before you go to market  

Visit Stickybeak.co/wholemarketer and use code WHOLEMARKETER for $100 USD off your first test, so you can see how Stickybeak are changing the way marketers work. 

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #116. Season 7 returns with a new topic – responsiveness AKA acting with pace.

A key skill for marketers in our ever-changing industry, being able to act quickly and positively enables brands and businesses to capitalise on trends, relevancy and react to customer needs. 

Abby’s guest expert is Anna Henwood, who has previously led global marketing as CMO of Les Mills International and now as CEO of Stickybeak, is passionate about giving marketers a platform for affordable, real-time feedback on their marketing activity so they can act with pace. 

In this episode, Anna shares her definition of responsiveness, getting information quickly to make decisions, benefits of a responsive culture, growth mindset, and curiosity and safety to speak up. 

Plus, Anna shares her experience of responding to lockdown whilst at Les Mills, her career highs and lows and her advice for marketers. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Anna Henwood | LinkedIn

Stickybeak: Overview | LinkedIn

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This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing  www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk 

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #115. Marketing Effectiveness is the technical skill in this episode, exploring the importance and ability to demonstrate the impact of your marketing activity to the business. 

Joining Abby – to discuss one of her favourite topics – is Dr Grace Kite, award-winning founder of data analytic consultants, Magic Numbers. Dr Grace is a speaker, Marketing Week columnist and business economist who supports and coaches marketers on what works in marketing, to help their businesses grow. 

In this episode, Dr Grace shares her definition of marketing effectiveness, misunderstanding metrics and digital dashboards, categories and targeting, and research findings on what makes a great effectiveness programme. She also shares her career highs and lows and advice for marketers. 

Plus, Abby and Dr Grace discuss training on marketing effectiveness and the merits of group training so that marketing teams are all speaking the same language. For further information on Whole Marketer training programmes, visit Whole Marketer Training Courses Programmes - The Whole Marketer  

This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing  www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Dr Grace Kite | LinkedIn

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #114. The personal understanding topic discussed in this episode is work/life balance, which can significantly impact our wellbeing and our sense of fulfilment in our career and lives as a whole. 

A good work/life balance means having the clarity on all the things that are important in your life, then actively making the time for them, especially for the things that energise you – or fill up your cup - both inside and outside of work.  

Joining Abby to discuss how you can work towards a work/life balance is Katie Martin, Head of Marketing Excellence at Innocent drinks, who has a passion for what makes people tick and is a mentor, certified with Insights Discovery and a mental health first aider. 

In this episode, Katie shares how she visualises the work-life balance, harmony when things are out of your control, self-compassion, open communication in the workplace and being willing to ask for help. 

Plus the work/life culture at Innocent and career highs and lows. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Katie (White) Martin | LinkedIn

This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing  www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk 

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com 

Episode #113. The focus of this episode is self-identity, an area of personal understanding that can help you lead a more fulfilling life when you have greater awareness of who you are and your place in the world. 

In the workplace, gaining clarity on your self identity can be a journey of discovery as you understand your personality, leadership style, how you show up and also develop a sense of belonging within a team or organisation. 

Joining Abby to discuss self-identity is Bronwen Foster-Butler, who is passionate about personal development and is Chief Marketing Officer for British B-CORP outdoor surf brand Finisterre - having previously worked at Burberry, Lulu Lemon and PANGAIA. 

In this episode, Bronwen shares what is a sense of self, why it’s important in the workplace for you and your teams, and fixed and flexible values. Plus, as well as career highs and lows, Bronwen shares her past experiences and the effect her return from maternity leave and leadership style had on her journey of self-identity. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Bronwen Foster-Butler | LinkedIn

This podcast is sponsored by Labyrinth Marketing  www.labyrinthmarketing.co.uk 

The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com