We Recover Loudly - Serving Essential Hospitality Conversations
Welcome to We Recover Loudly the podcast.
In season one, the mission was to spark conversations about addiction, recovery, and drinking cultures within hospitality. What we found was that these topics are closely linked to much bigger issues that we face in the industry, which truly deserve our attention and a space to be discussed. The podcast has evolved to delve into important matters surrounding addiction and recovery, as well as significant themes like burnout, sexual harassment, gender imbalance, mental health, chronic illness, stress, and eating disorders—the list goes on! This podcast isn’t just for individuals in recovery from drugs and alcohol working in hospitality; it’s for anyone who has dealt with challenges, tough working conditions, or health issues related to their experiences in this industry, who want to hear inspiring stories of strength and recovery.
Each episode features a mix of personal stories from myself and other incredible individuals who are currently in the industry or connected to the industry via a mental health space. We engage in conversations with hospitality leaders who are paving the way in providing training and resources to cultivate healthy workplace environments for their teams. This podcast aims to be a welcoming platform for everyone to share the challenges they've faced while working in hospitality and how they’ve overcome them... loudly!
So, let's turn it up and get loud, because when we recover loudly we stop others dying quietly.
We Recover Loudly - Serving Essential Hospitality Conversations
S2 Episode 007 - Mark McCulloch - From Hospitality Crisis to Hospitality Rising
On this week’s episode, we have marketing legend and one of the incredible minds behind ‘Hospitality Rising’, Mark McCulloch. The campaign, which has created more excitement and drive towards getting people to consider a career in hospitality than any previous attempt, is coming up to 18 months old and has industry awards such as Casual Dining Awards ‘Special Award’ and Otolo’s Opra’s award for ‘Grassroots Marketing’, scattered amongst its many achievements. Previous to this campaign, 1 in 5 would consider a career in hospitality. This has now increased to 1 in 3. The tag line ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ has engaged a whole new demographic of workers, as well as being supported by veteran industry leaders such as Angela Harnett and Tom Kerridge.
We also discussed:
- How broken the way we recruit is, and that a radical change needs to be made to; and Mark’s suggestions of what that may look like
- The impact of hearing Trevor Gulliver speaking, and saying “are you generous enough to teach”; and the impact of those words for leaders.
- Whether hospitality is the ‘architect of its own doom’ and if so, what we need to do to change that future.
- Why hospitality is such a fantastic industry for young people.
Mark is bundle of joy and passion for this industry, and he was a delight to catch up with. Make sure to follow Hospitality Rising as there are big plans for the future ahead.
@supersonic_inc
@hosporisinguk
https://hospitalityrising.org
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Want us to come into your business and talk to your teams about addiction in the workplace?? Send us an email at hello@werecoverloudly.com and we will be in touch!
This episode is sponsored by The Burnt Chef Project.
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AND
Low No Drinker Magazine
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For more information on We Recover Loudly and to reach out for speaking engagements or support email hello@werecoverloudly.com
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