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The Independent Minds

The Independent Minds

By: Michael Millward
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On the Independent Minds, podcast, you will meet independent thought leaders and learn about the ideas they have developed to help employers and their employees address the challenges that organisations of any type or size, in any location have must address if they are to achieve their business objectives and attain sustainable growth.


You will be able to read more about all of the independent minds thought leaders on the Work Place Learning Centre blog.


The independent minds thought leaders will be based all over the world. Some will discuss a new way of doing, whilst others will be discussing new ways of thinking. Each will have a practical solution which you will be able to access at Work Place Learning Centre.co.uk.


Independent minds solutions are also available as part of Abeceder H2R the comprehensive employee management solution that covers every aspect of every stage of the employer employee relationship from hiring to retiring.

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Episodes
  • Understanding Back Links – a conversation with Brandon Liebowitz
    Aug 21 2025

    Brandon Liebowitz is the founder of SEO Optimizers.com a Los Angeles, California SEO consultancy.

    Brandon is proud of his track record of assisting small and medium-sized businesses to achieve top rankings on Google. He uses combinations of search engine optimization (SEO) tactics, social media strategies, and paid ads to generate traffic and enhance your online presence.

    In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Brandon explains to host Michael Millward

    · How SEO tools can deliver website visitors and increased sales.

    · The common SEO mistakes that companies of all kinds make.

    · That even with the arrival of AI based searches it is still important to build a network of back links.

    · What makes a good back link

    · How to build a network of back links

    · The importance of having quality content on your website.

    More information about Brandon Liebowitz and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

    In this episode of The Independent Minds, we discuss Google search engine optimization techniques. The same techniques are relevant to most search engines.

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    Travel

    With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and many more travel related purchases.

    Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

    No point in being in a great job if you are in poor health. That is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist with hospital standard tests carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

    A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

    Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

    Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

    Being a Guest

    We recommend the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

    We use Matchmaker.fmto connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where great guests and great hosts are matched and great podcasts are hatched. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

    We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

    Thank you for listening.

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    24 mins
  • Understanding Succession Planning – a conversation with Darryl Bates-Brownsword
    Aug 19 2025

    At the time of recording Darryl Bates-Brownsword was the managing partner at Succession Plus UK. He is now Chief Growth Officer at Fabric, a consultancy that specialises in helping founders maximising the value of their business on exit.

    In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Darryl explains to host Michael Millward that we cannot expect employees to spend their entire career in our business. People leave work for all sorts of reasons.

    Darryl describes how important it is for every organisation to have a succession plan, and that an organisation without a succession plan will be too reliant on the founder or senior manager.

    Darryl and Michael discuss the different elements of a successful succession plan and the management techniques that managers need to implement in order to be able to create a viable succession plan.

    More information about Darryl Bates-Brownsword and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

    Audience Offers

    The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

    If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

    Travel

    With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and many more travel related purchases.

    Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

    No point in being in a great job if you are in poor health. That is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist with hospital standard tests carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

    A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

    Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

    Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

    Being a Guest

    We recommend the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

    We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where great guests and great hosts are matched and great podcasts are hatched. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

    We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

    Thank you for listening.

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    29 mins
  • The Intentional Leadership Inventory– a conversation with Dene Stuart
    Aug 14 2025

    Dene Stuart is the founder of the Exceptional Leadership Academy, and the creator of the Intentional Leadership Inventory.

    Looking back on his 30 years in business, firstly in management roles in corporations and then in his own businesses, Dene lamented on the numerous mistakes he had made when trying to provide leadership to his team.

    After accepting that these mistakes were the result of a lack of training he embarked on his own learning journey.

    In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Dene explains to host Michael Millward what he learnt on that journey and how he turned that learning into the Exceptional Leader Academy.

    Dene explains that successful leaders have a leadership mindset and act with intention, and that this resulted in him creating the Intentional Leadership Inventory.

    More information about Dene Stuart and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

    Audience Offers

    The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

    If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

    Travel

    With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and many more travel related purchases.

    Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

    No point in being in a great job if you are in poor health. That is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist with hospital standard tests carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

    A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

    Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

    Three the network Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

    Being a Guest

    We recommend the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

    We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where great guests and great hosts are matched and great podcasts are hatched. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

    We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

    Thank you for listening.

    Show More Show Less
    24 mins
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