Vibrant Talent

I believe people are the most important part of any business and given the proportion of our lives we spend in work they deserve to be supported and developed in their careers. 

Asides from what's morally right though - it's not rocket science that if we look after our people our people will be more likely to look after our business. So I'm all about helping companies become Vibrant Workplaces to benefit both employer and employee and I founded Vibrant for that reason.

We facilitate the:

👉Vibrant Workplace Accelerator 
👉Vibrant Workplace Podcast
👉Vibrant Workplace Forum

All aimed at championing a movement to a better working world.

To start your organisation’s Vibrant Workplace journey, get in touch for a chat:

craig@vibranttalent.co.uk
www.vibranttalent.co.uk

Founding Director

Independent

Independent consultancy work for a range of multinational clients providing the following services:

L&D:

Analysis of learning needs and formulation of training plans
Design of bespoke learning interventions and writing of materials
Delivery of training and coaching 
Implementation of proven coaching and mentoring models
Evaluation of learning activities 

Talent Acquisition:

Design and planning of talent acquisition processes
Negotiation of rates for recruitment advertising plans 
Creation of recruitment/ selection materials
Management of high volume assessment centres 
Design and implementation of career development pathways

Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development Consultant

Prefer Not To Say

Responsible for the analysis, design, delivery, and evaluation of both ‘Learning and Development’ and ‘Talent Acquisition’ activities.

Provided learning interventions for customer service agents, team managers, support team workers, and key stakeholders across the UK. 

Training activities were usually classroom based in Belfast, but also delivered using Webex or on client premises across the UK.  

Created a training catalogue accredited by the CCA (Customer Contact Association) which achieved a score of 100%.

Designed and implemented a career development pathway 'highly commended' at the CCA’s Global Excellence Awards in the category of ‘Most Effective Training Programme’. 

Responsible for the external acquisition of talent and designed a recruitment process to meet resourcing requirements. This included the management of large scale assessment centres.

Prior to promotion in July 2010 I worked in Customer Service handling audience contacts by phone, letter, and e-mail while also acting as Deputy Team Manager.

Training & Recruitment Lead

Various Early Jobs

Before I began my 'career', I worked in a lot of different industries and gained experience that has served me well in understanding the employees and businesses I work with today.

I've worked in retail, been a lorry driver, a courier, worked in restaurants in a variety of roles, hotels, bars, nightclubs, been a cleaner, worked in a full service marketing agency with experiences in the PR, Client Services and Media Buying departments, worked in airport security and baggage handling (to name a few...). Quite the variety which saw me through my early years before finding a passion for the world of People & Culture!

Everything & Anything!

Hi, thanks for checking out my profile. 

I'm Craig, founder of Vibrant Talent - an organisational culture consultancy on a mission to create a better working world for both employers and employees 🌍❤️

We facilitate the Vibrant Workplace Accelerator, powered by our employee experience platform Mooqi, to help organisations optimise business performance by optimising their culture.

Employers who work with us go on a journey. We start with a 12-week evaluation of your business culture and if during that period you meet our benchmarks - we'll authenticate you as a Verified Vibrant Workplace and help you stand out in the market through the Vibrant Workplace Podcast, Vibrant Workplace Forum and publicity.

Verified Vibrant Workplaces are evidenced through our employee experience platform, mooqi, ensuring this is the most robust standard in the employer recognition space - and importantly one that jobseekers can trust.

A Verified Vibrant Workplace is one where people most often have a positive experience of work, engage with the work they do and are recommending others come and work in the company. 

If you work with us, you'll either meet our benchmarks during the evaluation and get verified, or we'll have built a rich picture of life in your company and can use what we've learnt to help you.

Sound interesting? Book a call with me, it's free:

https://calendly.com/craig-vibrant/vibrant-discovery-chat

Vibrant - For a Better Working World

If I’m a jobseeker, I ask what it’s like to work in your company and you tell me there’s less than 4 bad days in every 100 working days…

Sign me up!! I am sold 🤝

That’s what we found at Kinecx Energy who smashed our Vibrant Workplace benchmarks.

Just 3.7% of the days across the workforce over 3 months were bad days!

There were 18.2 x more Positive than Negative ones 😍 

What makes Kinecx such a good company to work in?

You can find out tomorrow when the new episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast featuring CEO Niall Martindale & HR Manager Olga Pollock, Chartered MCIPD drops 🥳

This one is not to be missed!

Check out the teaser below 👇 

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🎙️ Vibrant Workplace Podcast
🎧 YouTube | Spotify | Apple
🌟 Featuring: Kinecx Energy
🤝 Supported by: NI Jobfinder

If you like it, give it a share ❤️
If you want more, give it a follow 🔔

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

Craig Thompson

Vibrant Workplace Accelerator | Podcast & Forum 🌍❤️

✨Next to join the Vibrant Workplace Collective is… 🥁 Action Renewables 😍

If there’s one thing I love, it’s working with organisations doing meaningful work.

Work will always be work - but it all feels a little more worthwhile when what you do serves an important purpose in the world.

Action Renewables exist to support businesses and communities on their journey towards cleaner, greener energy.

We’re going to support them on their journey by helping them be the best employer they can be.

👉Because when people can thrive, organisations thrive too.

And that’s how visions become reality 🫶

Check out what CEO Terry Waugh said about joining the Collective below.

P.S. This movement is really growing; flyer in the comments if you’d like to see how your organisation can benefit by joining!

We’d love to have you with us 🙃

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

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“The team at Action Renewables joined the Vibrant Workplace Collective to build a workplace where people can thrive and to gain practical tools that help us lead positive change.“ 

- Terry Waugh, CEO

🎙️Afternoon folks! Our Vibrant Workplace Spotlight episode featuring Kinecx Energy  IS NOW LIVE 😍

CEO Niall Martindale told us: “When you have a culture where people can be the best that they can be, that delivers business results that can be the best that they can be.”

Do you agree? 🤔

Tune in to learn more about life in Verified Vibrant Workplace Kinecx Energy and let me know, does Kinecx sound like a Vibrant Workplace to you?

🔗 https://lnkd.in/espWMhHh

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🎙️ Vibrant Workplace Podcast
🎧 YouTube | Spotify | Apple
🌟 Featuring: Niall Martindale & Olga Pollock, Chartered MCIPD
 
🤝 Supported by: nijobfinder.co.uk 

If you like it, give it a share ❤️
If you want more, give it a follow 🔔

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

✨ I’m delighted to welcome Greiner Packaging to the Vibrant Workplace Collective as part of our founding group 😍

Kyla McCracken (MCIPD), People & Culture Leader, summed up perfectly why Greiner chose to get involved:

“There is nothing quite like this community in existence and I feel being part of it can only enrich the employee experience in Greiner.”

This is exactly what the Collective is all about - bringing together forward-thinking leaders and organisations who want to connect, learn, share and inspire each other to new heights.

We’re assembling an A-team of better businesses to lead the future of work and more incredible founding members will be revealed this week.

If you’d like your organisation to be part of this movement, check out the flyer in the comments and send me a message ☺️

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

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“There is nothing quite like this community in existence and I feel being part of it can only enrich the employee experience in Greiner” - Kyla McCracken

Finishing the week on a real high after inspired conversations with two true leaders in Barry Taylor & Mary McManus.

Let me say this… the term leader is thrown around too lightly.

It’s used to denote people because of job title, status or official authority.

But anyone can have a badge.

Leadership is about movement, and that requires bravery and conviction.

It’s about seeing something better and trying to bring people on a journey to that promised land.

Barry and the MEGA- Manufacturing & Engineering Growth & Advancement team are driving progress in the manufacturing and engineering sector.

Helping employers build better businesses, and helping jobseekers find meaningful careers.

Mary is championing the Real Living Wage (through Living Wage NI) which as she put it is a Win:Win:Win.

It’s better for the worker, the company and society when people are able to focus on doing their best work rather than living in crisis.

These two have inspired me today.

They stand for something.

They’re leaders.

Changing the world.

Making a better working world.

Follow the Vibrant Workplace Podcast on YouTube, Spotify or Apple so you’re notified when these thought provoking episodes drop.

Also, I know what I want for Christmas!! 

If anyone can find a way to get me that painting of Aslan please which I understand was the work of Laura Wylie MBACP (accred) 😅

Absolutely love it!! 

😍🦁

Big shout out to Ross Gargan for his camerawork again today. Ross is a legend, taking away any worry for me - all I have to do is turn up and ramble…

Have a great weekend everyone.

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

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🪄 Next to join the Vibrant Workplace Collective is… 🥁 Kingspan Water & Energy!

As part of the founding group, Kingspan are stepping into a community of forward-thinking employers who want to raise the bar for how people experience work.

Amy - Joy Mcconville, Senior HR Officer, captured it perfectly:

“This partnership directly supports our People Passionate initiative, reinforcing our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues genuinely want to come to work and thrive.”

And that’s exactly what the Collective is all about - organisations coming together to learn from each other, share ideas, challenge thinking, and drive better business through better workplace culture.

So many great companies are joining us on this journey, and more elite founding members will be revealed next week.

If you’d like to be part of this growing movement, check out the overview in the comments and send me a message ☺️

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

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““At Kingspan Water & Energy, we’re proud to join the Vibrant Workplace Collective to connect, learn, and lead alongside forward‑thinking organisations shaping the future of work in NI. This partnership directly supports our People Passionate initiative, reinforcing our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues genuinely want to come to work and thrive.” 

- Amy - Joy McConville

One thing I am eternally grateful for since going self-employed is the quality of people I’ve come to know.

It’s put me in times and spaces whereby I’ve been fortunate to come into contact with change makers making the world a better place.

Most people see the world for what it is and just get on with it.

And that’s fine.

There are circumstances and reasons why a lot of people do that.

It’s no individual’s responsibility to go and fix a broken world.

But I do admire those who see a way they can contribute to making the world better, and choose to own a part in doing it.

Philip Brady is one of those people.

Philip helps people to live better lives.

Every time I speak with Philip I find myself thinking more deeply about my own choices and path and becoming more conscious about what I’m doing.

Anyone who works with Philip I have no doubt finds themselves in a better position because of it.

He’s spoken at the Vibrant Workplace Forum previously, and I am delighted that he is coming back for our ‘Work Well, Live Well’ event in January.

Click through the attached carousel to see what Philip stands for and what he’ll be talking about.

You’ve heard me say it many times, but I will keep saying it until it no longer needs said:

A full time worker goes to work for 100,000 hours during their lifetime - not including commuting or overtime.

They make huge sacrifices - working more than anything else they will do in their conscious waking hours during the best years of their lives.

In return, too many are living in survival👈

That’s not good enough👈

People who make those commitments deserve for their work to enable them to live a better life.

And when they do - when they’re happy, healthy and not living in crisis:

▪️Their best selves come to work
▪️And do so more often
▪️They do a better job
▪️Delight customers
▪️And stay in the company for longer

Businesses are:

☑️ More efficient.
☑️ More effective.
☑️ More profitable.

Because of it.

It’s not people OR profit.

It’s people first, and that delivers profit.

We can have a better working world.

👉For employers.
👉AND for employees.

Join us for an exploration of this at the next Vibrant Workplace Forum in January.

Speaking alongside Philip will be Cara Quinn, Seamus Fox, Lauren Houston, Lorna Leese, Chartered MCIPD & Olga Pollock, Chartered MCIPD.

Speaker profiles for each of them coming soon 😊 

🎟️ Tickets & event info:

Members: Free
Non-Members: £50 + vat

🔗 https://lnkd.in/ee7N2fmk

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

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P.S. Philip and I set the world to rights on a recent episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast. You can find it on YouTube, Spotify or Apple - I’ll put a link in the comments.

Speaker Profile: Philip Brady

Sickness down 77% • Staff turnover down to 4.6% • Length of service up 7.2% • Recruitment spend down 90% • Sickness cost down 80%…

Not bad, right? 😬

This is what happens when culture is committed to authentically - approached in a way that benefits both the workforce and the business.

Create a positive experience of work for people, and the business feels the impact too.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again 👇

👉Work doesn’t have to SUCK!

We spend too much of our lives working for that to be normality.

Of course, there will always be bad days.

But that SHOULD NOT be the norm.

We build a better business, through a better business culture.

So how did they do it?!

Tune in to find out 🙃

🔗 https://lnkd.in/espWMhHh

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🎙️ Vibrant Workplace Podcast
🎧 YouTube | Spotify | Apple
🌟 Featuring: Kinecx Energy’s Niall Martindale & Olga Pollock, Chartered MCIPD  
 
🤝 Supported by: nijobfinder.co.uk  

If you like it, give it a share ❤️
If you want more, give it a follow 🔔

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

This comment from Olga Pollock, Chartered MCIPD really resonated with me because HR gets a lot of flack for things that are often ultimately out of their control.

In many companies HR is still installed as a thing we put in place to not get in trouble.

But HR can be so much more than that.

If it’s strategic, led by the right people and properly supported.

There are some brilliant HR leaders out there and I can see them being held back.

I feel frustrated for them - especially when you see the problems in the businesses they work in that they know don’t need to exist - but they’ve grown disillusioned trying to get support to do something about.

I find myself thinking, if I’m this frustrated on their behalf… how exasperated must they feel…

In fact, at a conference last year an HR leader spoke to me and said, “The problem with all this is we’re not the people who need to be convinced.”

And I think that’s a pretty common frustration within the HR community.

People strategy can be the reason business thrives.

If it’s allowed to be.

Agree 👍 
Disagree 👎

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🎙️ Vibrant Workplace Podcast
🎧 YouTube | Spotify | Apple
🌟 Featuring: Kinecx Energy
 
🤝 Supported by: nijobfinder.co.uk  

If you like it, give it a share ❤️
If you want more, give it a follow 🔔

#VibrantWorkplace
#ForABetterWorkingWorld

“You can have the most well-intended HR teams, but if they do not get buy-in from above they are just wasting their time.” - Olga Pollock

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