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Shanika-Marie John

Shanika-Marie John

Group Talent Acquisition Manager at Lancashire Insurance Group and job search & career coach who shared her redundancy story on the 100 Women in Insurance podcast.

Sep 17, 2026

36:09
I guess like just a side question on that, did each individual need a different style of management?
36:17
Yeah, absolutely.
36:18
So one direct report was similar age to me, but a little bit younger.
36:24
But she had been in more of a coordination role.
36:29
So her coming up to recruit a recruiter role, sorry, was a step up.
36:33
And so with her, it was a lot of time sort of coaching, supporting, encouraging her to use her initiative and know that actually, I will back you as your manager on any decision that you make in this process.
36:46
You've just got to think about how you're going to advise the business.
40:06
Can you take us through what happened in that and how that's affected you?

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