M&S has teamed up with Hello! Magazine to present a new podcast, launching on International Women’s Day, 8 March.
The Shake The Table podcast has been designed as a roadmap filled with actions, tips, and authentic experience on how to be a successful female leader today.
Presented by Hello! editor at large, Rosie Nixon, and M&S corporate affairs director, Victoria McKenzie-Gould, the pair will talk to a range of successful female business leaders about what it takes to thrive in the modern workplace.
The retailer said each episode will feature an in-depth conversation with women from across the spectrum of entrepreneurship, retail, politics, and innovation, with guests including Floral Street founder Michelle Feeney and Tessy Ojo CBE.
With this year’s mission for International Women’s Day being #InspireInclusion, M&S said the podcast sets out to demystify the roads to success.
It added that it looks at understanding how women can not only lead but bring other women with them, inspiring inclusion, fostering allyship and redefining what power and purpose look like in the workplace.
The podcast and vlogcast will be available to stream from major podcast platforms, YouTube and through Hello! and M&S channels.
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McKenzie-Gould said: “At M&S 70% of our remarkable colleagues are women, we work with fantastic female-led suppliers and of course serve millions of women every day.
“So, it’s a privilege to be able to shine a light on some of those female business leaders about what’s driven them and what tables they’ve shaken to get to where they are today.”
She added: “Working with Hello! is a natural partnership given their support for empowering women and positivity and I hope listeners enjoy the conversation and finding out about these inspiring leaders.”
M&S has had a busy start to the year, revealing it would be rolling out Nobody’s Child pop-up shops to 48 more stores across the UK from this month, bringing its total to 60.
This week the business also announced the departure of its co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe, who will step down from her post in July after two years at the helm.
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