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with Tony Cooke · 46:11
That's exactly what happened at Adidas, where Tony Cooke was running HR. His "waggish" approach — using humor, personality, and genuine humanity — was so effective that HQ kept stealing his initiatives and rolling them o…
· 42:00
- `0:02` Intro — part two of the Nerd Journey conversation - `1:49` Being in the team: role clarity and standing out…
with Meghan French Dunbar · 53:44
Meghan joins Al and Leanne to challenge the banana-hoarding billionaire mindset — why we celebrate exploitative leaders and what that says about our values. She shares how one of her best hires started with an unexpected…
· 53:26
- `[2:55]` Exercise 1 — STOP: a mindfulness reset - `[9:32]` Exercise 2 — Three Good Things: gratitude with science…
· 42:37
Patrick Fagan spent a year doing something completely new every single week. From joining cults to attending cuddle workshops, from My Little Pony conventions to colonic irrigation, he pushed himself into the uncomfortab…
· 53:27
Some get an A+. Some fail spectacularly. All of them get a grade. - `0:02` Intro — Summer Sessions continues (and the rosé is out)…
with Joel Zeff · 47:32
Joel joins Al and Leanne for a summer session on why fun isn't a distraction — it's a leadership tool. He shares the story of getting fired from his newspaper job and ending up on a loading dock playing harmonica for the…
· 46:46
They dig into what happens when you're expected to lead a large team in a flatter organization, why more than half of managers aren't equipped with the skills they need, and the practical steps you can take to protect yo…
with Associate Professor John Michel · 44:26
John Michel joins Al and Leanne to reveal what his research discovered when his students started digging into coworker socializing: awkward small talk doesn't just make people uncomfortable — it leads to emotional exhaus…
· 55:13
- `0:06` Intro — welcome to Summer Sessions - `0:52` Back in our day… the AOL era begins…
with Carolina Lasso · 43:25
What followed was a six-month mental health sabbatical, a solo journey across Italy, India, Kenya and beyond, and a radical redefinition of what success actually means. Carolina joins Al and Leanne to unpack the "achieve…
· 54:48
- `0:02` Intro — welcome to Remote Work Roulette - `3:12` New Zealand: beautiful, expensive, and maybe not for working…
with Elaine Smith · 41:23
Dr. Elaine Smith joins Al and Leanne to unpack holiday anxiety: why we can't switch off, why even one reply to a work email on leave reinforces the cycle, and how to set boundaries that actually hold. She breaks down the…
· 52:32
- `4:17` The Disaster Files — Leanne's demotion story begins - `10:50` The call: three options, none of them good…
· 45:46
The answers are rarely what you'd expect. The best leaders don't try to win the room — they create space for others to think. Trust is built slowly and breaks fast. There's no single "right way" to lead, but there are pa…
with Becky Simms · 55:27
Al and Leanne dig into the "intruder paradox," unpack a viral hiring post that promises A-players through tough-love recruitment theatre, and explore why the mere *threat* of return-to-office mandates is denting UK worke…
with Tim Lupinacci · 38:46
Tim joins Al and Leanne to share how he's flipped traditional leadership on its head — leading through vulnerability, service, and personal values in a sector that's famously high-pressure, high-burnout, and historically…
with Rameez Kaleem · 56:53
Al and Leanne break down the most outrageous employment heist in recent tech history — a software engineer who collected salaries from dozens of Silicon Valley startups simultaneously — and what it reveals about the futu…
with Steve Roest, PocDoc · 44:06
Steve joins Al and Leanne to share how he turns his so-called "weakness" — being the non-technical founder — into a leadership superpower. He explains why you don't need to be the smartest person in the room to lead bril…
with Matt Smeed · 58:56
Matt Smeed joins Al and Leanne for this week's Hot Take to argue that wellbeing leaders are held to impossible standards. Other departments get to try, fail and iterate — but when it comes to wellbeing, the bar is sky-hi…
with Richard Birke · 34:14
Richard joins Al and Leanne to break down the BATNA method (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) — the psychological framework that world-class negotiators use to walk into any conversation with quiet confidence. …
· 1:00:22
- `2:21` Story 1 — Great bosses exist (and here's the proof) - `10:40` Story 2 — Monster Jobs goes bust: what killed the job board?…
with Roit Feldenkreis · 33:45
Roit joins Al and Leanne to translate the unspoken power of presence, body language, and tempo from the conductor's podium into boardroom leadership. She shares how conducting teams — musical or managerial — starts with …
· 54:00
- `[2:56]` Story 1 — "Locking In": Hustle Culture Gets a Makeover - `[10:08]` Story 2 — Steve Jobs and the Case for Creative Rule-Breaking…
with Jeff LeBlanc · 41:59
Jeff joins Al and Leanne to dismantle the myth that kindness is weakness. He argues we've been defining kindness all wrong: it's not about being liked, it's about being trusted. It's not about avoiding hard conversations…
· 56:59
- `3:37` Story 1 — Digital incivility: the passive-aggressive problem you're ignoring - `10:12` Story 2 — Loud living vs quiet quitting…
with Cheryl Robinson · 42:39
Dr. Cheryl Robinson joins Al and Leanne to explain why so much workplace communication misses the mark — and how to fix it in about two minutes. From the words that kill your authority (spoiler: "just" and "sorry" are on…
· 58:46
- `[3:17]` Story 1 — Are we normalising trauma at work? - `[14:24]` Story 2 — 8 ways to say "screw you" at work (without getting fired)…
· 49:51
- `[0:02]` Intro — "Where did everybody go?" - `[0:34]` The 8 questions we're answering today…
with Kristyna Hawkett · 1:00:40
This week, Al and Leanne dive into three big workplace stories: the new archetype of the duck shuffler (the person who disrupts your perfectly aligned plans — but for good reason), why the US job market is changing rathe…
