EP 222
Ask old people! Answering Reddit’s funniest nostalgia questions - Summer Sessions Episode 3
· 55:13
- `0:06` Intro — welcome to Summer Sessions - `0:52` Back in our day… the AOL era begins…
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EP 221
Is chasing success making you unhappy? With Carolina Lasso, former Google and AmEx high-flyer
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…
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EP 220
Remote Work Roulette: the best (and worst) places we’ve ever worked - Summer Sessions, Episode 2
· 54:48
- `0:02` Intro — welcome to Remote Work Roulette - `3:12` New Zealand: beautiful, expensive, and maybe not for working…
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EP 219
What is holiday anxiety - and why can’t we switch off? With clinical psychologist, Dr Elaine Smith
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…
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EP 218
The F-ckup Files: Our biggest work (and life!) failures. Summer Sessions, Episode 1
· 52:32
- `4:17` The Disaster Files — Leanne's demotion story begins - `10:50` The call: three options, none of them good…
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EP 217
What makes a better boss? With The Economist’s Andrew Palmer, host of Boss Class Podcast
· 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…
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EP 216
The intruder paradox, hiring extremes and return-to-office pressure. PLUS! Should you ever admit you’re planning to quit? With Becky Simms
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…
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EP 215
How to lead with confidence, not control. With law firm CEO, Tim Lupinacci
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…
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EP 214
The wildest overemployment scam in tech history. PLUS! Fake empathy, nepo hires and salary secrets, with Rameez Kaleem
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…
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EP 213
How to manage a genius, with Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc
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…
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EP 212
Can toxic cultures really change? Inside BrewDog, NatWest and secret burnout. PLUS! Why do wellbeing leaders have to be perfect? With Matt Smeed
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…
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EP 211
How To Get Anything You Want At Work (The BATNA Method), with Richard Birke
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. …
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EP 210
Could £139k be the cost of motherhood? PLUS! The death of job boards, emotion hacks and the best manager stories on LinkedIn
· 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?…
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EP 209
How to Lead Without Saying a Word, with award-winning orchestra conductor, Roit Feldenkreis
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 …
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EP 208
Steve Jobs wisdom, Gen-Z hustle and the perfectionist trap. PLUS! Is your Zoom set-up saying 'I don't care?'
· 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…
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EP 207
What happens when leaders start being kind? With Jeff LeBlanc
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…
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EP 206
Digital eye-rolls, loud living and Pride Month silence. PLUS! Should we regulate management?
· 56:59
- `3:37` Story 1 — Digital incivility: the passive-aggressive problem you're ignoring - `10:12` Story 2 — Loud living vs quiet quitting…
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EP 205
Why your team zones out when you talk (And how to fix it in 2 minutes), with Dr. Cheryl Robinson
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…
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EP 204
Boss traumas, 2am callers and benefit ballers. PLUS! Is alcohol a well-being blindspot?
· 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)…
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EP 203
Where did everyone go? How to manage your team during the summer slowdown
· 49:51
- `[0:02]` Intro — "Where did everybody go?" - `[0:34]` The 8 questions we're answering today…
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EP 202
Divorce, disruption and the death of the watercooler. PLUS! Are you a duck shuffler? With Kristyna Hawkett - This Week in Work, 3 rd June 2025
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…
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EP 201
How to bounce back when work & life falls apart (our true story)
· 54:54
- `4:09` The backstory — why there was no Thursday episode - `7:39` Why resilience is built in advance, not in the moment…
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EP 200
Rule-benders, quiet quitting and the DEI dilemma. PLUS! Is happiness overrated? With Julian Hayes II
· 56:09
- `[3:11]` Story 1 — Happy staff = better business (Best Places to Work 2025) - `[8:45]` Story 2 — The $40 loan that went viral…
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EP 199
The Truth and Lies of Trans Inclusion at Work, with Sophie Wood
with Sophie Wood · 34:41
Trans inclusion at work is one of the most misunderstood — and most avoided — topics in people management. So Al and Leanne asked the questions most managers have but are too afraid to ask. Sophie Wood joins them to cut …
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EP 198
Should we all move to Iceland? PLUS! Reverse bucket lists, imposter syndrome and the trust crisis we can’t ignore, with Rose Soffel - This Week in Work 20th May 2025
with Rose Soffel · 59:21
Rose joins Al and Leanne to deliver a hot take that's not holding back: we're in a full-blown trust crisis between employers and employees, and behavioural science might be the only way out. She argues that post-pandemic…
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EP 197
Is Feminine Intelligence for men too? With Elina Teboul
with Elina Teboul · 50:56
Elina joins Al and Leanne to challenge decades of leadership orthodoxy. Drawing on years of coaching top executives, she makes the case that "feminine intelligence" isn't about gender — it's about wholeness. And leaders …
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EP 196
Does your CEO have Big Toddler Energy? PLUS! Touching grass, accidental bullies and hiring mistakes, with Stuart Mace - This Week in Work, 13th May 2025
with Stuart Mace · 50:24
Stuart joins Al and Leanne to explain why candidate experience is a window into the soul of your organisation — and why how you treat people during recruitment is exactly how you'll treat them once they're through the do…
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EP 195
The truth about mental health at work, with Dr Sarah Hughes, CEO at Mind
with Sarah Hughes · 48:58
Dr Sarah Hughes joins Al and Leanne for a raw, unfiltered conversation about the gap between how we *talk* about mental health and how we actually *support* it. She explains why surface-level wellness programmes won't fi…
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EP 194
Secret jobs, leadership mic drops and Spotify's remote gamble. PLUS! The case for gossip at work, - This Week in Work, 6th May 2025
· 52:54
- `0:16` Story 1 — Klopp, Slot and a masterclass in succession planning - `8:37` Story 2 — Spotify's "we hire adults" approach to remote work…
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EP 193
The Sweaty Startup's guide to finding top talent, with Nick Huber
with Nick Huber · 55:56
In this episode, Nick joins Al and Leanne to explain why storage units, cleaning companies, and pest control are more scalable (and profitable) than flashy tech startups. He shares his controversial views on global hirin…
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