From the Ellen Show to Boeing why do cultures go wrong? Colin Ellis is a consultant and author who spends his time working with organisations to improve their culture. He’s turned his attention to why some companies go bad in a new book Detox Your Culture. He talked me through what has gone wrong at…
Go deep with the whole playlist Sign up for the newsletter How can any of us build a more effective team? Owen Eastwood is one of the world’s most in demand performance coaches, with a focus on team culture & leading. Owen has worked with some of the most successful sporting sides in the world….
Go deep with the happiness playlist How important is a happy workforce? According to Mark Price, the former boss of Waitrose, it’s the main thing that leaders should be thinking about. Make your workforce happy and the profits will follow. To prove it Mark cites his experience running the supermarket chain, when with a goal…
Go deep with the mattering playlist Stanford’s Kursat Ozenc gives the roadmap to designing culture This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your office Kursat Ozenc is a product designer who he teaches at Stanford university, He teaches on the subject that we can all learn…
Isabel Berwick is a writer and podcaster who focusses on the evolving state of modern work. I’ve celebrated her podcast Working It many times here (here’s her specials on the 4-day week for example, or her special on meeting-free days was essential listening). I love its ability to react rapidly to the biggest news stories…
Charles Duhigg on how to be a supercommunicator Charles Duhigg’s bestseller The Power of Habit was the definitive guide to building and sustaining successful habits. His new book, Supercommunicators, grapples with the knotty topic of creating successful interactions with others. It’s a thorough and dazzling read that has many applications for the way we work…
Over the last few months the drumbeat of stories of CEOs demanding more and more office time has been unrelenting. Just when you thought we were past all this, the news keeps coming. Earlier this month thousands of employees at SAP signed a letter saying they felt ‘betrayed’ by the firm’s new ‘3 days in’…
An interview with Anthony Painter from Chartered Management Institute Go deep with the whole playlist The role of managers are pivotal in our working lives but most managers aren’t trained or prepared for the responsibilities that they are given. When we look at the research from Gallup about burnout and why people hate their jobs…
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