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The Power of Mattering Subscribe to the newsletter When Zach Mercurio’s new book, The Power of Mattering, arrived on my desk I devoured it. It’s the most essential book about workplace culture that I’ve...

Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact Go deep with the whole playlist The next two podcasts I see as a piece with each other, today is about meaning the next one is about mattering. Collectively I...

Great culture starts with teams The podcast isn’t dead. It was just resting. I had a brilliant discussion about micro-cultures and when a manager needs to be a little subversive as a means of protecting...

PING! How to cope with communication overload Interested in how skills could enhance your business? Check out the short film I made with the Department for Education. What do your typos say about you? What's the right medium...

Turning your team into a tribe Michael Morris's book Tribal covers the codes that bond humans together. It was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award 2024 where it came runner-up...

Outrage in the work chat Dealing with workplace anger Edelman's Trust Barometer tells us that most employees see their company as the smallest big thing that they believe they have some impact over. This can mean...

Transformational cultures use the manager as a coach Tiffany Gaskell outlines coaching as a route to transformational leadership Tiffany Gaskell is the co-author of Coaching for Performance, the top-selling guide to coaching first published by Sir John Whitmore...

How Intel fixed work and then threw it away Subscribe to the free Make Work Better newsletter Brigid Schulte is a journalist and writer who brings a reporter's ear for stories to her exploration of modern work. Over the course...