All Episodes
Beyond The Water Cooler — 116 episodes
What If Every Workplace Started With a Check-In? - Mel Jones
AI at Work: Stop Filling the Space - Start Rethinking Roles - Jon Matthews, The Career Innovation Company
Why Skills Gaps Keep Growing and What Leaders Miss - Charlotte Harris, Nicholsons
What being an Employer of Choice Really Means in Today's World - Robin Rogers, Oxfordshire County Council
Harassment at Work: The Leadership Responsibility We Can’t Ignore - Prisca Bradley, Bradley Employment Consulting
Prepared or Panicked: How Leaders Build Resilient Teams – Alex Rae, CEO, Wise Investment
Making People Data Matter: From Reporting to Real Influence – Lorna Moles, Farrell HR
What High-Performing Teams Will Do Differently in 2026
The 5 Unseen People Challenges Leaders Must Face in 2026
Lead like a Diplomat - Gareth Weir, Deputy Ambassador, British Embassy Seoul
Building Cultures Where People Belong and Perform: Megan Carter, Blenheim Palace
Burnout Signs & Solutions in Modern Workplaces – Claire Plumbly
TRADING PLACES: Battling with Business: Inside High Performing Teams
Burning Out or Burning Bright – Rich Hanrahan
Essential Strategies for 5 Big People Challenges Facing Organisations Today
Strategy, Tactics & Operations – Gareth Tennant
The Future of Work: Being Human
TRADING PLACES: Organisational Effectiveness – Theran Knighton-Fitt, Mygrow
The Commonality is Individuality – Angela Prentner-Smith
Why Is Work So Unhappy? – Matt Phelan
Women’s Equality 50 Years On: Actions for Employers – Prisca Bradley
The Challenges (and joys) Leading People in Another Country – Rosie Hawes
Breaking the Silence: Empowering Leaders to Support Employees Affected by Cancer – Sharron Moffatt
TRADING PLACES: The Being Playful Podcast: Playfulness to Revolutionise Performance
POWERED BY HAPPINESS: Award Winning Performance – Jaye Cowle
The F Word: Finding calm amidst a Financial crisis – Sophie Lodge
“Terrifying… What, me?!” – Miranda Williams
Never Just a Survey – Kieran Innes, Stribe
How is Menopause Impacting your Leadership? – Tammy Gee
Happiness for Better Business Results – Isabel Odlin
Leading Beyond the Numbers – Susan Ní Chríodáin
Active Leadership to Build Future Ready Organisations – Gregg Brown
Developing an agile workforce for the future – Rachel Steele
Talent: The Other 8 Boxes – Duncan Targett
Trading Places: Is This Room Free? Leadership Labs – Lisa & Gemma Ellison join Martin Drake
Masculinity for Mental Fitness – Daniel Glyde
Let Men Drive The Mental Health Bus – Nick O’Neill
Compassionate Leadership (a better approach for mental health?)
The Shirtless Diver Levels up Wellbeing – Jamie Humphrey, ReechUs
Vulnerability, Purpose & the Power of Adversity – Phil Holdcroft
Getting it right for this generation to empower the next – James Elliott, the Sarena Clinic
Sleep: The Hidden Key to Team Working & High Performance – Dr Jill McGarry
SELF HARM: Dispelling myths & shaping solutions (in YOUR company)
Do Soft Skills Need a Rebrand? with Andrew Bardsley
Designing Tomorrow’s Workplace with Rob Day
Leaders Tell Us: A Unique Approach to Development
Future Ready by Experimentation – with Gemma Ellison
ADDICTION Unveiling the Shadows: Understanding the Complexity and Providing Support
Removing the Cape: Listening. Supporting. Stronger. With Stewart Codling, Chief Inspector, Thames Valley Police
Managers… Just Managing? with Sarah Cockroft
The Art of Reinvention with Courtney Hobbs
DEPRESSION & ANXIETY: Effective strategies for nurturing the black dog
Outstanding End-to-End Employee Experience with Mike Mair
Situational Leadership with Chris Chamberlain
Men: Developing Allies – with Seb Randle
Chief People Officer: In the Spotlight – with Olivia Sharp
Failure to Succeed: A Leader’s View – with Mike Brennan
Addressing Avoidable Employee Harm – with Andrew Cooper & Dr Adrian Neal
Wellness Washing: Are you guilty? With Kathy Heath of Healthy Minds Club
A PRiME Approach to Sustainability Mindset – Dr Karen Cripps
Humanising Capitalism to Shape Culture – Theran Knighton-Fitt, mygrow
“A Legal Perspective on Putting the Human Factor Back Into Business” – Roy Magara
How Are You Today? – Rob Stephenson, FormScore
Am I a Good Leader? A Changing and Diverse Role – Gail Cohen, GCVA
50th episode! What’s changed & where are we heading as humans at work?
Rethinking Customer Experience – with Graham Hill
Anxiety: A Strategic Imperative – with Nick Jemetta
Mental Health: From Boardrooms to Toolkits – Placi Espejo
Liberating Cultures: Putting Psychological Safety into Practice – Sonali Kumarakulasinghe
The Power of Skeins – John Hibbs, CoEfficient
Trading Places: RESILIENCE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS – Lisa is interviewed by Get Radio
RETHINK Being Human at Work – with Gemma Ellison, Macmillan Cancer Support
B Corp: “More than sparkly hotpants” – Chris Williams, Jennings
Reducing Overwhelm with Simple, Curious, Creative Leadership – with Carla Maroussas
7 Superpowers of Women in the Workplace (Part 2) – Dr Shawn Andrews
7 Superpowers of Women in the Workplace (Part 1) – Dr Shawn Andrews
Getting Beyond Resistance to Change – Amanda Page, Change Tempo
From Struggle to Strength: The Power of Resilience – Dave Greenaway, Life in Business
The Case for a Neurodiverse Culture – Mel Francis, Neuroinclusive HR
ESG: Be the change – there’s no PLANet B – with Nicola Weir, Deloitte
The Power of Your People: Business Planning for 2023 – David Saab, TVCC
The Golden Threads – with Lisa LLoyd
The Power of Disruption – Sarah Page, OOMPH
Don’t be the brand who cried purpose – Sophie Turton & Alice Reeves, The Joyful
Behind the Best Employer & Inspirational Workplace Awards – Danni Rush & Lauren Sweeney, Virgin Incentives
The rePSYCHling of Talent – with Dr Tracy Rea
The Ideas Laboratory – with Andrew Dean
The Metaverse: The Future of Work? – with Magnus Wood
The Great Disconnect – with Pete Sanders
Umbrellas: Part of the Leadership Tool Kit – with Graham Ballantyne
Should I Stay or Should I Go? – with Emma Browning
Racing Ahead with After Action Reviews – with Rob Smedley
OCD Unplugged – with Colin Minto
This is who I am: Personal insights from 10 inspiring role models
As MD, I’m Just A Customer Of The Business – with Eric Collins
Future of Work: Not What You Think – with Dan Sodergren
Thriving in Increasingly Demanding Times – with David MacLeod OBE
People: Everyone’s Business – with Sheila Lord
Onboard Men’s Health Week – with John Holland
Should Have Listened to my Gut – with Will Shorter
Feeling the Fear; Doing it Anyway – with Lydia Berry
Remote Working – Part 2: Strategies for Leaders
Remote Working – Part 1: A Dirty Secret – with Dave Harms
Learning Organisations: Networked Without Egos – with Maureen Robson-Norman
Unpicking the Plan – with Celia Champion
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Being Bray: The impact of Psychological Safety – with Sally Naunton
It’s all about the people – with Jim Liptrot
A Female Perspective in celebration of International Women’s Day – Charlotte Wilson
I wish I had a real job (& wasn’t unemployable)! – with Ali Hollest
Starting from scratch: Help! – with Mike Quinnell
Empowering Individuals to become a Collective Powerhouse – with Anna Hamzah
Employee Experience – just another buzz word? – with Andrew Whiteaker
Are leaders all they’re cracked up to be? – with Stuart Neilson
It started in the kitchen – with Dave Greenaway
Employee Experience - with Lisa LLoyd