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All Episodes

Beyond The Water Cooler — 116 episodes

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1

What If Every Workplace Started With a Check-In? - Mel Jones

2

AI at Work: Stop Filling the Space - Start Rethinking Roles - Jon Matthews, The Career Innovation Company

3

Why Skills Gaps Keep Growing and What Leaders Miss - Charlotte Harris, Nicholsons

4

What being an Employer of Choice Really Means in Today's World - Robin Rogers, Oxfordshire County Council

5

Harassment at Work: The Leadership Responsibility We Can’t Ignore - Prisca Bradley, Bradley Employment Consulting

6

Prepared or Panicked: How Leaders Build Resilient Teams – Alex Rae, CEO, Wise Investment

7

Making People Data Matter: From Reporting to Real Influence – Lorna Moles, Farrell HR

8

What High-Performing Teams Will Do Differently in 2026

9

The 5 Unseen People Challenges Leaders Must Face in 2026

10

Lead like a Diplomat - Gareth Weir, Deputy Ambassador, British Embassy Seoul

11

Building Cultures Where People Belong and Perform: Megan Carter, Blenheim Palace

12

Burnout Signs & Solutions in Modern Workplaces – Claire Plumbly

13

TRADING PLACES: Battling with Business: Inside High Performing Teams

14

Burning Out or Burning Bright – Rich Hanrahan

15

Essential Strategies for 5 Big People Challenges Facing Organisations Today

16

Strategy, Tactics & Operations – Gareth Tennant

17

The Future of Work: Being Human

18

TRADING PLACES: Organisational Effectiveness – Theran Knighton-Fitt, Mygrow

19

The Commonality is Individuality – Angela Prentner-Smith

20

Why Is Work So Unhappy? – Matt Phelan

21

Women’s Equality 50 Years On: Actions for Employers – Prisca Bradley

22

The Challenges (and joys) Leading People in Another Country – Rosie Hawes

23

Breaking the Silence: Empowering Leaders to Support Employees Affected by Cancer – Sharron Moffatt

24

TRADING PLACES: The Being Playful Podcast: Playfulness to Revolutionise Performance

25

POWERED BY HAPPINESS: Award Winning Performance – Jaye Cowle

26

The F Word: Finding calm amidst a Financial crisis – Sophie Lodge

27

“Terrifying… What, me?!” – Miranda Williams

28

Never Just a Survey – Kieran Innes, Stribe

29

How is Menopause Impacting your Leadership? – Tammy Gee

30

Happiness for Better Business Results – Isabel Odlin

31

Leading Beyond the Numbers – Susan Ní Chríodáin

32

Active Leadership to Build Future Ready Organisations – Gregg Brown

33

Developing an agile workforce for the future – Rachel Steele

34

Talent: The Other 8 Boxes – Duncan Targett

35

Trading Places: Is This Room Free? Leadership Labs – Lisa & Gemma Ellison join Martin Drake

36

Masculinity for Mental Fitness – Daniel Glyde

37

Let Men Drive The Mental Health Bus – Nick O’Neill

38

Compassionate Leadership (a better approach for mental health?)

39

The Shirtless Diver Levels up Wellbeing – Jamie Humphrey, ReechUs

40

Vulnerability, Purpose & the Power of Adversity – Phil Holdcroft

41

Getting it right for this generation to empower the next – James Elliott, the Sarena Clinic

42

Sleep: The Hidden Key to Team Working & High Performance – Dr Jill McGarry

43

SELF HARM: Dispelling myths & shaping solutions (in YOUR company)

44

Do Soft Skills Need a Rebrand? with Andrew Bardsley

45

Designing Tomorrow’s Workplace with Rob Day

46

Leaders Tell Us: A Unique Approach to Development

47

Future Ready by Experimentation – with Gemma Ellison

48

ADDICTION Unveiling the Shadows: Understanding the Complexity and Providing Support

49

Removing the Cape: Listening. Supporting. Stronger. With Stewart Codling, Chief Inspector, Thames Valley Police

50

Managers… Just Managing? with Sarah Cockroft

51

The Art of Reinvention with Courtney Hobbs

52

DEPRESSION & ANXIETY: Effective strategies for nurturing the black dog

53

Outstanding End-to-End Employee Experience with Mike Mair

54

Situational Leadership with Chris Chamberlain

55

Men: Developing Allies – with Seb Randle

56

Chief People Officer: In the Spotlight – with Olivia Sharp

57

Failure to Succeed: A Leader’s View – with Mike Brennan

58

Addressing Avoidable Employee Harm – with Andrew Cooper & Dr Adrian Neal

59

Wellness Washing: Are you guilty? With Kathy Heath of Healthy Minds Club

60

A PRiME Approach to Sustainability Mindset – Dr Karen Cripps

61

Humanising Capitalism to Shape Culture – Theran Knighton-Fitt, mygrow

62

“A Legal Perspective on Putting the Human Factor Back Into Business” – Roy Magara

63

How Are You Today? – Rob Stephenson, FormScore

64

Am I a Good Leader? A Changing and Diverse Role – Gail Cohen, GCVA

65

50th episode! What’s changed & where are we heading as humans at work?

66

Rethinking Customer Experience – with Graham Hill

67

Anxiety: A Strategic Imperative – with Nick Jemetta

68

Mental Health: From Boardrooms to Toolkits – Placi Espejo

69

Liberating Cultures: Putting Psychological Safety into Practice – Sonali Kumarakulasinghe

70

The Power of Skeins – John Hibbs, CoEfficient

71

Trading Places: RESILIENCE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS – Lisa is interviewed by Get Radio

72

RETHINK Being Human at Work – with Gemma Ellison, Macmillan Cancer Support

73

B Corp: “More than sparkly hotpants” – Chris Williams, Jennings

74

Reducing Overwhelm with Simple, Curious, Creative Leadership – with Carla Maroussas

75

7 Superpowers of Women in the Workplace (Part 2) – Dr Shawn Andrews

76

7 Superpowers of Women in the Workplace (Part 1) – Dr Shawn Andrews

77

Getting Beyond Resistance to Change – Amanda Page, Change Tempo

78

From Struggle to Strength: The Power of Resilience – Dave Greenaway, Life in Business

79

The Case for a Neurodiverse Culture – Mel Francis, Neuroinclusive HR

80

ESG: Be the change – there’s no PLANet B – with Nicola Weir, Deloitte

81

The Power of Your People: Business Planning for 2023 – David Saab, TVCC

82

The Golden Threads – with Lisa LLoyd

83

The Power of Disruption – Sarah Page, OOMPH

84

Don’t be the brand who cried purpose – Sophie Turton & Alice Reeves, The Joyful

85

Behind the Best Employer & Inspirational Workplace Awards – Danni Rush & Lauren Sweeney, Virgin Incentives

86

The rePSYCHling of Talent – with Dr Tracy Rea

87

The Ideas Laboratory – with Andrew Dean

88

The Metaverse: The Future of Work? – with Magnus Wood

89

The Great Disconnect – with Pete Sanders

90

Umbrellas: Part of the Leadership Tool Kit – with Graham Ballantyne

91

Should I Stay or Should I Go? – with Emma Browning

92

Racing Ahead with After Action Reviews – with Rob Smedley

93

OCD Unplugged – with Colin Minto

94

This is who I am: Personal insights from 10 inspiring role models

95

As MD, I’m Just A Customer Of The Business – with Eric Collins

96

Future of Work: Not What You Think – with Dan Sodergren

97

Thriving in Increasingly Demanding Times – with David MacLeod OBE

98

People: Everyone’s Business – with Sheila Lord

99

Onboard Men’s Health Week – with John Holland

100

Should Have Listened to my Gut – with Will Shorter

101

Feeling the Fear; Doing it Anyway – with Lydia Berry

102

Remote Working – Part 2: Strategies for Leaders

103

Remote Working – Part 1: A Dirty Secret – with Dave Harms

104

Learning Organisations: Networked Without Egos – with Maureen Robson-Norman

105

Unpicking the Plan – with Celia Champion

106

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

107

Being Bray: The impact of Psychological Safety – with Sally Naunton

108

It’s all about the people – with Jim Liptrot

109

A Female Perspective in celebration of International Women’s Day – Charlotte Wilson

110

I wish I had a real job (& wasn’t unemployable)! – with Ali Hollest

111

Starting from scratch: Help! – with Mike Quinnell

112

Empowering Individuals to become a Collective Powerhouse – with Anna Hamzah

113

Employee Experience – just another buzz word? – with Andrew Whiteaker

114

Are leaders all they’re cracked up to be? – with Stuart Neilson

115

It started in the kitchen – with Dave Greenaway

116

Employee Experience - with Lisa LLoyd