The Loop

In this episode, we sit down with Yvette Croucher, Managing Director of Talent Management for Europe and Asia at Paul Hastings, the global law firm. We discuss a wide array of topics, including the structure and culture of law firms, the methods of recruitment and retention, the key skills, traits, and behaviours that make the best lawyers and best teams, and the value of diversity in the workplace. Yvette shares her first-hand insight with us, drawn from over 30 years of experience in the legal industry.

In this episode, Ab Banerjee sits down with Dr Alessandro Nai, Associate Professor of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam, to discuss his research on personality, leadership, and behavioural traits in a particularly pertinent context: politics. For more on Dr Nai's research, read his new book: Dark Politics: The Personality of Politicians and the Future of Democracy. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dark-politics-9780197681763?lang=en&cc=nl Listeners can get 30% off with code: ASFLYQ6

In this episode, Ab Banerjee, Chief Executive of ViewsHub, sits down with Narayan Pant, Professor of Strategy and Leadership Development at INSEAD, the world’s leading global business school. Permeating through the conversation is the idea of making individuals, teams and organisations ‘more effective’ at doing what they do.