Truth, Lies & Work

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Behavioural science meets workplace culture.

UK's #1 Management Podcast. Hosted by Chartered Occupational Psychologist Leanne Elliott and business owner Al Elliott — evidence-based insight plus lived experience, twice a week.

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EP 325

He cancelled his meetings for a week (and nobody noticed), with Chris Lovett, best-selling author

with Chris Lovett · 52:16

Chris joins Al and Leanne to argue the opposite: done deliberately, doing less is how you deliver more. He once asked a senior leader to decline an entire week of meetings as an experiment — and only one person noticed. …

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EP 324

Workplace Red Flag or Green Flag? Summer Sessions #2, with Meghan French-Dunbar

with Meghan French-Dunbar · 59:01

This week Al and Leanne are joined by author, speaker and host of the Unbehaved podcast, **Meghan French-Dunbar** (MFD!), to put some of the biggest workplace behaviours, leadership advice and organisational trends to th…

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EP 323

Why you believe you're right, even when you're wrong, with Owen Fitzpatrick, social psychologist and author

with Owen Fitzpatrick · 59:57

Owen joins Al and Leanne to break down his concept of **Inner Propaganda** — the story you sell to yourself — and why "logic bullying" never works when you're trying to change minds. From coaching billionaires and Olympi…

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EP 322

The World’s Weirdest Jobs: Penguinologists, Snake Milkers, Ice Cowboys and more! Summer Sessions #1, with Georgia Hodkinson

with Georgia Hodkinson · 51:41

Joined by special guest host Georgia Hodkinson, the team takes turns bringing genuinely real, wildly specialised, and completely bizarre careers to the table. Think penguinologists, snake milkers, ice cowboys, profession…

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EP 321

Is HR the Loneliest Job in the Building? With Tom Emery

with Tom Emery · 52:05

Tom joins Al and Leanne to pull back the curtain on the reality of HR leadership — including his powerful "Vet Analogy": just as vets enter the profession out of love for animals only to see them at their illest, weakest…

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EP 320

Can you bulls*it a bullsh*tter? PLUS! The European hiring crisis, Gen-Z perfectionism and Tik Tok training

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- `[0:27]` Story 1 — The European hiring crisis - `[0:46]` Story 2 — Why short-form video is bad for L&D…

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EP 319

Why Nobody is Listening to You at Work, with Strategic PR Director, Ellie Glason

with Ellie Glason · 47:06

Ellie joins Al and Leanne to explain why our brains are hardwired to ignore dry information dumps, and how leaders can borrow the classic "Seven Basic Plots" of human storytelling to get instant buy-in from their team, t…

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EP 318

Toxic Founders, HR Rebels and Stalling Women’s Progress. PLUS! Is it good to have fun at work? With Rebecca Taylor

with Rebecca Taylor · 1:09:05

Rebecca Taylor joins Al and Leanne for a special *This Week in Work*, unpacking the viral HR rebel calling out unhinged leaders, the uncomfortable data behind the "leaning out" generation, and whether fun at work actuall…

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EP 317

He built his company around happiness, but was he happy? With Richard Clarke

with Richard Clarke · 42:45

Richard joins Al and Leanne to open up about the bittersweet reality of exiting a business — the sudden loss of community, the unexpected grief, and how he used his own behavioural science background to climb out of the …

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