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48:13The Book, People People, and Where to Find TomTom Emery: The book People People was written for HR leaders because I thought that there was a gap in the market. I didn't have anything when I was a chief people officer, and I found it really lonely when I first startEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·outro· 48:13–50:3439:45Inside Seven ExitsRosenna Bakari: It's out. It came out September 2025 Al Elliott: Okay, cool. Right. Okay. So it's out now. What was your favorite story or favorite chapter or a lesson you learned or something in there? Tell me, what is EP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 39:45–42:5548:21Where to find TomAl Elliott: Tom, what a fascinating conversation. This is definitely a book that is going to be on my bookshelf very, very soon. Tell me if people want to learn a bit more about you, or perhaps if they've read the book aEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·outro· 48:21–49:000:50Introducing Dustin Hillis and his book CapacityLeanne Elliott: Our guest today is Dustin Hillis. Dustin has led a $100 million company and is currently building toward a billion valuation. He spent 16 years coaching hundreds of CEOs through the messy, often painful pEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·intro· 0:50–3:2447:06The one thing Aoife wants you to take from her bookAl Elliott: So, it comes out March 2026. Someone reads the book and they only implement one thing from it. What do you want that one thing to be? Aoife O'Brien: Can I cheat and have 2 things? Al Elliott: You mayEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 47:06–47:1610:58The story behind Emotion HacksLeanne Elliott: And I love that you've started the new book, Emotion Hacks, by explaining exactly this, how emotions work. And you outline your Why We Feel model, Why was it important for you to begin here and explain thEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 10:58–13:0848:15Who should read *The New Workplace*?Al Elliott: Interesting. So, let's talk about the book. So, can you tell us who should read it and perhaps who shouldn't read it? Alanah Mitchell: Yeah, I think that there's lots of benefits from reading the stories in oEP 237 · 2 Oct 2025·panel interview· 48:15–51:1551:15Where to find Ina and AlanahAl Elliott: If people want to follow you, follow your work, buy the book, where's the best place for them Go to Amazon, buy the book Alanah Mitchell: We have a website too. It's thenewworkplacebook.com, so you can find, EP 237 · 2 Oct 2025·outro· 51:15–52:140:01Intro — Isabel's background and why she wrote the bookLeanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. My name is Leanne, I'm a Chartered Occupational Psychologist Al Elliott: My name is EP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·intro· 0:01–4:2446:33Outro — where to get the bookLeanne Elliott: That was the incredible Isabel Berwick. What an absolute legend. Her book, The Future-Proof Career, is now out in paperback. If you haven't got it already, go and buy it. If you have got the hardback, go EP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·outro· 46:33–47:4544:28Where to find Tony and his bookLeanne Elliott: Tony, I know our listeners will wanna learn more about you, your work, get your book. Where's the best place for them to do that? Tony Cooke: The book is on Amazon, Leanne. The book is in Waterstones. Uh,EP 231 · 11 Sept 2025·outro· 44:28–46:0149:50This Isn't Working – Who It's For, Who It's Not ForAl Elliott: Tell me about this isn't working. First of all, when's it out? Secondly, who's it for? Thirdly, who's it not for? Meghan French Dunbar: It came out August 5th. Who is it for? I honestly, on the title, it saysEP 229 · 4 Sept 2025·interview· 49:50–52:4551:30Book takeaways and where to startAl Elliott: Is there a part, we've got this link, sweatystartup.com/ideas. Is that a good place for people to start? Nick Huber: Yeah, go download that list of business ideas. And then there's some other resources. That'EP 193 · 1 May 2025·interview· 51:30–56:3029:43Steve's favorite story from the bookAl Elliott: Fun to some people might feel like no rules. So do you have rules? Steve Carse: Yeah, we have rules. You have to show up on time. So if we have a wedding at 7 o'clock and the slinger decides to show up at 8 oEP 181 · 20 Mar 2025·interview· 29:43–32:5835:51The strategy Ryan finds most difficultLeanne Elliott: Moving on to the strategies you outline in your book then, there's 10 of them altogether, how to deal with angry people. If people just adopted one, which one should it be? Al Elliott: Yeah, that's kind oEP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 35:51–38:3410:57Why Bruce wrote Fortitude — and the burnout mythBruce Daisley: Yeah, well, where, where the questioner in that, in that scenario is coming from is the really important thing. You know, anyone who can't recognize that the world of work is fundamentally changed in the lEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 10:57–18:0818:11The research behind the bookAl Elliott: What I really enjoyed about Fortitude is that it's written in such an engaging and easy-to-read way, yet it is packed with research. I mean, the amount of research that you've done, is there anything that youEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 18:11–22:4741:12The story behind Eat Sleep Work RepeatBruce Daisley: The podcast was formed by my own desire to make work better. I mentioned I worked at Twitter, and tech firm culture isn't always the best. And there was certainly a time we'd been forced to do a round of jEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 41:12–45:1227:24The Promises of Giants — Leanne's favorite bookLeanne Elliott: I want to ask you about your book, The Promises of Giants. It's one of my favorites. I mean, it's— I love how it's set out. And I know you must hear this all the time, how it's set out, how personal it isEP 158 · 31 Dec 2024·other· 27:24–34:5135:34Kody's book, Minds Over MeetingsKody Green: Yeah, and I mean, basically everything that we've talked about has been the main drivers in why I wanted to write this book. Um, I felt so disappointed when a doctor told me I would never work again. Uh, and EP 153 · 12 Dec 2024·interview· 35:34–39:413:45What is EOS? The Traction book and the six componentsAdrian Lomas: It is a book. Well, it's a book called Traction. You mentioned the book. This was given to me many years ago, 10 years ago. It's written by Gino Wickman, an American guy who researched lots of business toolEP 112 · 4 Jul 2024·interview· 3:45–5:175:07Introducing Isabel Berwick and Her BookIsabel Berwick: So I'm Isabel Berwick. I am the host of the FT's Working It podcast about the workplace, management, leadership. I write the Working It newsletter, which goes out to FT subscribers every Wednesday Al ElliEP 85 · 28 Mar 2024·intro· 5:07–8:4311:08Rory's take on reinventing the workplaceAl Elliott: One of Rory's superpowers and the basis of his book is that he's fascinated by ideas that don't make sense. He has a term called psychological, in other words, using psychology to triumph over logic. So what EP 83 · 21 Mar 2024·panel interview· 11:08–14:4032:34The hardest promise to keep: Hoover the landingJohn Amaechi OBE: Hoover the landing. Hoover the landing is the epilogue. It's a story in the book that almost, I should say, I think it's important to say that this book is mostly my mother's and not mine. So, you know,EP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·interview· 32:34–34:1637:04What a great workplace looks like and Petra's book Begin With YouLeanne Elliott: Right? Petra Velzeboer: And so I want those groups to have so much fire and model the behaviors. I don't care if you have any actions. If you come together and you talk about mental health, not just from EP 80 · 29 Feb 2024·interview· 37:04–45:1765:38Catherine's book, Conscious InclusionLeanne Elliott: I'm not sure I can communicate clearly enough how brilliant a resource Katherine's book is. It crosses from people and culture to operations to policy to how to, how to hold a meeting that encourages respEP 45 · 28 Jun 2023·panel interview· 65:38–68:4443:38The book Leanne would writeAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: But I think what's so cool about the tool that we've developed and why I would want to expand on it is that it takes away the noise. You know, there's so much to think about as a businessEP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 43:38–47:403:29Book #1 — Leanne's pick: The Leader's Guide to Resilience by Dr. Audrey TangLeanne Elliott: It's not catchy. Awesome reading list. And my first one is actually a really good one. If you are feeling on the edge of burnout, you really should be switching off, my friend. But if you absolutely can'tEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 3:29–5:015:01Book #2 — Al's pick: Good to Great by Jim CollinsAl Elliott: She is, she is. She's brilliant. And got her, and, and as a, as a fellow nerd for cameras and, and audio, she's got a great setup. I definitely fanboyed over what she was, uh, over her setup. Okay. So my secoEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 5:01–6:326:32Book #3 — Leanne's pick: The Promises of Giants by John AmaechiLeanne Elliott: Lovely. See, what I love about this, Al, is you were already thinking about the relationship between leadership, organisational, and performance when you were a mere 20-what? Al Elliott: Well, in 2007, I EP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 6:32–9:259:25Book #4 — Al's pick: Maverick by Ricardo SemlerAl Elliott: Yeah, absolutely. Okay, so my, my book number 3 for me wins several awards, unofficial awards. First of all, the award for the most difficult to get hold of book because it's not on Kindle, it's on hardback. EP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 9:25–13:0913:09Book #5 — Leanne's pick: Neuroscience for Organisational Change by Hilary ScarlettLeanne Elliott: So come back. I'll cut that out. So the next book on our list, my choice, and bear with me on this one, okay? Because I know I'm gonna say the title and you're gonna switch off, but bear with me. So it isEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 13:09–14:5714:57Book #6 — Al's pick: Always Time for Coffee (a confession included)Al Elliott: Number 5. So number 6 is— it's a bit of a cheat, this one. I'm sorry, I've not actually read this. However, and I know that's going against the rules, however, I've seen lots and lots of people talking about EP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 14:57–16:5416:56Book #7 — Leanne's pick: Time to Think by Nancy KlineAl Elliott: So on to the final number 7 book. What have you got? Leanne Elliott: So my final choice, I Too, Al, Am a Rebel. I also have not read this book, although I have recently purchased it and it's on, is on my nextEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 16:56–19:2021:16Al's unscripted bonus bookAl Elliott: Brilliant. I've got a tiny little bonus one, which is, which has not been scripted Leanne Elliott: Oh Al Elliott: I know, which is a book by the founders of, although, sorry, the, yeah, the founders of BasecaEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 21:16–22:07
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