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10:13Job 1: PenguinologistAl Elliott: Who's going first? Leanne Elliott: Me. So my first one is a penguinologist Al Elliott: GeorgiaEP 322 · 28 Jul 2026·interview· 10:13–16:5223:57Job 3: Professional apologist (polyologist)Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back. Definitely come back, because Nudge isn't as good as thisEP 322 · 28 Jul 2026·interview· 23:57–30:455:41Breaking Out of the 'Outside Looking In' TrapTom Emery: Yes, definitely. I mean, I think there's a mindset thing about working in HR. And I think sometimes that means that we perhaps in HR, we sometimes inadvertently put ourselves on the outside looking in, whereasEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 5:41–10:0440:48The power of volunteeringLeanne Elliott: Yeah, I wanna echo as well to anyone listening the power of volunteering, because not only would you know, that's really great for our mental health and wellbeing because purpose and meaningful work, the EP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 40:48–44:2344:23Sally takes agency — cold Kristien's adviceLeanne Elliott: I wanna go back to Sally, 'cause I'm with you. I'm like, Sally, take some agency. You've got this. You can do this. I also know, having been a very passionate middle manager myself at times, That I'm, I'mEP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 44:23–53:0753:07Knowing your super skill and building your kit bagLeanne Elliott: I, I would imagine that people, there's people in 2 camps, and maybe they're holding both feelings at the same time at this point. They're like, yeah, Kristien, I'm with you. Yeah. I'm gonna do this, I'm EP 311 · 18 Jun 2026·interview· 53:07–58:2511:03News Roundup: The Rise of Stalling Out in Mid-CareerLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Go on Leanne Elliott: I love that the news keeps newsing when we're away and I come back and there's just so much to catch up with, including new words. My new word is stalEP 310 · 16 Jun 2026·news roundup· 11:03–15:5339:55Workplace Surgery: The accidental sales managerLeanne Elliott: Yeah, absolutely Al Elliott: And then you can jump in. All right. So welcome. So this is— I've got to say, World Famous Weekly Web Episodes. You haven't said a bit. I was just saying, World Famous Weekly EP 306 · 2 Jun 2026·workplace surgery· 39:55–46:2367:13Wrap-up and reflections on the last four yearsLeanne Elliott: Phenomenal professional Al Elliott: Phenomenal professional. Yes, exactly Leanne Elliott: No, you are, you are, darling. You are. You've been through, you've been through a lot and you've, you've really, EP 304 · 26 May 2026·other· 67:13–75:192:57Rachel's story: from no university to disruptorRachel Harris: So hi, if we've not met before, my name is Rachel Harris and I am a disruptor in the accounting industry. And so I am disrupting what it means to be an accountant, what it feels like to an accountant and dEP 299 · 7 May 2026·interview· 2:57–7:1713:37Story 2: The Gen-Z career ladder is being rebuiltAl Elliott: Well, I've been reading The Guardian this week and feeling very fancy Leanne Elliott: Oh, I'm sure a lot of people who know you'd be very surprised to hear that you read The Guardian Al Elliott: Yeah, yeah. TEP 298 · 5 May 2026·news roundup· 13:37–20:0851:02Workplace Surgery — Small business culture vs. £15k pay riseLeanne Elliott: Oh, now that is the title of a great Oh, there's, there's so many little clues in this, isn't there? Al Elliott: Yes. Lee, unpack like, like it's Christmas morning Leanne Elliott: I wanna, I wanna just taEP 296 · 28 Apr 2026·workplace surgery· 51:02–58:1244:03Knowing your worth in the new world of workJeffrey Fermin: PR packages are welcome Kristien Turner: Yes, gladly Jeffrey Fermin: But it's so interesting, Jeff, that you mentioned, you mentioned that LEGO actually do do a really good job about showing up and showinEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 44:03–49:4625:05Truth or Lie: The glass cliffLeanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back. Definitely come back because Nudge isn't as good as this. So come back. I'll cut that out. Keep that in. Welcome back to Truth or Lie. It's that time of the weekEP 288 · 31 Mar 2026·truth or lie· 25:05–37:593:23Who is Tom LeNoble?Al Elliott: Nice. Check out hubspot.com, the agentic customer Tell me, Tom, who are you? What do you do and what might you be famous for? Tom LeNoble: I like to say I retired being retired to be inspired. I had this amazEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 3:23–4:5722:06Contributing for purpose, not for a paycheckTom LeNoble: This is a great question because I never stopped contributing. It just shifted from contributing for a paycheck to contributing through service, which is a huge part of my life today. You know, I was very siEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 22:06–28:015:20Story 1: The career comedownLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Yeah, you know by now, she, Leanne comes up with a word, I try and guess what it is. So what's the word? Leanne Elliott: Career comedownEP 276 · 17 Feb 2026·news roundup· 5:20–12:0226:09Truth or Lie: Does your name influence your career?Al Elliott: I'll cut that out. Keep that in. Okay. Welcome back. This is time for Truth or Lie. This is our weekly myth-busting segment where we take a big psychological claim and ask, is it true or is it a lie? Now, thiEP 274 · 10 Feb 2026·truth or lie· 26:09–35:093:55Gen Z 'Growth Hunting' and What It Means for EmployersLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Okay, you alluded to this in the intro. What is your new word? Leanne Elliott: It's a, it's, can I say a new word if it's 2 words?EP 268 · 20 Jan 2026·news roundup· 3:55–11:048:43What it actually means to be professionalNick Power: This is going to be different for every person. To me, you know, when I think about what it means to be professional, it means, are you good at your job? Are you good at your craft? A lot of people have gotteEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 8:43–13:4426:00How to show up online without burning bridgesAl Elliott: And 2 out of 3 of us are devilishly good-looking. And you're not going to say which. Fel, host of Nudge, UK's number 1 marketing podcast. It's brought to you— we need to do this in 3s— Nick Power: It can LeanEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 26:00–29:549:04Quiet-quitter rises to senior leadershipLeanne Elliott: Anyway, let's brighten the mood, shall we, my love? What have you seen this week? Al Elliott: Okay, so I was reading on— now don't, don't judge me Leanne Elliott: I'll be the judge of thatEP 248 · 11 Nov 2025·news roundup· 9:04–16:422:43Career catfishing: when job promises don't match realityAl Elliott: Of course. What is it? Leanne Elliott: Career catfishing Al Elliott: Now, if you haven't listened before, Leanne comes up with a new word. I try and guess what it is. Invariably get it wrong. Career catfishinEP 246 · 5 Nov 2025·news roundup· 2:43–9:3641:02How life stages change workplace preferencesLeanne Elliott: It turns out that alignment isn't fixed over an entire career. As life changes, preferences can sometimes change. Perhaps at the beginning of your career you have childcare duties, so hybrid working is peEP 237 · 2 Oct 2025·panel interview· 41:02–45:120:01Intro — 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· 0:01–4:2430:24Workplace Surgery — unfulfilling work, great teamLeanne Elliott: Lee. In this situation, it's important to know that this is not a long-term solution for you, but it is a good short-term solution while you're figuring out what is gonna be meaningful and fulfilling workEP 234 · 23 Sept 2025·workplace surgery· 30:24–34:493:11Meeting Amy: 30 years in HR, from labor relations to Chief People OfficerAmy Bouque: Nice Amy Bouque: My name is Amy Bouque. I am privileged to serve as Kelly Services Chief People Officer here in the United States, and Kelly Services is a global workforce solutions provider headquartered herEP 233 · 18 Sept 2025·interview· 3:11–6:423:57Tony's story — 20-odd years in a huge sportswear companyTony Cooke: My name is Tony Cooke. Uh, the 20-odd years in a huge sportswear company, so the role was HR. Uh, and interesting enough, the, the, the brand, uh, is a household name. But the interesting thing was that whilsEP 231 · 11 Sept 2025·interview· 3:57–5:5135:04Leanne's redundancy story — and the managers you never fearAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: And I think it's managers like that that you're never gonna be afraid to get a phone call from, because even if it is the worst, they've done everything they can to protect you in, in theEP 224 · 19 Aug 2025·other· 35:04–39:3817:10Question 2 — plan Bs that beat plan AAl Elliott: Yes. Yes, absolutely. So, talking of work, should we have one more before the break? Leanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: What have you got there, Le? Or do you want me to choose a number?EP 222 · 12 Aug 2025·other· 17:10–20:500:00Introduction to the BATNA method with Richard BirkeAl Elliott: What if I told you that the reason you're not getting what you want at work has nothing to do with your performance, your qualifications, or even how much your boss likes you? Leanne Elliott: Research by FranEP 211 · 3 Jul 2025·intro· 0:00–3:1828:28Honouring feelings without making transient decisionsRichard Birke: I'm going to think more proportionally. You know, if you've been in a job for 15 years, And let's just say you're, well, a law professor and there's a change in who's the dean. And all of a sudden the deanEP 211 · 3 Jul 2025·interview· 28:28–30:0251:45Workplace Surgery — why did they only offer part-time after I quit?Al Elliott: Absolutely. It's a good look. Let us know how it goes. Okay. Question number 3. Why did they only offer what I asked for after I quit? Oh no. This person works in the public sector. Said, like a lot of peopleEP 204 · 10 Jun 2025·workplace surgery· 51:45–57:0951:11Workplace Surgery — I got the job… so why am I terrified?Al Elliott: Beautiful. Okay, so question number 3, Leanne. Um, I got the job, so why are you terrified? I do. I just got a job offer. It's something that I've worked really hard for and I should feel really excited, but EP 198 · 20 May 2025·workplace surgery· 51:11–57:0529:39Top 3 takeaways from StuartAl Elliott: Absolutely. So Just quickly then, the top 3 things we're taking away from Stuart's story. Leanne, what are they? Leanne Elliott: Number 1, just talk to people. Communicate. If someone's putting the time and eEP 196 · 13 May 2025·news roundup· 29:39–32:1115:05Why mental health became Sarah's life's workSarah Hughes: Well, it's funny actually, because, um, I, I— mental health is my life's work. And the reason being is because primarily I came from a family where, you know, people that I loved experienced mental illness.EP 195 · 8 May 2025·interview· 15:05–17:3344:16From resume to professional brandJohn Tarnoff: Absolutely. But I would go further with a professional brand in that the professional brand, I think, needs to be based on thought leadership. And to me, thought leadership is this idea that you want to staEP 187 · 10 Apr 2025·interview· 44:16–52:472:07Story 1: Is Gen-X the biggest work loser?Leanne Elliott: Has Gen-X become the biggest work loser? Al Elliott: I'm Gen-X and I'm a bit of a loser, so yeah, maybe Leanne Elliott: Well, this is a question that The Independent put on the table this weekEP 186 · 9 Apr 2025·news roundup· 2:07–9:2436:46Workplace Surgery: After 30 years, I've become invisibleAl Elliott: This is why I say this bit. This is the world-famous weekly workplace surgery where I put your questions to Leanne. You know this, you've listened to this before. Leanne's a chartered occupational psychologisEP 186 · 9 Apr 2025·workplace surgery· 36:46–43:2732:00Workplace Surgery: Am I mentoring my replacement?Al Elliott: I feel like I've been properly told off. It's my favourite time of the week now. This is the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery. This is where I put your questions to Leanne. This is where Leanne is a charEP 182 · 25 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 32:00–35:1815:59Advice for employees in toxic environmentsLeanne Elliott: If somebody is listening who is maybe an employee and is thinking, do you know what, Eric? I don't really have great relationships in work. I'm not provided the resources that I need to do my job. And I dEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 15:59–18:2017:48Imposter syndrome and why people become managersAl Elliott: You mentioned you had imposter syndrome. Does that ever go away as a manager? Vince Sanderson: Yes, I think it does, but it's maybe not as quick as people hope it will be. And maybe imposter syndrome is not nEP 177 · 6 Mar 2025·interview· 17:48–22:2243:50The importance of LinkedIn as your shop windowLeanne Elliott: Crevan, thank you so much for your time. I've really enjoyed this. It's been such an interesting conversation. I know our listeners will want to more about you, where's the best place for them to go? CrevEP 169 · 6 Feb 2025·interview· 43:50–45:082:35Soft quitting: a new term for an old problemAl Elliott: I got full named there. That's been a long time since I've been full named Leanne Elliott: That'll get cut Al Elliott: No, I'm leaving it in. Leanne, what have you got?EP 164 · 21 Jan 2025·news roundup· 2:35–10:0932:43Reflecting on Twitter's journeyAl Elliott: I want to ask you about your background in tech. You're very modest in how you presented that, but I believe you were at the highest global leader outside of the US for Twitter Bruce Daisley: Yeah, that's rigEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 32:43–35:3150:53Retirement, 'gradated' exits, and staying usefulAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: By the way, I think it's bad for people as well. I, you know, I think what would happen if I retired completely is I start getting like neurotic about my neighbor's tree overhanging my feEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 50:53–55:572:45Meet Annabelle (Gen-Z, MAP) and Jeremy (Gen-X, Change Work Life)Leanne Elliott: I'm Annabelle Murphy from MAP. Um, I'm a client accountant. I've been at MAP for almost 3 years in November. Um, I love my job, not in a cliché kind of way, but I love my job. I'm really passionate about EP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 2:45–3:4036:16Advice for 14-year-old AnnabelleLeanne Elliott: The other day I'd seen a post, I can't remember what, I think it was on like TikTok or something, and it said if you could sit in a— you get paid a million pounds if you sit in a room with your 14-year-olEP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 36:16–40:537:27Finding purpose after burnout (Suneel Gupta)Leanne Elliott: What have you seen this week, Al? Al Elliott: Well, I've been reading CNBC. Not quite sure why, but it came up on my newsfeed. I don't know what the— the problem with those Brits is that we look at some oEP 138 · 22 Oct 2024·news roundup· 7:27–13:4548:46Workplace Surgery: Staying visible while working remotelyAl Elliott: Fabulous. Okay, question number 3, Leanne. The company I work for is adopting a hybrid model 6 months ago, but I've chosen to go to remain fully remote due to family care responsibilities, a choice that was sEP 138 · 22 Oct 2024·workplace surgery· 48:46–56:1137:11Workplace Surgery: transitioning to managementLeanne Elliott: Oh, I enjoy a tone Al Elliott: Yeah. I'm interested to hear whether you pick it up straight. Well, I'm sure you will pick it up, but interested whether you address it straight away. I've been at the same EP 120 · 6 Aug 2024·workplace surgery· 37:11–42:370:33Intro: Why Millennials Are at a Career CrossroadsAl Elliott: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name isEP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·intro· 0:33–5:0216:38Dr Hayley's route to chartershipLeanne Elliott: You may also have noticed that some psychologists are also doctors, like Dr. Hayley. How does this work? Well, in really basic terms, being a registered psychologist with the HCPC refers to a standard in EP 110 · 27 Jun 2024·panel interview· 16:38–19:0027:04Becoming Chief People OfficerTodd Davis: So, so about 20 years ago, our CEO, I had been with the company for about 9 years at that time. And our CEO president came to me and said, hey, we'd like you to interview for the chief people officer role becEP 96 · 9 May 2024·interview· 27:04–30:4412:20Moonlighting: the side-job trendLeanne Elliott: Yeah, a pretty interesting article actually about moonlighting. So moonlighting is when, if you're not sure, people hold a second job or additional jobs outside their main job, their main employment. Um, EP 95 · 7 May 2024·news roundup· 12:20–15:0220:26The hardest cohort: single mumsLydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch): A lot of people that might think biologically and say, you know, because women breastfeed, for example, like, it's, it's a no-brainer that they should leave the workforce. AnEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 20:26–21:4029:31Helping women recognise their soft skillsLeanne Elliott: Ivee also works with women to help them identify and articulate the skills they've developed during that career break that would bring value to an organization Lydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch)EP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 29:31–30:5340:25Amelia's message to women listeningLeanne Elliott: If you are a woman listening to this who has been out of work for a while, who may have lost a little confidence, hopefully you now know where to start your journey back into the workplace Lydia & Amelia EP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 40:25–41:1325:29Workplace Surgery: Quitting for mental healthLeanne Elliott: So I thought, oh, you know, I'll just do a handful of interviews in a neighboring city that I can easily drive to, but I won't be easily recognized in should the HR executive walk through the lobby while EP 84 · 26 Mar 2024·workplace surgery· 25:29–34:382:48Introducing John Amaechi's extraordinary careerLeanne Elliott: Yes, and we have quite the guest for you today. There are many things to tell you about John Amaechi. There's the usual bio stuff, uh, sure. Professor John Amaechi OBE is a respected organizational psychoEP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·intro· 2:48–3:3540:14Dr. Martin's journey to becoming the Anger ProfessorAl Elliott: So obviously, Leanne came across Dr. Ryan in her nerdy magazine and then found him on TikTok and had a watch of some of his stuff on TikTok and then bought the book. And now he's on the show. So it just goes EP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 40:14–45:2322:03Sarah's personal journey — mental health as her life's workSarah Hughes: Well, it's funny actually because, um, I, I— mental health is my life's work, and the reason being is because primarily I came from a family where, you know, people that I loved experienced mental illness. EP 79 · 23 Feb 2024·interview· 22:03–24:2335:44Side hustles through the generationsAl Elliott: I have a quick question, just something what Ashley said. This is for, for Carrie and Claire. Um, side hustle, it seems to be quite a new thing. Now, I'm a Gen X too. Um, so did Boomer generation and Gen X, dEP 35 · 19 Apr 2023·other· 35:44–39:4733:49Why perimenopause hits at the peak of women's careersLeanne Elliott: Speaking to Dr. Kelly, it also really struck me that perimenopause seems to happen at an age where we're more than likely going to be in senior leadership roles or at kind of the peaks of our career or maEP 32 · 29 Mar 2023·other· 33:49–38:4639:53Rob's engineering identity crisisRob Kalwarowsky: When I got into work, I was like, hey, I gotta be this high-performing engineer because this is who I am. My self-concept was, I'm reliable Rob. This is who I am, the guy who delivers. I got into work, IEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 39:53–44:1228:30Why women exit the workforce — and what that costs everyoneLeanne Elliott: Some really important issues and challenges raised by Sarah there, which I'm sure we will dive even deeper into in future episodes. But returning to the world of investment, I want to recap on some some oEP 28 · 1 Mar 2023·panel interview· 28:30–31:4416:41Al's story: proving yourself without credentialsAl Elliott: Yeah, I never went to university. I didn't, um, actually I never got any A-levels, to be brutally honest. Um, and, um, but look, it was that sort of like you can do anything attitude, uh, I think more than anEP 27 · 22 Feb 2023·other· 16:41–21:5830:16From natural marketer to leaderLeanne Elliott: A really honest view there, I think, of remote work and, and how we're coming to terms with it. And as Kyle said, you know, it is early days and we haven't quite cracked it yet, but what we do know is it'EP 23 · 25 Jan 2023·other· 30:16–36:5122:59John — the mentor who changed everythingAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: So, yeah, I went back the next day and I told John this with the MD. And this wasn't the answer they expected. I think they expected me to go back to being a coach. I kind of held my grouEP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 22:59–29:3716:12Leanne's story: being made redundant in 2015Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back. Definitely come back because Nudge isn't as good as this. So come back. I'll cut that out. Keep that in Leanne Elliott: So while this is a huge media story, it'sEP 13 · 22 Nov 2022·other· 16:12–19:20
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