# challenges
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29:54Tough Moments: Sitting in the DiscomfortAl Elliott: Might be a difficult question for you to answer, Tom, but what do you think were some of the toughest moments of being in HR when you were back in HR? Tom Emery: I suppose there were 2 sort of sets or 2 categEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 29:54–34:5631:20The reality behind making it look easyAl Elliott: Yeah Christian Laing: But this is the— so this is the thing, Leanne. So as much as we made this look relatively easy, it's not been easy. It's been so hard for 26 months. Me, Ross, Natalie didn't get paid froEP 253 · 27 Nov 2025·interview· 31:20–34:4037:00Workplace Surgery: How to run a wellness challenge people actually wantLeanne Elliott: Well done Al Elliott: I know, it only took me like 2 years to get it right. So if you've not listened before, we have questions from listeners. I put them to Leanne, she solves them, we all go home. That'EP 194 · 6 May 2025·workplace surgery· 37:00–42:1815:56The downsides nobody talks aboutLeanne Elliott: Has there been any downsides then in terms of, of business outcomes? Jeanette Ramsden: Not, not in terms of business outcomes. The things that we've had to work a lot harder on. Is, um, so leadership stylEP 183 · 27 Mar 2025·interview· 15:56–19:3721:55The hardest thing about working with your partnerHarry Cramer: The logistics. I think a question I get asked a lot actually is, oh, isn't it really difficult because you just go home and end up talking about work? And I didn't find that difficult at all because I love EP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 21:55–24:5017:01The hardest part: the intention-impact gapAl Elliott: What's going to be the hardest bit for most people, do you find, moving towards being a human-centered leader? Alexis Zahner: I think the hardest piece is what we call the intention-impact gap. And it's startEP 113 · 9 Jul 2024·interview· 17:01–22:235:21The challenges of returning to work after a career breakAl Elliott: So the main risk of taking a career break is getting back into work, ideally at the same level and the industry you want. What challenges do women face when they're returning to work? Here's Lidy to explain LEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 5:21–7:418:28The challenges and realities of being a new managerDave Kline: Oftentimes when you first get promoted as a manager, you got promoted because what you've done really well is say yes, right? Here's a new project. Yes, I'll do it. Here's more work. Yes, I'll do it. Will youEP 87 · 4 Apr 2024·interview· 8:28–10:5415:23Frontline challenges at the RSPCAAl Elliott: One of the challenges we have is that, I mean, a lot of our staff are frontline. They're working out and about in animal centres, in our Spectrum, and it's about identifying areas that we can support them in EP 67 · 30 Nov 2023·other· 15:23–16:5738:18Are superstars tough to manage?Al Elliott: It is, it's a fancy word Leanne Elliott: I don't know, it might be the first time I've ever used that in a sentence. So, I guess what we're surmising from this is that yes, we can have superstars, but they'reEP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 38:18–40:5133:07Why being a leader is genuinely hardAl Elliott: Exactly. That's why being a leader is hard. It's really hard. It's not a question of just being promoted until you're good at the actual technical side of it. You've got to be good at the actual empathy. You'EP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 33:07–35:2120:19Leanne's worst day as a managerLeanne Elliott: Well, that's easy. My worst day as a manager. So, same job, um, but at the beginning of this contract, it was from startup. I was a new manager. As I said before, I didn't really have any much experience,EP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 20:19–22:5915:04Twitter's unique challenge: a product struggling to monetiseAl Elliott: I think the issue that, that we have, and I think the issue that Elon is now faced with, is Twitter is a product, yes, but it's much more than a product. It's, um, it's a public sphere, it's public conversatiEP 12 · 15 Nov 2022·other· 15:04–17:59
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