# family
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42:00Round 9 — "We're like a family here"Al Elliott: Exactly. Drives a Mercedes S-Class. Okay, right, so quickfire. So we've probably got about 5 minutes left. Quickfire. So we'll go to Leanne first. Leanne, the HR director tells you, we're like a family here LEP 324 · 4 Aug 2026·interview· 42:00–44:285:27Interview begins: young Al, intelligence and family dynamicsLeanne Elliott: Yeah, without further ado, here is Al Elliott. Oh, so today is a little bit different. We, um, we've been around for a little bit, a little bit of a few episodes now, and we've been on the HubSpot PodcastEP 304 · 26 May 2026·other· 5:27–15:569:07The parents who shaped Ken's leadership philosophyAl Elliott: Martha, I don't want to give you too much away from the book, but how did this man get created? It sounds like at the beginning, there was a lot of things against him, but towards, you know, in the last 50 yeEP 291 · 9 Apr 2026·interview· 9:07–11:363:57How it started — wanting his brother Ross to have meaningful, paid workLeanne Elliott: You said you was— it was started with, with your little brother, Ross, can you take me back to the moment when you kind of realized that he deserved better? Christian Laing: Obviously life's busy, um, carEP 253 · 27 Nov 2025·interview· 3:57–7:1837:33Workplace Surgery: thanking an employee who's basically familyAl Elliott: Okay, it's my favourite time of the week. It's the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery where I put your questions to Leanne. Leanne's a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. She's here to answer your work-reEP 210 · 1 Jul 2025·workplace surgery· 37:33–42:5228:46The family bucket under strainCait Donovan: The family bucket has been under massive strain because family members had to take on additional roles, especially mothers, right? All of a sudden, mothers were teachers, And they were keeping their jobs anEP 185 · 3 Apr 2025·interview· 28:46–31:0425:55The net effect of the dual-income familyLeanne Elliott: The net effect of the dual income family was first of all beneficial, because it meant that people who were keener on money than they were on leisure could, if they wanted to, work 2 jobs rather than one EP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 25:55–27:5434:58Taking three days off when your mum has a fallAl Elliott: Right Leanne Elliott: So if your mum has a fall and you need to take 3 days off, in many, many jobs, not, you know, in many other jobs, there are kind of ways in which you can effectively swap hours. Office wEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 34:58–36:519:09The founder story: watching their mum try to return to workAl Elliott: Entrepreneurs exist to solve problems. They build the things that don't currently exist. exist in the world. And often there's also a more personal connection with their startup. Here's Lydia to explain what EP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 9:09–10:4234:40The grief of late diagnosis and the stigma families faceKristen (ADHD coach): I don't know if it's, it's offensive, but I would, I would maybe— Al Elliott: Err on the side of caution? Kristen (ADHD coach): Yeah, I would. You know, neurodiversity refers to the unique way that EP 41 · 31 May 2023·panel interview· 34:40–44:244:39The 'family' trap: why culture-as-family backfiresMelissa Carson: I think when people talk about they wanna feel like a family, that it's just that everybody cares about each other and we're in it for the long haul together. But it, it is, it is a business that people aEP 28 · 1 Mar 2023·panel interview· 4:39–7:01
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