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50:01Owen's personal story and what he's gotten wrongAl Elliott: Yeah Owen Fitzpatrick: But he got away with it because he was so brilliant in the other ways. And eventually, I think in the later years, he became less abrasive and less rude. He worked with a guy called BilEP 323 · 30 Jul 2026·interview· 50:01–54:1329:54Tough 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· 29:54–34:5614:31The hockey-stick growth: $1.5M to $30M in 12 monthsAl Elliott: Hold on. Did I get this right? You said $50,000, $1.5 million. Did you go $1.5 million to $30 million in 12 months? Leanne Elliott: Yep. Honestly, it was a lot of luck. A lot of luck. And luck to me really meEP 295 · 23 Apr 2026·interview· 14:31–18:2946:35Workplace Surgery: Scaling culture as the team growsLeanne Elliott: Okay, so how do you scale culture without losing it? You don't. You can't. Because the culture that you need at a scrappy start with 8 people is very different to the culture you're going to need as an orEP 286 · 24 Mar 2026·workplace surgery· 46:35–52:4532:33Advice for their younger selvesAl Elliott: So as you're either entering or approaching sort of 7-figure turnover, what might you have said to the 2 kids back in 2010 when they were just approaching their first, their first mil? What advice would you gEP 271 · 29 Jan 2026·panel interview· 32:33–38:263:55Gen 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· 3:55–11:0419:42What actually changes at £1m, £10m, £100m and beyondAl Elliott: So as someone who has led a $10 million company and then currently, or has led a $100 million company, and then in a couple of years' time will have, probably even sooner, will have led a billion-dollar compaEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·interview· 19:42–30:3923:34Extending hobbies and pushing beyond comfortLeanne Elliott: So with that in mind then, because as you say, it sounds like the, the experiences that push us out of our comfort zone make us more uncomfortable, will it have more of a transformative impact than activiEP 227 · 28 Aug 2025·interview· 23:34–23:5334:36Advice for leaders: don't try to be too big too soonAl Elliott: So if someone's listening and they are a leader, they've got an— they've got a business, what advice would you have for them to grow a business the way that you've grown your businesses? Jackie Stewart: Don'tEP 133 · 3 Oct 2024·interview· 34:36–37:3930:59Workplace Surgery: Scaling company culture during rapid growthLeanne Elliott: Congratulations on your rapid, rapid growth, Techstarter Al Elliott: We've gone from 15 to 50 employees, 5-0, in just 18 months. And while I'm— whilst I'm thrilled with our success, I'm struggling to mainEP 130 · 24 Sept 2024·workplace surgery· 30:59–36:3724:50The growth journey: from deliberate slow start to 42 peopleAl Elliott: So let's find out a little bit more about the culture at SmartClinic. It's grown to 42 people in a very short period of time. In most high-growth companies, particularly when they're tech-led, culture often fEP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 24:50–29:2312:40The Valley of Death — the 10–12 employee crunchAl Elliott: See, when an organization starts growing, it can be really exciting, but there's also a point to which it all starts to feel like it's falling apart. Lots of people talk about this, including Daniel PriestleyEP 104 · 6 Jun 2024·interview· 12:40–25:2244:41Why this conversation needs to continueAl Elliott: Yeah, and as Danielle said, it's okay to get it wrong. It's if you, if you want to get it right that makes the big difference, I think. So next week we have the incredible Dr. Clare Hughes from Mind. If you'rEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 44:41–45:1028:48Growing world-class talent — you can't hire it, you have to grow itmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): It can Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come backEP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 28:48–32:1751:35Lesson 6: You Don't Learn Anything When Things Are Going WellAl Elliott: You are defined by how you conduct yourself and how you respond when things are going poorly. So, you know, I've definitely had situ— I've had companies fail, right? So, you know, by any objective measure, thEP 44 · 21 Jun 2023·other· 51:35–58:5427:12Prediction 4: Professional development takes centre stageLeanne Elliott: So my fourth prediction, I think professional development is going to be the kind of the people and culture area of 2023. Um, I think this has been of increasing importance to employees for years, and I tEP 18 · 29 Dec 2022·other· 27:12–32:16
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