Truth, Lies & Work

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2:23Introducing Louise Hill and Ruth Handcock OBEAl Elliott: And to explore that, we're joined by 2 of the most influential and disruptive leaders in the UK finance industry. First of all, Louise Hill, founder of GoHenry. GoHenry is that financial education platform anEP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·intro· 2:23–4:1833:40First practical step for leaders: normalise itLeanne Elliott: Yeah, Becca, thank you for that perfect segue. It's like you're looking at my running order. Yeah, financial wellbeing. We talk about it in psychology, organisational life. Wellbeing is something that we EP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·panel interview· 33:40–35:324:49The 'catch-all' problem — how leaders burn out their best peopleAl Elliott: Yeah Dustin Hillis: Encouraging them, training. So, a lot of leaders miss the fact that their role is to train people how to do what they're supposed to do, to set those expectations, and to make sure you donEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·interview· 4:49–6:3030:39Practical advice for leaders stuck in the messy middleDustin Hillis: There, there are some big businesses out there that, that have very low margins. I think of, um, restaurants, for example. Um, you know, if you're in a low margin business, you, you could have $1 million iEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·interview· 30:39–36:0648:35Top 3 takeaways for leadersAl Elliott: Okay, so that was Aoife O'Brien, and if you like her stories, then definitely check out our podcast Happier at Work Leanne Elliott: I'd like to wrap up with our 3 takeaways for leaders. Lesson 1, there's rareEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 48:35–50:2435:21Advice for leaders considering reduced hoursLeanne Elliott: So, there's probably other leaders listening who are like, Jeanette, I'm with you. I'm this type of leader. I'm this type of entrepreneur and business owner. I'd love to go to a 4-day work week. I'm a bitEP 183 · 27 Mar 2025·interview· 35:21–42:268:55News: Managers vs. LeadersLeanne Elliott: Yeah, if you are new to this conversation, if you are like me and you're in your late 30s, quickly approaching 40, uh, I will leave a link to— we did an episode probably about a year ago on like an introdEP 123 · 27 Aug 2024·news roundup· 8:55–12:4938:04Lesson 3 — Leaders, find your purposeLeanne Elliott: So, lesson 3 is, leaders, find your purpose. For our people to feel authentic purpose, we need to know our own purpose, and this is exactly what our 3rd lesson is. Kate brings this to life, explaining herEP 47 · 13 Jul 2023·panel interview· 38:04–44:4648:03Theme 7: Authenticity in leadersLeanne Elliott: So number 7 is authenticity in leaders. So we've talked about line managers, this is about leaders. Increasingly, the, the line between effective leadership and management behaviours is blurring, and reseEP 37 · 3 May 2023·other· 48:03–54:5760:30Why leaders don't have complete informationAl Elliott: And my concern is, my fear is that leaders do not have complete information because their staff in large part are too frightened to tell them what's really happening. Now, one big indicator, if leaders are veEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 60:30–64:30

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