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# professionalism

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38:15Workplace Surgery: Is It Unprofessional to Skip the Office Christmas Party?Leanne Elliott: We do! Al Elliott: Yeah, but it's not professional Leanne Elliott: It's less of a party and more of a pint, isn't it?EP 258 · 16 Dec 2025·workplace surgery· 38:15–41:588:43What 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· 8:43–13:4417:48The problem with the word 'authenticity'Leanne Elliott: If this is where professionalism is heading, or maybe professionalism is being replaced maybe with more authenticity. What do you think that's gonna mean for the more traditional rules of the workplace, tEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 17:48–21:4834:44Workplace Surgery Q1: 'Authentic self' or authentically unhinged?Al Elliott: Fabulous. Okay, it's now time for my favourite time of the week, the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery. This is where I put your question to Leanne, who is a chartered occupational psychologist who's an eEP 178 · 11 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 34:44–39:4012:17Story 3: Text Abbreviations Make You Seem Lazy and FakeLeanne Elliott: Text abbreviations make us look fake and lazy Al Elliott: LOL Leanne Elliott: That is— that's the headline that's going to grab my attention. Um, yeah, that's according to a new psychology study publishedEP 168 · 4 Feb 2025·news roundup· 12:17–19:59

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