# relationships
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7:37The 3 Critical Elements to Fast-Track Real Human RelationshipsSean O'Shea: Yeah. And it's a small anecdote, but it's really consistent in what we see. And the messy moments, that's a term I like. Because I'm a real fan of those messy moments between humans that I think are so imporEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 7:37–10:2338:26Home life and talking about work at the dinner tableAl Elliott: So let's talk about home life. So do you talk about work at home? Xavier Shariff: Yes, we do talk about work at home. The rule is we shouldn't, and you have to check each other, but it's really hard not to. TEP 271 · 29 Jan 2026·panel interview· 38:26–48:3537:20Prediction 6 — Josh Levine: The death of the resume — relationships are the new CVLeanne Elliott: Right, we've got one more prediction for you, and this one is a bit of a mic drop moment, Alastair Al Elliott: We actually, we actually did use the words mic drop. Can't remember if I left it in the edit EP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 37:20–43:5424:32Workplace Surgery Question of the Year: My Ex is My New BossAl Elliott: Yes, absolutely. The best of the best. So the likes of Coinbase came out of there. Stripe didn't come out, I don't think, but something else did. There's lots of like major companies you've heard of which areEP 260 · 23 Dec 2025·workplace surgery· 24:32–27:412:15Story 1: Breadcrumbing at workLeanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: Go on Leanne Elliott: BreadcrumbingEP 240 · 14 Oct 2025·news roundup· 2:15–7:3635:02The art of building relationships with decision-makersTony Cooke: I think you learn that, you find it. The art, I think, is to develop good relationships with the people who are in group. I think that's key. So for example, with me, we had somebody in the group in Germany, EP 231 · 11 Sept 2025·interview· 35:02–39:3733:43Disagreeing with the 'leaders shouldn't be friends' mindsetLeanne Elliott: Is that the case? Because what I'm wondering is whether listeners will, or not, not listeners, sorry, listener, you're, you're listening to this, so not you, but some people might think that all sounds grEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 33:43–36:0936:37Workplace Surgery: Managing office romancesLeanne Elliott: Ooh Al Elliott: Whoa. And political conflicts of interest. Okay, so this person writes, I own a small firm with about 40 employees. Recently, I've become aware of a romantic relationship Between one of ouEP 130 · 24 Sept 2024·workplace surgery· 36:37–43:0515:03Co-founder couple lessonsAl Elliott: Today, if you're learning to drive, which is quite a strange thing. But we have been a co-founder couple now for about 2 or 3 years. So over 17 years, um, we've had our own thing, done our own thing, and thenEP 95 · 7 May 2024·news roundup· 15:03–25:1226:01Leanne's burnout — and what Al saw that she couldn'tLeanne Elliott: You mean like other challenges I've experienced? Um, well, and I think my other main one was I had an episode of burnout. Um, and that was a surprise. I did not see that coming. Um, I think I, I went throEP 60 · 12 Oct 2023·other· 26:01–31:2224:17Expansive intimacy — a different way of looking at successJim Young: I don't know if you were setting me up for this, but I would say it's expansive intimacy Al Elliott: Mm-hmm Jim Young: And that's what I wrote about. And it's really this different way of looking at success isEP 22 · 17 Jan 2023·interview· 24:17–27:51
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