Truth, Lies & Work

# self reflection

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46:22Leadership, empathy, and looking inwardKelly Garthwaite: Well, I just, I was nodding. Furiously because I'm like, thank you for bringing up empathy and compassion because that is something that is so overlooked because it's not data points, it's not tangible.EP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 46:22–53:0434:08Advice for 25-year-old Al and spidey sensesAl Elliott: Let me get some advice from Steve. So 25-year-old Al, God, almost 25 years ago, 25-year-old Al had a company which delivered beer to students late at night. And this was like way before Uber, way before anythEP 275 · 12 Feb 2026·interview· 34:08–43:0214:26Advice to his past self: get focused soonerAl Elliott: I have a question. The question is going to be, what would Jeremy 2025, January 2025, what advice would he have for Jeremy January 2024. But just before we go on to that, I think this is a really important thEP 259 · 18 Dec 2025·interview· 14:26–18:5621:53What younger Aoife would tell herself about being micromanagedAl Elliott: So, if you were to go back to slightly younger Aoife, who was in this situation where she was being micromanaged, is there anything that the slightly more experienced Aoife might say which could have fixed thEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 21:53–27:1511:52What Amy 30 years ago did that she doesn't do todayAl Elliott: So what did Amy 30 years ago do that she doesn't do today? Amy Bouque: I remember distinctly a moment, probably 2006, 2007. I'd moved out of the manufacturing environment and into a more professional— it was EP 233 · 18 Sept 2025·interview· 11:52–13:3515:36Step one: noticing the busyness badgeAl Elliott: So if someone's listening to this and it's resonating deeply, they're going, do you know what? I am wearing busyness as a badge. Can you give them something, some practical steps in saying how they climb downEP 221 · 7 Aug 2025·interview· 15:36–17:3142:43What Andrew changed in his own management styleAl Elliott: Is there anything that you've come across in the, in this, in this 2 seasons you've done that you've actually applied in your own work? Andrew Palmer: Yeah. So I have, I was managing in the first season and nEP 217 · 24 Jul 2025·interview· 42:43–45:1128:13Advice to his past selfAl Elliott: I asked Joe that if he could go back in time and give advice to himself, what would he say to himself? Joe Fier: I was moving too quickly and making decisions very fast and not listening to my gut, my intuitiEP 76 · 1 Feb 2024·interview· 28:13–32:1061:28The WTFG reflective exerciseAl Elliott: Yeah, but I'm terrible at these exercises. See what I just did there? I labelled Leanne Elliott: Very good. Very good, Al. You're all over this Al Elliott: Only because I know that if, if I'm really stressed EP 54 · 31 Aug 2023·panel interview· 61:28–67:2912:30Clip 2 — Rob Kalawowski: the 'am I an asshole?' momentAl Elliott: And my first favourite clip is from Rob Kalawowski, who is incredible. He's got the Leadership Launchpad product. He's got the Leadership Launchpad podcast, and the episode he was in was How Not to Be an AsshEP 52 · 17 Aug 2023·other· 12:30–14:0927:15Recommendation 1 — Reflect on your behaviour as a leaderLeanne Elliott: So let's go through some practical things you can do as a business leader, as a, as a business owner to nurture wellbeing and prevent burnout within your team Al Elliott: So the first thing So firstly, yoEP 21 · 13 Jan 2023·other· 27:15–31:32

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