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14:19Why short-form video is bad for learning and memoryLeanne Elliott: Or if it was like a difficult management conversation, it might be like that. Al Elliott: Yes. So you can act it out. Leanne Elliott: TikTok style.EP 320 · 21 Jul 2026·news roundup· 14:19–17:0049:44Workplace Surgery: Judging an employee's private social mediaLeanne Elliott: Indeed they are Al Elliott: Fabulous, fabulous. Okay, so it's on to my favorite time of the week. It's time for the World Famous Weekly Webisode where we wrap up your questions to Leanne Leanne Elliott: SEP 318 · 14 Jul 2026·workplace surgery· 49:44–55:1948:25Where to find Rachel and final takeawaysRachel Harris: I share lots more of the stuff that we've been chatting about today on social, so you can find me everywhere you consume content at accountant_she. It's punny, it's funny, it's Accountant Sheep. And yeah, EP 299 · 7 May 2026·outro· 48:25–51:0321:48Who coined 'weird LinkedIn'Leanne Elliott: You have been, um, called part of this, this weird LinkedIn. I'm sure there's people listening going, what, what is that? Can you tell us what it is? How it started, how would you define it? Nick Power: TEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 21:48–25:0929:54Short-form content and 'fortune-cookie insights'Leanne Elliott: There are some formats, some topics, some ways of writing that, you know, are more than likely gonna perform really well. Can you give us any little insider secrets? Nick Power: Sure Al Elliott: YeahEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 29:54–37:3047:42Where to find RyanAl Elliott: And you can find Ryan on pretty much every social media platform as @angerprofessor. His TikTok and Instagram are particularly, particularly good. You should go and check those out. His website is alltheragesEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·outro· 47:42–48:116:44The 'Andrew Tates of the workplace' — social media's impactIsabel Berwick: I think this is A huge problem. And I think it's going to be the, one of the most pressing issues in workplaces. And I'm not sure if saying get over yourselves is, would be the way I would frame it becausEP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·interview· 6:44–9:1748:45Where to find AmitAl Elliott: For those people who want to know a bit more about you, where's the best place for them to go? Amit Singh Kalley: So my website is www.forworkingparents.com. I'm pretty active on social media. So on LinkedIn,EP 191 · 24 Apr 2025·outro· 48:45–52:2212:21Is following employees on Instagram inappropriate?Al Elliott: That's a That's, that's such a great answer. I, I remember, um, I remember just, it was only like 2 years ago that I would, I described to Leanne, I was like, oh yes, so I met these 2 ladies and Leanne's likeEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 12:21–18:0210:12The TikTok ban: what it means for your workplaceAl Elliott: Well, you can't have escaped the fact that TikTok might be going away. This is quite an interesting one because I think by the time we're recording this— before— yes, so this will go out after the deadline. SEP 164 · 21 Jan 2025·news roundup· 10:12–15:5743:55Workplace Surgery: Social Media and Company ReputationLeanne Elliott: Lan Al Elliott: Len. A prominent member of our sales team has a pretty colorful social media presence. She frequently shares details about her partying and dating life Including some rather questionable pEP 148 · 26 Nov 2024·workplace surgery· 43:55–51:4420:18Hot Take: Luis Camejo on content creationAl Elliott: Keep that in Leanne Elliott: Welcome back. Today we bring you a hot take from the most energetic man in podcasting. Luis and Funzi are the co-hosts of the hugely successful podcast Content Is Profit and also EP 146 · 19 Nov 2024·hot take· 20:18–34:023:26Story 1: LinkedIn's shift from professionalism to personalisationLeanne Elliott: What have I seen, Al? You know how you really hate LinkedIn because of things like humblebrags? Al Elliott: Yep Leanne Elliott: It's just basically— what's the word that you use? It's full of—EP 142 · 5 Nov 2024·news roundup· 3:26–8:1736:16Advice for 14-year-old AnnabelleLeanne Elliott: The other day I'd seen a post, I can't remember what, I think it was on like TikTok or something, and it said if you could sit in a— you get paid a million pounds if you sit in a room with your 14-year-olEP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 36:16–40:5355:30Where to Find Louise and Wrap-UpLeanne Elliott: All the links are of course in the show notes. Do go and follow Louise on socials. Her content is so good. It's actually her content that that reconnected Louise and I. As I mentioned earlier in the episoEP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·outro· 55:30–58:290:33TherapyTok: therapists on TikTokmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to the Truth, Lies and Work podcast, brought to you by who? Al Elliott: HubSpot, the audio destination for business professionals. Is that right? I neveEP 95 · 7 May 2024·news roundup· 0:33–8:110:33The TikTok that hit the wrong side of the internetAl Elliott: Nice. Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Lydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch): I think it hit the wrong side of the internet because the comments we were gettiEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 0:33–1:098:06Addressing HR misconceptionsAl Elliott: Now, TikTok and YouTube Shorts is all full of posts about HR, and it seems that HR are the baddies in the workplace. Ben puts forward a pretty convincing argument that this is not the case. Yes, they have to EP 89 · 11 Apr 2024·interview· 8:06–11:558:43Social Media and Workplace DynamicsAl Elliott: But with all this venting, I worry, are we actually risking polarization? Are we creating a kind of an us and them situation? You'll often see a lot of these TikToks and YouTube Shorts will take the mickey ouEP 85 · 28 Mar 2024·interview· 8:43–14:183:56How Al found Michael Girdley on TwitterAl Elliott: I only use it to, to stalk people. And that's how I found Michael because, um, basically if you've ever seen any tweets like I have around about business or leadership or anything like that, there's a very goEP 64 · 16 Nov 2023·other· 3:56–5:5039:48Social media as the new career playgroundAl Elliott: I think that that is the way now that people honestly get jobs Leanne Elliott: It's through social media, it's through social media networking, and even the rise of thought leadership on specific social mediaEP 35 · 19 Apr 2023·other· 39:48–46:493:17Word of the week: QuitTokLeanne Elliott: Yay! Al Elliott: It's the news roundup. Cue the jingle Leanne Elliott: Did you, did you miss this last week, Al?EP 33 · 5 Apr 2023·other· 3:17–7:07
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