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54:13Top 3 takeawaysOwen Fitzpatrick: Yeah. And here's the thing, Al, that's what Robert McKee, who's The greatest screenwriting teacher of all time. He's taught the greatest. If you think about anybody who's written a great screenplay, morEP 323 · 30 Jul 2026·interview· 54:13–60:3150:34Top 3 TakeawaysLeanne Elliott: That was Tom Emery. And I think that that analogy is one of the best we've had on the show, actually Al Elliott: I totally agree Leanne Elliott: So, let's wrap up with our top 3 takeaways. Number 1, get cEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 50:34–52:3975:32Top takeaways and where to find the guestsAl Elliott: Well, talking of specific things that people can do differently, I mean, people who— we've covered an awful lot in this chat. Is the one practical thing that maybe a civilian leader could do differently startEP 303 · 21 May 2026·outro· 75:32–83:0745:52Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: That was Dr. Rosenna Bakari. And if you're a smart person, I bet that one stung a little bit Leanne Elliott: We've got 3 takeaways for founders and business owners, of course. Number 1, your intelligence is aEP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 45:52–46:5952:52Wrap-up and outroAl Elliott: Excellent. You've just given us a masterclass on, on onboarding people there. That is brilliant. That should be, we should do something on that soon. I think Leanne Elliott: Onboarding? Al Elliott: Yeah, I doEP 294 · 21 Apr 2026·news roundup· 52:52–54:4749:00Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: That was Tom LeNoble, and that might be one of the most extraordinary lives we've ever heard compressed into a single interview Leanne Elliott: Absolutely incredible. And as always, we have 3 top takeaways. WEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 49:00–50:1953:08Top 3 takeaways and where to find AndrewAl Elliott: So that was Andrew Palmer from The Economist. And I don't know about you, Leanne, but I came away from that feeling usefully confused Leanne Elliott: Yes, which it turns out is exactly where Andrew thinks we EP 277 · 19 Feb 2026·outro· 53:08–54:4740:59One thing to take away and top 3 takeawaysLindsey Caplan: So, I think if there's one thing I want people to take away, it's the idea that people are not changed or moved by content. They're changed when they are affected by it, right? And so, that is our goal, tEP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 40:59–43:1863:40Outro — what you can do differentlyAl Elliott: So that was Christian Laing from Standout Socks. And honestly, I don't think we need to add anything to what you just heard Leanne Elliott: Christian is not asking for your sympathy, your awws, as he puts it.EP 253 · 27 Nov 2025·outro· 63:40–65:1045:21Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: That was Dr. Ryan Martin and a masterclass in hacking your emotions. The thing is, I think we've all been so focused on managing our emotions when they explode that we've completely ignored all the tiny decisEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 45:21–47:4245:16Key takeaways — leadership as a process, not a personAl Elliott: That was the incredible Danny Wareham, and I hope he's made you think carefully about leadership and whether we even need leaders at all Leanne Elliott: This is the key idea. The leader doesn't actually need EP 243 · 23 Oct 2025·interview· 45:16–47:3443:27Where to find Steve and key takeawaysSteve Roest: It's pocdoc.co, P-O-C-D-O-C.co, or you can find me on LinkedIn. I'm Steve Roest, or on Instagram where I'm @SteveRoest Al Elliott: That was the amazing Steve. Go and listen to his podcast, link in the show nEP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·outro· 43:27–44:4147:30The recap and final thoughtsAl Elliott: So, we'll recap those 8 tips now. Um, but just sort of like, it almost like as a bonus tip, if you can prepare for something like this, almost like, so for example, if you've got all your stuff, all your docuEP 201 · 2 Jun 2025·other· 47:30–50:4645:08Wrap-up and key takeawaysLeanne Elliott: Well, beautiful, beautiful note to leave it on. Crevan, thank you so much Al Elliott: I love that interview, Leanne. I know you like AI and you use it regularly, but I thought you did a really good job ofEP 169 · 6 Feb 2025·interview· 45:08–46:3635:27Bringing it all together and wrap-upLeanne Elliott: Yeah, I mean, moving on. Looking at all these predictions, together, I think there is an equal sense of caution and optimism. And I think there is a theme that 2025 is gonna be a year, hopefully, I think EP 159 · 2 Jan 2025·other· 35:27–39:1747:16Top 3 takeaways and where to find Kat and LizAl Elliott: So that's how to have difficult conversations at work. The key things that I learned really were. Number 1, that conflict is natural and nothing new, but kindness and compassion diffuses almost any conflict. EP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·outro· 47:16–51:2343:05Wrap-up and takeawaysAl Elliott: So, there you have it. That is this week's world-famous weekly workplace surgery. If you've got a question, you know how to get in touch. Check the show notes. There'll be an email address in there. Just sendEP 130 · 24 Sept 2024·news roundup· 43:05–45:1447:51Key takeaways — and a message to anyone strugglingAl Elliott: Absolutely. So should we quickly summarize our points then? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, I don't— I've not really kept track of my points. I think, yeah, I think the— do you know, I remember having conversation. I wEP 60 · 12 Oct 2023·other· 47:51–55:1381:05The five red flags summarised and parting wisdom from Professor Sir Carey CooperAl Elliott: Brilliant. So should we just quickly go through those 5 red flags and, and summarise? So red flag number 1 is that you don't have the data, you're not collecting it. Red flag number 2 is that no one's talkingEP 55 · 7 Sept 2023·interview· 81:05–87:2976:06Top takeaways and wrap-upAl Elliott: So regular listeners will know that we don't just leave you, drop you in the shit. We always try and tell you where you can get more help and support. We asked Nancy, as a business owner, what's our first steEP 41 · 31 May 2023·panel interview· 76:06–82:3274:08The 10 themes, recappedLeanne Elliott: Yes, we should. So our first theme, board-level buy-in in culture and wellbeing is absolutely essential Al Elliott: Number 2 was outsourced CPOs. They are gonna be a thing. They are a thing now, but they'EP 37 · 3 May 2023·other· 74:08–77:4776:50Top takeaways and final thoughtsAl Elliott: Okay, so we have covered an awful lot here. We've talked about the problems with doing it, we've talked about the concerns around it, we've talked about what business models it does and doesn't work for, uh, EP 36 · 25 Apr 2023·other· 76:50–79:5875:42Outro and what's coming nextAl Elliott: Yeah, fantastic guests, a lot to take in. Um, and hopefully you now know the difference between mentoring, between coaching. You also now know what you're looking for. Is it transactional? Is it transformatioEP 29 · 8 Mar 2023·outro· 75:42–77:2378:39OutroAl Elliott: Okay, so it's been another chunky episode. We have covered all kinds of things in this. A couple of things you need to know, if you want anything we've linked to or we've discussed, we will link to in the shoEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·outro· 78:39–79:5742:06Leanne's reflectionsLeanne Elliott: I think Al and Jim have given us a lot to reflect on there. And if you'll indulge me for a few more minutes, I'd like to share some of Some of mine. I wonder sometimes whether we're so concerned with our EP 22 · 17 Jan 2023·interview· 42:06–46:5159:00Resources and final thoughtsAl Elliott: So in a second, we're just going to go through some resources with you. But just before we do, I want to go back to Kate, who's got an important message about the role of self-compassion and awareness when yoEP 21 · 13 Jan 2023·other· 59:00–67:5543:53Summary of all 13 predictionsAl Elliott: Hear, hear. Okay. So should we summarize and go through quickly what the, the 7 we've gone through today? Leanne Elliott: Yeah. Did you write them down? Al Elliott: I wrote down mine. Didn't write down yoursEP 19 · 4 Jan 2023·other· 43:53–48:1319:20The full recap — all 7 books in 90 secondsAl Elliott: Talking of reminding, shall we just go back over them one more time? Leanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: Do you have your number 1 to hand?EP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 19:20–21:1616:08The 10-second synopsisLeanne Elliott: So, there's a phenomenon in psychology called groupthink. It basically means that groups that are very familiar, whether it be in an organisation or outside of work, the group is striving for consensus. OEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 16:08–20:56
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