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38:59What business owners need to know: stop gatekeeping support and universal designLaura Dean: For business owners, I think there's some really important things to think about here. The first one is about, first of all, Don't gatekeep support. Don't assume that people are going to disclose to you becauEP 289 · 2 Apr 2026·interview· 38:59–44:4720:50Q3 — Supporting working parents through the summerAl Elliott: Okay, so the third question that comes up a lot is, how do leaders and managers and business owners deal with people with kids? Now, obviously, we don't have kids, very happily kid-free, but my sister and my EP 203 · 5 Jun 2025·other· 20:50–26:122:51Should you comfort a crying colleague?Enya Doyle: I'm Dr. Enya Doyle. I am The Harassment Doctor. I spend my life working with companies to prevent and manage harassment in the workplace. Some of it is really fun for me, and some of it is less fun for you, pEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 2:51–8:4742:47Workplace Surgery Q3: My employee disclosed their depressionAl Elliott: Hope it works out for you. Let us know. Let us know. Okay, so question number 3. My employee disclosed their depression to me, but now what? What do I do? One of my direct reports has become increasingly withEP 174 · 25 Feb 2025·workplace surgery· 42:47–48:008:37Practical techniques and support strategies that help everyoneLeanne Elliott: And what might some of those techniques or support Um, strategies look like? Skye Waterson: Yeah, it really depends on the workplace. This is where I tend to get very tactical. You know, if you're workingEP 173 · 20 Feb 2025·interview· 8:37–10:5545:01Workplace Surgery: the 'unlucky' employeeAl Elliott: Um, if you're listening to this, you're going, occupational health, um, I feel like we should have that, uh, then definitely check out Harry Kramer's company, smartclinic.com. Um, he's a previous guest, frienEP 172 · 18 Feb 2025·workplace surgery· 45:01–45:5014:51Returning to work after a massive bereavementMaria Georgiou: I don't think we'd really planned my return to work properly after such a massive bereavement. I think the first thing was that I felt pressure, not necessarily because of where I work, not, not, not workEP 151 · 5 Dec 2024·interview· 14:51–18:5123:10What managers can do to support grieving employeesAl Elliott: We actually have a lot in common. We both use behavioral science to help people do better at work Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: Keep that inEP 151 · 5 Dec 2024·interview· 23:10–31:1045:27Do you need an HR phone-a-friend?Al Elliott: We have talked about how to have difficult conversations, but how about getting the support for this? Do we need a dedicated HR person? And at what stage, as leaders and owners, do we need to start thinking aEP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·panel interview· 45:27–47:1634:52Supporting teams through emotional labourLeanne Elliott: I really like that. I think that's something that businesses can struggle with, can't they? That evolution of their culture Harry Cramer: Yeah, yeah. It's really interesting you say that. I bet there is sEP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 34:52–38:2920:26The hardest cohort: single mumsLydia & Amelia (Ivee co-founders, merged ch): A lot of people that might think biologically and say, you know, because women breastfeed, for example, like, it's, it's a no-brainer that they should leave the workforce. AnEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 20:26–21:4046:03Being an ally — and it's okay to get it wrongAl Elliott: 17 Leanne Elliott: 2017. At this point, if you're watching this on a blooper and you actually watch the bloopers And you know what I mean when I say 2017, I want to take you for a drink. Get in touch Al EllioEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 46:03–46:2426:01Leanne'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· 26:01–31:2229:39How can employee insights support managers?Al Elliott: Nice, nice. Okay, talking of burnout, one of the biggest things that happens around burnout is managers. So what are we going to be talking about next, Lee? Leanne Elliott: So now we know how insights can be EP 57 · 21 Sept 2023·other· 29:39–37:1553:12How do you support neurodivergent employees?Jan: Well, I think you can not be condescending if you say to yourself, how do I— how would I want to be treated? How do I treat the rest of my employees? And treat them the same. If you find it's not working, you can siEP 41 · 31 May 2023·panel interview· 53:12–70:2530:08First step: talking about itJim Young: First thing is talking about it. Absolutely. The first thing I want them to be talking about is what's going on for me? Am I experiencing it? What's going on in our organization? Letting it be known that this EP 22 · 17 Jan 2023·interview· 30:08–37:08
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