Truth, Lies & Work

# team management

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43:36Workplace Surgery: Motivating quiet teams during slow periodsLeanne Elliott: Definitely. And that's a good idea as well, isn't it? To keep it, to test it. And try all these things or give people flexibility. It's not that everyone has to get a free gym or everyone gets a cleaning EP 320 · 21 Jul 2026·workplace surgery· 43:36–48:3847:10Workplace Surgery: Why is my team working hours I never asked for?Al Elliott: Okay, so question number 3, as you requested. Uh, hi, Alan and Ian. I run a— and Dr. Jake. I run a small consultancy, fully flexible, no core hours. As long as the work gets done, I don't care when people do EP 312 · 23 Jun 2026·workplace surgery· 47:10–53:291:13Meet Sean O'Shea: Turning People Potential into Business PerformanceAl Elliott: So if you manage a team or you're on one, this conversation is gonna change how you see every interaction you have starting tomorrow morning Sean O'Shea: Hello, this is Truth, Lies and Work Leanne Elliott: ThEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 1:13–3:5539:02Workplace Surgery: Motivating a team nearing retirementLeanne Elliott: Is it a true? Sounding very, very Yorkshire, that. Is it a true? Al Elliott: If you've got a question you want me to put to Leanne, then check out the show notes and send us over. We're always interested,EP 270 · 27 Jan 2026·workplace surgery· 39:02–44:4146:18Workplace Surgery: Question 2 - Motivating a disengaged teamLeanne Elliott: What a great question Al Elliott: Brilliant question. These are great. Do you know what? I'm loving the questions at the moment Leanne Elliott: Yeah, we're getting some really good ones in. My first thougEP 202 · 3 Jun 2025·workplace surgery· 46:18–51:4522:46Workplace Surgery: Encouraging initiative in your teamLeanne Elliott: The audio destination for business professionals Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come backEP 124 · 3 Sept 2024·workplace surgery· 22:46–31:5930:29Workplace Surgery: Setting Boundaries with Your TeamLeanne Elliott: So what's, what's this? So they're, they're a head, a head of regional head? Al Elliott: Yes, they're a department head, and they've got no problem with anyone coming to them and telling them about their EP 109 · 25 Jun 2024·workplace surgery· 30:29–36:4620:03Workplace Surgery: motivating stagnant teamsAl Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back. Definitely come back because Nudge isn't as good as this. So come back. Cut that out. Keep that in. So welcome back. This is the segment of thEP 97 · 14 May 2024·workplace surgery· 20:03–27:2726:08Managing the team and public perceptionAl Elliott: That makes sense. Thank you. Carry on Leanne Elliott: So yeah, so with Matt and Joe, it wasn't just the reputation impact of their internal teams they had to consider. It was quite a public separation Joe FieEP 76 · 1 Feb 2024·interview· 26:08–28:1212:48Sean on managing big teams and major life transitionsSean Tolram: Yeah, so, um, as my career progressed and I found myself managing bigger and bigger teams, I became less interested in myself and my own skills and started to think more about the people in my teams, how to EP 69 · 14 Dec 2023·panel interview· 12:48–15:042:53How to know if your team is burnt outAl Elliott: Yeah, 3 fantastic guests with very different, well, not very different, but quite, quite different ways that they approach the burnout with different stories. In fact, I think all 3 of them have experienced bEP 21 · 13 Jan 2023·other· 2:53–9:31

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