Flexible work can enable us to successfully deliver productivity and wellbeing. Flexperts fronts into the challenges, like disconnection, organisational culture and leadership and how to develop flexible working as an individual, team and orga

Belonging

Jun 8th, 2023 31s

Owen Eastwood is a high performance coach, who has worked with teams like the Royal Ballet in London, England Football, South African Cricket and Nato, centring his work on ‘belonging’ - a basic human need.

The Upstander Leader

May 11th, 2023 29m 15s

The world is changing rapidly, will you be a bystander leader - ignoring change as it happens around you, or will you be an upstander leader contributing to positive change?

When The Dust Settles

Apr 13th, 2023 24m 21s

2023 has started with a climate change wake up call in New Zealand – many communities have been hit by, and are reeling from, weather related disasters.A question for all of us as business leaders, and in our organisations wherever in the world

Aroha

Mar 23rd, 2023 27m 20s

Business books don’t have the monopoly on providing insights and inspiration to make work better. Aroha is a beautiful small book that contains 52 whakataukī - or Māori proverbs providing life lessons, guidance and notes of caution.Aroha tell

I'm not a numbers person

Jun 2nd, 2022 29m 31s

A numbers person is someone who understands the metrics, can read what they are given, looks for trends in the data and can communicate the data to others. They have conversations about action, are future focused and solutions orientated. The

The Compassionate Leader's Playbook

Apr 28th, 2022 26m 13s

This playbook explains how respect, fairness, integrity, attention, empathy, humility and courage are the characteristics of the compassionate leader.And it’s not all about putting everyone first – compassionate leadership starts with self comp

Finding Calm

Apr 15th, 2022 30m 5s

Psychologist, Dr Sarb Johal, helps us navigate uncertainty, understanding how our brain drives our reactions, the role of structure and habit in creating calm and how self regulation makes us more creative, positive and optimistic.

Future You

Apr 1st, 2022 31m 33s

Future You helps us challenge our assumptions and embrace the future - harnessing the creative benefits of change, learning all the way from Gen Z, by observing as leaders and making sure we have flexibility and spontaneity in what we do.Author

FlexAbility

Mar 10th, 2022 28m 40s

In a post-pandemic world flexible work has blurred the boundary between our professional and personal lives. How do we take back control, deal with the demands of work and have greater freedoms?

Experiencing Design

Feb 24th, 2022 29m 4s

Drawing on a decade of research and experience of creatively solving problems with Design Thinking, Experiencing Design challenges us to deeply understand what Design Thinking is, and how it can shake-up the way we lead and work together.

Mother of Invention by Katrine Marçal

Feb 10th, 2022 29m 2s

From ideas to funding, history shows us that innovation has been stifled because of gender - hear the examples from author Katrine Marçal and how we might change to bring more innovation and ideas to life.

Powerful

Jan 27th, 2022 29m 8s

Learn what created the culture at Netflix from their Chief Talent Officer of 14 years Patty McCord, and how this applies today in a Covid world.Powerful takes us inside culture lessons from Silicon Valley and sheds light on what a culture of fr

People Stuff

Nov 25th, 2021 30m 35s

Learn how perspective, perspective on ourselves and others and what behaviours are created through fear of loss at work to develop wiser, more compassionate leadership.

Plan B

Nov 11th, 2021 28s

Why does it matter to feel the pain of change and embrace the grief that comes with change? How do you find patience and hope? And what role does being clear on your values help in recovering from change? Plan B lays out this and more to master

It's Not Always Right To Be Right

Oct 28th, 2021 29m

Understand the pitfalls of always wanting to ‘win’ or be right at work and how a different approach changes how we operate and the results we can achieve.. Learn the difference between Radiators and Drains, how bad bosses can be great bosses an

Leader By Design

Oct 14th, 2021 26m 50s

Former Sportsgirl and Sussan CEO Colleen Callander’s story of leadership success is centred on changing the emphasis from profit to people, purpose and passion. She’s a leader who plays the long game – putting people first and knowing profit wi

Em-pa-thy

Sep 28th, 2021 28m 39s

This Empathy episode is essential if you:Are leading a team through a particularly tough challengeWant to master the art of connection with your teamAre keen to build a diverse and inclusive cultureRun a company and want to grow a culture with

Trust

Sep 16th, 2021 25m 50s

Discover the case for trust – even though it’s time consuming, can be risky and the return isn’t always obvious - learn why trust matters, what anchors trust and practical ways for how to build it.

The 4 Day Week

Sep 2nd, 2021 27m 46s

Discover a proven formula for a 4 day week that maintains productivity and ensures 100% of pay for the workforce.As we grapple with what workplaces and the workforce looks like and needs in a Covid 19 world where many people are questioning the

How Confidence Works

Aug 19th, 2021 27m 1s

Learn what confidence is, why it matters and how to build it. It’s worth it, as confidence can make us healthier, happy, wealthier, kinder and more motivated.

Thriving at Work

Jul 22nd, 2021 17m 1s

Key insights from six Books That Work authors to help lift our sights to thrive at work, as individuals and to help build good workplace cultures. A Books That Work episode special.

Leadership That Works

Jul 8th, 2021 17m 44s

We take the best and most useful bits of our business books to date to provide a shortcut into the skills we need from our leaders.

You Don't Need an MBA

Jun 24th, 2021 30m 16s

Get insights into the importance of flexibility in leadership, how to make good decisions, the power of systems leadership, the language strategic leaders use and the questions they ask.