Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above What does it take to navigate the complex landscape of modern human resources? How can HR professionals foster a culture of innovation while ensuring a deep connection with their workforce? And what lessons can we learn from leading HR experts to adapt to the rapid changes in today's corporate world? In this episode, we sit down with Sébastien Tranchant , an HR leader with a rich background spanning across various industries, including ...
Apr 21, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above How are you evolving with the shifting dynamics of workplace culture and hybrid work environments? In this episode, Gustavo Razzetti , author and CEO at Fearless Culture , a culture design firm, shares his revolutionary insights into fostering a thriving company culture in the era of hybrid work. This episode is a treasure trove for leaders aiming to navigate the complexities of today's work culture. We dissect the essence of creating s...
Apr 05, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above How are you adapting to the challenges in change management and leadership growth? In this episode, Eva Maurer , Head of HR Global Development at a prominent automotive services firm, discusses her forward-thinking strategies that drive significant change within the corporate sphere. Eva describes her journey from traditional HR practices to a more innovative approach that encourages self-exploration, open communication, and collaborati...
Mar 24, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Get the transformative secrets of leadership from people who are re-writing today’s HR. Your host, Gerry Murray , guides you on a journey through the compelling landscapes of Leadership, HR development, employee engagement, and talent management. Our latest episode is a treasure trove of insights, featuring the impressive Eva Maurer , who is revolutionising how we approach workplace learning. Say goodbye to outdated teaching methods and...
Mar 16, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Unlock the art of ethical persuasion as we sit down with Simon Horton , an award-winning author and negotiation expert. Simon reveals his six-step process, based on modelling the approaches used by hostage negotiators, addiction therapists, and billionaires, to change minds and reach their objectives. His book, Change Their Mind: Six Steps to Persuade Anyone, Anytime , is a treasure trove of practical advice, stories, and detailed model...
Aug 04, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above How would you like to be able to consistently bring out the best in yourself and others? How could using a coach approach in your daily life bring hidden benefits? As a Coach, how could you take your coaching skills to the level of Mastery? As a Leader, how could you better look out for the well-being of your people? These are just some of the many questions we explore in this episode of Leading People. My guest is Paula King, an award-...
Jun 10, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Does your organisation produce regular leadership communications content for employees? Are your messages actually getting through to the right people? And, if they do get through, are they being interpreted and understood as they're intended? In this episode, I sit down with Communications Consultant, Coach, Trainer and Author Ray Walsh to explore the role of communications in organisations. Communication skills are seen as a prerequis...
May 12, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Do you want to feel and do better in life? Do you want to improve your sleep, diet, exercise, brain health and performance? Do you know what your super habits are? Do you know what your destructive habits are? Do you know how to maintain your super habits and change your destructive habits? These are just some of the questions that my guest for this episode, Dr Jon Finn , answers. During our conversation, Jon explains how some habits ca...
Apr 07, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above What level of impact and influence do you have at work? Indeed, what level of impact and influence do you have in your life in general? Are there situations where you wished you had more impact and influence? In this episode, I chat with Elisabet Vinberg Hearn and Mandy Flint about their books and their work with leaders. Elisabet and Mandy have worked together for over 20 years. They have a passion for helping leaders, and indeed all o...
Mar 04, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above In thirty years time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed." ~ Sir Richard Branson How well have you and your people adapted to remote and hybrid working? My guest this week is Larry English , President and co-founder of Centric Consulting, a management consultancy that helps firms find solutions to complex digital, business and technology problems. In the early 2000...
Feb 04, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Imagine that you're enjoying all the trappings of success, including financial prosperity, when one day you get a call from the Justice Department. They inform you that they have evidence that your financial prosperity comes from dark dealings in the world of international business. What do you do? Well, this was what happened to my guest, Richard Bistrong . Despite cooperating with the authorities, Richard ended up spending fourteen an...
Jan 08, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above I'm pleased to announce that Season 2 launches in January 2023! I've already recorded and scheduled the first episodes for the new Season and I can promise you some fascinating conversations to come. Listen to this short preview to learn more. Until then... Meet your host, Gerry Murray Show Links Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn Check out Gerry's website Make Better Talent decisions with Wide Circle Follow Leading People on LinkedIn Leadi...
Dec 24, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above We've reached episode 40 of the Leading People podcast! As so many podcasts fail after only a few episodes, I'm very proud of this achievement. I'm also very grateful to all of you who tune in every two weeks and then promote and share episodes with your friends and colleagues . So, this is the official end of Season 1 and I'm taking a short break before launching Season 2 in September 2022 . In this short episode, I take a brief look a...
Jul 22, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Who is responsible for customer experiences in your organisation? How do leaders help or hinder the customer experience? Why are most organisations designed to deliver lousy customer experiences? And, what is a chatty check-out? These are just some of the many questions my guest, Professor Yves Van Vaerenbergh addresses in this week's show. As an award-winning expert on customer experience , Yves shares with us his insights and tips for...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above What role do illusions play in your decision-making? How can you challenge your illusions so you can make better decisions? How does a manager with hindsight bias prevent his or her team from making good decisions? For this episode, I sat down with magician, mentalist and keynote speaker, Alex Si , to explore the world of illusions at work . During our conversation, we explore how we create illusions, how we're susceptible to illusions ...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Why do we have a brain? It's not what you think... How does exercise benefit your brain? How much of your brain do you use each day? This week's guest is Gregory Caremans , founder of the Brain Academy which currently has over 400,000 students enrolled in its courses on how to understand and better manage your brain. The aim of the Brain Academy is to make brain science accessible to as many people as possible in a way that anyone can u...
Jun 12, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above On the morning of Tuesday, 8th June 2021 I sent an email to this week's guest, Julie Brown . It was an invitation to herself and her husband to be a guest on this podcast. I'd met him on the street a few weeks beforehand just days before he left for an expedition to Greenland and I'd forgotten to ask him. I never received a reply. Within hours it became clear why. The news broke that world-renowned polar explorer and leadership guide, D...
May 28, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above What have cornflakes, penicillin, cling film, velcro and post-it notes got in common? This week's guest is an award-winning author and Head of Learning at the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Andy Lancaster . During our conversation, he answers this question among many others. Andy also outlines 7 ways in which leaders could leverage mistakes for the better in their organisations, which feature in his latest book He ev...
May 13, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Why should we become good at public speaking and what difference could it make to our careers? Why do some of us love public speaking and so many of us hate it? What is a Public Speaking Monkey, anyway? How could some of the issues that we have with public speaking be affecting other aspects of our lives? These are just some of the questions I explore with this week's guest, author and public speaking expert, Dee Clayton . Dee has writt...
May 01, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Why do organisations need to invest in Internal Communications? What is Internal Communications, anyway? How do you get Managers onboard with your Internal Communications? How do you communicate internally in a Post-covid Hybrid working environment? These are just some of the questions I explore with this week's guest, author and Internal Communications expert, Liam Fitzpatrick . During our conversation, Liam explains why he's brought o...
Apr 16, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Would you like to have more influence and get more buy-in and commitment from colleagues or other stakeholders? Or, perhaps to sell more of your products or services? Or, to better deal with a low performer on your team? Or, simply to be a better parent ? This week's guest is Certified Forensic Interviewer and author, Michael Reddington whose new book is called The Disciplined Listening Method . Michael shares his experiences of forensi...
Apr 02, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Do you have high performers on your team? How would you feel if they went to work for your competitors? I guess you'd prefer if they stayed and worked with you ? So, how do you create the conditions so people can thrive, enjoy what they're doing and perform at their best? These are just some of the topics I covered in my conversation with this week's guest, Paul Zak . Apart from having a TED talk with nearly 2 million views, Paul has wr...
Mar 18, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above Why has coaching become so popular and why do leaders need coaching now more than ever as we emerge from the pandemic? And what impact has the pandemic itself actually had on leaders? How has the virtual work environment of the pandemic affected leaders? These are just some of the questions that I explore with this week's guest - author and Executive Coach, Andrea Lages . Andrea has been working as a coach for nearly 25 years and has no...
Mar 04, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above In recent years you may have come across terms such as Agile, Lean, Self-Organising Teams, Teal Organisations, Non-Violent Communication and Holocracy. My guest this week is the author and consultant Jef Cumps . Jef will not only explain and demystify many of these wonderful terms but will also speak about Sociocracy 3.0 and how the principles of Sociocracy are actually quite familiar to many of us, even though the term Sociocracy may n...
Feb 19, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text Have you ever felt demotivated or were struggling to get engaged with a new project? Or, are you managing a team and find that motivating them is an ongoing challenge? This week's guest is author, coach and NLP trainer, Jeremy Lazarus with whom I took a deep dive into the world of motivation - and not just your own motivation but also the motivation of others. Jeremy has written 4 books, including one for sports coaches, athletes and players entitled Ahead of the Game . He began h...
Feb 05, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above This week's guest is Dr Dan Harrison the creator and developer of the Harrison Assessment and Talent Analytics tools. People who discover these tools often refer to them as the best-kept secret in the HR or Talent world! Of all the investment decisions that organisations make probably the one that has the least amount of rigour is around people. Yet, the amounts invested in people can be quite significant. There is a mountain of researc...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text Please subscribe via the Podcast links above. My guest this week is fellow Irishman, Paul Davis . Not only has Paul authored several books but over the past 25 years or more he has advised and worked with many entrepreneurs to help them grow and scale their businesses into multi-million euro enterprises. Along the way, he admits that he has done quite well himself. However, in this open and candid conversation, Paul reveals why so many successful people are unhappy and struggle wi...
Jan 08, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text I'm very humbled by how many people have become regular listeners of this podcast. Based on my research, Leading People currently ranks in the top 20% of podcasts globally in terms of downloads and listeners. Please subscribe via the Podcast links above. It began as an experiment in January 2021. I looked at my extensive bookcase one day and wondered how could I bring so much of this wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience . I realised that I knew many of the authors and subseque...
Dec 23, 2021•3 min
Send us a text A while back I came across an intriguing article on the BBC Worklife website. It was written by this week's guest, David Robson . I later went on to purchase his excellent and extremely well-researched book entitled The Intelligence Trap . In this conversation, we chat about both the Intelligence Trap and David's forthcoming book The Expectation Effect and David reveals some fascinating insights into how so many smart people make dumb decisions and how to revolutionise your thinki...
Dec 10, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text In December as we approach Christmas and the end of another year many of us start thinking about next year . For quite some people it never goes beyond thinking. My guest this week is New York Times Best Selling author and consultant, Brian Moran . I invited Brian onto the show to chat about his results-focused planning methodology , which he calls The 12 Week Year. I discovered The 12-Week Year myself a few years ago and it has completely transformed how I plan my time and where ...
Nov 26, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 23
