Better Moments
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Resilience Has a Ceiling
Toughing it out is not resilience. Chronic pressure without recovery drains people, and the ones praised for coping are often closest to the edge.
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Energy & burnout
Conversations about burnout, stress, sustainable performance and the conditions that help people recover.
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What can change when rest is not fixing the problem?
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Better Moments
BM 6
How to Get Curious, Not Furious
Conflict at work is not simply a choice between charging in and avoiding it.
Better Moments
BM 5
Hope Is a Strategy?
Hope at work is not optimism. It is a goal worth reaching, more than one credible route forward and enough agency to move.
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S4 E33
AI gives you the average, not the edge
Roger Martin explains the four-word question he uses in boardrooms and why a mode-seeking machine cannot make a distinctive strategic choice for you.
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S4 E32
Why planning isn't strategy
The world's leading strategy thinker dismantles the planning document, the laundry list and the myth that leaders make choices while everyone else executes.
Listener questions
S4 E31
The three needs every workspace must meet
Agency, growth and connection explain more about a workplace than paint colour, hot desks or the number of days people come in.
Guest conversation
S4 E30
Design a place that helps people thrive
Behavioural scientist Leidy Klotz explains how our surroundings feed or starve agency, growth and connection.
Listener questions
S4 E29
Stop starting. Start finishing.
A practical conversation about competing priorities, both-and thinking and preparing for a competency-based interview.
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S4 E26
Burnout is not an individual failure
Jennifer Moss separates recovery habits from the organisational causes of burnout and explains what leaders can change.
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B@W
Tesla's Secret to Creativity, A Listener Breaking Under Retail Burnout, and Cathal Finally Gets New Glasses
What if the colleague who drives you up the wall is the one your organisation can't afford to lose?
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B@W
Culture Isn't What You Think It Is: Marcus Collins Takeaways + Why Retail Workers Are Struggling
In this week's listener questions episode, Cathal and Annette revisit three powerful ideas from their conversation with Marcus Collins.
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B@W
Your Team Is Too Big (Here's the Ideal Size)
Your team might be too big to do its best work.
Listener questions
Q&A
When Your Team Member Hates You + A Thank You Email That Went Viral
Q&A episode answering a tough leadership question from Emer, plus Annette's takeaways from Laura Gassner-Otting.
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B@W
Why Following Your Passion is Bad Advice
Laura Gassner-Otting (Wall Street Journal bestselling author) joins Cathal in the London studio to challenge everything we think we know about success.
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B@W
Q&A: Work as a "Friend Factory" + Burnout Advice You Can Use Tomorrow
Q&A episode with Annette's top takeaways from Russell Beck + critical advice for dealing with burnout at work.
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B@W
Stop Worrying About AI. Start Worrying About THIS Instead
You won't lose your job to AI in 2026. You'll lose it to someone who knows how to use AI better.
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B@W
Stuck in a Grad Program That Feels Too Narrow? Here's What to Do
A listener on a graduate program asks: "I'm not learning what I expected. The role feels narrow. I want to be an entrepreneur. What should I do?"
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B@W
How to Return to Work After a Career Break (Even If You Feel Stuck)
Taking a career break doesn't mean your career is over. In this episode, Julianne Miles—chartered psychologist, MBE recipient, and author of Return Journey—shares her proven 5-stage framework for returning to work after time away.
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S4 E4
Listener Questions: Our Biggest Takeaways From the Tasha Eurich Episode (+ Your Questions)
Annette and Cathal sit down to debrief last week's episode with Tasha Eurich—and it got real.
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S4 E3
"What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger" Is Backwards
Tasha Eurich spent 5 years studying resilience - interviewing hundreds of people, reviewing 1,300+ scientific articles, and analysing the 52 most cited resilience studies.
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B@W
Overcoming Burnout with Daisy Auger-Domínguez
In episode 45, we welcome Daisy Auger-Domínguez , a trailblazing executive dedicated to building vibrant and supportive cultures. Her new book “Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People” offer practical strategies for overcoming burnout. With decades of experience driving transformation at Google and Disney, Daisy…
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The Benefits of Kindness at Work with Graham Allcott
In episode 35, we welcome Graham Allcott, an entrepreneur, author, speaker and podcaster whose latest book KIND: The quiet power of kindness at work is out now.
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How to be Better at Work - Better Me
In episode 26, we go deep on what makes a better day at work based on what we have learnt so far across two seasons of inspiring interviews with incredible people, plus our own lived experiences across global workplaces.
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The Science Behind Truly Engaged Teams with Jim Harter
In episode 25, we chat with Dr. Jim Harter about how developing the right habits in organisations can lead to increased productivity and better work environments. We go deep on what the latest research from Gallup is revealing about engaging and retaining employees.
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Getting Hired and Better Hiring with Jonathan Black
In episode 24, we chat with Jonathan Black about soft skills being the employability skills, how the hiring process is not all about qualifications and achievements, and how hiring for attitude is so important.
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The Human Skills We Need in an Unpredictable World with Margaret Heffernan
In episode 23, we chat with Margaret Heffernan about the critical human skills that we need to confront the unexpected in today’s world.
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How to Have Better Meetings with Mamie Kanfer Stewart
In episode 22, we chat with Mamie Kanfer Stewart about creating effective and engaging meetings. Have you felt that you were wasting your time in a meeting, stuck in back-to-back meetings all day, and not getting to your work? Our listeners have told us this is a problem in many of their organisations and one that has worsened in recent years.
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How to Be Confident with Ian Robertson
In episode 21, we chat with Professor Ian Robertson about the science and neuroscience behind confidence. If you have confidence, it can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. But if you don't, it can have a devastating effect on your future. Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen.
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Design The Long Life You Love with Ayse Birsel
In episode 18, we chat with Ayse Birsel about designing a life you love. Ayse (pronounced Eye-Shay) Birsel is one of the world’s leading industrial designers. She has designed hundreds of products, from toilet seats to office systems to potato peelers to concept cars. However, her current work has shifted beyond that. Now, Ayse is focused on what it…
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Becoming A Better Communicator with Maryanne O’Brien
In episode 17, we chat with Maryanne O’Brien about the importance of conscious communication in the workplace. Our work lives revolve around effective communication. It is essential for cultivating trust and team collaboration, as well as strengthening our motivation and well-being at work. And with teams experiencing more anxiety, stress, and burnout…
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How to Work with Anyone (even Difficult People) with Amy Gallo
In episode 15, we speak with Amy Gallo about the most effective methods to deal with conflict and difficult people at work.
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How Being More Self-Aware Brings Success in Work and Life with Tasha Eurich
In episode 13 of Better@Work, we chat with one of the world’s leading thinkers and researcher on self-awareness, Dr. Tasha Eurich . Tasha shares her insights around why self-awareness is crucial when it comes to understanding ourselves and the people around us, how you go about developing it, what are the biggest misconceptions about it, and what can you…
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How to Handle Anxiety & Find Mental Wellness at Work with Chester Elton
In episode 12 of Better@Work, we chat with Chester Elton , Leadership Expert and Author. Chester shares his perspective on the #1 issue in workplaces across the globe, anxiety. Anxiety in the workplace has always been present, however, rates of anxiety, have increased significantly since 2020 and more people are quitting for mental health reasons.…
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Unlocking the Art of Coaching Through Science with Margaret Moore
In episode nine of this Better@Work episode, we chat with the amazing Margaret Moore aka “Coach Meg,” who is the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches, an evidenced-based wellness coaching school, that has trained over 14,000 coaches in 50 countries over the past 20 years.
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How Sensitivity at Work Can Be a Superpower Not a Burden with Melody Wilding
In episode eight of this Better@Work episode we explore with Melody Wilding how some of us sense and feel more than our colleagues at work and this can actually be a superpower instead of a liability.
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The Five Principles of Better Leadership with Amy Jen Su
In episode 7 of this Better@Work episode, we have an engaging chat on better leadership with the super smart and warm Amy Jen Su. We work through the five essential principles for bringing out your best-self every day. Amy understands busy leaders and entrepreneurs want to improve, however they don’t want to be overwhelmed at the prospect of doing more…
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Strategies to Prevent Burnout at Work with Jennifer Moss
In episode six of this Better@Work episode, we have an informative chat on burnout with our first Canadian guest, Jennifer Moss. Since early 2020, many of us have been operating in crisis mode; responding to the expanding demands of work, working from home while juggling family priorities all under the mental fog of chronic stress. Burnout is real and it…
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Having a Super North Star Can Transform your Work and Life with Floyd Woodrow
In episode four of this Better@Work episode, we welcome the inspiring Floyd Woodrow. I love Floyd’s story and his amazing Compass for Life framework. A few years ago, I was looking for some inspiration to help me find my Super North Star and came across Floyd Woodrow DCM MBE. Floyd is Managing Director and founder of Chrysalis Worldwide, a world-leading…
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How to Handle Difficult Bosses and Toxic Co-workers with Tessa West
In episode three of this Better@Work episode, we’re excited to welcome the amazing Tessa West for a high energy, fun and insightful chat. I came across Tessa in the last year through her amazing book, Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to do About Them. Social psychologist Tessa has spent years leveraging science to help people solve interpersonal…
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The Secrets of Better Workplace Cultures with Bruce Daisley
In episode 2 of Better at Work, the secrets of better workplace cultures - simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance.
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How to Have a Better Day at Work with Caroline Webb
In episode one of this Better@Work series opener, we’re excited to welcome the amazing Caroline Webb as our first guest for a fun and insightful chat. I am a huge fan of Caroline, and I’ve loved and leveraged her teachings for many years. Caroline is an executive coach, author, speaker and senior advisor to McKinsey, who specializes in showing us how to…