Management-Issues Podcasts

Welcome to What Matters, the book podcast series where we dive deep into the minds of bestselling authors to unlock their wisdom on leadership, management, and workplace issues. Whether you’re a manager or a senior leader, our aim is to help you to increase your impact, lead with greater confidence and bring out the best in your teams.

Training's new normal

We explore how the pandemic has transformed the delivery of training and development with corporate learning experts Jane Rexworthy and Nigel Paine.

Jeff Schwartz and the future of work

We talk to Jeff Schwartz, a founding partner of Deloitte Consulting's Future of Work practice, about his new book, "Work Disrupted: Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work".

The long distance teammate

We talk to Wayne Turmel about his brand new book, 'The Long-Distance Teammate', and how you can become a really effective member of a remote team.

A conversation with Dr Rainer Zitelmann

A conversation with historian and sociologist Dr. Rainer Zitelmann, about his new book "The Art of a Successful Life", exploring how we can all benefit from reading more and how to survive these testing times.

Rosie Tomkins and natural intelligence

A conversation with leadership coach, Rosie Tomkins, about her new book 'N-stinctive: The Power of Natural Intelligence' and the lessons all of us can learn from the natural world.

Mental health and the Covid pandemic

We talk to business psychologist, Emily Cooke, about the mental health implications of the Covid-19 crisis and the mass move to home working and find out how an app can help support us.

The remote working revolution

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing millions of people to work remotely, who better to talk to about the implications of this sudden workplace revolution than Wayne Turmel, one of the early champions of remote working .

Exploring charisma

There is a stereotypical image that a charismatic leader is a confident extrovert. But as we find out from Nikki Owen, author of "Charismatic to the Core", you don't have to shout or show off to be charismatic.

Brexit: business and immigration

We talk to immigration specialist, Jonathan Beech, about what Brexit might mean for immigration and what that might mean for British businesses.

Corporate Liberation with Isaac Getz

In the first in our new series, What Matters, we talk to Isaac Getz, a Professor at ESCP Europe business school, best-selling author and a leading figure in the corporate liberation movement.

 

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Lead Like Julius Caesar

Lead Like Julius Caesar

Paul Vanderbroeck

What can Julius Caesar's imperfect story - his spectacular failures as well as his success - tell us about contemporary leadership challenges?

The Voice-Driven Leader

The Voice-Driven Leader

Steve Cockram and Jeremie Kubicek

How can managers and organisations create an environment in which every voice is genuinely heard, valued and deployed to maximum effect? This book offers some practical ways to meet this challenge.

Relationship Currency

Relationship Currency

Ravi Rajani

In an era where AI can draft emails and manage our schedules, 'Relationship Currency' is a timely reminder of the importance of investing in genuine human connection.