Emotion At Work

My guest for this podcast is Dr. Emily Hofstetter and we get into geeky (as is often the case with me) detail about linguistics, conservation analysis and what Emily calls 'non lexical vocialisations'.  A more everyday term would be the non-word noises that feature in interaction.  We talk about how her (and others) research can be really helpful for us to look at talk and conversation in the work...

This episode looks at neuroscience and organizational change. My guest on this podcast, Hilary Scarlett, is both a practitioner and an author and in the most recent edition of her book, she brings together the neuroscience of organizational change. I was particularly interested in getting this guest on as she has those two different perspectives.   Your references as always: Book: Neuroscience and...

This episode looks at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The topic in this episode is one that I’m very conscious of and aware of because as a middle-aged white man I’m conscious of the advantages this brings me in life.  If I think back over my career this consciousness hasn’t always been with me.  Whether that’s because of the wider conversation that’s happening around equality, diversity and in...

This episode is a new format for the podcast.  I have gone back over some of our previous episodes and pulled together a 'best of sort of episode with a focus on 'Emotion'.  Episodes; 2 (with SJ Lennie), 25 (with Cliff Lansley), 26 (with Jo Wainwright) and 27 (with James Gross) all took a slightly different perspective on emotion and yet there were also some similarities and differences.  I wanted...

This episode looks at evaluating learning. My guest is someone whose surname spikes a lot of discussion and debate within learning and development, organizational development and the HR sector. I’ve known Jim Kirkpatrick since we first met in 2012 and we’ve worked together since. I feel very honored to be one of the few people in the world that are a certified Kirkpatrick evaluation program facili...

This episode tackles a current and complicated area of Digital Body language.  Digital communication, learning and interaction continue their upward trend and my guest this week is on the leading edge of that curve. The wonderful Jo Cook  and I take this podcast down a particular route for digital body language.  We focus on the interactional aspects and we explore how we can use and harness the p...

This episode kicks of 2019 at the start of a new period of change and challenge for me. This is my review of 2018 and a look ahead to 2019.  I am very reflective and open in sharing what I am thinking and feeling about what has been and what is ahead.     Your references as always:   I mention episode 16 (2 mins) where I kicked of 2018 and it is actually episode 14 *oops*.  Here’s the link to the...

This episode tackles a notoriously tricky area, Organisational Change.  One thing is for sure that for HR, Learning and Organisational Development practitioners we are working with change. My guest this week is the wonderful Julie Drybrough. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore how aspects of; identity, belonging, control, power can all affect organizations and their ability or propensity...

For this episode, we delve into Community Management with our guest Ady Howes. Now there is an argument that with the Emotion at Work hub recently launched this episode is either Phil being really shameless, sensible or maybe even organized.  You, fair listener, can choose ;-)) During the conversation Ady and Phil explore; emotions for community members, managers, leaders in organizations and the...

It’s a solo outing for Phil on this episode as he wanted to do a stock take, update and the future type episode. In this, he shares the creation of the ‘Emotion at Work hub’, why this hub has been created and what it is there to do. Phil also explores his ongoing research, his experiences with psychological pressures that influence his behaviour. He also outlines what you fair listener can expect...

As is often the case with our ‘stories’ series, the content has the potential to affect people, and so fair listener, I want you to take care with this episode, please. I am talking with my guest Katrina Colliner about how being an unhealed victim of child abuse affected her in the workplace.  She now describes herself as a ‘victor over’ her abuse and you can hear more about what she means by that...

For this episode, we delve into three areas; banter, impoliteness and power.  All separate yet inextricably linked.  All things that are common in the workplace.  My guest this episode is Dr Derek Bousfield and he goes by on Twitter.   We discuss what ‘banter’ is, how it is defined, why it is a healthy thing and is something that can cause division and friction in the workplace.  Derek’s descripti...

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I started earlier this year. This time it is with Karen Teago as my guest, we take a trip into how depression has been a part of her life for 15 years. I asked Karen to be on the podcast as she wrote a blog a few years ago ( https://teagohr.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/this-is-what-it-looks-like/ ) and it affected me then and still does now. ...

This episode is one of those that talks about stuff you as a human do all the time but aren't all that aware of or use different words to describe it.  My guest this time is James Gross who is the worlds leading researcher in Emotion Regulation.  Through the podcast we chat about: - What are emotions? - What is emotion regulation? - The 5 families of emotion regulation strategies - Examples of wha...

This is one of the most thoughtful podcasts I have done. You can hear the thinking. Hear when my guest Jo Wainwright and or I are paying attention, listening and supporting each other. There will be a temptation to listen to this episode on 1.5 or 2 times speed as there are some pauses and gaps in speech. Instead, I implore you to do one or both of these things:   Let it play as it was originally...

In this episode, I interview someone that has been a part of my professional life for just over a decade. Like me, Cliff Lansley from EIA Group has deep knowledge, passion and expertise in the world of emotion.  For our chat we take a deep dive into what may be some of the key areas this podcast should have explored in the past; what are emotions? what is emotional intelligence? how can you test o...

In this episode, the tables are turned.  May was the 12 month anniversary for this podcast and I wanted to do something different.  Each week you get to hear me inquiring into others' views, experiences, research and practice and for this one, you get to hear from me. Huge thank you to Mark Gilroy for his help and being our guest host for this anniversary special.    We explore my experiences with...

In this episode, I get to chat with Monica Parker from Hatch Analytics and we chat about something that has interested me for years. I have spent a fair bit of time in different workplaces and they had profound effects on how I felt both on specific days and overtime. So, I am really excited that I am going to get to explore this with our guest today. Looking to the physical workplace is something...

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Tony Jackson as my guest, we explore how anxiety has always been a part of his life and has been working on it more purposefully in the last five years or so. We delve into the factors that have and continue to contribute to the anxiety that Tony experiences, his ways of working with his anxiet...

I loved recording this podcast because it gives a look at the background and theory as well as practical experience, hints and tips for reviewing and improving Employee Experience. In this episode, I am joined by Lara Plaxton who is the head of HR at FDM UK. Lara has a fairly unique perspective on employee experience as the work that FDM do, doesn't necessarily match with the standard model.  FDM...

In this episode of the podcast, I chat with an athlete that has competed at the highest level in his class. As a Visually Impaired (VI) judo fighter Jonathan (Jono) Drane has represented team GB at the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016 finishing 5th in the 81kg weight category while having a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL).  Prior to Rio, he won gold in this first competitive VI championship in t...

In this episode, I am joined by Sarah Taylor Ph. D. where we explore her research and practice into the ways we can enrich workplaces by humanizing it and how we can also bureaucratize it too.  Our focus is her research in an elderly care setting and what employees and care workers in that setting really enjoy about their work, and how it is not necessarily what lines up with any set of 'professio...

In this episode, I am delighted to have Professor Sir Cary Cooper as my guest.  Cary is the President of the CIPD, researcher, practitioner and part of the Manchester Business School. I wanted to get Cary on the podcast for quite a while now as someone that is personally experienced and a respected researcher in this area.  We get into: Cary's personal experiences with Stress and Wellbeing His exp...

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amy King as my guest, we take a trip into how burnout has been a part of her life in recent years. We explore the knowing and not knowing that you are becoming burned out, how loving what she does has contributed towards Amy's burnout experience and how she now approaches life (or does her best...

This episode picks up the Emotion at Work in Stories theme I shared at the start of 2018. This time with Amanda Arrowsmith as my guest, we take a trip into how imposter syndrome has been a part of her life from early childhood but really took hold in her early twenties. We explore this internal voice that often tells her that she’s not good enough, not enough, that she will be found out and can ca...