Engaging People, Powering Companies - The Leadership Podcast

Many organisations are focused on promoting from within and whilst there are huge benefits, promoting someone to manage the team they were part of can be a huge challenge. The balance of still being friends, whilst managing performance can in itself cause problems and damage the very trust that underpinned those relationships. What can organisations do to better support newly promoted colleagues w...

Following the report from the Institute of Leadership, the Index of Leadership Trust 2023, trust in CEOs was shown to be lower than trust for line managers. Despite the millions spent on employee engagement each year, what are organisations, and more importantly, CEOs doing wrong? How can we focus to rebuild trust? Join Amrit as he explores this topic in this week's podcast.

We've just had the release of the Gallup report highlighting that the UK has some of the lowest employee engagement levels across the world - a figure of only 10%! When you combine this with our productivity amongst the G7 countries, you've got to question why this is? Do you believe it really is only 10%? If so, what might be causing this and why is it remaining so stubbornly low? Join Amrit as h...

Would you describe yourself as extraordinary? Most of us would have an immediate reaction of 'absolutely not!. But what if we were all extraordinary, but we just hadn't taken enough time to see it, appreciate it, acknowledge it? How can we possibly see extraordinary in others, if we cannot see it within ourselves? What are the traits of extraordinary people? And as leaders and managers, if we cann...

In the UK, we've been experiencing lovely weather, and have you noticed how much nicer everyone is to one another when the sun shines? The weather makes a huge difference to our mood and motivation. Yet we don't often think about it, but leaders create the weather in our workplaces. Think of managers as the gardeners - there's a limit of what they can do if the weather doesn't help them. Join Amri...

How passionate are you about what your organisation does? Does the purpose statement excite you? What's the point of these purpose statements, if they have no impact on how we work? Passion and action are critical components of Purpose, yet across organisations, we don't think about how well we enable our teams to action upon the shared passion that brings us together. Join Amrit as he explores On...

When was the last time you indulged in time for you? We spend our lives focusing on everyone around us, and have little time to do everything we want to achieve, leaving any notion of spending time on ourselves as a luxury that can never happen. If we don't manage our time, we do not value ourselves - and this is important. Join Amrit as he explores taking time to Value You, in this week's podcast...

Following the news that the Deputy Prime Minister has resigned in the UK, following reports of bullying, it has raised a debate of what gets classed as bullying. Are managers who are 'robust' in their approach, bullies? Is there a standard definition of bullying? What then can individuals and organisations do to tackle bullying in the workplace, both for themselves and to help others? Join Amrit a...

Whilst on the London Underground, during rush hour, Amrit noticed how many people looked exhausted and were sleeping. It's hard to imagine people being able to be the best of themselves when they're exhausted by the time they get to work. How well are we getting ourselves work ready? What can organisations do to help create meaningful roles that drive passion and energy at work? Join Amrit as he e...

During challenging times, it's easy to get caught up thinking about worst-case scenarios and all that could go wrong. Whilst we might do this to protect ourselves, we can get into a habit of learned helplessness - resigned to the situations we find ourselves in. What if we were to focus on learned hopefulness? What is this and how do we achieve it? Imagine what this could do to our ability to act...

With the recent report into the Met police, and the horrific case of the school teacher who took her own life following an OFSTED inspection, it raises questions about how we go about improving standards, whilst using language such as 'Inadequate'. How can putting so much stress on people and branding them as 'inadequate', help motivate? We need to know standards are the best, but how can we go ab...

What happened to those employees who were part of the 'Great Resignation'? Would you be surprised to hear a recent survey identified 8 out of 10 people regretted moving jobs? It takes so much for someone to leave, so when causes people to regret moving? Organisations work hard to entice new employees, but how well do we look after them when it comes to onboarding? Amrit explores how creating amazi...

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How kind is your workplace? How kind are the people to each other? Following the experience of a CEO of a large organisation, reaching out to Amrit, to meet up to say thank you for all the work carried out, reflecting on the emotions he experienced, and the feelings he was left with, Amrit shares his thoughts of how amazing he felt and how this random act was such a stark reminder of the huge impa...

Are you over 50 years old, struggling to find work? Why do we assume older employees will add less value that younger ones to our organisations? Whilst it's a protected characteristic, there's still some views that to create a dynamic organisation, you need young people. What value do older employees bring to organisations in terms of culture and performance? Join Amrit as he shared his experience...

Every human being is an emotional creature - driven by emotions than logic. Yet somehow when it comes to work, we seem to abandon this knowledge, dealing with people in a very logical and rational way. Emotions matter yet we seem to be slow in equipping leaders and managers with the ability to emotionally connect with people. Join Amrit as he explores Emotions at Work in this week's podcast.

An article Amrit wrote recently for HRDirector on the subject can be read here:  https://www.thehrdirector.com/features/future-of-work/engineered-attrition-latest-tactic-get-rid-employees/  

Many people have an expectation from leaders and managers when it comes to their experiences at work. Whilst leaders set the tone for the culture, much of what we experience of work can be managed by us, but we get caught up being subjected to other people's behaviours. How could you take control of your work experiences? Imagine the impact this could have. You won't be able to make systemic chang...

Every one of us have suffered from procrastination and it's often a horrible feeling, ladened with guilt. What is procrastination and why do we suffer from it? How can we overcome this helplessness that so many of us can feel? This podcast is linked to the 'Driving Productivity' series of workshops that The Engagement Coach will be running, open to all, with the first focused on Time Management. J...

Having had one week into the New Year, this is a perfect opportunity to review and reflect on our company cultures. What have we tolerated and what needs changing? Rather than waiting for an engagement survey to focus on our company culture, with this fresh perspective, how can we create truly great work cultures? Join Amrit as he shares his thoughts on this critical topic.

Have you ever used your holiday away from work to catch up on work? Many of us have often worked evenings and weekends to catch up, but as we face a recession, and organisations look to cut costs, could we be creating an environment perfect for Leavism? How can we tell if our teams are working too hard and using their personal time to play catch up, especially with obvious implications on burnout?...

No one would ever describe themselves as suffering from learned helplessness but when we learn to accept the negative situation around us is never going to change, whilst we may not choose to admit it, this is exactly what this is. It results in us no longer trying to make changes, as it is pointless. What can we do and is there ever any hope? Join Amrit as he explores this topic in this week's po...

What's holding you back from being your best? Many of us know deep down we could be so much better than we are today, but we struggle to do anything about it. Some of us struggle because we want everything we be perfect. Others struggle because of a narrative or belief system we tell ourselves, and some of us struggle to commit to ourselves because we think there's nothing we've managed to commit...

Have you ever had that feeling that something didn't feel right, only to find you were right but you didn't follow through on those instinctive feelings? As leaders, we are conditioned that everything must be data-driven, tangible and we often ignore those gut feelings or intuition, yet it serves an important purpose. Our brains and bodies are processing information at a phenomenal rate, leading t...

It's easy to confuse compassion and care, but being a caring leader, isn't the same as being a compassionate leader. What are the components of compassionate leadership? According to research, compassion has three facets: Noticing, Feeling and Responding. How well do organisations notice what people are experiencing? Do they work hard enough to fully understand what people feel? And then how can o...