Engaging People, Powering Companies - The Leadership Podcast

Quiet quitting - a phrase born from Tik Tok, used to describe individuals who are no longer prepared to do more than their job description. But is this a new concept or is it just a re-badging of disengagement? Have poor job descriptions and boring jobs finally led to this concept? Join Amrit as he explores Quiet quitting and considers what employers can do to minimise this.

Where were you when it happened? Will it be etched in your memory? The Lionesses brought football home with an amazing win over Germany to win the Euros 2022. Will this be the defining moment when we start to take women seriously in our society? Will we now open our leadership roles and boardrooms up to women? This has to be a watershed moment that we use to change this mans world that's been hold...

How often do you create moments of joy at work? You might think this a strange question, after all, could anyone create moments of joy at work? There are times when we manage to immerse ourselves in great work, where we lose track of time, are absorbed in such pleasure, but these moments tend to happen by accident rather than by design. What would work look like if we were to design these moments...

Amrit has often spoken about employer engagement - at what point does the employer hold themselves to account for poor engagement rather than focusing on employees. But we cannot just come to work, expecting the employer to keep us engaged each day. What can we do to improve our world of work? The same is true of leadership development programmes - learning how we can improve the way we lead and m...

This week the Conservative party begins the process of choosing their new leader. Many people will be sitting on the sidelines, thinking why can't we have a say, considering this person will become the next Prime Minister? Whilst this is the leader of the Conservative party, it does raise questions about how we recruit leaders for our organisations. Imagine a world where the employees - ordinary p...

The UK is about to embark upon an experiment to understand the impact of a four-day working week on business productivity, as well as on the wellbeing of employees. Why has the UK historically had such low productivity versus the rest of the G7 countries? Is there a risk that we are just really poor with time management, in which case could a four-day working week cause more damage than good? We c...

This week, Amrit shares insights following discussions that sparked him to think about values alignment and how when we live lives aligned to our values, it makes life easier rather than exhausting. We are all driven by our values, but how much time do we spend understanding what they are, and how to live a life more aligned to them? Are our workplaces aligned to our values? if not, what impact is...

There's a huge push for developing leaders and managers with the skills to undertake coaching conversations at work, but can they work in every environment? How can they help and when our biggest enemy is our experience, can we really expect leaders and managers to ignore what they know? Join Amrit as he explores Coaching Conversations in this week's podcast.

Here's a link to the CIPD for Learning at Work week: https://www.cipd.co.uk/learn/events-networks/leaders-learning/learning-at-work-week#gref

Research from the University of Bern on how sleep helps process emotions: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220513113237.htm

Mental Health Charities than can provide extra support: https://mentalhealth-uk.org/ https://www.mind.org.uk/ https://www.rethink.org/ https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

On the 13th April here at The Engagement Coach we celebrated our 7th birthday as an organisation. Amrit set the company up in 2015 and was driven by a deep passion to improve the world of work. If passion is so important to our lives, how do we go about identifying our passion? How could we change the way we work to incorporate some of our passion and how do we make this into something that could...

In the current climate with household bills going through the roof, what can organisations do to create great work cultures? Anxieties around the cost of living will have an impact on employees, so how can employee benefits really be of benefit? Are we sure the current packages actually add real value to the lives of employees? Join Amrit as he explores this topic in this week's podcast.

Following the dismissal of 800 P&O employees through a video call of a pre-recorded message, this raises questions of how well we look after employees. Employee engagement, employee experiences, people experiences - whatever we call them, are these touch points full of care, compassion and commitment from the organisations? How well do we really look after employees? Join Amrit as he explores this...

Having recently celebrated International Women's Day, it's easy to see these days as marketing events, with companies focusing too much on demonstrating their support, but not doing enough to help drive the change. We all have biases, but this doesn't have to result in discrimination. Acknowledging our biases can help us explore and learn about others who might look different to us. Join Amrit as...

We explore Imposter Syndrome in the short videos we've created with experts across the UK, in our online tool call Expert Insights, as part of the TEC Academy. Please see www.tec-academy.com for more details. 

Despite the huge focus over the years on creating psychologically safe environments where people can speak up and be open and honest, it seems there is still much work to be done. How do you know whether you have an issue of a psychologically unsafe environment? As a leader of an organisation, how do you know whether you're getting the full picture? Join Amrit as he explores this topic further.

Mental health is one of the most important factors impacting on world wide disability. If you would like support, please refer to the following sites: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/

Dame Cressida Dick resigned as the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, after the Mayor of London declared he has lost confidence in her plans to improve the culture of the organisation. This followed recent revelations of the conduct of certain police officers who had shared racist, homophobic and misogynistic views through WhatsApp messages. Leaders are critical to an organisational c...

Core affect is from the work by James Russell who developed a model of work related wellbeing (called the Taxonomy of Work-related Wellbeing, 1984). More information about this topic can be found at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/core-affect https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/core-affect.  

We all want to improve our organisational cultures to create learning organisations but how can we achieve this when on an individual level, we struggle to overcome the anguish of mistakes. 

Jamie Christon has a wealth of experience leading at a senior level from sectors as diverse as retail, to airports and now Chester Zoo. Jamie has spent the last 9 months as CEO and shares his experiences of what it's like and some of the challenges that come with the role. 

There's a huge focus on workplaces experiences, but we don't often think about how we remind employees of those great experiences. Reminiscing back can allow us to relive some of those shared experiences, reinforcing the culture and reminding us of how nice work can be.  

Dr Andrew Marcinko: Biography Dr Marcinko is currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department and Director of the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science. He completed his PhD in Work & Organisational Psychology at Aston Business School, supervised by Professors Yves Guillaume and Richard Crisp. He received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in the US in the same field and is an active...

Whilst the dictionary definition of rest is to stop doing a certain activity to relax and get back your strength, it's not so easy to stop the mental activity. The Art of Rest by Claudia Hammond shares insights from 18000 participants in a survey, from 135 countries who share what helps them rest. She then supplements this with scientific evidence of how these activities help.  Resting requires th...