The Business of Being Brilliant

Get a sneak peak of the topics and conversations coming up on series 8, launching Tuesday 7th May.

To wrap up series 7, here is advice from all my guests in on how to step outside our comfort zones and move forwards in our career.  What is the mindset that helps us say yes to a daunting opportunity? Who can we call on for support, and how can they support us?  How do we find out who’s stuck and help them unlock their career potential?   With thanks to: Simon Reichwald, Chief Progression Officer...

I talk with Anthony Painter, Director of Policy & External Affairs at the Chartered Management Institute, about the critical role of managers and how to improve manager capability.   Weekly news update starts at 1m 16s. Interview starts at 5m 6s.   Links: Visit Helen’s website www.helenbeedham.com . Check out Helen's award-winning business book: The Future of Time: how 're-working'...

I talk with Ruth Handcock, CEO of Octopus Money, about collecting competencies, embracing discomfort, and making money coaching accessible to millions. Tune in to hear how: 🏆 Octopus Money combine clever tech with empathetic people skills. 💡 They’ve redesigned frontline customer-facing roles to focus on human connection ⭐️ They offer a personalised service at scale. 🎯 Offering financial coachi...

I talk with Richard Rowntree, Managing Director of Mortgages and Exec Sponsor for DEI at Paragon Bank, about why talented people get stuck at middle management level and how to help them progress into top leadership roles. We talk about: ⛔️ The barriers middle managers often face in advancing their careers 😖 How historical ways of ‘growing’ leaders are falling short And 🐏 What it’s like to herd...

How do you balance employees’ needs with business objectives? Navigate organizational changes while fostering a positive work environment?   I delved into these questions and more in this week’s podcasting conversation with Dami Patel, interim Chair of the supervisory trio and Group HR Director at Taylor & Francis, part of Informa Group.   Tune in to hear how Dami and her team 📣 ensure that p...

I talk with Phil Burgess, Co-founder of WITHIN, about re-humanising organizations so people can thrive and the business succeed.   We discuss why ‘relationships are the source of results’ and how to: 🌟 combat siloed thinking and reduced collaboration between functions 🌟 navigate different perspectives on sensitive topics 🌟 ensure rapid business change doesn’t reduce employee morale 🌟 address g...

On the pod this week I chat to Verena Hefti MBE, CEO of LeadersPlus, about how parents of young children can advance more successfully into senior leadership roles. We discuss promotable vs non-promotable tasks, micro-learning experiments and why your choice of life partner makes a difference to your pay.   If you’re a working parent or you manage working parents, then tune in to find out: Why inf...

I talk with Brian Elliott, former CEO, co-founder of Future Forum, and the author of the best selling ‘How the Future Works’ about how best to reshape work and working patterns to meet the needs of the organisation and its people. We delve into: The challenges of engaging remote teams and building trust. The power of asynchronous work and team-level agreements. Redefining productivity beyond tradi...

I talk with Sharon Spice, Chief Marketing and Value Officer at Green Park People Consultancy about resilience, adaptability and a love of learning.  Find out how to: Get comfortable with discomfort Overcome psychological barriers Prepare for the unexpected Adapt to new social norms Embrace the possibility of failure Links: My January offer: help your teams deliver more in 2024 https://mailchi.mp/7...

I talk with Simon Reichwald, Chief Progression Officer at Connectr and Fellow of the Institute of Student Employers, about how to hire undiscovered talent including early careers, lateral hires, returners and over 50's.   Tune in to find out all this and more: 1.  What impact the circles you move in has on your career progression 2. What is meant by ‘early talent’ and how apprenticeships are b...

Collective wisdom on balancing today with tomorrow. To wrap up this series you get to hear a little bit from all of my guests on the question of how we enjoy today whilst keeping an eye out for tomorrow. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Helen Beurier, HR leader and author-to-be of a new book (working title: Peoplematics) about what we all want from work, why she’s made some bold career choices and how a bit of thrill seeking is the key to a healthy, happy life. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

I talk with Sophie Hulm, CEO of Progress Together, about the class barriers preventing people from getting to top roles in financial services, the cost to employers of wasted talent and the quirky games we used to play as children.  Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

I talk with Professor Robin Dunbar of Oxford University, originator of ‘Dunbar’s number’ and a leading expert in the psychology of high-performing groups. We chat about optimimum group sizes for different tasks and why investing in social time at work yields the greatest returns. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

On the pod this week I talk with Pippa Begg and Jennifer Sundberg about being co-CEO’s at Board Intelligence, how to tap into the combined brainpower of your employees, and their new book ‘Collective Intelligence: how to build a business that’s smarter than you’.  Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

I talk with Sandra Burley, marketing and communications leader, about avoiding tunnel vision, managing information overload and why she loves the 4 day work week. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Sam Smith, former finnCAP Group CEO now entrepreneur, NED and scale-up adviser, about how to encourage entrepreneurship in children, get your team to buy into your vision and turbocharge your business with empathetic leadership. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Hal Hershfield, Professor of Marketing, Behavioural Decision Making and Psychology at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, about how mental time travel can help us to procrastinate less, make better decisions and become the person we want to be. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Dr Lucy Ryan about why so many women are exiting the world of work at midlife, those ‘midlife myths’ that don’t stack up, and how employers can hang on to this valuable talent pool better. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Kate Adams, Director at The Forward Institute, about what drives her career choices, what ‘leading responsibly’ means and how she aims to enjoy today to the full. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

Here are nuggets of wisdom from all my guests in series 5, along with questions to prompt some summer insights. Think of it as a carefully selected ‘pick and mix’ to brighten your day and inspire your work. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Professor Vijay Pereira of NEOMA Business School, France, about the astonishing impact on productivity, wellbeing, engagement and performance that results from introducing company-wide meeting-free days. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 3s my news update 5m 44s conversation with Vijay starts

I speak with Dr Ajit Menon, Head of People & Organisation at Investec plc, about looking beneath the surface of organisational life and how they’ve established a strong and unique work culture based on dialogue, empathy and trust. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 4s - my weekly news and offers 6m - conversation with Ajit starts

I talk with Joy Burnford, gender equality expert and author of ‘Don’t Fix Women’, about how organisations can dismantle the structural barriers holding women – and men -  back in their careers. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.