The Business of Being Brilliant

I talk with Kevin Hogarth, Non-Executive Director, former Chief People Officer and award-winning Diversity & Inclusion advocate, about how to keep our career options open and how to increase social mobility in organisations. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Deborah Gray, co-founder and Director of Totum Partners about how to successfully bring in the executive level talent you really want. Find out how our world of work is evolving, what experienced candidates and hiring employers are prioritising today, and what persuades good people to stay. Transcript and show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

This week’s conversation is all about crafting a job or career that we love. HR, Talent and L&D consultant Beth Stallwood, author of WorkJoy, explains what to do when we find ourselves stuck in ‘work gloom’ and how to actively pursue a more joyful, rewarding work life.  Transcript and show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

Welcome back to the podcast and this week I’m thrilled to be talking with Yael Schonbrun PhD, clinical psychologist, author and Brown University assistant professor about how to thrive as a working parent. Finding the work/home juggle exhausting? Pulled in too many different directions at once? Yael explains how we can adopt some proven psychological strategies to solve these and many other challe...

Series 5 of the podcast launches on Monday 8th May - here's a sneak preview from my conversation with my first guest. All the podcast episodes and show notes are at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

What are the best ways to stay motivated at work and help others to do the same? For this series 4 wrap-up episode, I've picked out some highlights from my conversations with all my brilliant guests over the last few weeks. Discover how our motivations at work generally have evolved since the pandemic and how to build team of people who love what they do. Find out how workplace collaborations can...

I talk with Eileen Burbidge MBE, tech venture capitalist and CEO of Fertifa, the reproductive and hormonal wellbeing provider for employers, about what gives her the confidence to start something new, how employee wellbeing support is evolving and how to grow a new venture – or a whole industry - successfully. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Joe O’Connor, co-founder of the world's first Centre of Excellence in Work Time Reduction and former CEO of 4 Day Week Global, about the recent UK pilot and how to adopt a shorter working week in a way that feels fair and beneficial to everyone. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. Got a question you'd like answered? Tweet it to @helenbeedham.

This week I’m getting the lowdown from D&I leaders Julie Humphreys and Natasha Whitehurst on how Diversity & Inclusion is evolving, how to prove its value to the business and how they’re opening up uncomfortable conversations on their podcast D&I Spy: Inclusion Uncovered. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast .

I talk with Jonathan Bond, Global HR & Learning Director at international law firm Pinsent Masons about how they are creating - with their clients - new and better ways of managing their work, their time and their wellbeing. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com.

To mark the halfway point in this series I’m sharing 5 interesting developments in our world of work and 5 brilliant business books that argue persuasively for cultivating patience in one form or another. So grab a cuppa or the dog lead and tune in! Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com.

I talk with Alison Jones, founder of Practical Inspiration Publishing and author of ‘Exploratory Writing’, about how putting pen to paper for just 6 minutes can help us think, communicate, innovate and collaborate better. Grab your pen and paper and tune in! Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Alastair Douglas, CEO of TotallyMoney, the fintech business that is helping people to move on up. We chat about the 5 organisational themes he focuses on to build a business where people really care about the customer. And how to have a hit single! Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Jim Detert, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and the author of ‘Choosing Courage: the everyday guide to being brave at work’. We discuss his extensive research into acts of workplace courage, why superheros don’t exist and how we can be more ‘competently courageous’ in our own work lives. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.

I talk with Dr. Debra Mashek, social psychologist, expert on the science of close relationships and author of Collabor(h)ate: how to build incredibly collaborative relationships at work even if you'd rather work alone . Collaboration might sound a familiar concept but in practice it can be at best a mystery and at worst a minefield that trips us and our businesses up with costly and lasting conseq...

Series 4 of The Business of Being Brilliant kicks off later this month  and my brilliant guests include Deb Mashek, Dr Julie Humphreys, Natasha  Whitehurst, Alastair Douglas, Eileen Burbidge, Alison Jones and more! To  whet your appetite, here's a short clip where I put 3 questions to  social psychologist Deb Mashek about workplace collaboration and her  wisdom-packed new...

What are the critical things people need in order to want to stay in their organisation?  For this final podcast episode of series 3, my guests share 8 wise answers to this question. Use them to reflect on your own career, or if you’re leading a business, these could make the difference between a retention strategy that works and one that doesn’t. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com.

I talk with Victoria Livingstone, EMEA Chief People Officer for Dentsu International, about growing a commercially-focused HR career and leading business transformations. Victoria explains why there’s no such thing as a bad career move and how to make sure your change programme doesn’t fail. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 3 weekly news 6m 30s conversation with Victoria starts

I talk with Rob Hatch, coach to business owners and author of Attention! the power of simple decisions in a distracted world. He explains how we can slow down our brains, regain control over our attention and focus more on the important work. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com. 1m 4s weekly news 6m 32s conversation with Rob starts

I talk with Geraldine Gallacher, CEO of the Executive Coaching Consultancy, about her own career, her new book Coaching Women: Changing the system not the person , and how our outdated office cultures need to catch up with today’s workplace policies. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com. 1m 3s weekly news 6m 4s conversation with Geraldine starts

To mark the half way point, instead of chatting to a guest I’m sharing six book recommendations from my 2022 reading challenge Reclaim Time To Read, comprising three business or other non-fiction books and three novels.  Show notes are at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast.  4m 53s - Book 1, The Lonely Century by Noreena Hertz  8m 29s - Book 2, The Culture Code: the secrets of highly succ...

I talk with Jacqueline Taiwo, private equity lawyer and Chair/CEO of Black Women in Asset Management, about taking the uncomfortable path, creating community and helping others succeed. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 4s weekly news 6m 20s conversation with Jackie starts

I talk with Jane van Zyl, CEO of the national charity Working Families, about National Work Life Week, how workplace flexibility is evolving and what forward-thinking employers are doing post-pandemic to help employees work at their best. Show notes are at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 5s weekly update 5m 56s conversation with Jane starts

I talk with Ariel White-Tsimikalis, corporate finance lawyer, ESG specialist and partner at the global law firm Goodwin Proctor. We talk about how to find your passion within a corporate role and how to use our inner dialogue to help us develop a sustainable, rewarding career. Show notes at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m 4s weekly update 5m 14s guest interview

I talk with Susan Room, former business leader and now a voice and executive coach, about her path onto the Executive Committee, her mid-career transition and how to ‘move mountains’ at work whilst managing our own boundaries. Audio, video and show notes are at www.helenbeedham.com/podcast. 1m3s weekly update 5m34s guest interview