The Workplace Podcast in association with Dynamic Partners

Deborah Grayson Riegel is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant who teaches leadership communication for Wharton Business School, Duke Corporate Education, Columbia Business School’s Women in Leadership Program, and the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University. She writes for Harvard Business Review, Inc., Psychology Today, Forbes, and Fast Company, and has been featured...

Richard Wentworth-Ping (Facilitator, Executive Coach and Consultant) joins the workplace podcast to share over 30 years of his experience of Learning and Development (L&D). A truth sayer with his direct  communication style especially towards trends in L&D. Richard provides his learnings that will help organisations make learning more effective. Changing behaviours, changing mindsets, chan...

Professor Claire Gubbins,  Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management, Dublin City University joins the workplace podcast. We discuss the importance of social networks and relationships in a hybrid workplace.  Claire is an expert in social capital, tacit knowledge and social learning in organisations.  With so many changes happening in the workplace, are we setting people up for succ...

Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, the first naval officer in the Irish State to serve as Chief of Staff, having previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Navy. Holder of a Doctorate in Political Science and a Masters in Government and Public Policy, Admiral Mellett has a keen interest in research with a focus on European security, innovation, diversity and values-based leadership Admiral Me...

David Robert Grimes is a physicist, cancer researcher, and author. His work encompasses everything from how tumours use oxygen to the impact of disinformation and conspiracy theory on public understanding. He has a strong focus on public understanding of science and medicine, contributing to BBC, RTE, The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, The Irish Times, and PBS. He received the...

Stuart Woollard joins our host William Corless to discuss the Mature organisation, a fascinating perspective on how organisations can utilise a model for responsible capitalism. Stuart co-designed the OMINDEX® organisational health diagnostic, pioneering work in linking human 'intangibles' (e.g. corporate culture, governance, human capital, and management systems) through ESG to value and risk. St...

Professional Footballer and Captain of Liverpool F.C Women as well as an established senior international for the Republic of Ireland Women's National Team with close to 100 caps. Her career to date focused on earning a third level education while continuing to progress my football career. This has led me to attain an MSc in Pharmacology and also playing professional football in Ireland, England a...

Jennifer Meffert of Deloitte Global, is a global onboarding experience manager. Jennifer joins our host William Corless to discuss onboarding remotely. Onboarding remotely became the norm during the pandemic, this became a major challenge for organisations across the world.  Jennifer is passionate about creating meaningful moments - specifically focused from the moment a candidate signs an offer l...

Neil Walshe, Associate Professor, Organisational Psychology, University of San Francisco joins his former school friend William Corless on the workplace podcast. In this episode we discuss organisational culture pre and post pandemic. What does organisational culture mean? How does culture work in remote environment? Neil brings his evidence based approach and his insights on the differing views o...

Brian Pennie, consultant, lecturer, radio host and author (Bonus Time) joins our host William Corless on the workplace podcast. Brian discusses his journey from being chronically addicted to heroin for fifteen years to embrace a second chance at life. This thoroughly engaging podcast provides insights on coping techniques and explores the relationship between trauma, addiction and bad habits. Bria...

Gordon D'Arcy, COO of Kids Speech Labs and former Irish international rugby player,  joins our host William Corless on the Workplace podcast. Gordon discusses the informal leader, the oft undervalued member of a high performing team or organisation. Gordon provides his insights on his formative years that will help others achieve their potential. William and Gordon also discuss the role of the inf...

Spencer Williams (CEO of Westpaw) joins our host William Corless to discuss his approach and ethical manner to leadership. Spencer provides real life examples of radical transparency and candour with his employees of his organisation based in Montana, USA. During the podcast William explores Spencer's approach to radical transparency where a collegial and professional spirit he has naturally built...

Founding partner of The Mediation Foundation of Ireland, Luke Monahan joins our host William Corless on the workplace podcast to provide insights into workplace mediation. Many senior managers and people in HR have a fear of conflict and fear the mediation process escalates conflict. In this episode, we dispel certain myths about mediation and give people a great understanding of mediation to over...

Executive, team coach and leadership facilitator Dr. Dumi Magadlela joins our host William Corless from Johannesburg. Dumi and William discuss the Zulu philosophy of Ubuntu. We gain an insight into another aspect of leadership with Ubuntu intelligence, that was made prominent by Nelson Mandela. Creating ways of connecting and realising the full potential in your self and others through common huma...

World authority on corporate strategy, Andrew Campbell is Director of Ashridge Strategic Management Centre at Ashridge Business School. Andrew discusses with our host William Corless the key elements and consideration of organisational design especially with agility. Andrew is also an authority on organisation design being the person who developed “the nine tests of good organisation design” and w...

Colm Murphy (Executive Coach) joins our host William Corless to discuss teams in organisations. The discussion highlights: The challenges teams face what is a team versus a group? Are decisions made outside of team meetings? What dynamics are at play and the importance of trust. There are many takeaways from this episode as both Colm and William share their experiences of what makes a great team a...

Marty Linsky co-author of "Leading the Line" and former adjunct lecturer in Harvard University joins his former student William Corless (Adaptive Leadership) on the workplace podcast. This episode promises to deliver for struggling leaders as Marty talks about radical uncertainty. The challenge leaders face around the expectations of having to know the answer. Many learnings are shared on: How to...

Cali Williams Yost is the leading authority on high performance work flexibility. Cali, a visionary workplace futurist joins William Corless to discuss how people can flex to meet the needs of the new workplace. An authority on flexible working since 2004, this insightful episode provides key elements of what people need to consider when talking about flexible working. Called “one of the most soph...

Kevin Empey, a future of work pragmatist, consultant and author joins our host William Corless to discuss the future of work. In this  episode we discuss what the future of work holds for us covering aspects such as: agility, disruption, lessons from the past and implications for the HR function. 

Sean Blair author and co-author of three books on the Lego Serious Play (LSP) facilitation method, joins fellow LSP facilitator on the podcast. Sean provides an understanding of this facilitation method, the surprising benefits and the importance of play. Myth's are dispelled that it's just fun with a pile of bricks, and as facilitators we discuss the importance of design to meet group learning ou...

Renowned TEDxTalk speaker, bestseller author and expert on leadership & personal development, Dr Karolien Notebaert is this weeks guest. Karolien guides us on our we can better understand neuroscience in an accessible way, by providing memorable insights from her book. We discuss how people can overcome challenges in the workplace and through insights, science and storytelling to show people a...

Leading business psychologist Alan Lyons joins William Corless on the podcast to discuss how people can make the most of the challenges presented to us in the current climate. We discuss the various elements of emotional intelligence and how to be yourself more with skills. This episode jam packed with gems of self care, theory, quotes and insights.

Researcher and University lecturer Deirdre Curran from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Deirdre joins our host William Corless to provide insights on fairness and justice at work. We discuss the many aspects of this topic that we should all consider, especially leaders. Our conversation covers the human impact when fairness and justice is absent, the mechanisms at play and also we discu...

Former Ireland Rugby Captain, Director of Executive Education and CEO, Phillip Matthews joins the podcast to discuss the importance of purpose in leadership. Phillip shares his insights on purpose based on his experience of leadership in sport and business combined with his executive development experience. We cover what purpose means, the various facets of purpose and how you can fulfil your lead...

Siobhan Murray an accredited psychotherapist, certified life-coach and best-selling author joins our host William Corless to discuss Burnout.  This podcast provides insights into how people can overcome overwhelm, burnout and manage the demands of their personal and professional roles; learn how to embrace self-care and how to navigate living in a chaotic world; hone their authentic leadership sty...