Author and OD Practitioner Barb Otis has spent years capturing why great employees leave organisations (or their bosses) and has written an in-your-face hilarious (but true) account of what pisses employees off to the point of leaving. From the advice given by her grandmother at 6 years old, Barb has spent her life truly caring for people and helping managers learn to do the same or deal with the consequences. Check her book out at https://iquit.net/ and start a conversation with your team or if you're courageous enough your manager.

As this episode drops, Mark is excited to be launching the Human Manager Academy Foundation Members register of interest. He shares what it is, who it's for, how it works, who has helped him get here, and why he has spent the last 16 months developing an online learning portal that will create an engaged community of like-spirited humans wanting to change the way work works for them and others. To register your interest go to: http://humanmanageracademy.com

HR Director, Coach and Author Justine Figo is changing the way humans view the 360 feedback process from an 'anus clenching' moment (Justine's words) to a real opportunity for personal growth and development by embracing vulnerability. She shares both the horror and success stories of 360's and some simple and practical tools and tips to stop making excuses and start embracing the gift of feedback.

After hearing this quote from Dr. Gabor Matè on a podcast (The Joe Rogan Experience #1869), Mark shares his thoughts on how we've created a workplace operating manual for humans that are based upon technical and robotic processes that are fundamentally flawed, and why its time to add his suggested human elements into it.

I was recently a guest on the brilliant Sarah Noll Wilson’s 'Conversations on Conversations' Podcast, where we explored what it means to bring humanity 'to leadership, and the power of understanding others. She has allowed me to co-share this on the SPH Podcast. 

Mark chats about all things superstition, anxiety, holding your nerve, and why he couldn't watch the final quarter of his beloved Sydney Swans v Collingwood in last week's Preliminary Final. Instead, he retreated to his office and recorded a Podcast to avoid the heart rate spike and his inability to control the situation. It was the full range of emotions in not knowing what was happening and dreading the check in via Dr. Google. Can anyone relate?

Comedian and Laughaholic Facilitator Tracy Bartram lays it all bare about how she has chosen laughter as one of her ways to deal with traumatic experiences and addictive behaviors during her life. She shares her decades of experience and passion for helping humans to laugh and live a full life because it's f**king shorter than we think. To find out more about Tracy's Laughaholics Experience go to https://tracybartram.com.au/

Mark explores the concept of abundant v scarcity mindsets - and in the spirit of abundance shares some recent podcasts he's listening to, books he's reading, apps he's finding useful, and shows he's watching that are challenging him to learn and grow. They just may do the same for you!

Maz Speaks is one incredibly interesting human who teaches individuals and organisations how to be more interesting. She shares her incredibly diverse career journey with a simple message - 'be you' and drops some brilliant tools and tips on how to stand out and know that if you don't get interesting nobody will know who you are.

This is a must-listen episode if you want to learn from an incredibly energetic, bold and street-smart human whose career has been all about generating interest.

Come on humans, let's stop the bullsh_t game of coming up with a new shiny label to cover up the inconvenient truth. I share my thoughts on the absurdity of the newest shiny thing 'Quiet Quitting' and offer some suggestions to those who are hiding behind the latest moronic management term. Here's an idea - ask your people what they think, and perhaps stop saying we need to do more with less!!