Are you the type of person who commands the attention of the room when you speak. Are you able to charm people and win them round with your words and manner? Today we are talking about gravitas and charisma. How are these traits helpful, and is it possible to learn gravitas and charisma? Enjoy the podcast.

We all have an impact on the people around us, whether we are aware of it or not! So how can we manage or even drastically change the impact we are having so that it is beneficial for ourselves and for the organisations we work in?

Feedback… the work strikes fear into many of our hearts! It can feel like standing in front of a firing squad, or going on trial in front of a jury… but does it have to be that way? Today we talk about the positive role that feedback can have, and give lots of practical advice about how to deliver feedback that can change things for the better.

Self care seems to be a buzz word in our modern culture, but what does that term mean, and what does caring for yourself look like in a workplace context? In an age of immediate and constant feedback, are we loosing touch with the ability to self regulate, to take time out for ourselves, to be a little selfish for the good of our physical and mental health? All this in todays podcast.

For a number of complex cultural, political, and economic reasons, businesses in the western world seem to have drifted further and further away from the idea of building a safe and supportive community for employees, and more to towards prioritising performance outcomes and bottom line profits. What impact has that had both individually, and corporately? Is it time to reverse just a little bit, and start prioritising the people in our organisations?

If you had to name a guaranteed shared experience in this life, I think stress would be a pretty good guess. Stress is commonplace in our lives, maybe we have periods of low stress and periods of high stress, but it's pretty much a constant theme. So what does this mean for us? What are the positive and negative outcomes of stress, and how can we monitor and manage its impact on our ability to function at a high level. All this in todays episode, so relax, and take it all in.

We might be a couple of weeks late with todays topic (Christmas does seem to be a time of excess for most of us) but today we are talking about self control. What does self control look like, why is it a desirable and attractive attribute, and how can we grow as individuals in this area? All this in todays episode.

Well its that time of year when people resolve to change their lives for the better, start going to the gym, stop eating chocolate, read more books, watch less television… but we all know that often times these resolutions don’t last quite as long as we might hope. Todays episode is all about commitment. What does being committed to something mean, and how can we be more committed to our goals both professionally and privately.

How influential are you? What makes somebody an influencer? Today Bob and Will discuss the highly valuable skill of influencing, giving pointers on how we can begin to develop the necessary skills to effect favourable outcomes.

Well it’s a big week for us here in the UK with a general election thing place. Usually we talk soft skills on this podcast, not politics, but Bob and Will couldn’t help themselves, and cleverly weave in this weeks topic of behaviour with a touch of election chat at the beginning. But don’t worry, the politics doesn’t last for long, Bob and Will discuss the roots our our behaviour and how and why we might want to reflect on it and in some cases change it.