If your career progression has stalled it may be because you lack emotional intelligence and the ability to regulate your behaviour in the workplace. 

A Harvard Business School expert says the key to great leadership is understanding yourself so you can manage others, and she’s helped thousands of people do it.  

Guest:

Margaret C Andrews, managing director The MYLO Center,  author of Manage Yourself to Lead Others 

For a copy of Margaret’s Six questions for Self Understanding Worksheet, email us at [email protected]

What are the best ways to learn at work, and how can you make that new information stick?

Understand the science of learning and how online courses and workshops can be designed to optimise motivation and opportunities to practise.

Guests: 

Michelle Ockers, Founder and Chief Learning Strategist, Learning Uncut 

Ryan Jesson, cognitive scientist, School of Psychology, University of Queensland 

New research has uncovered early warning signs of burnout that could help you get on top of it, before it goes too far. Learn strategies to identify these signs, recover from work stress and prevent burnout. 

Dr Ben Searle, organisational psychologist, consultant and researcher 

Luke Martin, Senior specialist and clinical spokesperson, Beyond Blue 

For more details on Ben’s Recovember Challenge follow him on LinkedIn or visit his website

If you or someone you know needs mental health support, call Beyond Blue for free 24/7 on 1300 22 4636 or via email or webchat at www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport

You might like to check out our episode The Burnout Shop featuring pioneer of burnout theory, Christina Maslach.

A Westpac employee with parental responsibilities was recently awarded the right to work from home five days a week, by the Fair Work Commission.

How might this decision affect business hiring practices, and the working conditions parents are allowed by their bosses in future? 

Guests:

Dr Giuseppe Carabetta, Associate Professor of workplace and business law with the UTS Business School 

Emma Walsh, CEO Parents at Work  

For more information and free resources for small organisations visit https://familyfriendlyworkplaces.com/

Have you ever turned up to work and thought...where is everyone?! Empty offices and flexible work is part of the reason why so many people are experiencing work loneliness, but it's not the whole picture.

We explore how organisations can diagnose work loneliness and build more connected workplaces. 

Guest:

Connie Noonan Hadley, organisational psychologist, Research Associate Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business and Founder, Institute for Life at Work. 

And big thanks to "Jade" for sharing their experience of loneliness at work.

Lisa is joined by Panio Gianopolous, co-founder and editorial director of the Next Big Idea Club, as they each nominate three non-fiction books related to work that have changed the way they work and live. 

Tune in to Radio National’s Top 100 Books countdown, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October from 1pm. Or catch up anytime on the ABC Listen app.

Panio’s picks:

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss  

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport 

Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success by Angela Duckworth 

Lisa’s picks:

The Design of Everyday Things, Don Norman 

Improv Wisdom, Patricia Ryan Madson 

The Art of Possibility, Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander 

Extra pick: 

Atomic Habits, James Clear 

How can reorganisations, restructures and redundancies be managed in a way that works for everyone?

With obligations to manage psychosocial hazards now front of mind, this process has never been more important. 

Guests:

Melinda Bell, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Melbourne 

Leonie Green, founder and consultant, Conscious Workplace

Also check out our related episode Your role is being made redundant, now what?

There are lessons you can take from the careers of David Bowie and Oprah about identity and authenticity.

Being “authentic” in your life and career is something we’re told to aspire to. But can that be taken too far?

Dr Tomas, Chamorro- Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London and Columbia University, author, Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity is overrated and what to do instead  

Julianna Pillemer, Assistant Professor of Management and Organisations, NYU Stern School of Business 

Need help organising your desk or kitchen table workspace? Get decluttering tips that will help clear your mind and your home. 

Guest:

Amy Revell, decluttering expert 

For more on the psychology of decluttering, check out the All In the Mind episode, Is clutter making you feel bad? 

When you validate someone, it shows that you’re there, you get it and you care, even if you don't agree with their point of view.

Learn the difference between validation and praise, and how you can use the former to strengthen relationships and build influence at work. 

Guest:

Dr Caroline Fleck, licensed psychologist, corporate consultant and author, Validation: The New Psychology of Influence