What kind of leader are you? Or what kind of leader do you aspire to be?

Are you democratic, trusting or empathetic? Or a bit laissez faire?

On this episode of This Working Life we are communing with the animals with zoo keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo and emeritus senior curator, Erna Walraven, whose new book is called "Wild Leadership-what wild animals teach us about leadership".

Find out if you are more meerkat than lion, more elephant than chimp in your leadership style.

Do you find meaning in your work? How much is it linked to your identity?

According to the ABC's Australia Talks survey, fulfilment at work is very important to us, so on this episode we go on a search for meaning with Peggy Kern, associate professor in positive psychology at the University of Melbourne and Nina Mapson Bone, managing director of recruitment company Beaumont People.

And we also ask- is it time to jettison the CV? Kate Glazebrook, CEO and co-founder of Applied, provides some answers.

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Do you find meaning in your work? How much is it linked to your identity?

According to the ABC's Australia Talks survey, fulfilment at work is very important to us, so on this episode we go on a search for meaning with Peggy Kern, associate professor in positive psychology at the University of Melbourne and Nina Mapson Bone, managing director of recruitment company Beaumont People.

And we also ask- is it time to jettison the CV? Kate Glazebrook, CEO and co-founder of Applied, provides some answers.

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Cryotherapy, sleep apps and binaural beats, are just some or the more than 20 hacks Lisa Leong uses to perform her best at work. Are they useful or a complete waste of time and or money?

We recruited three scientists to run the research filter over these hacks.

DR SHONA HALSON is a leading exercise recovery scientist who has been part of three Olympic campaigns, she sorts the fact from fiction when it comes to cryotherapy.

DR SIOBHAN BANKS, neuroscientist and sleep researcher from the University of South Australia, reviews wearable sleep apps and developmental neuroscientist from Monash University DR HANNAH KIRK debunks binaural beats for increasing focus.

Lisa's fellow biohackers for high performance at work include DIANNE MCGRATH (Mars One astronaut candidate) and entrepreneur and non-executive director CATHERINE ROBSON.

Cryotherapy, sleep apps and binaural beats, are just some or the more than 20 hacks Lisa Leong uses to perform her best at work. Are they useful or a complete waste of time and or money?

We recruited three scientists to run the research filter over these hacks.

DR SHONA HALSON is a leading exercise recovery scientist who has been part of three Olympic campaigns, she sorts the fact from fiction when it comes to cryotherapy.

DR SIOBHAN BANKS, neuroscientist and sleep researcher from the University of South Australia, reviews wearable sleep apps and developmental neuroscientist from Monash University DR HANNAH KIRK debunks binaural beats for increasing focus.

Lisa's fellow biohackers for high performance at work include DIANNE MCGRATH (Mars One astronaut candidate) and entrepreneur and non-executive director CATHERINE ROBSON.

"Innovate! Think creatively!" you're told. But how? Especially when you are in a large organisation with fairly rigid ways of doing thing. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber uses science to help companies learn to innovate, but she has also applied innovative practices at her own company, Inventium, including unlimited paid leave, flexibility around when and where her staff work and embraces an organisational framework called a holacracy. What's that? Listen to find out!

And picking up on the theme of flexibility about where and when you work, and even what you wear, Bond Uni's Dr Libby Sander gives us her tips on how to work from home without going mad or living in your PJs.

"Innovate! Think creatively!" you're told. But how? Especially when you are in a large organisation with fairly rigid ways of doing thing. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber uses science to help companies learn to innovate, but she has also applied innovative practices at her own company, Inventium, including unlimited paid leave, flexibility around when and where her staff work and embraces an organisational framework called a holacracy. What's that? Listen to find out!

And picking up on the theme of flexibility about where and when you work, and even what you wear, Bond Uni's Dr Libby Sander gives us her tips on how to work from home without going mad or living in your PJs.

What is your working style, and how much do you think your age has influenced it?

The leadership style you were exposed to in the formative years of your working life will influence the leader you later become, so with five generations under the one working roof, how can we all learn to get along?

Demographer Mark McCrindle, Alicia Stephenson, director of generational dynamics at Incorp, and James Pearson, the CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry discuss what the generations can teach each other, while millennial leader Holly Ransom shares her insights into what good leadership looks like.

What is your working style, and how much do you think your age has influenced it?

The leadership style you were exposed to in the formative years of your working life will influence the leader you later become, so with five generations under the one working roof, how can we all learn to get along?

Demographer Mark McCrindle, Alicia Stephenson, director of generational dynamics at Incorp, and James Pearson, the CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry discuss what the generations can teach each other, while millennial leader Holly Ransom shares her insights into what good leadership looks like.

We drop in on a improv session run by the master Dan Klein from Stanford University, to hear how 'applied improvisation' has changed the dynamics in Netflix's multicultural global team.

Bill Holmes chief business development officer at Netflix said once his team realised it wasn't about being funny on the spot, the group exercises about being open and vulnerable became tools to establish trust and bonds very quickly.