Make it Work: Series 4
Developing Your Leadership For The Future of Work
In Series 4 of Make it Work, co-hosts, Lachy Gray and Karen Kirton are talking about upskilling and why they believe it’s the key to attracting and retaining great people and thriving in today’s workplace. They aim to give you thought-provoking ideas and practical takeaways that you can use to future-proof your organisation.
Episode list
20 19 Navigating the Future of Education with AI-Insights from Angela Connell-Richards
18 The Power of Skills-Based Hiring and Development
17 Prioritising Workplace Mental Health and Burnout Support
16 Bridging the Gender Pay Gap: Strategies for Small Businesses
15 How to Use a Digital Tool to Support Upskilling
14 Creating a Culture of Kindness
13 Discover the Secrets to Upskilling Remote Teams with Richard Phu
12 Unlocking Growth: Developing Career Paths in Small Business
11 Book club: Machines behaving badly
10 Why it is Important to Add Creativity Into Upskilling in the Workplace
9 Building Upskilling Into Every Day
8 AI in Recruitment - Benefits, Risks and Ethics
7 Revisiting the Workplace Culture Debate: Who's Responsible?
6 The Importance of Humanistic Leadership Skills: with Linda Murray
5 Moving from Training to Learning
4 Tailoring Workplace Learning – interview with Chris Tan, Winning Academy Learning and Development Manager
3 Which Skills Should Businesses Be Focussing On Upskilling Their Teams In?
2 Hiring For Behaviours Over Experience: with Pree Sarkar
1 The Transition From Jobs to Skills is Happening. Are You Ready?
Make it Work: Series 3
Growth
In Series 3, we’re focusing on growth: growth of ourselves as leaders, growth of our teams, and growth of our business.
Episode list
20 2022 Round Up
19 Is Diversity of Thinking Part of Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy?
18 Fostering Psychological Safety at Work with Special Guest Linda Murray
17 Keeping Connections in Remote and Hybrid Workplaces
16 The Challenges of Growing a Business
15 Why Does Change In The Workplace Fail?
14 Why is Being a Compassionate Leader Important? with Special Guest Jenny Steadman
13 If it’s Not Money, then What Motivates Us at Work?
12 How Can We Level Up Our Recruiting Processes? With Special Guest Nathan Soti
11 How Can I Deliver Valuable and Effective Feedback?
10 How Can You Leverage Technology to Scale and Grow Your Business?
9 Do Financial Rewards Work to Motivate Staff?
8 How can you be Vulnerable at Work?
7 How can we Best Design Offices to Cater for Hybrid Work, and for Wellbeing?
6 How can I use Scorecards to Measure Workplace KPIs and Performance?
5 How do you Set Goals in your Organisation?
4 Building a Sustainable Sales Process for your Business
3 How do I set new starters up for success?
2 What does kindness look like in the workplace?
1 Should your workplace be your 'family'?
Make it Work: Series 2
Future of work
Karen and Lachy explore what the future of work looks like, and how leaders need to adapt. Each episode is less than 30 minutes and are designed to take broad themes about the future of work, and discuss how these apply in business today. Through these conversations they aim to give you some thought provoking ideas and practical take-aways that you can use to future-proof your organisation.
Episode list
9 Looking back on 2021 in business, leadership and change
8 Returning to Work in a (Somewhat) COVID-Normal World
7 Retaining Staff Through the “Great Resignation” and the Explosion of Gig Economy
6 Talking About Mental Wellbeing with Special Guest Kaylene Wynn
5 Who is Responsible for Workplace Culture?
4 Keeping a cool head, and an open mind
3 The Boundary Between Overachieving and Strong Leadership
2 Navigating Mental Health at Work
1 How rules affect decision making in the workplace
Make it work
About this podcast
The 5-part series discusses themes on the current workplace - what’s working and what’s not, and the future of the workplace.
Your hosts are Karen Kirton, Founder of Amplify HR and Lachy Gray, co-founder of Yarno who together, with our joined expertise, cover topics across the workplace, including culture, leadership, hybrid working models, and the move remote workers are making to regional living.