How to have difficult conversations
Building on a previous episode that covered productive disagreement, here we look at how difficult conversations come about, especially for leadership. Although we tend to grapple with difficult conversations, we shouldn’t avoid them. We use real-life examples to illustrate there are ways to learn how to navigate and deal with such dialogue in a way […]
Hybrid working and the impact on women and underrepresented people
This week’s conversation was prompted by a thought-provoking article entitled Could The New Hybrid Workplace Turn Some Women Into Second-Class Employees? As the statistics make for a worrying read, we ask: What are organisations doing to support people who choose to work from home? How can we ensure unconscious bias doesn’t adversely impact those who […]
Expectations – how they link to our happiness
Welcome back to series 5 of our podcast! In this first episode, we discuss expectations and how they link to happiness and resilience. Expectations of ourselves, of other people, of work, of society, of events and how each of these can impact our own perceptions of happiness. We explore what happiness is and how finding […]
Best of the Season!
Welcome to this Bonus episode of our award-winning podcast. Hold tight for a whistle-stop tour of season four with our six clips, hand-picked from 12 episodes. There were so many memorable moments, but we were strict and limited each of us to pick two personal favourites. We hope you enjoy listening to why we chose […]
Introducing Season 5!
Welcome back! We are back with our next season on 8 April 2022. In this trailer episode you can find out more about what we have been up to and what you can expect from this season as we are making a few changes! If you want to find out more about us, head over […]
Future trends for 2022
As this is the last episode of the current season, our news section reflects on the podcast itself and the people who support us. And we have a question for you: how useful do you find our news discussions, and should we continue them into season five? We’d love to hear your thoughts. The final […]
Living and sticking to your values
The focus for our news section this week is the recent change in attitude towards sending work texts and emails outside work hours, following a change in the law in Portugal. You can also find out why this is Advita’s last news section of the season. For our big topic, we explore the concept of […]
Leaders are responsible for psychological safety
We have our own announcement to make in this week’s news section. Tune in for the latest information about our Comms Retreats and find out what our brand new offer is. Our big topic centres on psychological safety and the extent to which it’s a leadership responsibility to foster a psychologically safe workplace. How much […]
How not to be weird when you’re networking
In this week’s news section we talk about the changing expectations of generations in the workplace and an emerging sense that Gen Z employees are quick to make demands their bosses don’t understand. For our big topic, we ask the tough questions about networking. What is the power of networking and how do you do […]
How thinking differently can create belonging
In our weekly podcast, we share our views on the big subjects for professional communicators, leaders and coaches. We also take the opportunity to share topical issues with you. In this week’s news section we compare how the change of the seasons is impacting us and our work. Listen closely to find out how many […]