Really Useful Conversations
Managers and leaders need to be able to confidently have 7 Significant Conversations if they are to achieve the desired business outcomes WITH an engaged and motivated team. What are those conversations? How do we have difficult conversations? What about conversations that are challenging, crucial, critical ...
Conversations can change organisations. They can develop relationships, improve standards, increase results - conversations can even save lives.
After 21 years as a freelance Consultant, Andrea Newton shares practical, down to earth advice, learning, tips and techniques to enable you to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and have conversations that matter.
Business
Self-Improvement
Coaching
Management
Training
Conversation
Education
Development
Leadership
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Welcome to Season 2
I never intended to be away from podcast land for so long but projects, work, life got in the way - but I am delighted to be back, bringing more opportunities for people to get comfortable with the u…
00:02:38 |
Sat 03 Sep 2022
And breathe ....
After 30 episodes of what I am told is excellent content, Season One comes to a close and I am taking a breather. Chance to pause, reflect and see what we need to have a Really Useful Conversation ab…
00:08:38 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Ep 030 - 22 years of Tough Talk - the Art of Difficult Conversations at Work
For the last 22 years I have been helping managers across every sector to have difficult conversations in the workplace. Whether around poor performance, absence, conduct or capability, managers need…
00:21:19 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
Ep 029 - Time to Talk - Conversations we all need to have
Conversations can change organisations; develop relationships, improve standards, increase results – conversations can even save lives and this week in the UK, on Thursday 3rd Feb, it is Time to Talk…
00:18:57 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Ep 028 - HR Challenges in a Hybrid World with Gary Cookson
Covid and the instruction to “work from home” thrust a lot of companies into hybrid working for the first time, with little chance to prepare or set good foundations in place and as hybrid seems to b…
00:39:43 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Ep 027 - Forget Blue Monday and opt for BREW Monday
There is NO science to support the claim that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year HOWEVER there is a LOT of science behind the suggestion that conversations and human c…
00:24:23 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Ep 026 - Managing Sickness Absence in the workplace
Lots of organisations right now are dealing with high levels of absence due to the ongoing challenge with Covid, and many are establishing policies and approaches for dealing with that. The UK Govern…
00:28:52 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Ep 025 - Admitting and accepting Struggle as the place where the good stuff happens
When we struggle with something we often try to hide it, relating struggle with failure and not wanting to accept it, admit it or acknowledge it! If I am struggling am I not coping? Should you not tr…
00:35:57 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
Ep 024 - Why Really Useful Conversations Matter and why putting up with stuff is not the best way to use time and energy
Something of my personal story today, as I had my own period of living with the very uncomfortable and not talking about it. I make no secret of my very unhappy marriage, where I felt trapped, stuck…
00:18:16 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Ep 023 - Really Useful Conversations about alcohol dependency in workplace
Our often stereotypical view of someone with a drink problem is the dishevelled homeless man on the park bench with a can of beer in his hand at 10am – we rarely conjure up the image of the nicely pr…
00:41:52 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Ep 022 - Menopause and mental health - what employers need to know
Menopause is so much more than hot flushes and night sweats and if we consider the number of women who struggle with increased risk of stress, anxiety, depression and even thoughts of suicide, we nee…
00:22:25 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Ep 021 - Overwhelm and Burnout - is a Festive Lockdown the answer?
According to recent research, over half the employees surveyed said they would welcome a two week lockdown over Christmas to help them deal with their feelings of overwhelm and burnout, caused by the…
00:29:22 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Ep 020 - Faulty thinking and how it can impact on our Confident Conversations - mindset matters!
You can prepare meticulously for a Confident Conversation by having all the facts to hand, researching relevant history, being able to offer specific examples of the topic BUT if your head is not in …
00:25:22 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Ep 019 - Better than Confidence - a conversation with author Helen Frewin
As a big fan of Confident Conversations, I was intrigued to see Helen Frewin's book "Better than Confidence" - and of course I had to ask, what could be better than confidence? Well, as Helen explain…
00:25:26 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
Ep 18 - Really Useful Conversations about Self Care for Managers
As a manager you are probably well aware of your duty of care to your team, being able to offer support and signpost to help if needed, have conversations that matter about mental health, stress and …
00:24:55 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Ep 17 - Workplace Conflict & Mediation - with Pete Colby
We know that if conflict arises in the workplace it can cause stress, tension, anxiety. Relationships can be damaged, grievances raised, performance dips and the atmosphere affected. We also know tha…
00:29:44 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
Ep 16 - Conversations for Managers about work-related stress, for International Stress Awareness Week
This week is International Stress Awareness Week and given that stress can negatively impact our health, our behaviour, our performance at work and our relationships with others, it's important that …
00:28:21 |
Tue 02 Nov 2021
Ep 015 - Seven Significant Conversations that all managers and leaders should be having
Conversations can change organisations, develop relationships, improve results, increase standards - conversations can even save lives, and there are 7 Significant Conversations that all effective ma…
00:26:22 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Ep 14 - How Biffa are making great strides as an employer of choice - menopause friendly too!
Menopause will impact around half the UK population directly, and indirectly will impact all of us. Employers risk losing talent and facing expensive employment tribunals for failing to support women…
00:20:28 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Ep 013 - Mental Health in an Unequal World - what does that mean for employers?
The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is inequality - Mental Health in an Unequal World and in this podcast we look at what that means for employers and how they can ensure that the menta…
00:28:22 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Andrea Newton. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.