Truth, Lies and Work
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Truth, Lies & Work is the UK's #1 Management Podcast.
Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, this award-winning podcast is where behavioural science meets workplace culture. Hosted by Chartered Occupational Psychologist Leanne Elliott and business owner Al Elliott, the show has reached #2 in the UK Business Podcast Charts and consistently ranks as a Top 10 trending business podcast globally.
With a unique blend of evidence-based insight and lived experience, Leanne and Al simplify the science of people and culture to help leaders attract, engage, and retain great talent.
Episodes drop twice a week. Tuesdays feature a global people and culture news round-up, a hot take from an emerging or established voice, and the world-famous Workplace Surgery—where Leanne answers real listener questions with practical advice. Thursdays dive deeper with expert guests from across the business and psychology worlds, sharing fresh perspectives and actionable strategies.
Whether you're scaling a startup or leading a large team, Truth, Lies & Work delivers the tools, thinking, and inspiration to build thriving, toxic-free workplaces that prioritise well-being and drive sustainable growth.
Also, the hosts are married—so expect unfiltered honesty, occasional banter, and a real-life lens on work and life.
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- 352. Does culture REALLY eat strategy for breakfast? PLUS! A.I. brain rot, unhelpful habits and toxic employees, with Paula Brockwell · 57 min · Aflevering 352Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, Leanne and Al are joined by guest host Paula…
- 351. How to Improve Your Wellbeing at Work with Expressive Writing, with Charli Nordone · 53 min · Aflevering 351Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, Chartered Occupational Psychologist Leanne…
- 350. Why Are Bosses Really Forcing Return to Office? PLUS! The Charisma Red Flag, Falling Job Satisfaction and Leadership EQ · 58 min · Aflevering 350Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. We are brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio…
- 349. Why good people burnout in good organisations, with Cait Donovan · 52 min · Aflevering 349Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we explore why high performers burn out in…
- 348. Does being authentic online mean sharing everything? PLUS! The reluctant founder, the Instagram snub and doom scrolling at work, with Alexis Zahner · 53 min · Aflevering 348Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, Al and Leanne are joined by guest host…
- 347. Get A.I. to do your job (so you can enjoy the good parts), with Noel Andrews · 57 min · Aflevering 347What if AI was not coming to take your job, but to take away all the parts of it you hate? In this episode, Noel Andrews, CEO of JobRack, joins Al and Leanne to talk about how…
- 346. Is Imposter Syndrome Fake? PLUS! McKinsey LinkedIn Drama, workplace 'larping', and the job EVERYONE hates. · 58 min · Aflevering 346Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week we explore Gen-Z slang entering the office…
- 345. Values don’t spread. Stories do. With Matthew Hook and Caroline Keylock · 52 min · Aflevering 345Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. In this…
- 344. More tech Layoffs, OpenAI Culture Crisis and Small Business Burnout PLUS Should You Chase A-Players? · 1 u 7 min · Aflevering 409Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture! Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the…
- 343. How to disagree at work (without taking a chair to someone's head), with Rt Hon Steve Baker and Paul Dolan · 49 min · Aflevering 343Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week we explore how to build a team that can…
- 342. Latest A.I. releases, iced coffee wars and well-being bees. PLUS! Does it only takes seven seconds to make a first impression? · 59 min · Aflevering 342Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we dive into viral interview etiquette…
- 341. Why Your HR Policies Won't Save You in Court, with Employment Solicitor Roy Magara · 58 min · Aflevering 341Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. In this episode, we are joined by employment solicitor…
- 340. Meta's management u-turn, trolling A.I and The Great Compliance. PLUS! Does purpose make us work harder? With Bill Yost · 1 u 4 min · Aflevering 340Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, guest host Bill Yost joins Al and Leanne to…
- 339. Is a personality test just your horoscope? With Nikita Mikhailov, co-author of Personality: A User's Guide · 52 min · Aflevering 339Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. Are personality tests like MBTI actually helping your…
- 338. Are workplace friendships actually a good idea? PLUS! Quiet firing, 80s jobs and Xmas rotas, with Nicole Williams C.Psychol · 1 u 3 min · Aflevering 338Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, Chartered Occupational AND Coaching…
- 337. How to Hire with A.I. (Without Getting It Wrong) LIVE! With Kate Young and Ben Hawkes · 1 u 2 min · Aflevering 337A bad hire costs a small business close to £14,000. Yet when recruitment goes wrong, business owners rarely blame technology. Instead, they blame rushed decisions, poor…
- 336. Does the office actually improve collaboration? PLUS! Technostress, Instagram cringe and nightmare bosses., with Danny Wareham · 55 min · Aflevering 336Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, guest host Danny Wareham (organisational…
- 335. How storytelling saved Jurassic Park's company, with Corey Rosen · 46 min · Aflevering 335How you deliver news to your team has a huge impact on how they react. Whether it's bad news and you want to allay fears, or good news and you want everyone to be excited - the…
- 334. Overthinking, holiday hoarding and Gail's menopause plan. PLUS! Can you bank sleep? · 56 min · Aflevering 334Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week on This Week in Work, we explore AI for…
- 333. How to never have an argument at work again, with Lawyer turned peacemaker, Doug Noll · 45 min · Aflevering 333Can you really go through the rest of your life without ever getting into another fight or argument? n this episode, trial lawyer turned professional peacemaker Doug Noll…
- 332. Things We Got Wrong: 4 Years of Terrible Workplace Predictions, Summer Sessions #6 · 50 min · Aflevering 332Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the…
- 331. "Trapped in a Life Built Around Other’s Expectations? Here’s the Way Out" - Leanne & Al on Unbehaved podcast · 59 min · Aflevering 331This week, we are taking a short break from our usual format for a Summer Sessions feed drop. We are sharing a special episode from Unbehaved, where host Meghan French Dunbar…
- 330. (VERY) Unfiltered HR Confessions. Summer Sessions #5, with Emma Djemil · 56 min · Aflevering 330Ever wondered what really goes on behind the closed doors of an HR office? In this Summer Session episode, Al and Leanne open up the anonymous HR filing cabinet—and it gets…
- 329. Toxic or Just a Bad Fit? How to Tell the Difference at Work with Cait Donovan [Fried: The Burnout Podcast] · 1 u 0 min · Aflevering 329Is Burnout an Individual or Organisational Problem? (Feed Drop: Fried: The Burnout Podcast) In this special summer feed drop, we’re taking a short break from our regular format…
- 328. Am I the Workplace A**hole? Summer Sessions #4, with Dr Jake Tuber · 54 min · Aflevering 328Are workplace dilemmas ever really black and white? Welcome back to another Summer Session of Truth, Lies & Work! For this episode, Al and Leanne are ditching the traditional…
- 327. Top 5 Tips to Actually Switch Off This Summer, with Dr Rachel Morris · 56 min · Aflevering 327Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the…
- 326. We Play Corporate Family Fortunes with Danny Wareham! Summer Sessions #3 · 55 min · Aflevering 326Welcome to another edition of our Truth, Lies & Work Summer Sessions! For this episode, Al and Leanne take a quick break from workplace news and heavy behavioural science to host…
- 325. He cancelled his meetings for a week (and nobody noticed), with Chris Lovett, best-selling author · 52 min · Aflevering 325Have you ever looked at a calendar packed with back-to-back, colour-coded blocks and felt a strange sense of pride? In today’s workplace culture, a hectic diary isn’t just a…
- 324. Workplace Red Flag or Green Flag? Summer Sessions #2, with Meghan French-Dunbar · 59 min · Aflevering 324Welcome to another episode of our Summer Sessions! Every August, we take a short break from our usual news roundups and deep dives to bring you lighter, conversational, and…
- 323. Why you believe you're right, even when you're wrong, with Owen Fitzpatrick, social psychologist and author · 60 min · Aflevering 323When you hear the word propaganda, you picture a dictator, a politician, or an ad executive. You never picture yourself. But turns out, you are running the exact same campaign on…
- 322. The World’s Weirdest Jobs: Penguinologists, Snake Milkers, Ice Cowboys and more! Summer Sessions #1, with Georgia Hodkinson · 52 min · Aflevering 322Welcome to Episode 1 of our Summer Sessions on Truth, Lies & Work! For the next few weeks, Al and Leanne are taking a short break from the workplace news and heavy management…
- 321. Is HR the Loneliest Job in the Building? With Tom Emery · 52 min · Aflevering 321HR leaders spend all day surrounded by people. So why does it often feel like the loneliest job in the building? In this episode, Tom Emery, former Chief People Officer at a top…
- 320. Can you bulls*it a bullsh*tter? PLUS! The European hiring crisis, Gen-Z perfectionism and Tik Tok training · 57 min · Aflevering 320The Hiring Crisis, TikTok Training and Gen Z Perfectionism. PLUS How to Keep Quiet Teams Motivated Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where…
- 319. Why Nobody is Listening to You at Work, with Strategic PR Director, Ellie Glason · 47 min · Aflevering 319Have you ever put together a perfectly logical, data-backed presentation or sent a highly detailed company-wide email, only to be met with complete silence? Meanwhile, a…
- 318. Toxic Founders, HR Rebels and Stalling Women’s Progress. PLUS! Is it good to have fun at work? With Rebecca Taylor · 1 u 9 min · Aflevering 318Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the…
- 317. He built his company around happiness, but was he happy? With Richard Clarke · 43 min · Aflevering 317Have you ever hit a massive milestone—like selling the business you spent a decade building—only to feel an unexpected wave of grief instead of pure joy? In this episode of…
- 316. Botsitting, Microsoft's Xbox Layoffs and Finance Burnout. PLUS! Does Growth Mindset Really Work? With Rob Briner · 55 min · Aflevering 316Is AI really making us more productive, or are we spending more time managing it than benefiting from it? Should employees pay the price when leadership gets strategy wrong?…
- 315. How to Handle Crisis in the Workplace, with Andrew Blotky, Facebook's first Director of Global Internal Communications · 51 min · Aflevering 315Welcome to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. How do you steady your team and maintain trust when…
- 314. Why do we all love an underdog? PLUS! Responsible A.I., Ford's human rehiring spree AND the psychology of disagreements. · 52 min · Aflevering 314Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we are breaking down major shifts in the AI…
- 313. "I told Jimmy Carr to quit his job", with Mike Harle, Jimmy Carr's (last ever) manager · 52 min · Aflevering 313What do you do when a brilliant, Oxford- or Cambridge-educated graduate walks into your office, chronically late, completely uncommitted to the business, but undeniably sharp? If…
- 312. Remote Work Makes You Lonely, Should You Trust Your Gut or the Data, PLUS workplace surgery with Dr Jake Tuber · 55 min · Aflevering 312Welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. In this episode of…
- LIVE! Can Cultural Intelligence actually improve performance at work? With Polly Collingridge and Bernadette Thompson OBE · 1 u 8 minMost of us have sat through an inclusion training program that didn't change much—maybe a workshop, a follow-up email, and then it's back to normal. But what happens when an…
- 311. Are middle managers being set up to fail? With Kristien Turner · 1 u 0 min · Aflevering 311Why Are Middle Managers Being Set Up to Fail? (And How to Fix It) with Kristien Turner Are middle managers facing an absolute existential crisis? According to today’s guest, the…
- 310. Workplace Nostalgia, Stalling Careers and Leaked Microsoft Data. PLUS! How to Praise Introverts · 57 min · Aflevering 310Welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. In this episode of…
- 309. Stop Asking the Chatbot (And Start Asking Your Colleague), with Sean O'Shea · 54 min · Aflevering 309When you don’t know the answer to a problem at work, what is your immediate reflex? Do you search for a quick answer from an AI chatbot, or do you pick up the phone to ask a…
- 308. Dark Showering, Google A.I. Interviews and the M&S Cyber Attack. PLUS! Is Experience the Best Predictor of Job Performance? · 57 min · Aflevering 308Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. This…
- 307. What skills do leaders actually need in the age of A.I.? With Vince Sanderson · 51 min · Aflevering 307Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. As artificial intelligence accelerates and automation…
- 306. Firing your HR department, restroom lurking and the accidental manager. PLUS! Does Gen Z value purpose over pay? With Dr Jake Tuber · 1 u 4 min · Aflevering 306Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, hosts Al and Leanne Elliott are joined by returning…
- 305. How to go from Founder back to Employee (Without the Shame), with Laurie MacPherson · 42 min · Aflevering 305Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture . This week, we are tackling a massive, silent trend…
- 304. Al Elliott: "I've just ruined the last three years of my life.", Our co-host talks business, bankruptcy and the meaning of success · 1 u 14 min · Aflevering 304Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we are adjusting our usual format for a…







