Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to PodPlus

  • 2

    PodPlus: Adaptability 30/04

    • Episode 140: Adaptability

  • 3

    PodPlus: Creativity 07/05

    • Episode 141: Creativity & Creative Rebels

    • Creativity Session Summary

  • 4

    PodPlus: Belonging 14/05

    • Episode 142: Belonging

    • Belonging Session Summary

    • BBC Article: Dunbar's Number

    • HBR Article: How to Build the Social Ties You Need at Work (Amy Gallo)

  • 5

    PodPlus: Wellbeing at Work 21/05

    • Wellbeing Session Notes

  • 6

    PodPlus: Disagreements from a Distance 28/09

    • Session Notes: How to manage disagreements

    • How to assess your own response to conflict

  • 7

    PodPlus: Emotional Intelligence 04/06

    • Episode 148: How to use emotional intelligence at work

    • Session Notes - Why EQ is important

    • Assess your EQ Tool

  • 8

    Coping with Change & Uncertainty 11/06

    • Episode 150: Coping with change and uncertainty

    • Session notes

    • Kotter - 8 Stage Process for Leading Change

    • TED Talk: Angela Duckworth - Grit

  • 9

    How to find meaning at work 18/09

    • Sarah's Session Notes

    • Helen's Session Notes

  • 10

    6 steps to happiness at work 25/06

    • Sarah's Notes

    • Helen's Notes

    • TED Talk: The Surprising Science of Happiness

    • TED Talk: The Happier Secret to Better Work

    • How Aristotle is the perfect happiness guru

    • Daniel Gilbert - Predicting Happiness

  • 11

    Overcoming Procrastination

    • PodPlus Session Recording - Procrastination

    • Sarah's Notes

    • Steven Pressfield - Start Here - Free Course

    • Steven Pressfield: 12 ways to overcome procrastination

    • Video: Marie Forleo & Steven Pressfield

  • 12

    Being an ally at work

    • PodPlus session summary

    • The Other Box

    • Article: Gal-dem Soothe your nerves and flex your imagination with our favourite new podcasts

    • Watch: Netflix Culture - Allyship

    • Watch: 5 tips for Being An Ally

    • Article: An update on diversity and inclusion at Monzo

    • Watch: Netflix documentary 13th

    • The Unconscious Bias Test

  • 13

    Optimism at work

    • PodPlus session recording - Optimism

  • 14

    Humour at Work

    • PodPlus session recording - Humour at Work

    • WATCH: Tales of Success from an NHS Hospital

    • Article: I introduced fun to the lives of A&E staff

    • Article: Theatre of the Oppressed

    • Article: Leading with Humour

  • 15

    How to find your flow at work

    • PodPlus session recording - How to find your flow at work

    • Read: 8 ways to create flow According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    • Read: 11 Activities and Exercises to Induce a Flow State (+ 6 Examples)

    • Watch: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness

    • Watch: Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Animated Book Summary

    • Read: The cost of multitasking: A computer-assisted quantitative study

    • Watch: When the scientific secrets of perfect timing by Daniel Pink

    • Listen: Eat Sleep Work Repeat - Cal Newport preaches digital minimalism

  • 16

    Conversations about race

    • PodPlus session recording - Conversations about race

    • Read: How to Begin Talking About Race in the Workplace

    • Read: Race Inequality in the Workforce: Carnegie UK

    • Read: Race in the workplace: McGregor Smith Review

    • Read: Harvard Business Review - How Organizations Can Support the Mental Health of Black Employees by Angela Neal-Barnett

    • Race and Mental Health at work: European Network Against Racism

    • Read: Business in the Community: Race at Work Charter

  • 17

    Job Crafting

    • PodPlus session recording - Job Crafting

  • 18

    Setting Yourself Up For Success

    • PodPlus session recording - Setting Yourself Up For Success

  • 19

    Managing your identity at work

    • PodPlus session recording - Managing your identity at work

    • Read: Harvard Business School - Working Identity - Nine Unconventional Strategies For Reinventing Your Career

  • 20

    Designing your work life

    • PodPlus session recording - Designing your work life

  • 21

    How to develop career confidence

    • PodPlus session recording - How to develop your career confidence

  • 22

    Exploring and Applying for new roles

    • PodPlus session recording - Exploring and applying for new roles

    • Read: Herminia Ibarra articles

  • 23

    How to stay visible when you work virtually

    • PodPlus session recording - How to stay visible when working virtually

  • 24

    Building brilliant relationships

    • PodPlus session recording -Building brilliant relationships

    • Read: The Guardian - Dreading a dark winter lockdown? Think like a Norwegian

    • DISC Personality test

    • Brene Brown's Braving Trust: Living Big

    • Listen: Squiggly Careers Episode 110 - How to Ask for Help

  • 25

    Practical Productivity

    • PodPlus session recording - Practical Productivity

    • Read: The New Yorker - The Service That Makes Shame a Productivity Hack

  • 26

    Career transitions

    • PodPlus session recording - Career Transitions

    • Read: Harvard Business School Press - Working Identity - Nine Unconventional Strategies For Reinventing Your Career

    • Watch - The Green Room with David Pearl

    • Read - Reinventing your career in the time of coronavirus by Herminia Ibarra

    • Read - BeWell Stanford Coping with work transitions

  • 27

    Dealing with difficult people

    • PodPlus session recording - How to deal with difficult people

  • 28

    Reskilling

    • PodPlus session recording - Reskilling

    • PodPlus session live drawings

    • Read - National Careers Service skills toolkit

  • 29

    How to re-discover your beginners mindset

    • PodPlus session recording - Beginners mindset

  • 30

    Building your brand or project

    • PodPlus session recording - Building your brand or project

  • 31

    Building your self belief

    • PodPlus session recording - Building your self belief

  • 32

    Preparing for a review

    • PodPlus session recording - Preparing for a review

  • 33

    Mindset

    • PodPlus session recording - Mindset

    • Watch: Tim Ferris - Fear Setting

    • Read: Medium - Why The Comfort Zone is Not That Bad After All by Evelyn Marinoff

    • Read: Ben Williams - Commando Mindset

  • 34

    Entrepreneurship

    • PodPlus session recording - Entrepreneurship

    • Read: Jim Collins - The Hedgehog concept

    • Read: Management Today - Jim Collins on Steve Jobs 2.0

    • Listen: Brené with Jim Collins on Curiosity, Generosity, and the Hedgehog

  • 35

    Self-belief

    • PodPlus session recording - Self-belief

    • Read: Positive Psychology - What Is The Negativity Bias and How Can it be Overcome?

  • 36

    Distraction Downfalls

    • PodPlus session recording - Distraction Downfalls

    • Read: Wired - Here's scientific proof your brain was designed to be distracted

    • Read: Inc - Harvard Psychologists Reveal the Real Reason We're All So Distracted

    • Read: Harvard Business Review - 10 Quick Tips for Avoiding Distractions at Work

  • 37

    Transferable Skills

    • PodPlus session recording - Transferable Skills

  • 38

    How to cope with overwhelm at work

    • PodPlus session recording - Coping with overwhelm

  • 39

    How to increase your energy levels at work

    • PodPlus session recording - Energy levels

  • 40

    How to learn at work

    • PodPlus session recording - Learning at work

    • Read: Harvard Business Review - Learning to Learn

    • Read: The New York Times - A Simple Way to Better Remember Things: Draw a Picture

    • Read: The Guardian - The power of mnemonics

    • Read: The Peak Performance Centre - The Learning Pyramid

  • 41

    How to respond to mistakes

    • PodPlus session recording - How to respond to mistakes

    • Watch - 7 TED Talks on learning from mistakes

  • 42

    Presenting Tips

    • PodPlus session recording - Presenting tips

  • 43

    How to build a personal board for your career

    • PodPlus session recording - Personal Boards

    • Personal Boardroom Planning tool

  • 44

    How to fix feedback

    • PodPlus session recording - Fixing feedback

  • 45

    Emotional Agility

    • PodPlus session recording - Emotional Agility

    • Susan David - Emotional Agility report

    • Read - Harvard Business Review - Emotional Agility

    • Watch - Susan David TED Talk

    • Listen - Brene Brown's Dare to Lead

  • 46

    Conversations that Matter

    • PodPlus session recording - Conversations that matter

    • Watch - Celeste Headlee's TED Talk

    • Read - We Need to Talk by Celeste Headlee

    • Watch - Brene Brown on Empathy

  • 47

    How to explore your potential

    • Exploring your potential - video message from Helen

  • 48

    How to make work happier

    • PodPlus session recording - How to make work happier

  • 49

    How to be a meaningful mentor

    • PodPlus session recording - How to be a meaningful mentor