Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast

Irial O'Farrell is our first returning guest on the podcast. She has written a new book on unlocking the problem-solving potential of your team. It's good for you as the leader and you as the team. We also had a great chat about company values and the problems and pitfalls that commonly occur.

Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast Episode 26 is LIVE! Kevin Keegan is an HR Leader with 25 years experience across a number of really high profile organisations. His CV spans sectors including finance, pharma and food production. Kevin is a partner with Boyden. Boyden’s team in Ireland provide three distinct service lines in Executive Search, Interim Management, and Leadership Consulting. It was the Executive Search topic that piqued my interest as I have always wondered how the world of headhunting works and I thought you might too. So for one of our regular chats I turned on the microphones. I hope you enjoy episode 26.

Vicky Ferrier is Director of Talent and Capability at the Very Group. This conversation is all about creating yourself in your career and being your own story. Vicky's story is one of growth and discovery and I think it is a great example of how to reinvent yourself and redefine who you are and what you can do. In this episode, Vicky talks about finding your space, bringing your skills to each role and the state of female leadership and the leadership shark tank.

This month on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast is Seanie Meyler. Seanie is a sales expert and trains companies in how to sell with purpose and sustainability. He's also a former intercounty footballer with 2 Ulster provincial titles for Tyrone and he raised 29k for intensive care units in April last year by running a marathon in his shed! He is a powerhouse of knowledge a great guy to get to know. You'll enjoy this one!

My guest on the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast this month is Irial O'Farrell. She wrote the book that gets to the root of SMART objective setting and knows how to help leaders at all levels, take their goals from tick-box to top-notch. It's no surprise that 80% of companies have a formal system in place for managing objectives that cascade down through the organisation. It may surprise you to know that despite that, 66% of senior managers and 84% of frontline employees say they can't name or don’t understand the company goals. It sounds like something that needs to be fixed and Irial is here to help.

When it comes to social media, are you a master or disaster? This episode of the Good Boss Bad Boss Podcast is aimed at leaders and business owners who want to unlock the secrets of social media. My brilliant guest, Louise McDonnell, is an award-winning social media expert and she will help you figure out if you are a Good Boss or a Bad Boss when it comes to knowing your Tiktok from your Intsa-story. She shares some brilliant insights for business leaders who want to utilise platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn to their maximum potential.

Is your company as diverse and inclusive as it says it is? 13% of the population has a disability and yet we don’t see celebrations of diversity and inclusion in the workplace for people with disabilities. In this episode, I speak with Kerrie Leonard, a wheelchair user, para-athlete and worker. She talks about the challenges faced by people with disabilities in the workplace and the common mistakes employers make when managing staff with disabilities. Her story is inspirational and her advice at the end is well worth a listen - who is your cheerleader?

Would you like a boss that wants you to work 4 days a week but still pays you for 5? Yeah! They exist! The 4-day week movement is growing worldwide and one of the pioneers is Andrew Barnes. Andrew brought his company, Perpetual Guardian, through a pilot of the 4-day week and then embedded it as the norm. Productivity improved, employee satisfaction improved and the company increased its contribution to the communities of its employees. What drives a leader to make such a revolutionary leap? In this episode of the Good Boss Bad Boss podcast we get behind the headline and talk to the man. Enjoy!

What is Ireland like to work in if you are unskilled, poorly educated and possibly even homeless? How do bosses treat the minimum wage workers? Are you as horrified as I am to discover that modern-day slavery and indentured servitude exists in modern Ireland? As professionals, as I'm sure most of our listeners are, we often forget the great advantage we gained in our access to education and personal growth in what is by any measure, an affluent society. Rares-Mihai Nicula is the Roma Programme officer with Dublin City Community Cooperative. Rares’ work which is funded through the Department of Justice and Equality, aims to tackle poverty, social exclusion and long-term unemployment for disadvantaged individuals. This is a fascinating conversation that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

In this episode, we discuss how we see ourselves versus how the rest of the world sees us with positive self-image educator, John Murray. John is a photographer but has taken his craft to the next level by bringing psychology to the world of photography. In this wide-ranging interview you'll learn some things - guaranteed! Thanks for listening

Thank you for joining us as we explore the good, the bad and the ugly behaviour of Bosses. This podcast seeks to entertain, educate and hopefully change some behaviour to make working life better for all. My guest in this episode is Aoife O'Brien. She's an organisational behaviour specialist and business coach with a good story to tell. In this episode, we take a dive into the beast that is imposter syndrome and the perils of handling promotions badly. What is imposter syndrome - keep listening and find out!

If you thought you were busy then you need to meet Breda McCague. She makes me feel very lazy because she does so much. She is founder and chair of Lean In Ireland, an organisation that seeks to empower women to achieve more in the corporate world. She also spent 20 years in the Reserve Army in Ireland as an officer; one of the first female officers they had. We had great fun talking about bosses and leadership in general. She is a brilliant mind and I hope you enjoy this episode.

My first guest of 2019 is Brian Keegan. Brian built his own accountancy firm, the 360 Group, which he has only recently taken a step back from, he was the founding President of the Entrepreneurs Organisation Ireland and is a regular speaker at events for the likes of Enterprise Ireland, Cambridge Business School. I met Brian during my studies in the Irish Management Institute and was lucky enough to spend some time with him outside of the classroom and we have always had great conversations about the nature of the workplace so he's been on my list for this podcast from the start.