{"podcast":{"title":"Leadership Today - Practical Tips For Leaders","slug":"leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","podcast_index_feed_id":572049,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/129287/destinations/781896.xml","website_url":"https://leadership.today/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/6/7/8/a678d18a0f990d2388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Practical_tips_for_leaders.jpg","author":"Andrew Beveridge","episode_count":305,"summary":"Practical tips for leaders. Hosted by psychologist and founder of Leadership Today - Andrew Beveridge. Leadership Today is a weekly leadership podcast for managers, team leaders and executives who want practical, evidence-based leadership advice. Hosted by psychologist Andrew Beveridge, each episode translates the latest leadership and organisational psychology research into simple strategies you can use immediately. Discover practical tips on leadership, management, coaching, emotional intelligence, difficult conversations, delegation, employee motivation, psychological safety, team effectiveness, change leadership and workplace performance. Go to www.leadership.today for episodes and more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:18:51.819028+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 226 - How To Reduce Loneliness at Work","slug":"episode-226-how-to-reduce-loneliness-at-work","published_at":"2026-06-05T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-226-how-to-reduce-loneliness-at-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","url":"https://leadershiptoday.libsyn.com/episode-226-how-to-reduce-loneliness-at-work","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/leadershiptoday/Leadership_Today_-_Episode_226.mp3?dest-id=781896","summary":"Summary One in five people feel lonely at work. While loneliness is often seen as a personal issue, research suggests leaders play a bigger role than they might realise in helping people feel connected, included, and supported. Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 226 of the Leadership Today podcast, where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. Most of us think of loneliness as something that happens outside of work. But Gallup's latest global research found that around one in five workers feel lonely at work. Workplace loneliness isn't just about how people feel - research shows it's linked to higher burnout, lower performance, more sick leave, and greater turnover. In fact, loneliness can be just as damaging to performance as job dissatisfaction. A recent review published in Occupational Medicine found that one of the strongest workplace factors associated with lower loneliness is leadership. Leaders who are supportive, approachable, and empowering help create an environment where people feel connected and valued. Now, leaders can't solve every cause of loneliness. People bring their own circumstances, personalities, and experiences to work. But we can influence whether work becomes a place where people feel connected or isolated. Here are three practical ways to help. First, make genuine connection part of your regular conversations. Before jumping into tasks and deadlines, spend a minute asking how someone is going and really listen to the answer. People often don't need a solution. They just need to know someone is interested. Second, pay attention to inclusion. Most people don't feel excluded during formal meetings. They feel excluded from the conversations before and after them. Notice who gets invited into informal discussions, brainst…","meta_description":"Summary One in five people feel lonely at work. While loneliness is often seen as a personal issue, research suggests leaders play a bigger role than they…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":192,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episodes/episode-226-how-to-reduce-loneliness-at-work/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-226-how-to-reduce-loneliness-at-work.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}