Impact Factory Podcasts

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Established in 1991, Impact Factory is dedicated to help all type of organisations, including FTSE 100 companies, to be more effective, collaborative and creative by empowering their teams and professionals. Our unique human-centred methodology, Professional Personal Development, is designed to support growth in individuals and across organisations, expanding capabilities and fine tuning strengths and interpersonal skills.

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What is Personal Impact

Mar 27 2024 39 mins  

How to Increase your Influence at Work

Feb 12 2020 21 mins  
Having influence and gaining respect from your colleagues with independence of your hierarchy could be daunting but also very rewarding and even fun. Learn in this podcast with Jo Ellen Grzyb and Katy Miller how to make your ideas to be listened to and discover the factors that make a good influencer: Likeability, generosity, confidence, passion… to name a few.

Why Purpose is More Important than Ever in Business and in Life

Oct 18 2019 28 mins  
Organisations with a clear purpose do better than those without it, says a recent Harvard Business Review study in partnership with the EY Beacon Institute. We certainly agree; Purpose is now more relevant than ever, especially in this fast-paced world with a growing awareness of those brands doing their best to change the world for good. In this podcast, Jo Ellen Grzyb and Ottill

What Makes Us Resilient?

Jun 03 2019 28 mins  
Resilience refers to how well we can deal with adversity and bounce back. In this podcast, Jo Ellen Grzyb, Founder Director of Impact Factory, and Paul Hughes, one of our trainers and ex-Chelsea and Southampton mid-fielder, discuss the psychology behind resilient people, teams and businesses, and the importance of learning how to ride the waves of uncertainty in the times we’re l

How to Excel as a New Line Manager

May 17 2019 25 mins  
What makes a good line manager? Which issues a new manager may encounter in his new managerial role? Having people skills to inspire a motive a team and get things done are some of the important capabilities that any line manager would need to excel. In this podcast, Jo Ellen Grzyb and Sarah Dawrant, one of our senior Training Consultants at Impact Factory, discuss the challenges a

How to Build a Successful Team

Apr 05 2019 19 mins  
The same principles that build a great sport club can be applied to a work team. Paul Hughes, ex Chelsea and Southampton football midfielder, now a successful manager for Hayes & Yeading United F.C. and an Impact Factory trainer, shares with Jo Ellen Grzyb his thoughts and experience about what makes individuals, with different personalities and idiosyncrasies to work as one to ach

Managing and Leading People Through Change

Mar 21 2019 30 mins  
Any kind of change, specially within organisations, could be challenging. Jo Ellen Grzyb and Sarah Dawrant discuss the importance of leading people through change by transparent communication, personal commitment with the teams and acknowledgment of people’s emotional stages when facing change, as explained by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her Change Curve. Jo Ellen and Sarah also of

How Humans Learn: Impact Factory and Neuroscience

Mar 06 2019 23 mins  
Humans are the most important asset for organisations. Despite technological advances changing -even improving – our lives and our jobs, it’s all for nothing without humans at the core. Jo Ellen Grzyb and Sarah Creevey discuss the latest neuroscience studies that focus on the plasticity of the brain (an organ that is far more nimble and agile than any software or app) and how p

The Future of Work is Human

Feb 27 2019 17 mins  
Despite all the cutting-edge technology and technical advances that have substantially changed our lives and jobs; after all the articles and reports on AI and digital transformation, it’s clear that the future, more than ever, is human. Jo Ellen Grzyb and Tina Lamb discuss the vital importance of people for organisations to become agile, flexible, collaborative and creative to r

How Can Women Feel Confident and Make Their Voices Heard in all Forums?

Jan 07 2019 8 mins  
35 UK Universities prompted by Cambridge University have run a study and have concluded that women tend to speak at least 3 times less than their male colleagues. One of our Directors, Jo Ellen Grzyb, has participated on Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 and has offered very practical tools to inspire all and boost confidence. Impact Factory