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Research, data, evidence and the stories of people focused on employee engagement, workplace happiness and driving performance at work.Connect with Matt via LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewphelan/
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Olya Yakzhina: Is HR part of the employee experience problem? (opens the original)
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This week, our host Matt Phelan returns to the podcast for an insightful conversation with Olya Yakzhina , Head of People & Culture at Work.Life—sponsors of both the Global Workplace Happiness Report 2026 and the upcoming UK edition. Olya also hosts The Modern Employer podcast. In this five-minute summary of their high-impact discussion, Matt and Olya tackle the delicate friction between building a culture people love and demanding high performance. We explore: 📈 The performance-engagement corre
The accidental manager crisis and the cost of untrained leaders with Kay Gunn (opens the original)
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This week on the podcast, our host Matt Phelan sits down for a deep, insightful conversation with someone who has been a trusted partner since the early days of The Happiness Index. His guest is Kay Gunn MSc FCIPD , a veteran people director and the founder of her own leadership development consultancy - Kay Gunn Limited. Kay specialises in a critical yet chronically under-invested area of business: training first-time people managers. Drawing from her extensive background in professional sport
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