With insights, analysis and interviews, Life at the Sharp End is a podcast for people who want to create safe, respectful and high-performing workplace cultures.
This kind of culture doesn't happen by accident. It takes leadership and commitment to ensure people can do their best and be themselves – free from the harm caused by workplace incivility, bullying and harassment.
This podcast helps people who want to do their best; people who want to learn from others, and lead by example demonstrating integrity and professionalism. People like you.
Wherever you work, and whatever you do, you’ll have a story to tell about what it’s like to experience Life at the Sharp End.
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'Trauma-informed' is a phrase that’s increasingly being used, but what does this mean in practical steps that leaders, managers, HR professionals, lawyers and colleagues supporting one another need to take?
Research studies have long established that workplace incivility, bullying and harassment ...
What do you do when you see something that’s just not right happening to someone nearby? Do you stand up and say something, or do you stand back and watch?
The role of bystanders in workplace incivility, bullying and harassment incidents is significant and their behaviour can influence the ...
Charlotte Hails is an ambitious woman in leadership who began her career in policing, rising to become a Detective Chief Inspector leading people in counter-terrorism, safeguarding and public protection.
But Charlotte’s experiences in policing also reflect the darker side of a workplace culture ...
Protecting the mental health of the people who work in emergency services is a vital safeguard, given the situations they'll encounter during their career.
So why is there still a stigma associated with discussing mental health, and what can people working in this environment do, to better ...
How does the culture of an emergency services organisation create barriers that prevent those who’ve experienced serious misconduct, from speaking up about their colleagues - a phenomenon described in research as “the blue wall of silence”?
Emergency services are organisations held in high ...
