Over recent years podcasts have become an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs and business professionals. To save you time scrolling through countless options, we’ve pulled together a list of some of the best in the UK for insightful discussions, expert advice and captivating stories.
Whether you’re interested in behavioural science made simple, the remarkable stories of influential CEOs, or how creative people built success out of failure, these 10 great listens offer something for every business leader.
And while many of them understandably focus on success, there’s a strong helping of productivity, insights and happiness at work to make this a well-rounded collection.
With topics like how to make someone say yes, cost-free marketing that works, and the secrets sales people won’t tell you, Nudge is an irresistible listen. This podcast about consumer behaviour is packed with insights from researchers, authors and pioneers. Condensed into simple, practical advice by presenter Phill Agnew, this addictive listen can help you develop new ideas, kick bad habits and grow a business. The bite-sized, 20-minute chunks make this a valuable way to spend a commute or lunch hour.
Entrepreneur Rohan Silva and journalist Kamal Ahmed lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business. They delve into real stories with leading entrepreneurs including the co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, the CEO of Netflix, and Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman, founders of lastminute.com, who reveal their experience of risk, ambition and failure.
This podcast is about life as much as business: The struggles of the every day – how to create success and work with teams. It gets under the skin of success, failures and dramas and is a treasure trove of wisdom if you’re all about innovation and growth.
Go inside the world of crisis managers and spin doctors with two of the most influential and experienced people in the game. David Yelland is the former editor of the Sun and alongside him is Simon Lewis, former trouble-shooter for the Queen and Gordon Brown, as well as major corporations like the Nat West, Vodafone and British Gas.
Each week they go behind the latest news stories to watch the biggest PR disasters unfold and find out how, where and when it all began to go wrong – from the royal family’s recent PR issues to troubles at Facebook. Together they bring decades of experience in creating and managing crises and share all they know about what’s keeping those big stories in and out of the news. A must-listen for anyone who wants to get inside the PR game.
This monthly podcast about what it takes to be successful as a woman in business offers career tips and tricks from an impressive network of inspiring women leaders. Hosted by Tanuja Randery, managing director for Amazon Web Services in Europe the Middle East and Africa, the business woman with a mighty CV gets insights and stories from senior women including the former CEO of Lloyds of London and CEO of Ericsson UK and Ireland. If you’re after career tips and tricks from some of the most successful women in business this podcast is well worth your time.
You can’t go too far in UK business without coming across a Dragon or two from the BBC’s phenomenally successful Dragons’ Den. Den regular Stephen Bartlett has a juggernaut of a business podcast.
Bartlett’s story is fairly well known: The broke, university dropout started a social media marketing company and went on to launch a private equity fund to speed up the next generation of successful start-ups.
One of Apple’s most followed shows, Diary of a CEO offers an unfiltered journey into remarkable stories of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers including big hitters like Thierry Henri and Hollywood star Jada Pinkett-Smith.
While we’re on the subject of Dragons, fellow entrepreneur Deborah Meaden talks to some of the world’s biggest business names about climate change as host of The Big Green Money Show, while affable host of Dragons’ Den, R4’s PM programme and economics expert Evan Davies, serves up business conversation with insights from the people at the top in The Bottom Line
Life lessons are at the heart of Elizabeth Day’s award-winning podcast as she celebrates the things that haven’t gone right and what we might learn from them along the way. Whilst not strictly about business, Elizabeth’s guests explore three failures and what these have taught them about how to grow and succeed, better. A wealth of celebrity guests including Claudia Winkleman, Joe Wicks and Greg James make this a warm, entertaining and life-affirming listen with advice that can be applied to all aspects of life.
In 2023 Enjoy Benefits director Vic Johnston talked to Meghan Davies on the podcast How to be Happy at Work about how employee benefits can make a difference to happiness at work.
Meghan is the co-founder of Zeffr, which measures well-being at work. Her podcast looks at ideas and inspiration for creating and growing happier teams. Guests include leaders who are prioritising the happiness and wellbeing of their employees, academics who are studying the science of workplace health and happiness, and individuals who have stories to tell about being happier at work.
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