Our archive pick this week explores what business lessons can learn from a woman running a micro-enterprise in a West African village. As Wayne hears from Mary Cantando, whether you're a C-suite executives at multinational corporations or running a part-time businesses from home, the answer is "plenty".

How do you create an environment in which brilliant people can flourish? And how do you manage these people, particularly when you're not likely to be as clever as they are? That's a question we answer as Wayne revisits his conversation with Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School.

How can women get ahead in a male-dominated workplace? This week, we revisit Wayne's conversation with Suzanne Doyle-Morris, author of "Beyond the Boys' Club", a book she describes as "a career bible for women who work primarily with men".

From the Working Week archives this week, we revisit Wayne's discussion with Gary Ridge, CEO of the Nasdaq-listed WD40 Company, exploring why many traditional performance management and review techniques are completely counter-productive.

What can managers learn from stand-up comedians? Coach, author and speaker, Roger Edward Jones, believes that managers have plenty to learn from the art of a comedy performance. And Wayne - who spent over 15 years working as a stand-up comic – has plenty of insight of his own to add.

This week's dip into the Working Week archives revisits a discussion with Alan Lurie, the Managing Director of Grubb & Ellis, a large New York real estate firm whose weekly staff meetings start off with his thoughts on some questions not related to real estate. Things like authenticity, balance, honesty, happiness, humor and how to understand difficult times.

The first organisation we all signed on for – whether we wanted to or not – was our family. And as psychologist and author, Sylvia Lafair, explains in this week's delve into the Working Week archives, we also bring our family dynamics from childhood with us to work.

From the archives this week, we revisit Wayne's conversation with author John Man, who argued that Genghis Khan has a strong claim to be the greatest leader the world has ever seen and certainly somebody who can tell us much about the nature of leadership.

This week's dive into the archives sees Wayne talking to Dr Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, who leads the higher education practice at Cisco Systems, where she works closely with universities to advance innovative uses of technology in academia.

In this week's dive into the Working Week archives, we revisit the question of why women don't occupy more senior leadership positions as Wayne is joined by Harvard University psychologist and Management-Issues columnist, Dr Myra White.

This weeks pick from the Working Week archives airs a lively conversation with coach and mentor, Sean Weafer, someone who believes that it is time to put an end to "suit" thinking and embrace "rebel" thinking.

This week, we're heading back into the Working Week archives to air again some of the best interviews of the past couple of years. First off, a discussion with Marshall Goldsmith exploring why many business leaders find it so difficult to hand over the baton to their successor

This week, Wayne talks to Neela Bettridge, co-founder of consultancy Article13, about the ways organisations can implement and align corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies that have a positive impact on the bottom line as well as on their broader innovation efforts.

How's your mojo today? If that's a question which leaves you baffled, you need to listen to this week's Working Week as Wayne talks to Marshall Goldsmith about his new book, "Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back When You Lose It!"

It's all too easy for a decade to fly by and to wake up one morning and ask yourself, "Where did the last ten years go?" But as Wayne finds out this week from, Robert Pagliarini, author of "The Other 8 Hours", that's something you can help avoid by investing some time and effort in yourself.

The phrase "work-life balance" is widely used, but as Wayne hears this week from Cali Yost, founder of Work+Life Fit, it is also misleading. Why? Because every individual has unique work and personal realities, making one-size-fits-all solutions ineffective.

No business functions have been immune from the effects of the recession, so what's the future looking like for learning and development over the next year or two? And what does this mean for those involved with it?

Stress, worry, over-work and feeling unrecognised and unacknowledged aren't just unpleasant side-effects of an economy in recession. As Wayne hears this week from cardiologist Dr John Kennedy, they can cause serious damage to your health, too.

What should your organisation's New Year's resolutions be? As Wayne hears on the show this week, one key wish for 2010 is to do more about becoming an employer of choice – something most companies claim they want to be, but rather fewer actually achieve.

With the holiday party season in full swing, this week seems like a good time to think about office parties as something more than just an excuse to make a fool of yourself. In fact, you could even view a party as a great opportunity to network and connect with others.

As Wayne hears this week from Management-Issues regular columnist, Peter Vajda, all the change and uncertainty around as at the moment aren't necessarily bad things if we learn how to deal with them in a positive way.

What can business learn from the military? As Wayne hears on the Working Week this week, its not command-and-control management but lessons about trust, the value of relationships and how to build partnerships.

On the Working Week this week, Wayne talks to regular Management-issues contributor, Philip Whiteley, about management's continuing obsession with financial metrics at the expense of all the other inputs that drive them.

What's the connection between how people feel about their jobs – and how engaged they are at work – and the environmental and sustainability efforts of their employer?

In tough times, it's easy for a workplace to slip into negativity. But how do you create a positive workforce in negative times? That's the question Wayne poses in this week's show as he talks to Liz Jazweic, a passionate advocate of the benefits of good employee morale.

This week, Wayne is joined by Tony Watson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Nottingham University Business School, to explore how endemic insecurity affects the behaviour of managers.

What business lessons can we learn from a woman running a micro-enterprise in a West African village? As Wayne hears from Mary Cantando on this week's show, the answer is "plenty".

In today's increasingly globalised world, trying to "wing it" cross-culturally can be a big mistake. As Wayne finds out this week, What you need instead is CQ - cultural intelligence.

Want to be a better boss? Then listen to this week's show as Wayne is joined by Dr Bob Nelson, author of Keeping Up in a Down Economy, to explore just what it is that makes a good boss.

This Week, Wayne talks to Adam Galinsky, the Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management at Kellogg School of Management, about the nature of decision-making in organisations and why it can be so hard to reverse poor decisions.

Amid all the hype and hysteria around swine flu, it's not surprising that companies are worried about the winter ahead and may be encouraging their staff to have a flu vaccine. But is that such a good idea? Listen to this week's show to find out.

This week, Wayne talks to writer and long-time M-I columnist, Jurgen Wolff, about his new book, "Marketing for Entrepreneurs". He finds out that marketing isn't about theory and metrics; its about telling your story.

It's a staggering fact that 40 per cent of new hires leave – either voluntarily or not - during their first 18 months. But why? To find out, Wayne is joined by George Bradt, founder of executive onboarding consultancy, PrimeGenesis.

We hear a lot about Generation Y: but what about Gen Z? As Wayne hears on the Working Week this week, today's 16-20 year-olds are sufficiently different to Gen Y that we really ought to give them their own label. So Generation Z it is.

How do you create an environment in which brilliant people can flourish? And how do you manage these people, particularly when you're not likely to be as clever as they are? That's the question Wayne explores this week with Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School.

This week, Wayne discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) with Athena Golinas, President of the AGW Idea Group, a Chicago-based marketing consultancy. So why is a marketing company so interested in CSR? The answer is all about reputation.

This week, Wayne explores the notion of corporate kindness with Kristin Tillquist, author of Capitalizing on Kindness: Why 21st Century Professionals Need to Be Nice - someone who believes that contrary to popular belief, nice guys and gals don't always finish last.

This week, Wayne is joined by Erik Van Slyke, one of the founders of change management specialists, the Solleva Group, to tackle one of those perennial management questions. Why is change so difficult - and what are the secrets of implementing successful change?

How can women get ahead in a male-dominated workplace? This week, Wayne talks to Suzanne Doyle-Morris, author of "Beyond the Boys' Club", a book she describes as "a career bible for women who work primarily with men".

This week, Wayne Takes a look at how organisations can use e-learning more effectively in the company of Pete Bennett, Chief Executive of Learning Resources International – LRI – a UK-based international learning and knowledge e-solutions provider.