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Johan MacDonald

Johan MacDonald

Founder of Great Minds Training, specializing in workplace mental health, wellbeing, diversity and inclusion training since 2015; creator of the BRIDGE™ 6-Step System.

Sep 16, 2026

The Practical People Manager with Anna Thomas

The Practical People Manager with Anna Thomas

Alternative title: People Management Is a Skill: What Line Managers Need to Know About Trust, HR and Starting the Conversation

Sep 16 · 27m

Anna Thomas
Anna ThomasHOST
1:55
foot.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
1:56
And it's absolutely integral to it and it should be.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
2:02
but if it's, if it's where it starts and ends, then, you know, you're, you're, you're missing opportunity there.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
2:09
And, and also it's, it's going to struggle, I think, I think to, to achieve its, its goals.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
2:17
And once again, it needs HR.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
2:18
HR is, that gels it together.
Johan MacDonald
Johan MacDonaldGUEST
2:20
Yeah.

10 MINS LATER

Anna Thomas
Anna ThomasHOST
12:26
like you said

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