Psychological safety, what a load of mumbo jumbo!
Except of course, it isn’t! I’ll admit that even as a workplace wellbeing and employee experience expert, as the phrase Psychological Safety crept its way into the common business lexicon, I found it to be a real turn off and frankly as irritating as a persistent fly. However, persistent it was, and it turns out […]
The factors affecting the construction sector
The global construction sector is suffering more than most from the ‘War for Skills’ and an aging workforce. In part, this seems to be due to a misalignment with the monumental shift in employee expectations and needs. As such, the sector is at grave risk of losing talent it can ill-afford to. Its ability to […]
Workplace Wellbeing, Gen Z, and Preparing for the Future of Work
In this new episode, our podcast host Bobbi and guest speaker Szilvia help make sense of 𝘎𝘦𝘯 𝘡 and give you an insight into what’s likely to continue evolving as they make their mark on the business world. With Szilvia knowledge in people management practices and her experiences working closely with Gen Z workers, we […]
The reasons your employees are leaving would be addressed with a strategic approach to workplace wellbeing. It’s time to join the dots.
Workplace wellbeing strategist and researchers like myself, look at charts like this and hope we can explain to those not in our profession, that EVERY one of these reasons on this chart is a workplace wellbeing reason. Allow me to explain: 1) Accomplishment and reaching your potential 2) Financial wellbeing, fairness, and trust 3) Belief […]
Changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them
I speak with many mangers and leaders who are seemingly at a loss when it comes to overcoming the people challenges in their organizations and teams. They look at me with exasperated and frustrated expressions and say things like: “They are so apathetic, they aren’t motivated to go the extra mile”. “All they do is […]
This workplace strategy will help our organisations to thrive in a vuca world
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) – sounds like the trailer for a thriller movie. When we consider this little acronym is used to describe our reality, it can be somewhat overwhelming. What do we need to not only survive these challenging times, but thrive in them? What do we need from the people working […]
Workplace Wellbeing in the GCC
Bobbi and our guest Victoria Baverstock gather together to discuss how wellbeing awareness has changed in the GCC region and how it is now changing the landscape for workplace wellbeing. Furthermore, they question themselves to what degree the region will be involved in innovating solutions to overcome some of today’s wellbeing challenges. Victoria’s LinkedIn profile: […]
The myth of controlling information in business
One common feature of management over the past few centuries has been to control the flow of information amongst employees. The argument goes that giving too many people too much information is risky as it leads to mistakes, confusion, misinterpretation, lack of efficiency and so on. This control happens both vertically with a select […]
What is a tactical approach to workplace wellbeing and why is it high-risk?
A tactical approach seeks to tackle the problems. A strategic approach seeks to eliminate or reduce the cause. A tactical approach might plaster over some cracks, but more likely it will create a false sense of security because we see lots of ‘good’ activity taking place, when below the surface, those cracks to become gaping […]
Family in Workplace Wellbeing
In this episode, Bobbi and our guest Jasmine Navarro discuss what family wellbeing is, how family stressors affect employees in the workplace and how employers can contribute to support their employees. Jasmine’s contacts [email protected]://www.withnava.comhttps://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/the-foghorn-podcast/id1558179127?l=enhttps://www.instagram.com/withnava/Facebook group for parents: https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyteenshappyparenthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmine-navarro/Free guide for parents: https://jasminenavarro.kartra.com/page/Confident-teens You can listen to the episode also on Apple Podcasts (https://tinyurl.com/wellwise-podcast-apple) and Spotify ( https://tinyurl.com/wellwise-podcast-spotify). Listen […]