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A must listen to podcast for corporate leaders and executives. The Working Well Podcast lives at the intersection between Business Strategy, Change Management, and Personal Performance. Learn how to accelerate the performance of your people, corporate culture and business through Leadership skills, managing change, and building a wellbeing performance strategy. Find out why the shining a spotlight on the ”Wellness-Wellbeing Gap” has resulted in a better model for improving the employee experience and organizational performance. Each episode, we explore new and trending topics, interview executive leaders and trailblazers in their field. Our goal is to tackle the most current and pressing topics in leadership, corporate culture, wellbeing, and business strategy so you people, business, and society thrive.
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
#041 - Neurodiversity in learning, leadership, and business (with Dr. Jason Rogers)
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
It’s no secret that we’re all unique. With over 85 Billion Neurons and over 600 trillion synaptic connections that are constantly adapting to our internal and external environments, neurodiversity and uniqueness are baked into our brains and evolution.
So why do so many of our education and work environments fail to recognize and harness this diversity?
That’s the heart of today’s episode. With the help of Dr. Jason Rogers, an expert on neurodiversity and learning, we look at what current changes in the science, perception, and application of neurodiversity mean for education, business, and leadership.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Welcome to The Working Well Podcast! In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with CEO and Owner of William Joseph Agency, Ryan is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO with a growing agency that supports a global client list. His business career began at age three in rural Saskatchewan when he began adding price tags to his coloring book pictures and hanging them on the wall of his self-proclaimed “gallery”.
In 2002, after earning a commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Ryan moved to Calgary and co-founded William Joseph Communications. Aside from their work with global businesses, the RPM and Brand Aid programs at William Joseph help fellow entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations more effectively tell their stories.
Throughout our conversation, Ryan shares the lessons he’s learned about creating a vibrant corporate culture, hiring the right people, managing personal well-being, and how the values we curate and communicate daily are integral to each area.
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Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Today I’m excited to be hosting the amazing Serilda Summers-McGee. She’s a dynamo of a woman who’s redefining what DEI, corporate culture, and leadership look like in the workplace. Today, we dive into how these important topics are influencing employee wellbeing and organizational performance.
Serilda Summers-McGee is a powerful force for positive change, business excellence, and vibrant workplace cultures. Her diverse background and refreshing perspective on people, DEI, and business performance is a true inspiration for leaders and organizations.
She is Principal and CEO of Workplace Change, LLC. Her full service HR firm specializes in guiding and advising companies to integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into their business and HR systems. Prior to launching her own firm, Serilda was Chief Human Resources Officer for the City of Portland, Oregon and supported a workforce of over 10,000 team members. In the past 5 years, she has won numerous awards including the “Women of Influence”, “HR Excellence”, and “CEO of the Year”.
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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
#038 - Psychological Safety for High Impact Teams (with Stephan Wiedner)
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Welcome to The Working well Podcast! In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with psychological safety expert, Stephan Wiedner, who’s the founder of three thriving learning and development companies. We are going to shine a spotlight on psychological safety in the workplace and the challenges that leaders, employers, and companies face each day.
Stephan Wiedner is a psychological safety expert whose career has focused on developing sustainable high-performance leaders, teams, and organizations. His passion for unleashing the collective potential of people has led him to cofound Noomii.com, the web’s largest network of independent life coaches, Skillsetter.com, the deliberate practice platform for interpersonal skills, and Zarango.com, the psychological safety training experts.
Stephan has been a guest speaker at many business events and podcasts. His writing has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and other popular publications.
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
In this episode, I’m honoured to be joined by the venerable Dr. Steven MacGregor. We are going to look at how design thinking, athletics, and engineering impact organizational wellbeing and the performance of people in companies.
Steven is a global pioneer and one of the world’s top experts on leadership, health and wellbeing in the work environment. He is a guest professor in several of the world’s leading business schools, a coach, and a consultant who has helped tens of thousands of leaders around the world bring their whole selves to the workplace.
Dr. MacGregor is the author of 6 books, including Sustaining Executive Performance, Chief Wellbeing Officer, and The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward.
And just in case you thought he was all about academics, research, and writing books, Steven is also a former international level duathlete and current outdoor enthusiast.
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
It’s been 28 months of virtual and hybrid meetings, and for many companies, not much has changed. We attend more meetings than ever, yet aside from the convenience, few people rave about the quality of virtual meetings.
But it doesn’t have to be this way!
In this episode of The Working Well Podcast, I’m joined by communication expert Lauren Sergy to look at how virtual and hybrid meetings impact our energy, relationships, and ability to communicate well in the workplace.
We touch on everything from the neuroscience of video conferencing, to the responsibilities of leaders and organizations in shaping communications in this new world of virtual and hybrid work. Of course, all of this comes back to impact the overall wellbeing and performance of people and teams.
Lauren Sergy is a public speaking and interpersonal communication expert who has helped thousands of professionals become more powerful communicators.
She has worked with clients and audiences in Canada, the United States, the UK, and beyond, including KPMG, Grant Thornton, Cargill, T-Mobile and many more. She teaches business communication seminars with the University of Alberta.
Her first book, The Handy Communication Answer Book, was featured on the Best Reference books of 2017 list by Library Journal. Her current book, UNMUTE! How to Master Virtual Meetings and Reclaim Your Sanity, is available at online book retailers worldwide.
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Today we look at why workplace wellness fails and what to do about it. I’m joined by superstar psychologist and organizational mental health expert Candice Schaefer. Our conversation shines the spotlight on management, leadership, and the underestimated role of the C-suite in employee well-being…and how that well-being ultimately impacts organizational performance.
Tuesday May 24, 2022
#034 - Democratizing Leadership in the New World of Work (With Kelsey Hahn)
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Leadership is crucial to the well-being and performance of people and organizations, yet few leaders have received the training needed to be successful in their roles. Stats continually point to the fact that employees rarely leave companies, they leave bad managers. So why is traditional leadership training provided so late in a leader’s journey and often reserved for those who already hold a senior position?
The answer to that provides important insight into our rapidly changing business climate and why it’s ripe for transformation.
Today, we speak with Kelsey Hahn, CEO of Monark about the challenges and opportunities for current and aspiring leaders today. Kelsey is a brilliant leader and executive who is on a mission to democratize corporate leadership training. She provides valuable insights for leaders, employees, and organizations that want to thrive.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
#033 - Your Brain in Nature (with Ty McKinney)
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
In this episode, we are chatting with neuroscientist and researcher, Dr. Ty “The Neuro Guy” McKinney and discovering the amazing benefits that nature has on the human brain.
The best part is that new research in this growing area shows how engaging with natural organic environments can produce tremendous improvements in physical and mental health, stress, resilience, happiness, and even productivity at work.
Tune in to learn the ways leaders and companies can use these tools and research findings to improve corporate culture, the overall employee experience, and of course company performance.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
#032 - Corporate Change Part 1: The Death (and Rebirth) of the Office
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
This two-part episode dives into what our new work reality means for people, companies, leaders, and the community.
Part one looks at the accelerating evolution of work. The challenges people in companies are facing and how successful companies are harnessing this opportunity for their strategic advantage.
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