For the 31st episode of The Work Healthy Podcast, we had the pleasure of welcoming Richard M. Ryan!

Richard Ryan, PhD, is a Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education at the Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, where he has been acknowledged by The Australian as one of Australia’s top researchers listing him on the Lifetime Achievers Leaderboard. Ryan is a leading expert on motivation and vitality, how we culture high-quality motivation and engagement, faster positive change, and enhance vitality and wellness. 

In this episode, you will learn about the support systems that organisations can put in place to improve employee motivation, how we need to minimise controlling language, why external motivation based on rewards or punishment won't work in the long term, and why we need to focus on the quality of motivation to move people from ill-being to wellbeing and full heartedness.