In the penultimate episode of our Munster Rugby series, we were given an opportunity to chat with 3 of the brightest playing talents in the country. Niall Scannell, and Tommy O’Donnell have together made over 270 appearances for Munster and represented Ireland at Senior level. Eimear Considine is one of Irelands best known sportswomen as well as being one of the most versatile, having also played Rugby Sevens as well as senior camogie and football with Clare. We caught up with them to chat about what it takes to perform consistently at the highest level and what it means to be a team player in such a competitive environment.

As we move through the phases of reopening, a lot of workplaces and teams will begin to adopt new models of working - a blend of onsite and remote. These will present us with challenges but also some opportunities which, if we get right, can radically change the way we work – for the better.

During our conversation, we got to speak about optimising performance for both body and mind. We also talk about Stress and how we have to fuel both our bodies and our brains to cope with stress and perform optimally.

Parents everywhere are struggling with the challenges of working from home while looking after their children, and sometimes they can feel overwhelmed. We invited our parenting expert, Anita Fletcher, to come back and talk us through how parents can deal with challenges around home-schooling and challenging behaviour. We also talked about what our kids classrooms may look like in the months ahead.

In this episode, we got the opportunity to speak with Jerry Flannery. Jerry is a former Munster, Ireland and Lions Player & Coach and is now a Business Leader across multiple industries. We spoke with Jerry about his time as a player and how the lessons he learned helped forge his own leadership style, both as a coach with Munster and later as a businessman and entrepreneur.

In this episode, Gary got the opportunity to speak with Munster Head Coach, Johann Van Graan. They spoke about leadership and what it takes to become a great leader of teams and of individuals. They also spoke about resilience and how we can face up to adversity during this uncertain time. Spectrum.Life recently launched its Wellbeing Partnership with Munster Rugby, bringing the principals of High-Performance Leadership into the workplace.

As part of our Leadership in Lockdown series, we spoke with Sinead Proos, head of Health & Wellbeing at Laya Healthcare, and with Claire Murray, Culture & Engagement Manager at Bank of Ireland. We talked about the challenges faced by organisations across the country and how they can use this time to reset how they look after employee health & wellbeing.

Gareth Chick is an expert on corporate cultures and corporate psychology, regularly lecturing and presenting on leadership, cultural change and coaching. He is a highly sought after consultant and we were delighted to have him with us to talk about the shifting leadership landscape and what this means not just for managers but for all of us in the workplace during these uncertain times.

In this week's podcast we are joined by David Bergin. David is a Health Promotion Officer who works onsite in Microsoft and Citibank in Dublin. We asked David to come along and talk to us about the role of a Health Promotion officer, what it entails and how it affects the wellbeing of thousands of employees on a day to day basis. In particular, we wanted to ask him about the challenges presented by the current working from home restrictions and how he can continue to prioritise health and wellbeing.

In this episode we spoke with Dr. John Sullivan, a Urologist based in New York and originally from Dublin, who has been working in University Hospital Brooklyn in a Covid-19 ward. New York has been the epicentre of the pandemic in the US, and we spoke with John as New York reached the peak of the outbreak.