Today on The Work Well Podcast, we have the great privilege of being joined by Professor Sir Cary Cooper.

Cary is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School in the University of Manchester and the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is also the author and editor of countless scholarly articles and books, with which he contributes to expanding the knowledge on management, organisational behavior, and social sciences.

Cary's curriculum is extensive, so I'm excited to have him here to talk about the evolution and the future of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

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Welcome to The Work Well Podcast! Today we kick off season 5 of the podcast with an amazing guest: Stavroula Leka, Stavroula is a Professor of Work Organization & Well-being at University College Cork and very recently co-chaired the working group that developed the ISO45003 standard.

Stavroula is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Fellow of the Academy of Social sciences, President of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP), and Board member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH).

I’m delighted to share our conversation with Stavroula to start our 5th season. Take a listen!

In our last episode of this season of The Work Well Podcast, we are delighted to welcome Gwen Harris, regional manager of MABS (the Money Advice and Budgeting Service). Gwen has 25 years of experience in client and community advocacy and education roles and is the perfect person to discuss the importance of financial planning and wellbeing with.

Today’s episode is all about financial wellbeing, firstly from an individual employee perspective, secondly we look at how an organisation could support the financial wellbeing of their colleagues and thirdly there’s advice for those who are self-employed.

Enjoy the conversation with Gwen Harris.

Today on The Work Well Podcast we have a fascinating conversation with Elbha Purcell, Director of Dietetics and Wellbeing for Aramark Northern Europe. Elbha and her team at Aramark contribute to the provision of dietetic support to all of the company’s healthcare units across Ireland and the UK, as well as the creation and implementation of health and wellness programmes across the region.

Elbha has over 18 years experience and holds memberships for the UL Health Professional Council, the British Dietetic Association, the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute, and CORU: Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Elbha Purcell.

Welcome to the latest episode of The Work Well Podcast. Today, I’m delighted to welcome the Head of Healthy Ireland, Tom James. Prior to taking the lead at Healthy Ireland, Tom worked with the Revenue Commissioners for 19 years in various roles ranging from representing Ireland at EU level, specialist tax legislation roles, project management and a number of senior operational leadership positions.

Tom has a Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Wellness from Tangent, in Trinity College, Dublin and chaired Revenue’s National Wellbeing Network before moving to Healthy Ireland in June 2021. Tom’s impressive career journey actually started with a degree in Computer Science where he first crossed paths with our host Brian.

Enjoy our conversation with Tom James.

This week on The Work Well Podcast, we are delighted to welcome the founder and CEO of 4 Day Week Global all the way from Auckland, New Zealand, Charlotte Lockhart.

Charlotte is a business advocate, investor, and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience in multiple industries around the world. She works to promote internationally the benefits of a productivity-based and reduced-hours workplace. She’s on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of the US Campaign and the Ireland campaign for the 4 Day Week Programme.

A few episodes back, Joe O’Connor introduced the 4 Day Working Week Movement to us and we talked about its impact in Ireland with Breann McGarry also. Now, we can have a closer look at the project with the founder of the movement.

Today on The Work Well Podcast, we welcome Richie Butler, Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing at global construction company, SISK Group. Richie is responsible for building the health and wellbeing function and setting a strategic plan to achieve health protection and management objectives within SISK Group.

Richie previously worked with Bord Gais Energy for five years, driving their health and wellbeing agenda, and also spent more than five years working in the health and social care industry, which helped him realise his interest in positive mental health promotion.

In this episode, we talk about SISK Group, who we at The Work Well Podcast believe, are the first organisation in Ireland that has made ISO45003 a strategic priority, so I know you’ll get great value from our talk.

Welcome back to another episode of The Work Well Podcast. Today, we are delighted to talk to Mary Ann Baynton, principal of Mary Ann Baynton & Associates and Director of Strategy and Collaboration at Workplace Strategies for Mental Health.

Mary Ann has contributed to many committees and was co-chair of the technical committee for the development of the National Standard of Canada on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, the first national standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the world.

Mary Ann has been referred to as the Godmother of Psychological Health and Safety, and in this episode, she shares with us her thoughts on the growing interest from companies and governments in improving the psychological safety of workers. We also discuss her work with Workplace Strategies for Mental Health and the potential impact of ISO 45003 on the Canadian market and the world.

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This time out on The Work Well Podcast, we've invited Joe O'Connor to join us and talk about the 4-Day Week Global Programme and the studies that support it, including his one-year research fellowship on working time reduction with Cornell University in New York City.

Joe is on a sabbatical year from his role as the Director of Campaigning with Fórsa Trade Union, where he coordinates Fórsa’s national campaigns. In Ireland, he works as the chairperson of the 4-Day Week campaign, having coordinated the formation of the coalition in 2019, and the successful launch of a pilot programme and government-funded research project in 2021.

This time out on The Work Well Podcast, we’re delighted to welcome Paul Tynan, Managing Director of AJ Products, a company that is leading the way in ergonomic and active workplace furniture solutions.

Paul has a strong background in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and B2B sectors, especially in the areas of management, business development, and strategic planning and execution. He graduated in Business and Politics from Trinity College Dublin and was an early pioneer in Ireland’s booming craft beer industry.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Paul about the future of the work environment and his experience as a business owner and manager.