Yvonne has been a highly successful academic and clinician with a strong track record in teaching, training, publishing and presenting for the last 20 years. She has published over 150 scientific articles and book chapters and given over 500 presentations and workshops internationally. She was an Associate Professor in Behaviour Analysis and a Senior Research Fellow at Ghent University before establishing Perspectives Ireland. She is a world leader in behavioural science and has co-developed the Process-based Behaviour Therapy technique (PBBT).

Hollen is the VP of People and Operations at ClassPass. ClassPass is the world’s largest fitness and wellness network. In her role, Hollen oversees the global HR, recruiting, and internal operations functions. In previous roles at ClassPass, Hollen was responsible for growing and scaling the Customer Experience team. Hollen brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in marketing and customer experience strategy.

Hollen and her team are committed to creating the optimal employee experience. No matter where employees are, they make sure working at ClassPass is a consistent experience from the moment someone is potentially looking to work there and until they retire.

See the complete article and competition details here www.workwellpodcast.com/podcast/s3-ep06

Hollen is the VP of People and Operations at ClassPass. ClassPass is the world’s largest fitness and wellness network. In her role, Hollen oversees the global HR, recruiting, and internal operations functions. In previous roles at ClassPass, Hollen was responsible for growing and scaling the Customer Experience team. Hollen brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in marketing and customer experience strategy.

Hollen and her team are committed to creating the optimal employee experience. No matter where employees are, they make sure working at ClassPass is a consistent experience from the moment someone is potentially looking to work there and until they retire.

As the world’s leading TV hypnotist, mentalist, and brain hacker Keith Barry has been blazing a trail across the globe for many years. His mind-blowing skills have been showcased in over forty international television shows. Keith also worked as chief mentalist and hypnotist consultant for the blockbuster movies Now You See Me 1 & 2. He has written, produced, and performed many of his live shows over the last 15 years and has sold out venues worldwide. Keith’s TED Talk is in the top twenty-five TED Talks of all time, currently boasting over twenty-five million views.

Helen is Global Head of HR for Morgan McKinley, a recruitment and talent solutions business. She supports teams across Europe, Canada, India, and 5 Asia PACific offices. Helen and her team have been instrumental in developing a great culture in Morgan McKinley with a solid reputation as a Great Place to Work. Morgan McKinley also holds a platinum status as a Deloitte Best Managed Company and is the only recruitment company in Ireland to have been awarded a silver standard for Diversity and Inclusion from the Irish Centre for Diversity.

Morgan McKinley is a company with 700 employees globally and offices across ten countries. Rolling out global wellbeing initiatives is based on flexibility and the feedback of their employees. Helen tells us they never assume to know what people want, but they instead reach out and find out how their employees feel and what their real needs are.

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of The Work Well Podcast. Today on the show I’m delighted to welcome Kate McDaid.

Kate is a well-established health and performance nutritionist and founder of NutriKate, a Dublin-based nutrition consultancy that specialises in high-performance. Kate works closely with individuals, elite teams and corporations to help them achieve their health and performance goals. She recently appeared in Sport for Business' 30 under 30 list where she was recognised as one of Ireland's emerging business leaders working in the business of sport.

This episode is brought to you with thanks to The Fruit People. You will actually hear in this episode Kate mentioning the importance of fruit in our diet. 'The Fruit People are Leading the way in workplace nutrition both in office and remotely!' Check out thefruitpeople.ie for more.

It’s with thanks to The Fruit People we have a delicious Fresh Fruit & Healthy Snack Pack to give away to one lucky listener to this episode.

To find out how to enter go to workwellpodcast.com, find the link to this episode with Kate and you’ll find the competition details at the bottom of the article.

Now sit back and enjoy my chat with Kate McDaid.

Fania Stoney is a co-founder and consultant with Healthy Place to Work. Healthy Place to Work takes a holistic view of health in the workplace; they help companies implement a wide-ranging and evidence-based health strategy. Fania works closely with organisations, maintaining collaborative relationships across multiple stakeholders to create healthy workplaces and high performing environments for employees. This involves analysing data, investigating existing programmes, identifying current strengths and opportunities, and embedding new programmes.

Healthy Place to Work was founded as a response to a need in the Irish workplace environment. A few years ago, there was a boom in workplace health and wellbeing in Ireland, but many organisations didn’t offer much beyond the usual fruit basket and yoga session. Fania wanted to look deeper, look at the individual within the organisation. How can this individual be supported to flourish at work and beyond?

Dermot Whelan is a radio and TV presenter and a public speaker. He’s a certified master of wisdom and meditation teacher and a stand-up comedian. He’s perhaps best known for co-presenting the hugely popular Dermot & Dave Show on Today FM but he’s had a rich and varied career.

Dermot describes his career path as more of “a bizarre trail through a forest”. As a kid, he was interested in the media, but he was passionate about ancient Egypt and Greece, so he went to Trinity College Dublin to study archaeology at third level. He soon discovered archaeology wasn’t precisely as he imagined, and after graduating, he started working as an assistant director for TV and film. He drifted into radio in his late 20s when he discovered the creativity behind it. Stand-up comedy came as a side to his radio job, but it soon evolved more than he expected. The stress and anxiety he felt before comedy shows turned into panic attacks. That was when he realized he needed to make a change and went towards a wellness path.

“To be honest, I just needed to find something that would help me manage stress better than a pint of Guinness. So meditation opened that door for me. And I found it was far healthier and way cheaper.”

We are back with a whole new season of The Work Well Podcast!

We have lined up an impressive list of guests for Season 3 to start the year on the right foot and continue our discussions on wellbeing and work.

For this season the focus is still very much on wellbeing and work and some of the key themes we’ll be exploring throughout the 12 episodes of this season will be “the future of work”, “work life blend” and how we support our colleagues and ourselves as we work from home, a hub or HQ.

For Season 3 I’m delighted to announce we have a brand new partner and they have a very exciting giveaway to go along with every single episode of Season 3. A big welcome to The Fruit People. The Fruit People are leading the way in workplace nutrition both in office and remotely!

For this really short episode to introduce the new season and our weekly competition, check out my conversation with Brian Dennis, co-founder of The Fruit People.

Lynsey Perdisatt is the Director of HR and Change at the HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority) since 2014. Lynsey is a senior HR professional with over 18 years' experience in HR and organisational development both in the private and public sector.

As Director of Human Resources and Change, Lynsey is responsible for the design and delivery of the Human Resources and Change strategy for the HPRA, which has a significant focus on employee wellbeing and engagement. The HPRA were the first public sector organisation to attain the KeepWell Mark and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to wellbeing. A board member of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Lynsey also is Chair of HIQA's Resource Oversight Committee and Non-Executive Director for the charity One in Four.

With the latest challenges in mind, Lynsey is working on ways to support the HPRA staff working from home and also reflecting and planning for what the longer term' future of work' will look like. She is also looking to find a balance personally with two kids, three dogs and working remotely!

Want to find out more information about Lynsey Perdisatt's wellbeing programs at HPRA? Reach out to her on LinkedIn.

Are you interested in learning more about workplace wellbeing and educating yourself in this area? Head on over to www.workwellinstitute.org, where I'm launching my online education programmes. You can learn all about my 8-step framework for developing a workplace wellness programme that lasts.

If you have any suggestions for future topics you'd like to hear on the show, email me directly, [email protected]