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- Jake Bates, Wellbeing Specialist at The WorkTech Group | Meeting your staffing requirements in difficult timesMeeting your staffing requirements in difficult times. Recruitment and retention of shift and hourly paid employees in the UK and Ireland.This summer, we stopped our regular recordings and produced two compilation episodes from the 50-plus episodes we had recorded. We called these the “Work Place Wellbeing Podcast” done as a book. However, despite hanging up our microphones, we have decided to put on a special episode to talk about a survey we have done with our customers and a white pa...14 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 2 - Chapter 10 : Physical wellbeingIt’s a mark of how far we have come in the wellbeing space that the fear of losing one’s life or a limb doesn’t concern the majority of us at work and that when you ask modern managers about wellbeing in the Workplace, their thoughts often start with mental health issues.So in this chapter, we aren’t going to discuss health and safety because, thankfully, it is well covered elsewhere, and workplaces are safer than ever. So instead, we cover some other areas of physical wellbeing that our gues...10 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 2 - Chapter 9 : Financial wellbeingThis is an area where the responsibility of the employer can be debated. However, the impact is huge. We have discussed the impact on productivity at work and the impact on the individuals concerned. A lot of effort is going into the subject, and it is an area that we believe pays huge dividends for employers that support their staff.This chapter includes clips from the following podcasts:Darren Laverty of Foster Denovo | “Make their money count”Ben Smith, Head of Product, fastP.A.Y.E a...11 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 2 - Chapter 8 : Psychological WellbeingThis is a subject which has become increasingly recognized as an area of employer responsibility. This is a problem that was often swept under the carpet in the past but is now benefiting from a much more open debate as in recent years the full scale of the problem has become clear. Throughout the podcast series, we have discussed the different types of mental health issues, the impact of work on people’s health plus a range of potential solutions. This chapter includes clips from ...12 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 2 - Chapter 7 : CommunicationJust like leadership, communications has probably been one of the top 3 business book subjects of all time so we weren’t surprised that it came up regularly with our guests.. No clear trend emerged on the subject throughout our 2 series, other than clear communications and listening to your team help wellbeing. This chapter includes clips from the following podcasts:Paul Hills, Founder and CEO of Konektis.org | Bringing the body language back to video meetings (for Yo...11 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 2 - Chapter 6 : Roles and Responsibility.Chapter 6: Roles and Responsibility. We were constantly surprised by the link between what you could call standard business practice and wellbeing. This is covered in this chapter which looks at how you select your team, the roles you give them, their responsibilities and other working practices. Tools such as an organization chart and a job description which must be part of management 101 really can have an effect on wellbeing if done properly and this came up time and again.This ...16 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 1 - Chapter 5Chapter 5: Management System and Process. If you really want to make a success of your strategy, some sort of management system to define and measure success and encourage continuous improvement is a good idea.This chapter discusses ISO 45003 which is the first global management standard covering psychological health and safety in the workplace and some simpler alternatives.This chapter includes clips from the following podcasts:Sheila Lord, Founder and Director, BMR Health and Wellbeing | Us...11 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 1 - Chapter 4Why have a wellbeing strategy – employer Responsibility and return on investment. It was pretty easy to establish that physical wellbeing is covered by health and safety regulations in most countries around the world. But what about more personal issues such as financial wellbeing, personal fitness and mental wellbeing. What is the responsibility of an employer in these areas?It probably won’t surprise you to hear, but our guests had a strong view that employers did have a responsibilit...10 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 1 - Chapter 3Chapter 3: Discovery and establishing a wellbeing strategy. Two themes emerged over the course of our podcast on strategy. They were:Companies didn’t have a strategy. They had free fruit and yoga The need to do some investigation work during a discovery phase before you settle on a strategy. Several of our guests discussed the steps needed to establish a strategy which always started with asking colleagues their point of view and finding out what the wellbeing issues were...12 min
- The Workplace Wellbeing Book - Done as a Podcast | Part 1 - Chapter 2Trust based leadership. leadership come close to the top of the key issues that impact wellbeing, and also that good leaders make for a happy work place and that un happy organsiations nearly always have poor leadership as one of the root causes. Within leadership a key theme emerged from our guests as they consistently identified trust as probably the element of leadership which has the biggest impact on wellbeing. This chapter includes clips from the following podcasts:Sir Terry ...14 min
About The Workplace Wellbeing Podcast
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The Workplace Wellbeing podcast discusses all aspects of employee wellbeing, whether that is financial, mental health or just making work fun. Workplace Wellbeing is often cited as the number 1…
growth area in HR and management and it is attracting growing interest from employers and entrepreneurs alike. Many of them are social entrepreneurs but some of them are riding the wave in an attempt to take advantage of the increasing interest in this area; we aim to help you navigate the world of Workplace wellbeing.
We interview our strategic partners and customers who are active in wellbeing and explore how technology and a good strategy can help. We look at best practice in companies that care about their people and talk to charities that are focussed on improving the lives of people at work.
We pay particular attention to the growing number of suppliers in the “wellbeing space”. We aim to speak to as many as possible and discuss the different approaches that they take and the problems they are trying to solve.
We hope to give our listeners a full understanding of what it takes to ensure your colleagues are well looked after and hopefully introduce you to some of the innovators within the sector.