The Working Well Podcast

Why are people and performance suffering so much in companies today? How can companies operationalize business strategy and employee experience in a way that helps people and companies Flourish? What is the role of leadership in making sure these changes happen? Those are just a few of the important questions we discuss today with special guest organizational psychologist Tonille Miller. Welcome t...

The change we’ve experienced in the past few years has had a global impact on people, business, and society. The flexibility around how, when, and where we work has fundamentally changed, as have the conversations and expectations about the role that employees and organizations play in the dance called business. We are painfully aware of the impact that mental health, social connection, and leader...

How can you build an engaged, high performing workplace culture…whether you are in the office, hybrid, or fully remote? Even better, how can you do it without the burnout and high turnover that often comes from a fast paced environment with high workloads? That’s the focus of today’s episode, and the answer will surprise you…or at least make you wonder why so few companies actually do it. My speci...

How To Solve Workplace Burnout: Insights from Deloitte, McKinsey, and Harvard Business Review

It’s no secret that we’re all unique. With over 85 Billion Neurons and over 600 trillion synaptic connections that are constantly adapting to our internal and external environments, neurodiversity and uniqueness are baked into our brains and evolution. So why do so many of our education and work environments fail to recognize and harness this diversity?  That’s the heart of today’s episode. With t...

Welcome to The Working Well Podcast! In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with CEO and Owner of William Joseph Agency, Ryan is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO with a growing agency that supports a global client list. His business career began at age three in rural Saskatchewan when he began adding price tags to his coloring book pictures and hanging them on the wall of his self-pro...

Today I’m excited to be hosting the amazing Serilda Summers-McGee. She’s a dynamo of a woman who’s redefining what DEI, corporate culture, and leadership look like in the workplace. Today, we dive into how these important topics are influencing employee wellbeing and organizational performance. Serilda Summers-McGee is a powerful force for positive change, business excellence, and vibrant workplac...

Welcome to The Working well Podcast! In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with psychological safety expert, Stephan Wiedner, who’s the founder of three thriving learning and development companies. We are going to shine a spotlight on psychological safety in the workplace and the challenges that leaders, employers, and companies face each day. Stephan Wiedner is a psychological safety ex...

In this episode, I’m honoured to be joined by the venerable Dr. Steven MacGregor. We are going to look at how design thinking, athletics, and engineering impact organizational wellbeing and the performance of people in companies. Steven is a global pioneer and one of the world’s top experts on leadership, health and wellbeing in the work environment. He is a guest professor in several of the world...

It’s been 28 months of virtual and hybrid meetings, and for many companies, not much has changed. We attend more meetings than ever, yet aside from the convenience, few people rave about the quality of virtual meetings. But it doesn’t have to be this way! In this episode of The Working Well Podcast, I’m joined by communication expert Lauren Sergy to look at how virtual and hybrid meetings impact o...

Today we look at why workplace wellness fails and what to do about it. I’m joined by superstar psychologist and organizational mental health expert Candice Schaefer.  Our conversation shines the spotlight on management, leadership, and the underestimated role of the C-suite in employee well-being…and how that well-being ultimately impacts organizational performance. 

Leadership is crucial to the well-being and performance of people and organizations, yet few leaders have received the training needed to be successful in their roles. Stats continually point to the fact that employees rarely leave companies, they leave bad managers. So why is traditional leadership training provided so late in a leader’s journey and often reserved for those who already hold a sen...

In this episode, we are chatting with neuroscientist and researcher, Dr. Ty “The Neuro Guy” McKinney and discovering the amazing benefits that nature has on the human brain. The best part is that new research in this growing area shows how engaging with natural organic environments can produce tremendous improvements in physical and mental health, stress, resilience, happiness, and even productivi...

This two-part episode dives into what our new work reality means for people, companies, leaders, and the community. Part one looks at the accelerating evolution of work. The challenges people in companies are facing and how successful companies are harnessing this opportunity for their strategic advantage.  Listen to the podcast to find out more.

In this episode, we discuss how to supercharge your influence and create change in a company regardless of your title or position. My special guest Catherine Mattiske explains why so much communication in organizations fails miserably. Her simple and learnable skills help people craft communication that resonates and inspires action across wider audiences.

In this episode, we discuss employee engagement and the power of recognition with Tom short founder and chief customer officer at kudos. We dive into how engagement recognition and corporate culture impact the health, wellbeing, and performance of people every day. 

In this episode, we'll look at the key issues with the current model of employee benefits, and what needs to happen to actually improve employee health, happiness, engagement, and performance...at work and home.

In this week's podcast, we talk about Financial Wellness for employees and companies (EQ, IQ, and success strategies) with our special guest Timurlane Cakmak, accredited Financial Planner at Royal bank of Canada.

What are corporate creativity best practices: beyond finger painting and drum circles. Let's talk about the link between creativity, healthy workplaces, and thriving businesses.

On this show, we connect with Jennifer Buchanan, the CEO of JB Music Therapy, to talk about the influence of music in the workplace and in public, upon our mood, motivation, and engagement, and how company leaders can use that to create a more productive team.

On this show, we connect with Brian Kropp, the VP & Chief of HR Research at Gartner, who has some useful insight about the role that data plays in the transition to working from home, in employee wellness, and employee engagement. Data can give us great insight into what employees truly feel about company culture.

Today’s guest is Pam Cooper. Pam is a global Human Resources Manager with extensive leadership experience managing company wide occupational health and wellness teams, vendors and benefits programs.  She's consulted with local and corporate leaders regarding employee and leadership development, program design and facilitation for learning plans, technical competency frameworks, and conducted diver...