Well Workplaces

Today's episode is all about embracing equity in the workplace, in honour of International Women's Day. Tom is joined by Poppy Griffiths, director of UnlimitU, a high performance consultancy, keynote speaker, and educator on leadership, working parents, and team culture. Together, they discuss practical strategies for embracing equity at the individual, team, and organisational level.  They t...

Welcome to the Timeout with Tom, where we explore how to find balance in a world filled with screens, pings, and notifications.  In today's episode, we discuss the fine balance between being online, being offline, and being present inside our brains. Our guest is Dr. Kristy Goodwin, a digital wellbeing expert and author of the book " Dear Digital: We Need to Talk. " Topic Discussion: Tom and...

Introducing Nick Jonsson, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Executives Global Network (EGN) and who is high-achiever with a background in executive leadership and top 1% world age group triathlete.  Nick is also the author of the international bestselling book " Executive Loneliness: The 5 Pathways to Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety & Depression in the Modern Business World " In t...

Introducing an exciting new segment (* drumroll please *) ... Timeout with Tom .   Similar to sending your children for a timeout to the naughty corner, this style of podcast is a shorter and under 10 minutes. We cut right into a previous episode where we bring in the best questions asked and answered by our experts through our a hundred episodes that we've recorded. I hope you enjoy this for...

Samuel Eddy is a workplace mental health stress management, and career confidence expert.  He's an executive coach also, and he helps teams and individuals build healthy, thriving lives, careers and workplace cultures.  As an experienced executive coach, Sam's Business Open Change is an independent consultancy that specializes in executive coaching for some of Australia's leading organiz...

We're thrilled to be joined by Jerome Deroy who joins us all the way from New Mexico, USA.    Jerome, the CEO of Narativ is passionate about the power of personal storytelling in business, specifically as it relates to the sales process, employee engagement and employee onboarding.  In today's episode we discuss  How can storytelling create happier employees  The story and...

Karen Laos , is a confidence warrior specialising in communication tactics. She is fiercely committed to equipping women in business to speak with clarity and confidence.  At 52, she left her corporate job to pursue her mission of eradicating self-doubt in 10 million women within 10 years. Over her 20+ year career, she has gained rave reviews from clients such as NASA, Netflix, Google, and AT...

If you're a professional athlete or you're a performance athlete, or if you're what Tom likes to call a Corporate Athlete, you've been working hard at this time of year.  You're working through, and you've probably putting yourself through a fair bit of stress with higher expectations on yourself.  Tom shares his top tips for getting you through your holiday "off season". Hear all about...

Did you know 8 out of 10 people experience back pain in their life? It certainly is a harrowing statistic and one that needs to be addressed. Sometimes with pain comes fear of movement which can lead to seeing a well intended health practitioner that says 'you have the back of an 80 year old' or 'gee you are as stiff as a board' thus unintentionally feeding that fear avoidance. I'm pleased to be j...

Rebecca Grainger is the founder of Triiyo - who are transforming the way leading organisations connect and communicate with their people during workplace transitions and return to work scenarios.  Combining human connection and technology to bridge the gap between work and life for your employees. We learn about Rebecca's background and the lead up to the creation of Triiyo, as well as: The k...

We're excited to be hosting a special podcast with Nitin Govila, a Management Leader, Entrepreneur, Engineer and Meditation Trainer. He is the APAC MENA MD for the French manufacturing group Serge Ferrari, a leader in the flexible composite material sector. His scope of operations covers: Japan, Korea, China, Hongkong, India, ASEAN, Australia-NZ, Middle-East & Africa. In our chat, we discuss: Niti...

Daniel is someone who embraces life to the full. Having grown a strong reputation within the banking and finance industry for his holistic approach, his passion for relationships and making the world a better place for people is evident. Whether working for large corporations like Westpac or BT Finance, or more specialised firms like Tribeca Financial , Daniel’s focus has always been building the...

Welcoming Jen Hope to the Well Workplaces community.   Jen Hope is an executive and leadership coach for impactful start-up leaders.  With a background as the Vice President of Marketing for multiple high-growth startup companies, Jen understands the complexity of startup leadership.  She uses evidence-based tools and frameworks to help clients make sustained behaviour change. A men...

Ruth Kent is a sought after corporate wellness consultant, wellness coach facilitator and mindfulness teacher.  Ruth provides whole-day workshops, retreats and programs designed to educate, empower and energise the mind, body and wellbeing.  She founded Sunrise Well in 2014, to help people become mindfully aware of their health and wellbeing so that they can leave and perform at their be...

In today's episode, we're chatting with Aisling Quigley , who is a mindfulness facilitator, community founder, wellbeing speaker and commentator.  Aisling has worked lived in various parts of the world. She brings over 15 years of experience working in the fast-paced, high-pressure world of media and marketing across Ireland and Australia's leading brands.  She's a self-confessed recover...

Motivation alone won't get results.  We know for individuals to achieve a great level of performance and happiness it really comes down to execution.  I'm joined by Hussein Hamka for Part 3 of our high performance mini-series and in this discussion we tackle the four key components of how to execute daily.  We also learn about how to craft your perfect plan and execute daily (while...

How do you ritualise action when it comes to your wellbeing?  I chat with so many inspiring people each month and one thing that stands out when it comes to high performers is that they do the boring basics well and find unique ways to stay on track.  I'm joined by Hussein for Part 2 of our Pinnacle Performance Club series to discuss ritualising action.   Hussein Hamka is a genuine...

What does peak performance mean to you? Most of us have grand plans when it comes to performing at our best in our career and personal lives. We know that good intentions are a great start, but to truly create sustainable patterns of success it comes down to preparation and planning. I am fascinated by high performance and how it interacts with wellbeing in individuals and organisations. ~ Welcome...

We're excited to be hosting a special podcast with Dr. Natalie Flatt Ph. D.   Dr Natalie Flatt is a Clinical Psychologist and Co-Founder of Connect Psych Services and has a genuine passion for changing the conversation around mental health.     Together, in our chat, we discussed:  What is the vagus nerve?  Why is it important for mental health?  In layman's terms wha...

The old adage “what you can measure, you can manage” certainly rings true when it comes to workplace wellbeing - especially right now. Clearly, the last two years have thrown up their fair share of wellbeing challenges for all of us, and particularly workplaces. On a positive note, the health and wellbeing of employees has risen to the top of the agenda for most organisations (finally and this has...

How have your exercise levels changed in the last year? With so many corporate athletes running into trouble over the last six months, sports medicine practices and wellness centre like ours are busy helping clients get back into shape. For corporate athletes who have athletic pursuits but are dealing with return to work pressures, we are seeing a loss of conditioning and overtraining occurring in...

On Thursday, 8th September, it was R U OK Day?  It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to  ask, ‘are you OK?’ and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone they care about might be struggling with life.   We're excited to be hosting a special podcast with Dr. Natalie Flatt Ph. D.  Dr Natalie Flatt is...

We're thrilled to welcome Charlotte Jameson to our podcast. Charlotte is a mindfulness and wellbeing practitioner and coach with over 15 years of experience of sharing positive psychology. and the neuroscience within corporates and education and Charlotte specific focuses on helping parents to be their best selves through the CALMER Parent Wellbeing Model ™ In this episode, Charlotte helps us unpa...

Podcasting perk number 1 - meeting amazingly talented people from all over the globe! Tom had the pleasure of interviewing the talented Melissa Doman, M.A. Organisational Psych and Author of a great book called "Yes you can talk about mental health at work, here’s why and how to do it really well" The book is like a step-by-step guide with practical tasks where Melissa shows us how to challenge bi...

What does great management and leadership feel like to you? With leaders and managers juggling their way through rapid change this year - the critical human skills and perspective shifting skill level of the manager is *so* important. It reminds me a lot of the six thinking hats by Dr Edward De Bono where being cognitively flexible is the game! I'm excited to introduce Marnie Jones to the Well Wor...