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Lisa Leong helps you navigate your way through the tough times, looking for the sunshine and the humanity in the world of work. From the quirky to the somewhat controversial, experts in the world of work and business share their ideas, experiments and fast fails, that you can apply to your own career. We’re cheaper than therapy and more fun than LinkedIn, think of us as your digital water cooler.
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How values can be your secret weapon at work
From creativity to collaboration, to growth and generosity, we can easily name values. But can we as easily apply them in our day-to-day work?
Hear how we can more effectively identify and apply values in our jobs and why it’s so important to do so.
Guests:
Greta Bradman - Psychologist and CEO/Founder, The Compass AI
La’Kita Williams - Founder and CEO, CoCreate Work -
Everything’s Fine... Part 5: How to harness the power of stress
We all know the impact stress can have on our minds and bodies. But it turns out that it’s not the stress itself that’s impacting our health - it’s how we think about it.
In the fifth and final instalment of This Working Life's special series about your health at work, we hear stories of work-related stress and our expert panel tell us how to change our stress mindsets so we can harness its power to work and live better.
Guests:
Alison Earl - Author, speaker and trainer on mindset and resilience
Dr Kari Leibowitz - Health psychologist and mindset researcher, Stanford University -
Everything's Fine... Part 4: How to hack your health habits to do your best work
We all know what we need to do to be healthy and feel good so why aren't we doing it?
In the fourth instalment of our special series about your health at work, we’re hacking health habits to help you feel more energised and creative in your workday.
Hear personal stories and expert tips on how to overcome the afternoon sugar slump, move more without going to the gym, and sleep better to power up your workday.
Guests:
Amantha Imber - organisational psychologist and author, The Health Habit
Dr Norman Swan - Co-host of RN’s The Health Report and What’s That Rash?
Lizzie Williamson - author, The Active Workday Advantage
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Everything’s Fine... Part 3: “Suck it up Princess” - Why and how you should share emotions at work
Have you ever cried at work or been yelled at in front of your colleagues?
In this third instalment of our series about your health at work we’re digging deep and talking about emotions at work.
You’ll hear why it’s good for you to talk about your feelings at work, what selective vulnerabilities are and why you should know about them, how leaders need to be more emotional, and what the detrimental costs of emotional labour are when we don’t express ourselves at work.
Guests:
Liz Fosslien - Expert on emotions at work and author of No Hard Feelings and Big Feelings
Dr Saul Karnovsky - Senior Lecturer in Education, Curtin University
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Everything’s Fine... Part 2: How good leadership alleviates chronic pain
One in five of us are living and working with chronic pain.
So why can it be hard to talk to our colleagues and bosses about it?
You'll hear about its complicated nature, how it can impact people's work, and what you can do to help team members with chronic pain.
Guests
Dr Duygu Biricik Gulseren - Assistant Professor, York University
Kathy Hubble - Founder, Amelio Health
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Everything’s Fine… Part 1: What is job strain and how is it impacting your health?
Welcome to a special series about your health at work. In Everything's fine... we'll be diving into topics that can be tricky to talk about with our bosses and colleagues, particularly when it comes to our wellbeing. When asked "how are you?" we might say "everything's fine" with a brave smile. Sound familiar?
From physical pain to mental strain, over five episodes you'll be hearing personal stories and professional advice to help you actually feel fine at work.
In Part One we’re digging into job strain. It happens when your job demands are high and your job control is low. It can make us feel anxious, depressed and impact our physical health. So why is there still stigma around it and what’s stopping us fixing it?
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Customer Reviews
Such a wealth of knowledge! 🧠
This podcast is so insightful and I’ve enjoyed every episode I’ve listened to so far! Lisa is a very skilled interviewer - she does such a great job of sharing her wisdom and I love how she leads meaningful conversations with business leaders who bring so much experience and actionable insight to the table. Such a tremendous resource for workers worldwide - thank you, Lisa!