Episode 83: Helping your colleagues to flourish at work: Steve Peralta, Chief Wellbeing Officer, Unmind
Steve shares his approach to life and work, based on the concept of flourishing. Describing what this looks like, Steve summarises elements that contribute to a culture where everyone flourishes, and what the human and business benefits are.
From preventing illness to promoting wellness, Steve provides steps and questions you can ask of your organisation to help create culture that supports mental health and wellbeing. Advocating that everyone works towards the goal of work having a net positive impact on colleagues’ health, Steve also provides a suggestion for reflecting and prioritising as we head into the new year.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:
[2:00] A wellbeing focus – Steve’s path to co-founding Unmind
[7.40] Flourishing as a central theme
[12:30] Organisational responsibility for colleague wellbeing
[16:30] Steps you can take to create culture change
[20:50] Measuring progress – the Workplace Index
[23:00] Connecting health at work to the impact colleagues have
[31:00] Does work have a net positive impact on your mental health and wellbeing?
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