Femme Lead S02 E03 Well-being: How to set up a well-being strategy for your organization with Lisette de Jonge, Global Health & Wellbeing Leader at IKEA.
Health & Wellbeing | Wellbeing Strategy | Organizational Wellbeing | Support & Education | How to develop a wellbeing strategy in an organization | Wellbeing Leader | Strategic Role |
In this episode, Lisette shares her journey in IKEA, how she helped develop a well-being strategy, and how 2020 was the year that saw increased adoption of this topic in organizations, and what are some key steps to consider when tackling health & wellbeing in this setup.
Lisette shares how she developed her own role as a wellbeing specialist, steaming from the desire to shift from focusing on absenteeism to focusing on improved well-being at work, a feeling of social, psychological, financial, and emotional safety.
Lisette’s role in IKEA is setting the vision and leading the global health & wellbeing portfolio, focusing on building a strong and sustainable health & wellbeing culture through a strategic combination of innovation and evidence-based approaches to accelerate development and achieve short-term and long-term results, aligned with the company strategy, global stakeholders and the outside world trends.
You can follow Lisette de Jonge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisettedejonge/
Resources from Lisette:
Esther Perel Podcast: https://www.estherperel.com/podcast
The Knowledge Project: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/
Feel Better and Live More Podcast: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/
Calm App: https://www.calm.com/
Down Dog App: https://www.downdogapp.com/
Episode Timeline:
01:58 What is the role of global health & wellbeing leader?
04:20 How did the idea of having a wellbeing strategy changed in IKEA in the last year?
05:55 What were the first tasks as a well-being professional?
07:24 How did you tackle the process of getting the findings to support the wellbeing strategy?
08:38 What were some of the tangible points of having a wellbeing strategy?
10:25 What should leaders pay attention to when deciding to have a well-being role in their setup?
12:30 What were some challenges when setting up the agenda for the strategy?
14:25 What is your opinion on some of the lessons we should have learned from 2020?
17:50 Togetherness is important: we don’t mind seeing children in the background of your Zoom call
19:24 How can we take care of ourselves & what advice do you have for listeners?
21:14 What resources on wellbeing can you share?
24:04 What realizations can you share from working with well-being?
27:10 How did you build your professional setup around wellbeing?
29:00 Any advice for those who want to follow your career path?
33:32 What was the biggest surprise of your career?
34:26 Is there anything you wish you knew at the beginning of your career?
36:20 What are the trends in wellbeing & changes in this regard for the future?