This Working Life

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

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 resilienceDr Kari Leibowitz - Health psychologist and mindset researcher, Stanford University

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 HabitDr Norman Swan - Co-host of RN’s The Health Report and What’s That Rash?Lizzie Williamson - author, The Active Workday AdvantageAnd thanks to Renata Bernarde for sharing her story.

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 FeelingsDr Saul Karnovsky - Senior Lecturer in Education, Curtin UniversityAnd thanks to Alana for sharing her story.

One in five of us are living and working with chronic pain. So why aren't we telling our colleagues and bosses about it?If you live with chronic pain yourself or someone on your team does, we have the answers for you to help you navigate it in the workplace and learn the surprising key that can help alleviate it.  GuestsDr Duygu Biricik Gulseren - Assistant Professor, York UniversityKathy Hubble - Founder, Amelio HealthAnd thank you to Keith Wyatt for sharing his story.

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? If this episode raised any concerns for you, you can call LifeLine on 13 11 14 

On average, Australian women are paid $18,461 less than men per year.The recent report released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows a gender pay gap across every sector in Australia.But what’s behind that yawning gap?Professor Lyndall Strazdins from the Australian National University calls it the “massive unresolved problem of our time”.It’s been dubbed the ‘Hour-Glass Ceiling’. So what is it exactly and how can we make men work more like women to fix it?

So you may have witnessed some tense conflicts at work. Someone may have even raised their voice at you. But how can we harness the power of conflict at work?In this episode we dig into how to nail negotiation and conquer conflict at work with William Ury - Co-Founder of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and author of Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict.

There's been a lot of talk about the new right to disconnect laws. But what do they mean for you, practically? In this episode you'll understand how it'll help you switch off from work (and what that will do for your health and wellbeing) and what you and your team can do to prepare.  

It’s been dubbed the Hollywood narrative of leadership - that leaders are special, and that we can’t work or succeed without them.This is what Professor Alex Haslam calls ‘Zombie Leadership’.In their paper, Alex and his co-authors detail what Zombie Leadership looks like and how we can kill these dead ideas that still walk among us.