Wellbeing Provocateur Podcast

In this episode I have a thought-provoking discussion with Jo McFadden from PEP Worldwide about navigating the modern workplace jungle! With a diverse background, Jo is passionate about working with people to achieve the right outcomes. She is a natural leader and believes leadership is about service. She is obsessed with creating self-leaders for all individuals and believes that great culture comes from clarity of purpose and goals and authentic alignment and agreement. PEP is on a mission to empower people to work with purpose, cultivate high-performing teams aligned with organisation's goals, and embed self-leadership at all levels for sustainable growth. We cover topics such as the challenges posed by high workloads, digital distractions, and the need for sustainable productivity. We delve into concepts like self-leadership, flow states, and work hygiene as well as practical tips around intentional weekly planning, batching and managing multiple comms channels. I really loved her examples of historical boundaries that were put in place for us like office hours, shops closed in evenings and weekends and she summed up hyperconnectivity we have these days so well with an analogy of paper in-trays back in the day. As we wrapped up, Jo shares her one powerful and provocative wellbeing practice she’d recommend everyone tries – emptying your mind and being present 🧠 We talk about the following: Wellbeing and Self-Leadership The complexities of modern work: volume, velocity, variability (V3) Historical boundaries vs. current lack of boundaries in work life Optimising your energy during working days and weeks Tips for identifying and cultivating flow state conditions Importance of identifying when and how you do your best thinking Emphasis on intentional planning and replenishment after intense work periods Introduction to work hygiene concept Batching tasks into home, chunky (deep) work, and small (shallow) work Importance of daily reviews and weekly wraps Utilizing AI tools like ChatGPT for thought starters Strategies for managing multiple communication channels Connect with Jo and PEP Worldwide Jo McFadden LinkedIn PEP Worldwide   Connect with Philly ⁠www.wellbeingtick.co.nz⁠ ⁠Wellbeing Tick Instagram⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠The Wellbeing Junkie Instagram⁠   It takes a lot of time and love to produce these podcasts so in return I’d be so grateful if you could please share the love in return! Send me a message – I’d love to know the one thing is you’re going to do differently after listening to this episode Share this episode – you never know how this very episode could change someone’s life! Rate the show and hit the follow button – so we can introduce more people to be part of this epic community!