GLWS® Wellbeing Insights
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Part 4: When protecting employees puts leaders at risk and how to fix it Beyond any shadow of doubt, leaders’ wellbeing is under sustained pressure, and the very frameworks designed to protect employees may be adding to it. Across a GLWS benchmark dataset of 9,986 working professionals, leaders and people-managers
Part 3: Cultivating skills for thriving high performing leadership with GLWS Interesting quick fact – did you know 43% of senior professionals and leaders sometimes, usually, or always feel they are under-utilised and have more to offer their organisations? I’m sure our Productivity Commissioner and your CEO would have something
We have been measuring the wellbeing of leaders and professionals now for over a decade using the GLWS. With a dataset of more than 9600 leaders, it is one of the most comprehensive archives on executive wellbeing. For the first time, we are releasing insights from a decade of data
In Part 1 of The Crucial Role of a Leader’s Mind series, I highlighted the importance of focusing on the skills and tools that will help your leaders and senior professionals to more deeply understand and enhance their mindsets, beliefs, psychological needs, and emotions. Such shifts significantly increase the likelihood
In recent times, I’ve been inspired by hearing: Dr. Michael Gervais, author of The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You, make a compelling case for investing in ‘above the line’ mental skills training. Stephen King, Commissioner for the Australian Federal Government’s Productivity Commission share
This special report investigates a central question: Is the wellbeing of those in senior roles disproportionately worse for women than for men? In the early years of GLWS, based on a sample of approximately 1000 leaders, we established evidence for a small ‘Gender Wellbeing Gap’. In the post-pandemic context, driven
Over the past decade, understanding of wellbeing in the workplace has evolved significantly. We’ve observed four key trends: A growing awareness about holistic wellbeing and the opportunity it offers individuals as a lever to prevent burnout, sustain energy and perform at our best. Increasing leadership recognition of the link between
In the last episode of “Judgmental: When a Psychologist and a Lawyer Walk into a Bar,” Audrey, Kate Connors and Greg Smith rewarded listeners with a sophisticated exploration of the key concepts at play in the area of leadership wellbeing and its connection to psychosocial hazards for both individuals and
A psychologist and a lawyer walk into a bar … and in this episode they are joined by Audrey to unpack Leader Wellbeing – and its connection to psychosocial risk. The Judgemental podcast is a highly entertaining and thought-provoking conversation with Kate Connors and Greg Smith, exploring all things psychosocial
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