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Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with John Argent, CEO Six - a creative marketing agency.

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking!

In this conversation, John reveals that change is the biggest disrupter that he is seeing right now and he talks through how they have learnt to adapt to change, the strategies and ways they work to ensure they continue to grow amidst change, doing great work for their people and clients alike.

The agency, like many other businesses, has seen considerable change in recent years due to the pandemic but also due to the nature of how the creative industry has evolved and diversified - with advancements in technology and digital.

For himself as the founder of the business, John has also seen considerable change as the agency has grown from 10 people in the early days to now being 50 strong. 

John describes their business as human-centric and this comes through in how he talks about the focus they put on the people that work within the business. 

John attributes the culture to the people that work within the business. They are encouraged to co-create solutions for their needs based on what’s relevant and meaningful to the people that work there.

We discussed flexibility and what this looks like for them as an agency. Rather than mandating a certain amount of days in the office, he wants his people to want to come into the office. They’re treated like adults, and they have created an environment that supports this thinking.

Initiatives such as their weekly Talkie Tuesday and monthly (in person) Connection Day encourage psychological safety, human connection and enjoyment.

We hope you find the conversation valuable. If so, please share with someone you think might be interested.

And if you’re interested in finding out more about how POINT3 Wellbeing can support your organisation then please don’t hesitate to get in touch at point3wellbeing.com

Be kind, be curious, be well.

Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with Nick Pritchard, People & Resourcing Manager from Cadence Innova.

In this conversation Nick generously shares some background about his own mental health journey and how this inspires him to support the mental health and wellbeing of all those that work at Cadence Innova.

Culture is the business challenge that Nick feels is most pressing right now. Particularly, the importance of social connection and the value of being together in person at work, to support the mental health of all of us better. We discuss how culture and ways of working have changed over the last 3 to 5 years and how this is having a detrimental impact on levels of loneliness.

Nick shares the initiatives and structures that they have in place at Cadence Innova from their families of peers who support each other in place of traditional managers and reportees, through to the office anchor days and social activities they introduce to create connection.

We talk about the different cohorts of people that need particular support - from the younger generations through to those who are juggling the demands of work with the demands of parenting through to those going through peri/menopause.

Nick reminds us we are human beings not human doings… and how the pandemic has provided us with a window (through Teams or Zoom) into people’s home lives, giving us a more holistic view of the people we work with - helping us to be more empathetic and understanding of everyone’s different worlds and struggles. 

Listen for great ideas on how to build engagement in your people through trust, the power of listening, vulnerability and peer to peer support.

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking.

We hope you find the conversation valuable. If so, please share with someone you think might be interested.

And if you’re interested in finding out more about how POINT3 Wellbeing can support your organisation then please don’t hesitate to get in touch at point3wellbeing.com

Be kind, be curious, be well.

Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with Dr Sarah Berry about the (peri)menopause. 

Sarah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and Chief Scientist at ZOE. She’s also the Lead Scientist on the ZOE Menopause Advisory Board.

Sarah’s academic background is nutritional science but in this conversation we talk specifically about the important subject of menopause and how nutrition and lifestyle are so connected to the menopause. 

More and more the menopause is becoming recognised as an important subject to be discussed in the workplace - helping to demystify and bust the stigma that surrounds it.

There is still much mystery around the menopause - which affects more than 50% of the population (women and trans-gender men roughly between the ages of 45 and 55 - that said, it can begin earlier).

And with women over 50 now representing the fastest growing demographic in the UK workplace, that means that an increasing number of employees are going to be experiencing menopausal symptoms during their careers, which can be very distressing for them.

Not only will it impact those experiencing symptoms and this life change, but also those around them - their colleagues, friends and family, so this is an opportunity to continue to normalise the conversation, raising everyone’s awareness and understanding in this natural process of change for women and trans-gender men, so that those going through this life stage feel less lonely, more supported and understood in the workplace and beyond. 

In this conversation we hope to raise awareness and provide some practical solutions too for those who are struggling now or in the future and for those looking to support someone they know going through this period of their life.

Awareness is always the first step to getting the right support for you.

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking.

We hope you find the conversation valuable. If so, please share with someone you think might be interested.

And if you’re interested in finding out more about how POINT3 Wellbeing can support your organisation then please don’t hesitate to get in touch at point3wellbeing.com

Be kind, be curious, be well.

Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with Gemma Bullivant, a specialist in grief coaching and training, helping individuals to positively address and recover from all forms of traumatic change and loss, including bereavement, redundancy and divorce.

In this conversation, we navigate the subject of grief, in a bid to break down the stigma that surrounds the subject and help those struggling with their own grief and those around them to support themselves and each other with more compassion, greater understanding and awareness.

Before you listen, it’s important to acknowledge upfront that this is an emotive subject that we will be discussing, so, please take care throughout and after. 

If you do need to speak to someone, you can call the Cruse Helpline on 0808 808 1677 for grief support right now.

And if you would like to speak to someone at POINT3, we are all Mental Health First Aiders and Nicky and Sarah are trained instructors too. Contact the team here.

Grief and bereavement present enormous emotional and practical challenges for people in the workplace. The bereaved often feel alone and isolated. Talking openly with others is a way to help process the grief but it also helps others understand what people are going through, so they can be more supportive.

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking.

Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with Julian Roberts, Executive Leadership Coach and Podcast Host of Helping Organisations Thrive with Julian Roberts, a top 1.5% global podcast!

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking!

Julian Roberts is an Executive Leadership Coach with a background in commercial and sales. He describes himself as passionate about people, resiliency, and business. 

Before setting up his coaching practice in 2017, he held a number of senior strategic commercial positions for multinational corporations such as Heinz, Yoplait, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as for family-owned businesses.

In this conversation, we talk about culture, purpose and the importance of role-modelling, and how fundamental these are in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people in today’s workplace. 

Julian shares some of the organisational challenges that are coming through in the conversations he’s having with leaders on his podcast and in the coaching sessions he’s having.

The greatest challenge of all, Julian believes, is uncertainty and how we build resilience to the overwhelming sense of uncertainty that exists in the world right now.

Julian shares some of his own wellbeing non-negotiables, those things that he does daily to help build his own resilience to stress…

We hope you find the conversation valuable. If so, please share with someone you think might be interested.

And if you’re interested in finding out more about how POINT3 Wellbeing can support your organisation then please don’t hesitate to get in touch at point3wellbeing.com.

Be kind, be curious, be well.

Next up in our Walk The Talk – Lessons from Leaders series, we talk with Julia Phillips, Owner, Founder and Event Director of Potting Shed Events.

As always, we encourage you to listen while you walk and we do the talking!

Julia recently launched her latest agency Potting Shed Events in June 2021 and now works with a small portfolio of clients on their event programmes both in the UK and overseas.

This was a special conversation for us as Julia was our first ever client at POINT3 Wellbeing back in June 2018. Five years later we are proud to still be working together.

In this conversation Julia shares the journey she’s been on over the last five years and what’s most important to her in terms of building a business and culture with mental health and wellbeing at its very core. 

We discuss burnout, work-life balance, flexibility and how it relates to the events industry now and to the organisations that Julia’s agency works with.

Julia is passionate about creating a culture which promotes prevention, one where her team of mostly women feel supported with relevant ways of working, resources and benefits for them.

Within the conversation Julia references a book and a podcast which can be explored here - How to Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell and Dr Maryhan, How Not to Screw Up your Kids.

We hope you enjoy the conversation, we certainly did!

If you’re interested in finding out more about how POINT3 Wellbeing can support your organisation then please don’t hesitate to get in touch at point3wellbeing.com

Be well, be happy, be you