Originally published as the June edition of MacGregor on Executive Health with The European Business Review.
In episode 9 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast we talk to Neil McIntosh, a pioneering journalist and the managing editor of BBC online. Responsible for the BBC homepage which has 8 million visitors per week and 1 billion clicks per year we talk to Neil about news and journalism today including the dangers of fake news, our online habits, and where health and wellbeing fits in a 24-hour a day industry.
Episode 8 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast is the Executive Education special.
In the introduction Rory and Steven reflect on how IESE Business School got to number 1 in the world, according to the Financial Times rankings. Rory helped set up the international executive education division 20 years ago as its first director and Steven has taught on 106 executive education programs since 2009.
We then talk to Nathalie Labourdette and Frederic Frantz of the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) Academy during their recent executive program at IESE. We discuss public service broadcasting in Europe, the need to equip journalists with a new set of tools to deal with disruption, and some of the results of the Sustaining Executive Performance element of the program.
Originally published as the May edition of ‘MacGregor on Executive Health’ with The European Business Review, here. An excerpt from Chapter 7 (Learning to Live) in the new Chief Wellbeing Officer book.
The 20th straight month of MacGregor on Executive Health with The European Business Review, originally published here.
Reflecting on the pilot of a new Agile Ways of Working program for Telefónica we speak to Jeff Gothelf, a global expert in the areas of lean and agile, about why agile is so important for the world of work today, covering benefits for health and wellbeing as well as his own de-risking strategy in moving his family from New Jersey to Barcelona.
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Barcelona, Monday, April 16, 2018. Santander Bank has chosen The Leadership Academy of Barcelona [LAB], to support “BeHealthy”, an employee health and well-being initiative which will be accessible to Santander’s entire workforce of more than 200,000 employees based in Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
Targeting employees in offices in major cities in Brazil, Poland, the U.S., the U.K, Spain and elsewhere, Santander’s “BeHealthy” will make use of all the resources included in the LAB’s Sustaining Executive Performance (SEP) programme. Santander’s “BeHealthy” initiative was presented with the LAB’s new materials last week during the bank’s annual “BeHealthy Week”, which raises awareness of the importance of health and wellbeing among its employees.
SEP will help form the basis of Santander’s bid to become one of the world’s healthiest companies.
Developed by the LAB in 2010, SEP is a comprehensive programme geared to promoting healthier habits in the workplace and beyond, which in turn drives sustainable performance and value, both professionally and personally. Drawing on a confluence of ancient wisdom, including Greek and Chinese philosophy, innovative business cases and emerging research, SEP demonstrates how the often forgotten premise of mens sana in corpore sano (a sound mind in a sound body) can be an actionable business strategy for the 21st century professional. Originally conceived for executives, it has since been applied to everyone in the workplace, irrespective of job title, and recognising the great pressures we all have these todays to manage work and life.
The deal will see Santander deploy and customize all of the SEP content across its offices. This content includes an online course of more than 30 videos, practical exercises for employees and readings. In addition, there is a customised eBook published by Pearson and nudge posters will be deployed around offices to help sustain behavioural change in the workplace.
Santander committed to becoming the healthiest company in the world
The bank’s “BeHealthy” programme to drive a healthy, balanced and structured approach in the workplace is backed by Global HR Director, Roberto di Bernardini. This month sees the Santander annual “BeHealthy Week” aimed at raising awareness among employees. The Sustainable Executive Performance Programme will, he says, have a key role to play in igniting this initiative and bringing it to life across the bank’s workforce in all of its geographies.
"We're passionate about making Santander one of the healthiest companies in the world, with BeHealthy a key part of our company mission to help people and business prosper. We needed high quality material that had a track record of impact and we are delighted to work with the Leadership Academy of Barcelona on customising their transformative Sustaining Executive Performance program, which all 202,000 employees will have access to off and online."
Dr. Steven MacGregor, CEO of the Leadership Academy Barcelona said: “This agreement marks a highly significant commitment from Santander to driving the well-being of its workforce. The scale of the initiative is a first for us also. The online nature of the programme delivery means that we are able to extend reach and impact exponentially.”
"We've been lucky enough to deliver Sustaining Executive Performance to over 20,000 people face-to-face the past seven years, which has allowed us to develop a rich material base and understand what works in changing peoples’ behaviour and improving their health and happiness at work. Customising the existing material with a client who are committed to health at work has been a true privilege, and the exposure to such a very large number of people is very exciting," he adds.
About The LAB
The Leadership Academy of Barcelona [LAB] was founded in 2007 with the mission of Designing Sustainable Leadership. We help to bring a more human approach to work that improves health, happiness and lifelong learning to create positive cultures and drive business success. Recent clients include McKinsey, Salesforce and Uber. Sustaining Executive Performance was published as a book by Financial Times Press in 2015 and Dr. MacGregor’s follow-up, Chief Wellbeing Officer, is out this month with LID publishing, and is endorsed by Arianna Huffington and other leading figures from business and academia.
The March article of MacGregor on Executive Health with The European Business Review, originally published here.
In episode 6 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast we catch up with John McCusker at the 6th annual HR Core LAB in Barcelona and talk of his personal journey, cultural agility, finding purpose, and developing talent in one of the world's most emblematic family-owned businesses. And yes, this interview between two Scotsmen did take place in a bar..
Originally published on The European Business Review here and based on content from Chapter 4 of the forthcoming Chief Wellbeing Officer: Building Better Lives for Business Success.
Recorded after the first week of the Glasgow School of Art's annual Winter School in their Forres campus in the North of Scotland Episode 5 looks at what is special about the Scottish Highlands.
In the introduction Rory and Steven talk of being there together at the end of January to celebrate Rory's 50th birthday before we talk to three leading design professors and members of the Winter School faculty.
Dr. Gordon Hush is the Director of the Innovation School at the Glasgow School of Art which organises Winter School. Dr. Catherine Morel is the Director of the Master in Management & Entrepreneurship in the Creative Economy at Audencia Business School in Nantes and Dr. Philippe Mairesse is a Contemporary Artist and Associate Professor at Audencia.