CONTENT WARNING:

Before you listen to this episode, you should know that it covers some important but upsetting themes of suicide and pregnancy loss. If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the topics raised in this conversation, help and support is available from the links below. And, if you feel like the topics mentioned are something you can’t listen to right now, please skip this episode and look after yourself.

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Are we rewarding our high performers for burning out?

Today’s guest, Rachel Fellowes, asked this question and sparked a new way of working at Aon, where she works as their first Chief Wellbeing Officer.

Rachel’s innovative work focuses on the idea of human sustainability, and sustainable performance. Aon now uses their Human Sustainability Index (HSI) tool to measure wellbeing, resilience and sustainability at individual, team and organisational levels.

In this episode, Rachel reveals why she believes measuring these elements are crucial to driving better data-informed decisions, and discusses learnings from the data so far – revealing that wellbeing is vital to business success.

Rachel also discusses why she advocates for more C-Suite level Wellbeing oriented roles, particularly more Chief Wellbeing Officers, to drive real change.

Hear about this and much more in today’s episode of the Working on Wellbeing podcast, hosted by Sarah Cunningham.

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We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world’s leading wellbeing experts.

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