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Welcome to the Live+Work More Human podcast.

Welcome to the Live+Work More Human (formerly We Are Human Leaders) podcast. We have big, candid and impactful conversations about all things career, life and leadership. We focus on what’s novel: new takes on work and leadership, new research and insights, new ways of looking at things.

We share stories, data, inspiration and insight in conversations designed to spark ‘aha’ moments – and empower you to create change, lead authentically and build workplaces where people thrive.

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Dr Michele Lamont •

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Dr Els van der Helm •

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Dr Amy Finlay-Jones •

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Thriving, not just Surviving: The Key to Wellbeing at Work with Ryan Hopkins
Alexis Zahner Alexis Zahner

Thriving, not just Surviving: The Key to Wellbeing at Work with Ryan Hopkins

Today we’re hosting a very lively and colorful conversation with Future of Wellbeing Leader Ryan Hopkins.

Ryan comes at Well Being from a very unique perspective. Through his own lived experience with mental illness, Ryan supports organizations globally to shift how they work for the betterment of their employees wellbeing. We deep dive into the leading and lagging metrics of wellbeing, and what organizations can be doing better to support their people.

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How to Detox a Toxic Work Culture with Charlie Sull
Alexis Zahner Alexis Zahner

How to Detox a Toxic Work Culture with Charlie Sull

What is the greatest predictor of employees leaving your company?

Research tells us, toxic culture is TEN times more important than compensation in predicting turnover.

Toxic Culture is something we all know about, perhaps you feel you’ve even worked in one. But how exactly do we diagnose a toxic workplace culture, and what do we do about it?

We learn how to detox a toxic culture with Expert and Researcher Charlie Sull of CultureX in this conversation.

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A Human-Centered Entrepreneur On Leadership and the 4 Day Week with Banks Benitez
Alexis Zahner Alexis Zahner

A Human-Centered Entrepreneur On Leadership and the 4 Day Week with Banks Benitez

In this episode we explore a Leader who's guided his company through the 4 Day Week process, led with true human-centred values.

At Uncharted, Banks Benitez moved the organization to a 4-day workweek where people get 100% compensation to work 32-hours a week over four days. Uncharted was recognized in 2019 as one of Outside Magazine's 50 best places to work in the US. Listen up to find out how he did it!

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    Thank you Alexis and Sally for this inspiring, informative and actionable episode. You truly teach that success doesn’t have to mean disconnect or sacrifice (long-term). Thank you!

    • Kaitlin

  • "Putting humanity back into leadership"

    Alexis and Sally continue to bring forward the conversations that so many of us are having - why aren’t leaders showing more humanity.

    Their work is about the change that we are all hoping to see. The pandemic was the catalyst and Alexis & Sally are the change makers.

    • Maxwell

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