Carrie Grace is on a mission to inspire others to spread joy and kindness, in hopes of people making the world a better place than they found it. She shares how her loving childhood experiences and volunteer work led to a lifestyle in which she always chooses love. Spreading joy and kindness even led her to throwing a birthday party on an airplane flight, 300 goodie bags included.
Tune in to hear Carrie explain that concept that people are walking around with invisible pain and encourages us to be someone’s kitchen table story.
Jen and Carrie also discuss how the fear of rejection can be a barrier to acts of kindness and ways to spread kindness at the workplace. Carrie currently travels the country inspiring others and has been featured in USA Today, Huffington Post, and His Radio.
For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/
Today’s guest, David Anderson, co-founded StayWell in 1989 and was its chief health officer until the end of 2016. Although he’s moved out of the day to day at Staywell, he still consults with the company to help them build an authentic culture. He recently made a bold statement about what we as a wellness industry need to do to up our game.
Listen in to hear David share a personal medical crisis he experienced, what he’s doing now that he is out of the day to day at Staywell and we get in depth in culture talk.
David defines an authentic culture, how a magical culture was built rather informally at Staywell (in the early years) and we talk about that strong call to action he gave to the wellness industry. Finally, David leaves us with his tangible tip on how wellness professionals can influence organizational culture.
For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/
Adam Schorr works to help people and companies tap into who they are, discover what signals they are sending to employees, and how to align employees with the company’s purpose. He shares how over time companies can become undesigned and some steps to take to get back on track with the desired purpose.
Adam and Jen also dive into how culture can move you closer to or further away from your company’s purpose and how health and well-being needs to be wired into the organization.
Tune in to hear Adam outline why wellness initiatives don’t last long-term and offer strategies to create a system/culture that naturally reinforces the desired behaviors.
For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/
Mary Miller shares her story of transforming JANCOA, a family-owned commercial cleaning business, into a company that helps employees pursue their dreams.
JANCOA created the Dream Manager program to help employees make their dream a reality whether it be learning English, owning a home, or even leaving the company to pursue another path.
Mary is also the author of Changing Directions: 10 Choices that Impact Your Dreams. Listen in as she and Jen discuss how Mary (and her husband Tony) went from a consultant firing JANCOA due to the company’s ‘people problem’ to a thriving company with a turnover rate 300% below the industry standard. Mary’s positive, upbeat nature and inspiring journey is sure to inspire anyone looking to transform a company from the inside out.
For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/