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Bob Merberg hosts Heigh Ho — Work and Wellbeing, a business show with 30 episodes published.
Today’s AI assisted conversation is based on Bob Merberg’s article, “New Threats to Employee Wellbeing: How HR and Wellness Associations Are (And Aren't) Meeting the Moment.” Subscribe to the Heigh Ho newsletter at https
Is employee engagement a sinking ship? According to Gallup, engagement is taking on water, with the firm’s frequently repeated survey findings showing an engagement rate of 31% — a 10-year low. But a closer look surfaces
“How do we do an evidence-based wellness program when there is no evidence?” This was a question asked of me by a distinguished wellness director. She also happened to be a physician who understood better than most the m
A conversation (AI-assisted) about an employee wellbeing topic a lot of people never think about: Delaying bathroom use because of lack of scheduling flexibility, lack of access, or excessive job demands. This has seriou
A quick, AI-assisted conversation describing the heroic actions of Joseph Zito, hero of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. This episode is based on Bob Merberg’s web page, The Story of Joseph Zito. Learn more about th
Today’s AI-assisted conversation is based on my post, "A Nation that Catches Workers Before They Fall," about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which was an inflection point in the arc of American worker wellbeing. I
"Organizational solutions" are gaining traction in conversations about employee wellbeing. Organizational solutions entail changing how work is done. Enjoy this AI-assisted conversation about one example of an organizati
This AI-assisted conversation takes a deep dive into Bob Merberg’s excerpted presentation, given to a group of employees around the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, about mental health stigma. Unfortunately, for all the pr
Change the work, not the worker. This lively AI-assisted conversation takes a deep dive into the basics of job characteristics, motivating job potential, job design, and job crafting. It’s based on a recorded practice se
This experimental AI-assisted two-person conversation is based on the Heigh Ho article, Teenage Workland: Taking stock of teenage worker wellbeing (in words, numbers, and music), which includes the chart the podcast spea
Something different: This episode is a conversation that dives deep into a mash-up of two Heigh Ho articles... When Civility Policies Run Amok-accino and Ambiguous Civility Policy Burns Workers The episode is AI-assisted
(Subscribe to the Heigh Ho newsletter at heighho.substack.com.) Get a look from "the seat" as Muni driver Mc Allen describes why he loves his job and San Francisco and public transportation in general. Mc also shares sid
The job stress of city transit operators, especially bus drivers, has probably been studied more than any other occupation. Along with other jobs in the transportation industry, bus driving is often cited as one of the m
Gazing out over Lake Erie from the Cleveland waterfront, you’re likely to see commercial and recreational watercraft. You’ll see white-capped waves and, in winter, some ice floes. But you may be in the dark about what li
In 1955 British naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson published in The Economist an article about bloated government bureaucracies, stating: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” He dubb
You'll have a new world opened for you as you listen to comments by Dustin — a Texas-based long-haul driver — about pay, work schedules, and life on the road. Dustin also shares his perspective on work/life balance, 4-da
Rob Baker, author of Personalization at Work, and Bob Merberg explore job crafting, where a worker tailors their job-related tasks, relationships, and thoughts to optimize how it fits to their strengths. The conversation
Have you noticed business media banging the drum about workers’ willingness to accept less pay in exchange for certain benefits? The business world’s insistence that satisfying jobs can only come at a financial cost to w
You’re invited to eavesdrop as Nikki Reynolds of Inspired Wellbeing Solutions and I have a no-holds-barred conversation about unpaid domestic work — which includes tasks like caretaking, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and m
Unpaid domestic labor, also called unpaid work, is time and energy expended within a household or family for the benefit of its members. It places disproportionate burden on women, with implications for emotional, financ
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Heigh Ho — Work and Wellbeing is hosted by Bob Merberg. The show is categorised under business (health) and has published 30 episodes.
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