Episode 42

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23rd Nov 2023

Is Leadership Burnout A Lasting Pandemic Legacy with John Hobson

This week, we delve into the issue of burnout associated with the pandemic. I'm joined by fellow well-being rebel, John Hobson. John is the CIO of Kellanova and has held significant leadership positions in Finance and IT within the company, both in Europe and the US. He specialises in developing high-performance teams and he played a pivotal role in implementing large-scale change strategies within the company during COVID.

Today, we explore burnout from a leadership perspective and discuss how companies can support their leaders in dealing with the enduring impact of COVID for their business leaders.

Here are the highlights:

(07:20) Perspective

(16:03) A new style of leadership

(20:00) “The big unlock”

(22:52) Leaders are people!

(27:48) Building capability in people leaders

(32:09) Make people feel appreciated and seen

Connect with us here:

Website: https://aurorawellnessgroup.co.uk/

Ngozi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngozi-weller-aurora/

Obehi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obehi-alofoje-psychologist-aurora/

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion

Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.

We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.

This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.

The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.

This is where the conversation needs to shift.

On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.

Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.

If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.

About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.