Welcome to Leadership and Wellbeing. I’m your host, Hayden Fricke, and in this podcast we'll dive deep into the realms of leadership, performance, and well-being, sharing stories, research, and interviews that I've gathered throughout my three-decade journey in these fields. If you're keen on discovering the secrets to long-term success while nurturing your well-being, then this is a podcast for you.

But before we get into all that, I want to start by sharing my own story with you—my journey from a young tennis professional to an organisational psychologist who is passionate about helping leaders and individuals thrive. 

In this episode, I share how the pressure of professional tennis encouraged me to trade my tennis racket in for textbooks, pivoting my career to become a sports psychologist. While gaining valuable experience working with athletes across various sports, from tennis to football, swimming, and karate, my family faced significant challenges which weighed heavily on my heart. These personal trials deepened my passion for psychology, both in the realm of sports and mental health and I yearned to help others facing similar challenges and provide the support they needed.

Side-stepping again into organisational psychology, I became passionate about driving positive culture change within organisations. In 2009, I founded Steople, a consultancy dedicated to helping organisations achieve behaviour change at the individual, team, and organisational levels. Over the years, Steople has blossomed into a thriving business with a team of around 50 experts spread across Australia, New Zealand, and the US. The core of our work revolves around driving culture change to align with an organisation's goals and objectives.

Throughout my entire journey, leadership and performance have been at the core of my interests, and I've also developed a deep passion for well-being. In recent years, I've noticed a significant shift in the importance of well-being in the business world, yet many leaders still struggle to strike a balance between performance and well-being. That's where this podcast comes in. 

Over the course of this series, I'll share stories, anecdotes, evidence, research and interviews to help you understand the barriers to achieving this balance and provide you with the skills and tools needed to drive both long-term, sustainable performance and well-being for yourself and those you lead. Stay tuned for more episodes that will empower you to unlock your full potential as a leader while nurturing your own well-being and that of your team and organisation.

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Connect with Hayden:

Websites:    -  https://haydenfricke.com/ 

                           -  https://www.steople.com.au/

                           -  APS College of Organisational Psychologists

LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-fricke/