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Ep 93 Stop fixing people: start fixing work with Jo Yarker

What does it take to sustain performance over time?

In this episode of the Chief Psychology Officer podcast, Dr Amanda Potter is joined by Professor Jo Yarker to explore how organisations can create healthy working environments that support both wellbeing and performance.

Many organisations invest in resilience and wellbeing initiatives, yet still struggle with burnout, disengagement, and declining performance. This conversation challenges why and where organisations may be focusing on the wrong solutions.

Rather than placing responsibility on individuals, this episode explores the role of organisational systems, leadership behaviour, and work design in shaping employee health and resilience.

Key themes include:

• Why sustainable performance depends on healthy work, not just resilient individuals
• The shift from reactive wellbeing initiatives to proactive prevention
• How leadership and line managers influence employee health and performance
• The impact of workload, clarity, and consistency on resilience
• The IGLU framework. understanding how individual, group, leader, organisational, and external factors interact
• Why health should be treated as a core business outcome

This episode is for HR leaders, senior executives, and organisations looking to reduce burnout, improve employee wellbeing, and build environments where people can perform consistently under pressure.

Because sustainable performance is not driven by effort alone. it is enabled by healthy work.

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