Paul Avis and David Shearman on productivity, mental health and well-being - MAF210
This week my guests are Paul Avis from Canada Life Group Insurance and David Shearman from LifeWorks.
We talk about how mental health and well-being affect employee productivity and presenteeism and what employers can do to help their people.
Welcome to episode 210 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast.
We chat about:
- Why productivity is important
- The effect of poor productivity on businesses
- The rise in financial well-being support
- The challenges faced by different generations
- How workplace employee services help organisations
- How employers can support their staff
Who are Paul Avis and David Shearman?
Paul Avis is Marketing Director at Canada Life Group Insurance. He's responsible for all products and communications that go out, as well as working alongside third-party companies such as LifeWorks. Paul identifies benefits that advisers and employers can introduce to their people.
David Shearman has been with LifeWorks for a decade. His role is to work with some of the UK’s leading organisations on health and well-being in the workplace. He educates them on services and solutions they can put in place which will have a positive impact on return on investment for the company but is good for the employees too.
Links and Show Notes.
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What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?
The podcast for ideas and inspiration on marketing your business and growing your business, and for discussing topics on all things finance.
I’m Roger Edwards, a marketing guy and keynote speaker from Edinburgh. Talk to me if you want to cut the BS and complexity from your marketing strategy.
The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.
Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!
We talk about:
- How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media
- How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple
- Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance
You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.
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