All industries face upheaval, yet over these past few years perhaps none more than Health & Wellbeing. Try to put your arms around this industry, and you’ll find it is enormous. It comprises the vast array of products, technologies, and services that touch the quantity and quality of our lives, with as diverse of sectors as healthcare, mental wellness, physical activity, pharma, wellness real estate, workplace wellness, human potential, and more. The Health & Wellbeing industry is on the frontline to assist with the one in three people worldwide—almost 2 billion individuals—who feel their lives are out of balance, a mental, physical, and emotional toll experienced in every corner of the world. We also expect this industry to help us experience good health and wellbeing today, plus evolve healthier, more peaceful, and prosperous futures for our communities and organizations, our planet, and our personal lives. LEADER WELLBEING IS A KEY LEVER One of the most significant findings emerging from Wisdom Works recent study of leaders across the Health & Wellbeing industry is the strong correlation between leaders’ reports of their psychological wellbeing and leadership impact. Moreover, upon deeper analysis of the leaders who participated in the study, we discovered: Up…

New research by Wisdom Works Group shows prioritizing leader wellbeing is critical for increasing industry & societal impact. Wisdom Works Group releases pioneering report of leadership across the health and wellbeing industries, Leading in the Health and Wellbeing Industry 2023: Are we walking our talk? that reveals a unique opportunity for these leaders to enhance wellbeing for themselves and the people and organizations they serve. The report findings are a clarion call for the health and wellbeing industry to make thriving a standard of success for leadership and industry impact. The first study of its kind, Wisdom Works sought to determine: As leaders of health and wellbeing industries, are we thriving personally? Are we advancing wellbeing through how we lead? Wellbeing has become a driver of brand performance, workforce engagement, and social and environmental change—and is one of the central challenges and opportunities of leadership today. The wellbeing leadership agenda is even more crucial for organizations in the health and wellbeing industry because it is an industry that the rest of the world looks to for health and wellbeing solutions and advice. Leading in the Health & Wellbeing Industry 2023 represents a survey of 841 leaders spanning 71 countries across every…

In coaching and advising leaders from all walks of life, I meet a lot of hard-working, responsible leaders of all ages who are successful by all outward appearances. In truth, however, many of them are exhausted, burning out in every direction. Their relationships with significant others are strained. They’ve lost connection with children, neighbors, family members, and friends. They lack interests or hobbies outside of work. They no longer seem to really know themselves. They’ve often been in a rhythm of living and working so fast for so long that they’ve forgotten why. A frenetic pace has become their norm, and the sense of purpose that used to help them rise above the fray has withered. One of these leaders told me, “I feel spiritually dry.” That said it all. These leaders usually have access to many external resources—material, financial, knowledge, and otherwise—for achieving results. Yet, when it comes to their sense of being resourced internally, they’re depleted. ARE YOU FEELING THE BIG SQUEEZE? Over the course of my life, I’ve been one of these leaders. I have been identified so deeply by my job that I’ve let it override decisions about my wellbeing. A major personal crisis in my…