This week concludes our podcast series on organisational health and the seven dimensions of wellness. We hope you have enjoyed the series and find the insights and perspectives of all our trailblazers helpful. In the final episode of our first series, we explore the seventh dimension of organisational health, the relational dimension, which is all about learning and development.

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With changing employee expectations around the learning and development opportunities organisations offer to improve their overall wellbeing, L&D managers face meeting these expectations to future-proof their organisation and attract and retain the best talent.

How and what must L&D managers focus on to provide these opportunities to employees in a hybrid working environment, and how can they empower employees to build and maintain an A-grade team?

David Powell, author, founder, and life skills mentor of The Golden Thread, joins Andy in this enlivening discussion to provide ways that L&D managers can offer learning and development opportunities that build self, relationship, and team interpersonal skills to empower their workforce in their lifelong learning journey to mastery.

David and Andy discuss the importance of mindfulness and provide examples of how powerful meditation practices can be at both the individual level and the potential contribution this can unleash at an organisational level.

This episode is jam-packed with practical advice, real-life examples, and different perspectives on boosting the relational dimension of organisational health. Listen now to hear David’s meditation based on Alpha Dynamics to get you into the blue…

Download the full transcript of episode seven (with references):

Episode seven - PDF

Find out more about this Trailblazer:

David’s passion lies in empowering people to achieve the success they seek in life. David is the founder of The Golden Thread’s online toolkit, Life Journey Skills and recipient of The Visioneers’ 2022 global award in recognition of his work to benefit humanity.

Born in the UK, David gained a first-class honours degree in chemical engineering at Edinburgh University and worked in the resources and IT industries for 24 years, leading many teams to success.

Realising that his passion lay in empowering people, he became a business skills trainer, facilitator, and mentor. Over almost three decades, David has helped individuals and teams in hundreds of organisations, across 30 countries and five continents to improve their lives and business performance.

After finishing university, David spent a year driving a Land Rover overland from the UK to Australia and became fascinated with the different religions and cultures that he encountered. These travels were the genesis for his lifelong research into history, religion, gnostic wisdom and psychology - to discover how to best empower people. The result is his unique ability to synthesise the latest scientific thinking and the ancient wisdom to address, and inspire the whole person - body, mind, emotions and the deeper inner being.

This is the lifetime of experience and learning that David has condensed into his online Life Journey Skills program. He teaches the essential life skills - that people don’t learn at school - so that they can thrive at life. David’s book, Life Journey Skills, is also available for free on kindle or to purchase in hardcover from amazon.

Web: www.thegoldenthread.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/david-powell-89539276/

Amazon: Life Journey Skills