Kathryn Wright, CEO of Culham Saint Gabriel's, a charitable foundation focused on religion and worldviews education.

Kathryn shares, with your hosts Henry and Maureen, her leadership journey, including how the Happy Leadership Programme helped her transition from a hands-on role to strategic leadership.

She discusses key leadership principles such as psychological safety, autonomy, and empowering teams through "Pre-Approval."

Kathryn also highlights initiatives like co-creating strategic plans and coaching-oriented performance reviews. The episode concludes with her three tips for a happy workplace: fostering positive relationships, providing clarity, and celebrating joy.

Kathryn's tips for a happy workplace:

• Foster positive and thriving relationships in the workplace
• Provide clarity: set expectations
• Celebrate joy

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

• Kathryn on LinkedIn
• Culham St. Gabriel's
• Happy Leadership Programme

Mark Williamson, co-founder of Action for Happiness and author of Make Life Happier talks to your hosts, Henry and Maureen, in today's episode, sharing his personal journey from chronic back pain to well-being through mindfulness, and explores happiness as a direction rather than a destination.

Marks covers meaningful goals, the power of kindness, active listening, and practical workplace strategies.

Mark offers accessible tools, including simple breathing techniques and gratitude practices, to help individuals and organisations build more connected, purposeful, and fulfilling lives.

Mark's tips for a happy workplace:

• Check-in at the start of meetings
• Trust people and give them agency
• Focus on the micro moments of interaction

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

• Happy Workplace

Dr. Anja Milde, a former senior leader at Bayer, talks with us today about the company's radical organisational transformation.

Hear how Bayer shifted from a rigid 12-layer hierarchy to a 'Dynamic Shared Ownership' model, empowering teams to make 95% of decisions, operating in 90-day learning cycles, and reducing management from 15,000 to 5,000 which delivered over 500 million euros in savings within the first year.

Anja suggests that lasting transformation begins with individual mindset shifts

Hear how her new company, Forward Evolution, helps other organisations achieve similar results.

Anja's tips for a happy workplace:

• Transformation starts with yourself
• Don't tell people what to do - let them make decisions
• Do what you love

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

• Dr Anja Milde on LinkedIn
• 4ward evolution
• Happy Workplace