Janet Buckley is Head of Organisational Development with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). In this role, she is responsible for all elements of OD, HR, L&D, including wellbeing.

She has over 24 years' experience across the civil and public service with additional expertise in the private and charity sectors. She has been in OD roles for the last 16 years, where her passion for workplace wellbeing emerged. As Head of L&D in her previous Civil Service position, she became very interested in making work life more rewarding and fulfilling for her colleagues.

During the recession, she realised that it was the perfect time to bring wellbeing front and centre. It was essential, and it was necessary. She set about achieving an ambitious challenge of creating a wellbeing culture in a civil service organisation with a minimal budget. By her own admission, her ambition was for the organisation to be able to stand up and hold their own next to the googles and facebooks.

Her passion for wellbeing continued in her current role where she is overseeing the final year of their 3-year strategy (on a budget). The foundations created by the strategy in the first two years has advanced them in responding to Covid-19. With the assistance of the Wellbeing Committee, they have provided ongoing support and engagement initiatives to help people find their way through the pandemic.

She joins us today to debunk the myths that wellbeing is expensive and time-consuming and that it's HR's responsibility.

Are you interested in learning more about workplace wellbeing and educating yourself in this area? Head on over to www.workwellinstitute.org, where I'm launching my online education programmes. You can learn all about my 8-step framework for developing a workplace wellness programme that lasts.

If you have any suggestions for future topics you'd like to hear on the show, email me directly, brian@workwellpodcast.com

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