The Wellbeing Rebellion
av Ngozi Weller & Obehi Alofoje
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When Protecting Yourself at Work Starts Holding You Back
When Protecting Yourself at Work Starts Holding You Back
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Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.
We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.
This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.
The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.
This is where the conversation needs to shift.
On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.
Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.
If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.
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- When Protecting Yourself at Work Starts Holding You Back · 37 min · Episode 134Sometimes the habits that help us protect ourselves at work can quietly start limiting us too. I look at what happens when scrutiny, bias or past experiences make us more…
- Introducing Smabouche: Your Conversation Companion with Ngozi Weller and Mihran Hovnanian · 58 min · Episode 133We prepare for interviews, pitches and presentations all the time. But the conversations that can change a relationship, a career or an outcome? We’re often expected to just know…
- The Leadership Decisions That Shape Culture with Yetunde Dania · 47 min · Episode 132Culture is shaped in the small decisions leaders make every day. Who gets heard, who gets supported, and whether people feel safe enough to be themselves at work. Yetunde Dania…
- What Your Team Needs From You This September · 15 min · Episode 131Before we ask more from our teams this September, it’s worth asking what they need from us first. For me, it comes down to four things: reconnection, clarity, presence and the…
- September Reset: The Kind of Leader You Want to Be This Autumn · 13 min · Episode 130September has a habit of pulling us straight back into busy routines. Meetings return, inboxes fill up, and before long we’re back on autopilot. So rather than starting with…
- The Leadership Stories You're Overlooking (And Why They Matter) · 23 min · Episode 129We tend to remember the big career moments. The promotion, the crisis, the major project, the thing that looked impressive from the outside. But some of the experiences that…
- Judgement, Courage and the Reality of Leadership Decisions with Vanessa Blackburn · 44 min · Episode 128Good judgement isn’t about having complete certainty. It’s about using evidence, experience and other perspectives to make the best decision available, then taking responsibility…
- Beyond Good Intentions: Turning Inclusion into Organisational Practice with Joanne Vazquez-Kirby · 43 min · Episode 127Good intentions matter, but they don’t change much on their own. Joanne Vazquez-Kirby, a global DEI & HR Leader at Skyscanner, joins me to explore what helps organisations move…
- Beyond the Spectrum: What Workplaces Still Get Wrong About Neurodiversity with Dr Chloe Farahar · 1 t 17 min · Episode 126Awareness of neurodiversity has grown, but understanding still has a long way to go. Too many workplaces still rely on narrow ideas of what neurodivergence is supposed to look…
- Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: A Practical Guide for Leaders on Race Equity · 26 min · Episode 125A lot of organisations still explain the lack of racial diversity in leadership as a pipeline problem. It sounds neat, but it doesn’t hold up. In this episode, I unpack why…
- The Quiet Power of Learning: How Leaders Build Capability for an Uncertain Future with Kerri O’Neill · 50 min · Episode 124Learning can’t be treated like an extra anymore. Not when the pace of change is this high. Kerri O’Neill, Chief People Officer at Ipsos UK & Ireland, joins me this week, and we…
- Global Culture, Real Accountability: How Leaders Turn Values into Performance with Aaisha Knights-Ihediwa · 42 min · Episode 123Accountability sounds simple, but it gets complicated quickly in fast-paced, global organisations. In this conversation with Aaisha Knights-Ihediwa, we talk about what…
- From Intent to Access: How Leaders Turn Inclusion into Opportunity with Elham Fardad · 44 min · Episode 122Career progression is often presented as straightforward. Work hard, perform well, and opportunities will follow. For many professionals, especially women and migrants, the path…
- Business As a Force for Good with Anwar Ali · 53 min · Episode 121Can business genuinely be a force for good, and if so, what does that actually require in practice? In this conversation, I’m joined by Anwar Ali OBE, CEO and co-founder of…
- Leadership, Culture and Responsibility in Further Education with Hayley Ross · 38 min · Episode 120Further education sits under constant pressure, balancing funding constraints, public scrutiny, safeguarding responsibilities, and rising learner need. This conversation explores…
- Born of Two Worlds: Leadership, Identity & The Future of Neonatal Care with Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie · 52 min · Episode 119This conversation felt deeply personal. Not just because Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie and I share a name, but because her story touches on identity, leadership, resilience, and what it…
- Winding Down for Christmas Without Burning Out · 25 min · Episode 118As Christmas approaches, it’s easy to keep pushing even when you’re already exhausted. This episode is about slowing down when your energy is already low, not forcing yourself to…
- Money, Mindset & Missed Opportunities: What’s Really Holding UK Entrepreneurs Back? with Clive Black · 40 min · Episode 117Money shapes the way we dream, plan and build our lives, yet it is also one of the hardest topics to approach with honesty. In this conversation with Clive Black, a Director at…
- Leading Well in the GenAI Era: Ethics, Creativity & Human Performance with Professor Andy Miah · 40 min · Episode 116Artificial intelligence promises efficiency, creativity, and innovation, but what happens when the speed of progress outpaces our humanity? In this episode, I’m joined by…
- Breaking Tradition - How REACH is Redefining Law with Bridget Tatham · 54 min · Episode 115If you think the legal world is all stiff suits and old traditions, think again. My guest today, Bridget Tatham, is shaking things up from the inside. She’s a partner at Browne…
