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The Working Well Podcast
Leadership, Business Strategy, Future of Work
An essential podcast for corporate leaders and executives. The Working Well Podcast lives at the intersection between Business Strategy, Leadership, and Human Sustainability. Success now and in the future of work requires learning, growing, and adapting our thinking, skills, and strategies to help people and businesses thrive. On the show, we dive into topics such as sustaining high performance in your people and teams, building a strong corporate culture, managing rapid growth and change strategies, and how executive leaders can drive incredible results while avoiding the burnout trap! From closing the "Wellness-Wellbeing Gap" and elevating employee experience to innovative organizational performance strategies, each episode explores new and trending topics, interviews executive leaders, and taps into the wisdom of business icons, trailblazers, and leaders in their field.
#083 – Interrogate Your Reality | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 11
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t your effort—but your beliefs? In Episode 11 of the 52 Life Lessons series, Tim Borys explores how unexamined assumptions quietly shape our mindset, habits, and results. Drawing on psychology, coaching experience, and personal stories, Tim explains why...
#082 – Transforming Human Resource: From progress to Measurable Outcome (with Dave Ulrich)
What is the real role of HR and leadership today? In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, Tim Borys sits down with Dave Ulrich, one of the world’s leading thinkers on leadership, human resources, and organizational effectiveness, to challenge outdated assumptions about HR, wellbeing, and perfor...
#081 – Why Boundaries Fuel Performance | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 10
Burnout isn’t caused by lack of resilience — it’s caused by unfiltered demand. In Lesson 10 of the 52 Life Lessons series, Tim Borys explains why high performers build positive walls and gates to protect energy, focus, and passion. This episode explores how boundaries improve clarity, reduce burnout...
#080 – Building Equity at Scale: DEI That Drives Business (with Celeste Warren)
In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys speaks with Celeste Warren, former VP & Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Merck, where she spent nearly 30 years building measurable, scalable DEI systems across a global workforce. Celeste shares what most companies get wrong...
#079 – Why Joy Is a Leadership Strategy | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 9
Most leaders think joy is optional — or worse, unprofessional. Science says otherwise. In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, Tim Borys explains why smiling, laughter, and joy are powerful tools for leadership effectiveness, resilience, creativity, and performance. Backed by neuroscience and r...
#078 – The Science of Wisdom: Turned Adversity into Eight Lessons (with Dr. Laura Gabayan)
What if leadership wasn’t about intelligence, but wisdom? In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys sits down with Dr. Laura Gabayan, emergency physician, researcher, and author of The Common Wisdom: Eight Essential Elements of a Meaningful Life. After chronic illness changed her c...
#077 – Why Adults Need Play | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 8
Most adults don’t realize it, but they’ve eliminated one of the most important ingredients for wellbeing, creativity, and performance: play. In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys explores how play transforms your mental, emotional, and physical health — and why it’s the key to ...
#076 – Leading by Design: How Purpose, People & Process Drive Performance (with Mark Reich)
In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys speaks with Mark Reich, Senior Coach and Chief Engineer of Strategy at the Lean Enterprise Institute and former Toyota executive, about how leadership, culture, and process design work together to build high-performing teams. Mark shares ho...
#075 – Beyond the Title | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 7
In this episode of the 52 Life Lessons series, host Tim Borys tackles one of the toughest truths for high achievers—your value isn’t defined by your title, income, or achievements. Drawing from personal experience and two decades of coaching leaders, Tim reveals how chasing external success leads to...
#074 - Rewriting the Rules of HR: How Data, Diversity & Technology Drive the Future of Work (with Carol MacKinlay)
In this episode of the Working Well Podcast, host Tim Borys sits down with Carol MacKinlay, Chief Human Resources Officer at Pebble and board director for a leading publicly traded crypto company. With more than 30 years of global HR experience—including leadership roles at Binance US, Xero, and Pla...
