Job Crafting, Ultra-Running, and the Power of Chunking - Rob Baker
The Restless Midlifer : Episode 83
Lessons Learned from ultra-running to help with the weight loss journey
Episode 83 features a more detailed perspective on the above, along with an interview with Rob Baker. Rob has a background in positive psychology and uses this to inform his work with organisations, teams, leaders and people to help them engage more effectively with work and enjoy it more. In the podcast we explore his approach to job crafting and how that can help individuals get more from their work and we explore Rob's ultra-running. I ask him about his participation in the Dragon Back Race which was subject to an Amazon Prime documentary. The race is a gruelling multi-day race over the mountains of Wales from North to South. Rob shares lessons learned and how he applies this to his own life and work.
Rob is a specialist in bringing positive psychology to life within organisations. He is the founder and Chief Positive Deviant of Tailored Thinking, a pioneering evidence-based positive psychology, wellbeing and HR consultancy who were named the UK’s HR Consultancy of the Year 2020 by the CIPD.
Rob is a TEDX speaker, author of Personalization at Work and Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and the Australian HR Institute. He is world-leading when it comes to enabling and encouraging job crafting and personalised people experience and his work, ideas and research has been presented at academic and professional conferences around the globe.
Link to our job crafting page on website.
Link to Rob's TEDX talk on personalisation at work and job crafting.
Blog on the different ways Rob crafts his job
Dave's approach to making changes in life, health and direction, is rooted in his 'sprout sweater philosophy. Check out his 'Crackerjack' video here https://youtu.be/OZM4ObMSu6U to learn more about the basic metaphor. Check out episodes 30 and 31 to learn more about Dave's approach.
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