EP281: Richard Safeer, MD, How our team culture and workplace culture impact our health and well-being

Team and workplace culture can deeply impact a person’s health and well-being. And, as a health coach, it’s important to consider these workplace dynamics to provide the best support to your client. Today’s guest, Dr. Richard Safeer, discusses how workplace and team cultures affect our health and the need for health coaches to take into account their clients’ work environments while helping them. 

In this episode, they talk about:

• The impact of workplace culture and subcultures on the health and well-being of employees

• Importance of emotional intelligence in understanding and managing workplace stress

• Lifestyle changes or strategies that health coaches can use to help people in different work-related situations

• Workplace norms and their impact on healthy behaviors in the workplace

• How health coaches can help clients manage workplace norms that are harmful to their well-being

• Impact of environmental cues at work on our lifestyle choices

Memorable Quotes:

• “Most of the health coaches are not getting exposed to this idea about how we address the eight or nine hours a day that our clients or our patients are spending working, either remotely or in the workplace.”
• “We spend most of our waking hours working, so it is in our best interest if we’re really trying to optimize the help we can provide to understand how the workplace and the workplace culture impact our ability to make healthy choices and have a positive mindset day.”
• “Just because everybody’s doing one thing doesn’t mean that you should do that one thing if it’s not good for your health and well-being. But that takes a lot of effort.”
• “Our coworkers can absolutely impact our lifestyle.”
• “Having a repertoire of work-related questions that impact health and well-being is vitally important, because the number of hours most Americans spend working and in the workplace.”

BIO: 

Dr. Safeer is a highly respected leader in the employee health and well-being field. His work is featured by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and he’s been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and Fortune Magazine.

Dr. Safeer currently serves as the Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being for Johns Hopkins Medicine where he leads the Healthy at Hopkins employee health and well-being strategy. He’s also the author of A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Workforce.

Dr. Safeer is board certified in three medical specialties, a fellow in three medical colleges and has been recognized by a former Maryland governor for his contribution to the state public health system.

Dr. Safeer loves being active outdoors and has hiked and camped in Australia, Alaska and the Andes, among other great outdoor areas of the world. Dr. Safeer and his wife are celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary this September. They are fortunate to have three healthy children.

Mentioned In This Episode:

Dr. Richard Safeer Website: https://richardsafeer.com/ 

A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier and More Resilient Workforce book - https://amzn.to/3bG1q1D 

Links to resources:

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