Graham Barkus is the Founder and the Managing Director of The Human Factor, a management consulting firm designed to help people and businesses through major changes. The Human Factor helps clients address transformation, improve relationships, and enhance performance.
In addition to his business, Graham is a Non-Executive Director of Peak Pacific Group and a Partner at Transformation Worldwide. Before founding The Human Factor in 2002, he worked with Cathay Pacific Airways as its Head of Organization Development and Change for almost nine years.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Graham Barkus talks about his journey from medical worker to leadership guru
- How Graham leveraged his humanities degree in the business world
- The relationship between stress and innovation
- What is the difference between promoting health versus preventing disease?
- Promoting health in our organizations and why we need to reconsider our approach
- How different aspects of a company impact employee well-being
- Addressing the primary human factors in business performance
- Graham explains the importance of proximity and connections with other people
In this episode…
What does well-being in the workplace look like? The response can vary wildly from generation to generation, job to job.
The latest trend is holistic thinking. Being healthy isn’t just about physical performance — it’s also about your mind, emotions, and social relationships. Many companies fall short of this standard and wonder why their employees’ performance is not up to par. You must ensure your team’s success and well-being to have them at their best. In his own line of work, Graham Barkus noticed what works — and he’s made it his mission to help companies reach the next level through the human touch.
In this episode of the Next Wave Leadership, Dov Pollack talks to Graham Barkus, Founder and Managing Director of The Human Factor, about how improving your employees’ well-being will increase company performance. They detail the relationship between stress and innovation, reconsidering the definition of “healthy” and why we need proximity. They also discuss Graham’s interesting career and what led him to become a leadership expert.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The Human Factor
- Graham Barkus on LinkedIn
- Dov Pollack on LinkedIn
- Next Wave Leadership
- Dov’s email: [email protected]
- Dr. Eva Selhub
- Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society by Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers
Sponsor for this episode…
Founded by Dov Pollack, Next Wave Leadership is an executive coaching firm focused on helping CEOs, executives, and emerging leaders to deepen their executive presence, differentiate their voice, and embrace the plot and promise of their story.
To know more about what we can do to help you grow as a leader, visit our website at NextWaveLeadership.com or send us an email at [email protected].
