Episode description

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.

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.