Podcast appearances and mentions of charlotte lockhart

The 40 hour work week in New Zealand was largely cemented in the 1930's. It was argued it would increase work opportunities in an economic depression. French law on the other hand defines the full time work week as 35 hours. Last year 45 German companies took part in a four day work week trial and one US police department has also given it a go. Charlotte Lockhart, is the co-founder of Four Day Week Global, an organisation prompting a shift to shorter hours. Lockhart spoke to Lisa Owen.

The age old question as to whether the 4-day-working-week is answered in a positive light by Charlotte Lockhart who justifies its benefits by relating it to work satisfaction from employees and, in-turn, the overall increased productivity. Charlotte also believes this is an inevitable growth that will become the norm sooner rather than later. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio www.instagram.com/pulse95radio

This week, we dive into the transformative potential of a four-day workweek with Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global. Charlotte shares her journey, insights from global trials, and how a reduced work schedule can boost productivity and well-being. We discuss impacts on gender balance, mental health, and overall happiness in the workplace. Join us as we explore why working smarter, not longer, is becoming a game-changer for businesses and employees alike. Let's get this rebellion started!Highlights:(4:39) Reducing work hours and improving wellbeing in the workplace(11:55) Mental health and well-being before and after the pandemic(19:45) Work-life balance and employee well-being(26:11) Reducing work hours to improve work-life balance and productivity(30:34) Workplace well-beingFind out more:4 Day Week Global HERE.Mental State of the World Report 2023 HERE.World Happiness Report 2024 HERE.Take the Aurora 360 Quiz: How Effective Is Your Company's Wellbeing Strategy? Click HereConnect with us here:Website: aurorawellnessgroup.co.ukLinkedIn: NgoziLinkedIn: ObehiBook a Call here

On the inaugural episode of "The American Resolution," host Heather Gardner solves the issue of American burnout with the fantastic four-day workweek!First, Heather is joined by comedian Juliana LaBarbiera to break down the social media "Tradwife" trend (1:30) and test whether Juliana can detect whether a statement is fact or opinion - a skill that many Americans struggle with (5:00).Then, Heather does a deep dive into the history of the American five-day, 40-hour workweek that's leading to record levels of burnout (10:00) and the momentum building to scale back our work-obsessed society.Finally, she talks to Charlotte Lockhart, managing director and co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, a company whose sole mission is to help companies and governments transition workers to a 32-hour, four-day workweek with no loss in productivity or pay (17:00), a concept that's also being championed by Senator Bernie Sanders!Make sure to follow Heather on all the social media platforms at @HeatherGTV and the podcast @AmericanResolutionPod for the latest content and updates!

Dr. Laura welcomes author, entrepreneur, and pioneer of the 4 day week movement, Andrew Barnes, to the show to examine the benefits of his innovative 4 day work week movement. Andrew explains why he originally piloted a 4 day week and how that led to a global research program involving academics from leading universities. Would this benefit us? And in what ways would we realize that benefit?Dr. Laura's conversation with Andrew Barnes starts with the big question: how can fewer days lead to more productivity? Andrew first defines what productivity is before diving into how the 4 day week can change our work-life wellness. It's clear from the statistics and research Andrew shares that the 4 day week is a viable alternative companies should be considering. Rather than reducing one's pay to 80%, people are paid their full-time salary but complete their work over 4 instead of 5 days. This reduced workweek increases productivity and efficiency, leading us to have more control over our time,  in turn improving our health and wellness. Dr. Laura and Andrew Barnes have a compelling discussion that will change the way we perceive work structure.“So one of the most interesting pieces of research that we run is when we've had people on a four day week, and at the end of the pilot we ask them: how much do I have to pay you to go back to five days from four days? And about 15% say you just physically can't pay me enough, just not doing it. About another 15% will need a 75% pay rise. And then, you know, a large chunk of them are going to need about 50%. So what that says is that an employee values the time off at a higher price than you are actually paying for it.” Andrew BarnesAbout Andrew Barnes:Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitisation leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, he made international headlines across the world with an idea that he believed would raise productivity in the workplace, while also contributing to the personal wellbeing of his staff – a 4 day work week. Through his company – New Zealand's largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian – Andrew announced a 4 day week trial, with staff receiving an extra day off work, on full pay, each week. The trial was an undeniable success, sparking widespread international interest and winning a number of global awards. Today, Barnes is considered the pioneer and architect of the global 4 day week movement. As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global with his partner, Charlotte Lockhart, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. More than 250 companies around the world with over 100,000 staff are taking part in the trials to change their workplaces combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities including Boston College, Cambridge, Oxford and many more. Additionally, in the last 4 years Andrew has worked with companies such as Unilever and has been part of the advisory process for close to a dozen country and regional governments who are all effecting change to the way their populations will work now and in the future. Recently he was recognised Introducing The Forbes Future Of Work 50 as a leader in workplace innovation. Andrew and Charlotte's vision is to provide a community environment for companies, researchers/academics and interested parties to be able to connect and advance this idea as part of the future of work. Through this work he is on the advisory boards of both the US and Ireland 4 day week campaigns and the board of the newly created Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and is a founding member of the World Wellbeing Movement.In 2019 he wrote The 4 Day Week book, as a how to guide for companies trying to reduce work hours and increase productivity.Resources:Website: 4DayWeek.comAndrew Barnes on LinkedIn“The 4 Day Week” by Andrew Barnes with Stephanie Jones“The Worst Journey in the World” by Apsley Cherry-GarrardLearn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.liveFor more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations: Canada Career CounsellingSynthesis Psychology

A dynamic and growing group of companies and organizations are moving to a 4 day work week. Andrew Barnes is the pioneer behind this movement. It all started with an experiment to see what would happen if his team worked 4 days instead of 5. The results were so breathtaking that he never looked back. Now there's an entire organization - including research, a book, and tools - dedicated to making the work world more efficient.   Through his company – New Zealand's largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian – Andrew announced a 4 day week trial, with staff receiving an extra day off work, on full pay, each week. The trial was an undeniable success, sparking widespread international interest and winning a number of global awards. Today, Barnes is considered the pioneer and architect of the global 4 day week movement. As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global with his partner, Charlotte Lockhart, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. More than 250 companies around the world with over 100,000 staff are taking part in the trials to change their workplaces combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities. Continuing our season long thread on creating work/life integration, this conversation is an excellent primer for both employers and employees on creating a 4 Day Work Week. Andrew is the literal pioneer of this movement so I invited him to BTB to discuss how it was born, the concerns many leaders have, why the movement has picked up steam, and how you – whether you're a leader or a team member – can use these ideas to create a more sustainable and effective approach to work. We spent a lot of time at the top of this conversation exploring Andrew's background because I think that context is important once he starts discussing the 4 Day Work Week. That said, if you want to skip to the topical portion, it begins around minute 25. Behind His Brilliance:  Finding opportunity anywhere Say hi to Andrew on X/Twitter @andrewhbarnes   TOPICS COVERED -how Andrew built a career as an international entrepreneur -Andrew's reflections on betting on himself (and why you should too) -the keys to navigating organizational change -how and why the 4 Day Work Week became a thing -the art and science of designing down time -the counterintuitive ways less work powers more efficiency -how to save your company from meeting culture -how to trial a 4 day week in your organization -addressing employee concerns about the 4 day week -the 4 day week's impact on wage expectations (spoiler: workers value their time!) -the legislative activity around a 4 day work week And much more!

What is the future of work? It's the question everyone wants the answer to. Has anyone got it right yet? The jury's out. One thing's for sure, we all want to work smarter, not longer.  In this episode, Olga is joined by Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global. She talks about why a focus on productivity, not time, can help us all be happier, healthier and more successful. Anne-Marie Lister, Chief People Officer at Atom Bank, also joins in to talk about their new approach to work. iress.com/upfrontSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlotte Lockhart, is the Co-founder and MD of 4 Day Week Global, advocating for a productivity-focused, reduced-hour workplace.Charlotte is also a Board member of Oxford University's Wellbeing Research Centre and co-founder of the World Wellbeing Movement.Her company has helped oversee 4 Day Week trials in UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.Charlotte gives us some fascinating insight into the findings of the trials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Resilience Podcast is brought to you by the Resilience Institute. Discover how we measure and build resilience skills within organizations at ⁠⁠https://resiliencei.com⁠⁠. This episode is hosted by ⁠⁠Brad Hook⁠⁠. How did a 4 day week start? How do you build a life around you that allows you to be resilient? Reduce work time and keep your business more productive What are some tips for employers who want to create a culture of well-being? Charlotte Lockhart is an award-winning speaker, presenter and business leader, and additionally, an investor and philanthropist with more than 30 years experience in multiple industries in New Zealand, the Middle East and globally. As co-founder and managing director for 4 Day Week Global she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. Connect with Charlotte Website | https://www.4dayweek.com/

Many of us have been following the results of the global 4 day work week trials. The results are in..... It does work!!! Charlotte shares with us the key success metrics and the impact it has had on business, employees and customers.  We are moving towards this new world of work, an important conversation for many of us who are considering the different ways to get work done.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am certain you've heard that a 4-day work week is gaining traction coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic with employers. Not only has the Work-from-Home experience taught many employers that office workers can be as productive from anywhere, there is growing evidence that shows workers are more happy and engaged when they have an extra day each week. While the research is not definitive and there are many caveats to the perceived benefits of a 4-day work week (e.g., certain businesses cannot be fully adapted to a shorter work week), the organization, 4 Day Week Global has been undertaking pilots in the UK and the results seem promising.In this conversation, I talk to Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global to hear some of the benefits that have been found. As well, what should companies consider before pursuing a shortened work week? Charlotte co-authored "What Leaders Need to Know Before Trying a 4 Day Work Week," which was used as the basis for this discussion.Visit my NEW Website! https://openmindspodcast.com/Check out my Instagram/Tik Tok for daily posts: Instagram @openmindspodTiktok @openmindspodcast

Some claim the pandemic has ushered in a "post work" era when the concepts of work, workplace, and commute are being remade. Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, co-creation and multi-locational work sites are creating new spaces for work and encouraging the merging of work and non-work spaces like never before. These changes are also hastening the development of unequal labour landscapes across our cities. This panel explores the impact of the "post-work" condition on how we work in, move through, and engage in the city. This event has been co-organised with the Australasian Cities Research Network. Panel Dr. Jim Stanford is an economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work. Jim founded the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute in 2016. He has served for over 20 years as Economist and Director of Policy with Unifor, Canada's largest private-sector trade union. He divides his time between Vancouver, B.C., and Sydney Australia. Jason Lindsay is the founding partner of the successful Petridish Shared Office Space that celebrated its five year's mark in 2021. With a career working in film and television in the United Stated and New Zealand Jason is now heavily invested in helping start-ups design products through his “Inventors' Lab.” Charlotte Lockhart is the founder of the 4 Day Week Global campaign she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. She is also on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University. Katharine McKinnon is a professor and the director of the Centre for Sustainable Communities at the University of Canberra. Katharine is also the chair of Community Economies Institute Australia. Katharine has extensively published on topics of community wellbeing and development and economies of care. Marcus Spiller is the founding partner at the SGS Economics and Planning with a core passion is social justice. Marcus is past National President of the Planning Institute of Australia. He has served on the Commonwealth Government's National Housing Supply Council. He is a Ministerial appointee to the Housing Supply Expert Panel for South East Queensland and sits on the Ministerial Advisory Committee on planning mechanisms for affordable housing in Victoria. Etienne Nel is Professor and heads the School of Geography at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has more than 30 years of experience in researching economic and urban history and development. Eteinne extensively teaches on Economic Geography in the Post-World War II era. Ashraful Alam coordinates the Master of Planning Programme at the University of Otago. He teaches Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work. Ash is the committee member of the Australasian Cities Research Network ACRN.

Is a four day week the future of work? Craig sat down with founder of the Four Day Week Global, Charlotte Lockhart, to find out what they've been learning from their global pilots and studies. What is / isn't a four day week? Where does it work / not work? What are the learnings from the global pilots? How does it impact key business metrics like staff attrition? How do we make it work? What's the process? For answers to these questions and many more, have a listen and let us know if you think a four day week is the future of work!

“We have a principle called 180/100 rule, and what we say with this is that the pay remains the same but we aim to reduce work time by 80%.”“Some of the most successful models are when you have a fully flexible model that allows your people to reduce work time in a meaningful way but in a way that suits them.”Links mentioned:Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn

The five-day work week hasn't changed since it was first brought to prominence by Henry Ford almost a century ago. But this set-up is increasingly at odds with our 21st Century lifestyles - and is having a real and measurable impact on our mental health and wellbeing.In this episode, Sarah chats to Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart: co-founders of 4 Day Week Global, a not-for-profit community whose support for trials across the globe has shown the very real benefits - for employees and business alike - of reducing work time to the equivalent of four days a week.***We are all Working on our Wellbeing daily, but not everyone has access to the latest cutting-edge research into the science of wellbeing … until now. From our home at the World Wellbeing Movement, within the University of Oxford, we have created the Working on Wellbeing podcast so that you can be a fly on the wall during our conversations with the world's leading wellbeing experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte Lockhart is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the 4 Day Week Campaign. She works to promote the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace internationally. Through this, she is on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of US and Irish campaigns for the four-day week. In her role, she is a sponsor of the World Wellbeing Movement alongside a number of leading global partners. Charlotte, alongside her partner Andrew Barnes, has been conducting the largest-ever trials of the four-day week, across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. We discover how the four-day week has massively improved productivity, well-being, and burnout.

Founder and managing director of 4 Day Week Global, Charlotte Lockhart, joins Business Extra host Kelsey Warner this week to share the results of the world's largest trial to reduce working week. Ms Lockhart led the trial with dozens of employers and thousands of employees in the UK, US, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The results showed that reducing work time doesn't affect productivity of employees, highlighting that some companies were able to reduce official work hours by 20% without decreasing their pay. It also revealed a significant decrease in rates of stress and illness among the approximately 2,900 staff who participated in the shorter working week.

This could be the argument you need to switch to a 4-day work week. Charlotte Lockhart, Managing Director and Founder of 4 Day Week Global, helps us understand if this could work for every career and what you need to know about their latest worldwide test.  Will facial recognition benefit you or big corporations like Air Canada? Dr. Wonsook Lee, a professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Ottawa, tells us more about how facial recognition works, its real-world applications, and more. RUOK with drive-thrus? How about hecklers? HEY, DO YOU LIKE PODCASTS? Why not subscribe to ours? Find it on Apple, Google, Spotify & Tune In

We all know the story. After worshipping at the altar of "lean" for decades, we spent two years wondering where all the toilet paper and pickup trucks went. Covid reminded us that too much efficiency could be colossally inefficient, slack was back, hooray. Then you tried to board that Southwest flight a couple months ago and you realized the germ-like aversion to slack had taken root far beyond the manufacturing sector. In this episode, we discuss how keeping "slack in the system" in all aspects of our lives helps us stay happy, productive, and safe from the horrifying dystopia foretold by Garfield In Paradise. (chrome, chrome, chrome…bop bop a re-bop)Mentioned in this episode:1:40 - Episode #50: Unions, Strikes, and Your Rights with Dan Gilmore3:20 - FTC Holds Public Forum on Proposed Rule Banning Use of Non-Compete Agreements10:20 - The Employment Situation - December 202210:50 - Episode #48: Let's Get Down(sized)!11:05 - The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy14:20 - Billionaire Charlie Munger says to stop complaining everyone is five times better off than they used to be15:00 - The 15-Hour Workweek15:40 - Episode #41: Time For Niksen (not that Nixon)20:15 - Why 2023 Could Finally Be the Year of the 4-Day Workweek20:15 - Episode #44: Charlotte Lockhart and the 4-Day Week25:20 - Southwest Airlines Has Fallen Apart39:00 - Garfield in Paradise Come visit us at busynessparadox.com to see episode transcripts, blog posts and other content while you're there!

In this episode, the hosts spoke with Charlotte Lockhart, Co-Founder and CEO of the 4-Day Week Global. Charlotte touched on a number of topics around the future of work, and specifically on reimagining productivity and doing more with less.Charlotte Lockhart has had a long and successful career in the legal and finance industries, and in 2019, was working at an organization where a 4-day workweek pilot was implemented. Charlotte co-led this experiment, and it soon became clear that there were not only tangible benefits, but massive interest from other organizations. 4-Day Week Global recently released their Ireland and US Report from a 6-month trial involving 33 companies and 969 employees. Download a copy here to see the results. Enjoy!To stay connected and continue the conversation, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn.And don't forget to check out our previous episodes for more tips and strategies to boost your workplace happiness. You can find them on your favorite podcast platform or on our website.If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions for future episodes, please reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you!Stay inspired, stay motivated, and stay happy at work!

Arguably some of us waste a fair bit of our working life dreaming of this - working less while still picking up the same pay cheque. Results of a new study suggest a four day working week rather than the traditional five is a win for businesses and their employees. More than 30 companies took part in a six month trial where staff got an extra day off work without a cut in pay; revenues went up, while resignations and absenteeism went down. Not for profit grou 4 Day Week Global coordinated the project. Founder and acting CEO Charlotte Lockhart talks to Lisa Owen.  

Eighty years ago, Congress formalized a 40 hour work week in the United States. That policy hasn't changed since then, even though today's workforce looks very different than it did in the 1940s. With so many people working from home these days or dropping out of the workforce altogether, is it time we rethink our employment laws? What if we worked four days a week instead of five? Would it completely upend our work culture? This week on Downside Up, Chris Cillizza is joined by Anne Helen Petersen, author of “Out of Office;” Angela Garbes, author of “Essential Labor;” and Charlotte Lockhart, founder of the nonprofit 4 Day Week - Global, to explore what the world would look if everyone works fewer hours. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A hundred years ago, we moved from working six days a week to five, and now Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart are preaching the positive effects of shifting to a four-day workweek. They are the founders of the nonprofit organization, 4 Day Week Global. In this episode of Flip Your Script with Kristi Piehl, Andrew and Charlotte talk about how the pandemic shifted work-life balance and how the four-day workweek increases productivity and decreases stress.

A trial of a four-day working week is currently on in the United Kingdom, and it has now reached its halfway point. Charlotte Lockhart is the founder and chief executive of Four Day Week Global. She talks to Nick Truebridge.  

Guest: Charlotte  Lockhart | Founder and Managing Director  at 4 Day Week Global Wasanga is joined by Charlotte Lockhart, Founder and Managing Director at  4 Day Week Global to talk about where South Africa stands on the four-day work weekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than 3,000 workers at 70 companies in the UK began a six-month trial of a four-day working week in June. Researchers will work with each organisation to measure the effects on productivity and the well-being of its workers, and on the environment and gender equality. The trend toward new patterns of work has accelerated following the Covid-19 pandemic. Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes, from non-profit 4 Day Week Global, talk to hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner about how they are building a community to research four day work week practices and identify the future of work. In this episode: Will the 4 day work week be a reality? (0m 13s) Measuring performance and adapting to the change (3m 52s) Bringing all the sectors together (6m 53s) Handling bad management, the 'grind' culture and the great resignation (11m 53s) Will the trend last or will we revert back? (15m 58s)   Read more on our website: Companies could save $206bn by adopting remote working and ease inflation pressures Will the world follow the UAE's modernised working week? Belgian workers can ask for four-day week in first for Europe Subscribe to Business Extra for free to receive new episodes every week Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean

“We're not talking about doing the same work in less time. We're looking at your business processes to figure out how you can deliver the same output with fewer and more efficient inputs.”The 5-day work week has been a familiar concept since the early 1900s, and it's hard to imagine life without it. But the 5-day week concept was originally designed with the idea that the working individual had a spouse at home to take care of the domestic duties, and this isn't nearly as common today. This leads to a burnt-out workforce with an uneven work-life balance. In comes the concept of a 4-day work week – but how would you implement it? In today's episode of HR in 15, we're continuing our conversation with Joe O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer of 4 Day Week Global. Host Rhonda Wheelous, Director of Client Services at PrestigePEO, joins him to discuss how a company should bring a 4-day work week into reality. Highlights Include: The 4 Day Work Week Global pilot programHow real companies have thrived after adopting this new scheduleTraining, networking, and mentoring to make sure this new schedule works for everyoneHave questions? PrestigePEO is always available to help with HR, employee benefits and payroll, and more. Call Us Today at 888-PEO-PEO1 or visit prestigepeo.com.Joe O'Connor is a driven and dynamic campaigner and communicator, with extensive leadership experience, and a passion for social justice and progressive change. Joe is currently based in New York City, where in addition to all his work for 4 Day Week Global, he is conducting a one-year research fellowship with Cornell University, leading a research project on working time reduction.  He was appointed as CEO in March 2022, taking over from Charlotte Lockhart. Previously he was 4 Day Week Global's pilot program manager, where he is coordinating pilots of the four-day working week in Ireland, the United States and Canada, with almost 50 companies signed up to participate in six-month coordinated trials early in 2022. Pilots are being planned later in 2022 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.  

If you're a regular listener to Oven-Ready you'll know that we out together a couple of compilation episodes called Oven-Ready Reheated listening again to some of the key moments from the season's episodes. [00:38] Gethin Nadin is one of the world's top Employee Experience and Wellbeing Influencers. In the first of two clips, Gethin describes how the events of the past few years have had a profound influence on younger workers.[02:22] In this second segment, Gethin reveals how the cost of living crisis is changing the relationship between employer and employee.[03:19] I was discussing hybrid working with HR boardroom veteran, mentor and author Andrew Bartlow and how important it was for HR practitioners to help build a sense of community among disprsed employees.[05:19] I ask Chris Roebuck the honorary Visiting Professor of Transformational leadership at London's Cass Business School if as we're often told, HR should be the guardians of an organisation's culture?[08:43] The big experiment in the 4 day week is under way in the UK and I asked Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week global if as well as some employers resisting the concept, some employees find it difficult to accept to?[11:59] Stephen Bevan the head of HR Research Development at the Institute for Employment Studies responds to my question about how poor leadership and toxic work cultures undo wellbeing initiatives[13:58] For lovers of politics, the political scene in the UK continues to offer plenty of entertainment, but if we do change Government in the not too distant future, what will this mean for the world of work? In this clip, Justin Madders MP Labour's Shadow Minister for Employment Rights and Protections gives us his party's view on flexible working. Resources:https://ovenreadyhr.com 

You asked us to talk more about four-day work weeks, we did you one better. Join us for a discussion with Charlotte Lockhart, founder and managing director of the 4 Day Week Global Foundation! With operations in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe, Charlotte and her husband, Andrew Barnes (author of The 4 Day Week), are at the literal forefront of this movement. If you've ever questioned the Monday-Friday, one-size-fits-all approach to work scheduling, we think you'll like what she has to say.Links to People and Publications Mentioned in this Episode:4 Day Week Global: 4dayweek.comCharlotte LockhartAndrew BarnesBook - The 4 Day Week by Andrew Barnes:PaperbackAudiobook (Audible)Audiobook (Audible UK)Visit us at busynessparadox.com and check out some of our blog posts and other content while you're there!

The 1st of August is significant because it's the first day of the four day working week pilot here in New Zealand. A bunch of New Zealand businesses across a whole range of industries - including manufacturing, marketing, construction - are trialing whether a four day week can work for them. It follows similar trials all over the world led by 4 Day Week Global. The co-founders of which join us now - Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if you could increase productivity by 20% simply by giving your people more time off? That's the idea that led Charlotte Lockhart to co-found 4 Day Week Global, a research and pilot program advocating a more flexible 4-day work week. It may seem radical - and yet, it works. Find out why companies all over the world are embracing this new style of flexible work, and discover the secret to producing more with less. _________________________ Want to thrive in the world of work? You've come to the right place. We help workers and organizations understand and prepare for the #FutureOfWork   Let's stay in touch

“In a really tight labor market, the 4-day work week can give businesses a competitive advantage .”You've probably heard of the 4-day work week concept already – in recent years, this idea has become popular in the business world. But you may not actually know of any companies that utilize this 4-day week, and it's even less likely that you currently work on a 4-day week yourself. Today we're speaking with a company that wants to change that. In this episode of HR in 15, Rhonda Wheelous, Director of Client Services at PrestigePEO speaks with Joe O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer of 4 Day Week Global. Tune in to hear about why a 4-day work week works.Highlights Include: How a shorter work week increases productivity Improvements in work/life balanceLess need for sick days and better morale overallHave questions? PrestigePEO is always available to help with HR, employee benefits and payroll, and more. Call Us Today at 888-PEO-PEO1 or visit prestigepeo.com.Joe O'Connor is a driven and dynamic campaigner and communicator, with extensive leadership experience, and a passion for social justice and progressive change. Joe is currently based in New York City, where in addition to all his work for 4 Day Week Global, he is conducting a one-year research fellowship with Cornell University, leading a research project on working time reduction.  He was appointed as CEO in March 2022, taking over from Charlotte Lockhart. Previously he was 4 Day Week Global's pilot program manager, where he is coordinating pilots of the four-day working week in Ireland, the United States and Canada, with almost 50 companies signed up to participate in six-month coordinated trials early in 2022. Pilots are being planned later in 2022 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.  

RUOK with payday? We also may have killed a mosquito... Would a 4-day work week, work for you? Charlotte Lockhart, the founder of 4 Day Week Global, tells us the benefits of shortening our time at work and how that can improve productivity.  What The Hell Should We Watch This Weekend returns with Steve Stebbing. He gives us a review of Thor Love and  Thunder, plus a tribute to James Caan. HEY, DO YOU LIKE PODCASTS? Why not subscribe to ours?find it on Apple, Google, Spotify & Curiouscast.ca   

Joe O'Connor is a driven and dynamic campaigner and communicator, with extensive leadership experience, and a passion for social justice and progressive change.Joe is currently based in New York City, where in addition to all his work for 4 Day Week Global, he is conducting a one-year research fellowship with Cornell University, leading a research project on working time reduction.He was appointed as CEO in March 2022, taking over from Charlotte Lockhart. Previously he was 4 Day Week Global's pilot program manager, where he is coordinating pilots of the four-day working week in Ireland, the United States and Canada, with almost 50 companies signed up to participate in six-month coordinated trials early in 2022. Pilots are being planned later in 2022 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.Joe is also the chairperson of the Four Day Week Ireland campaign, having founded the coalition in 2019, and coordinated the successful launch of a pilot program and government-funded research project in 2021. He has been active on the issue of working time reduction since 2018, when he organised a major international conference on ‘The Future of Working Time'.Previously, Joe worked as Director of Campaigning with Fórsa Trade Union, Ireland's largest public service union, where he led the design, development and rollout of several ground-breaking, successful and award-winning campaigns, as well as playing a leading role in driving a significant organisational change management project.He is a former political party chairperson and political campaign director and adviser, having managed several successful national political and electoral campaigns. He is also a former President of the Union of Students in Ireland, and held a number of high-level governance and policy directorships in the field of third-level education.In 2020, Joe co-founded The Doorstep Market, a voluntary initiative set up to support small, independent Irish businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual multi-vendor marketplace acted an online ‘one-stop shop', enabling Irish consumers to ‘stay home and shop local', from a selection of over 300 small Irish businesses and more than 1,000 products.He holds an MBS in Strategy and Innovation Management and a BBS (Honours) in Accounting from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Employment Law from The Honorable Society of King's Inns.Connect with Joe on LinkedIn.

Charlotte Lockhart is a business advocate, investor and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience in multiple industries locally and overseas. As founder and managing director for the 4 Day Week Global campaign, she works to promote internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace.

In this episode of Oven-Ready HR I take a closer look at an innovative employment model that's growing in popularity around the world.  The 4 Day Week is a reduced-hour working model, which seeks to prioritise working smarter to produce better business productivity and positive employee outcomes such as employee retention, engagement and reduced absence levels.Joining me to discuss this growing work-trend is Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global – a not-for-profit community for those individuals and organisations keen to explore new ways of working. Charlotte herself is a business advocate, investor and philanthropist. She's on the board of the  Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of the US and Irish campaigns for the 4 Day Week. How does the 4 Day Week Work? [01:15]Charlotte explains the principle behind the 4 Day Week. Workers are paid 100% of their wages for only working 80% of the time whilst providing 100% productivity. The idea is to reduce the amount of work time by focusing on productivity. After all if productivity is maintained why should pay be reduced? How do businesses boost productivity? [02:11]Boosting productivity is notoriously difficult. Charlotte explains that within a business environment, the answers are found in the micro-environment; for example how many widgets are produced, how many meetings are called but most importantly work with your employees as they will help you identify time-saving efficiencies. Are some employees resistant to change? [07:11]Charlotte explains that there are always employees who confuse productivity with being ‘busy' but as she says “busy is not productive” and working 80 hours a week is not a badge of honour. She goes on to explain that millennials and the generations that follow view work in a different way and don't want to work the hours their parents did. Can the 4 Day Week work across all sectors? [20:00]Yes is the simple answer.  Charlotte gives an example of a bus company in New Zealand where one of the routes operated attracts very few passengers but is convenient for the company to use.  Her argument is that if you talk to your workers and your customers efficiencies can be found that won't affect the level of service. At [23:01], Charlotte further explains that it's dangerous to assume that no sector couldn't benefit from revieing the way work is structured or organised. Meetings are the enemy of productivity [24:21]‘No Agenda No Attender' is the mantra Charlotte quotes when it comes to meetings.  She explains the changes she made at her own firm to reduce time spent on these fruitless interactions. She further illustrates how people eating lunch at their desk and the use of open plan offices has a detrimental effect on individual productivity.Resourceshttps://www.4dayweek.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/podcasthost/https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottelockhartnz/https://ovenreadyhr.com

“We have to remember that we borrow our people from their lives,” explains Charlotte Lockhart, founder and CEO of 4 Day Week Global, a not-for-profit community promoting the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. In today's episode of Problem Performers, Charlotte discusses how reducing the work week actually increases productivity. Charlotte's 4 Day Week Global community focuses on bringing pilot programs into businesses to demonstrate the effectiveness of a reduced work schedule. The 40-hour work week was designed at a time when life looked very different for most employees. With the increased connectivity and workloads of modern life, it is no longer a well-balanced solution for most businesses. By reducing the length of the work week, business owners can reduce stress and burnout levels in their employees, and increase their efficiency as a result. Tune into this week's episode of Problem Performers for a conversation with Charlotte Lockhart and host Rebecca Weaver about the impact a reduced work week could have on your business, and how to broach the idea with your boss. Learn more about Charlotte's pilot program and the ways businesses can adapt to better value their employees' time.   Quotes  • “Life is shorter than you might think, often, and when I mean that it's not just your physical life, but we turn around and in the blink of an eye our work life is gone.” (04:21-04:32) • “In the end, what we're talking about when we're talking about the four-day work week or some form of reduced-hour work week is we're talking about rebalancing the place that work has in our lives. If we think about it, when we first had the 40-hour work week…our society was constructed differently. We didn't have laptops and cellphones, and generally it was just dad that went to work, and he was generally home for family meals, and mum did the children and the community and charity stuff.” (05:44-06:28) • “Work's place in our lives has gotten out of proportion to where it should have been, even with the 40-hour week. So the conversation we're having with people is actually, how do we rebalance that life for ourselves?” (06:54-07:07) • “When I'm talking to employers I say, ‘We have to remember that we borrow our people from their lives'....If you take that attitude to your employment and into your environment, then actually you've got to think, ‘Okay, so if the bit of someone's life that I have them for is to give me a productive outcome, then how can I do that with them that means that they can have more time away from work.” (07:11-07:50) • “At its heart, our program is a productivity-gaining program. We say to people ‘you need to join together with your people to find ways to do what your business does in less time. How you do that really will be up to the business, your people, and your customers'...It's about management and business owners recognizing that they're in partnership with their employees.” And when you treat that relationship as a partnership and respect each other in a partnership-style role, you'll actually drive things better. And that's what all the successful companies do.” (08:01-08:48) • “We've been talking about health and safety in the workplace for so long now, but really, it's just been safety. And so the pandemic has given us a renewed focus on how we can work. Who'd have thought that you can run your business from home?” (11:08-11:29) • “The people are choosing their workplace, not the other way around. And this is a significant shift, and it's global.” (13:06-13:17) • “Even though in our employment contracts it says ‘you will work these days, and you will work these hours, and we'll give you this amount of time off,' even though our employment contracts largely are around time, what we're really employing people to do is an output. An outcome. We're looking for what you're going to give me, and what's your productive outcome. So what we're doing is we're shifting from measuring time to valuing time.” (18:47-19:18) • “Leadership's job in (adopting a 4-day week) is to decide to do it. And then there's a full stop. Because actually, the only people who can truly work out how to make this a success are your team…The companies that have either look at this and then not run a pilot, or have started it and then stopped doing it, all got to that position because the C-suite got in the way.” (21:00-21:51) • “In your workforce at any time, between one in four and one in five [people] in your workforce have a workplace stress or mental health issue. And that's probably greater with all of us coping with life post-pandemic…So those people are already not performing to a very high standard, because you just can't. And we know that burnout rates are skyrocketing, and unprecedented. And of course, somebody that's leading up to a burnout looks like they're hyperproductive because there's a bit of a manic phase that goes in before burnout…You only know you're burning out when you've burnt out.” (23:14-24:05) • “If you give (employees) more time to recover and more time to look after themselves, more time to eat well and exercise and engage with community, and engage with all of the things that top us up whether it be physically or emotionally or mentally, then they will perform better for you in the time that they are with you. And so by giving people, for example, Wednesday off, then you are going to get better productivity out of them for the rest of the time.” (24:40-25:14) • “You run a reduced-hour 4 day week pilot in your business, you're going to get a more productive business, more profitable business, and a happier workforce, and it won't have cost you a cent. So it's kind of like a win-win.” (28:47-29:03)   Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottelockhartnz/ www.4dayweek.com   Connect with an HRuprise coach at https://www.hruprise.com/   Follow us on social media:  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/hruprise • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hruprise/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HRuprise/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hruprise/

How many of us return to work after the weekend wishing we had just one extra day off? Well imagine if that could be your reality - EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK! In this episode we speak to Charlotte Lockhart, Founder and CEO of 4 Day Week Global. Charlotte, promotes internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace with her company 4 Day Week Global. We discuss the pros and cons of the 4 day week and ask if it really makes a difference to work 32 hours instead of 40? Especially when we are attached to our laptops and phones anyway. Find the 'Winning in Work' podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, i Heart Radio and Google. Don't feel alone in your career journey. Head over to http://winninginwork.com and let's talk. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up

It won't be instant, nor should it be, but the 4-day work week is coming. The movement that started in New Zealand and spread around the globe is formally launching in the United States. Participating organizations begin their training, preparation, and onboarding in January 2022 and launch their six-month trials in April. In part 2 of their conversation, Charlotte, Tony, and Brian discuss the role that a 4-day work week can play in helping to address the Great Resignation as well as the importance of piloting the program and engaging employees in its design. This is about 100% of current pay for 80% of the current work week in exchange for 100% of current productivity. What is your future of work?

As 2021 draws to an end and we prepare for 2022, there is great uncertainty for business owners, leaders, and employees. What will be the continuing impact of Covid and its variants in the new year? What, if any, “return to office” date can employers and employees count on? How long will the great resignation continue? How do organizations not only survive, but thrive in this uncertainty? In part 1 of this 2-part podcast, Charlotte Lockhart, Tony, and Brian discuss the genesis of the 4-day week global movement and the role it can play in addressing many of the factors driving the great resignation. As you think about your own organization's future and/or career path heading into the new year, this podcast will give you a great deal of food for thought.

This week on The Work Well Podcast, we are delighted to welcome the founder and CEO of 4 Day Week Global all the way from Auckland, New Zealand, Charlotte Lockhart. Charlotte is a business advocate, investor, and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience in multiple industries around the world. She works to promote internationally the benefits of a productivity-based and reduced-hours workplace. She's on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of the US Campaign and the Ireland campaign for the 4 Day Week Programme. A few episodes back, Joe O'Connor introduced the 4 Day Working Week Movement to us and we talked about its impact in Ireland with Breann McGarry also. Now, we can have a closer look at the project with the founder of the movement.

The conversation on the global 4-Day Week movement continues with an exploration of the shifting relationship between employees and employers that is fueling the Great Resignation. Charlotte, Tony, and Brian address questions such as “How do we measure productivity?” and “How do we conduct performance reviews?” The importance of engaging the workforce in designing the shift to a 4-day work week has shown to be a powerful team-building exercise. Also surfaced are important insights into the important mindset shifts that are essential to successfully implementing a 4-day work week in your organization. The US 4-Day Week movement is also introduced.

Charlotte Lockhart, Co-Founder and CEO of 4-Day Week Global joins Tony and Brian to discuss the intersection of the Great Resignation and the world-wide movement to shorten the work week. In the first part of this two-part podcast, Charlotte describes how she and Andrew Barnes successfully implemented the 4-Day Week in Perpetual Guardian and some of the critical lessons they learned. Like the Do-Be's 4-Day Work Week, the global 4-Day Week movement is not to be taken literally. It is an approach to increasing productivity and profitability while reducing work hours and has to be custom designed to fit the organization, it's clients, and its employees. A shorter work week, as envisioned by Charlotte, Andrew, Tony, and Brian is a key element in addressing the factors driving the Great Resignation.

Can you imagine working reduced hours for the same pay? Can your business keep it's productivity at the same level if your staff worked fewer hours?Charlotte Lockhart, Andrew Barnes, and the team at 4-Day Week Global believe you can... and have proven it in their own business... and they want to help you do it in yours.4-DAY WEEK GLOBALThe WebsiteThe BookThe PetitionCONNECT WITH CHARLOTTEEmail - charlotte.lockhart@4dayweek.comTwitter - @lockhart_charliLinkedIn - Charlotte LockhartFacebook - Charlotte LockhartSTART YOUR 3-DAY WEEKEND JOURNEYEmployees, Side-Hustlers, Freelancers, Solopreneurs, Business Owners, Executives, and Everyone in between can start creating a 3-Day Weekend or similar Lifestyle.3-Day Weekend Club can help you get started for free.It's a community of people working to create their 3-Day Weekend or similar lifestyle.You can create your 3-Day Weekend Game PlanThen decide if you'll follow the Employee track or the Entrepreneur track.Join Now or check out the other resources below.3-DAY WEEKEND CLUB LINKSEmail Updates, Free Online Courses, Subscribe to the Podcast, Social Media & MoreGo to the Links Page

What is the 4-day week? You must have heard about the 4-day week. If not, then this episode will shed light on exactly what it is. I am with my guest Charlotte Lockhart, CEO of The 4 Day Week, an organisation which is not only spreading the word but also helping companies to test and take the step to moving to a working 4-day week model. The subject isn't as simple as moving to working 4 days a week. It covers everything from how to make it happen to the (positive) impact to the organisation, and the immense benefits are shared by both employer and employees. What happens to productivity? What happens to pay? Who can lead the change in organisation? What help is available to companies who want to make the change? What does it do for the people's mental health and well-being? There's a few more question we cover in the podcast. If you want more information of get involved with some of the pilots then see the links below and get in touch. Please subscribe and share with one friend. ___________________________________  To get on touch with Charlotte Lockhart and the 4 Day Week organisations:  Website: https://4dayweek.com  Website: https://4dayweek.co.uk  Website: https://action.4dayweek.com _____________________________________  How to connect with me:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azzyaslam  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AzzyAslam  Subscribe to my new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UoRoVrNjXX2knbW_mlVoA  Website: https://comentra.com  Blog: https://comentra.com/blog

Happier at Work expert and podcast host Aoife O'Brien joined the "Job Sharing and Beyond" podcast earlier this year. If you have missed our conversation, here is the link:  https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-29-aoife-obrien/ In today's episode, Aoife and I followed up from our previous conversation, talking about the following topics: - Trust and psychological safety as a continuation to our conversation about Aoife's master thesis "Fitting in at work". -Flexible work: We talked about the 4 day work week which is how we met in the first place and the recent discussion about hybrid work.  -Aoife shared her favorite book: "Enough" by John Naish https://amz.run/4kqC   How to reach Aoife: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/happieratworkpodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ Website: https://happieratwork.ie/   If you would like to learn more about the 4 day week, here is the link to my previous conversation with Charlotte Lockhart, the co-founder of the 4 Day Week Global and partner of Andrew Barnes who introduced the concept to his company Perpetual Guardian and who wrote the book "The 4 Day Week". https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-6-charlotte-lockhart/ I also spoke previously with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang who wrote the books "Rest" and "Shorter". In the book "Shorter" Alex shares his research and interviews with companies already working in a 4 day work week method around the world as well as other flexible work such as Lasse Rheingans' 5 hour work days. https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-19-alex-soojung-kim-pang/   If you would like to support the podcast: Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler Buy me a coffee Account: https://buymeacoffee.com/KarinTischler   How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC): Website: https://emilyspath.ca/  LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilysPathConsulting  

I am very happy to introduce my guest, Aoife O'Brien. Aoife is a Happiness at Work expert. She is passionate about ‘fit' and specifically how creating the right environment can help individuals to reach their full potential and support organizations to thrive. Before launching her own business, Happier at Work, Aoife had a successful 17 years career in the corporate world, working with global companies like Coca Cola, Unilever and Heinz to solve marketing problems using data analytics. Her clients are primarily HR and business leaders, and they hire Aoife for speaking engagements, training workshops, and consultancy programs (including People Analytics). Aoife hosts the podcast “Happier at Work” showcasing with her global guests methods to improve employee retention, engagement and performance. She has lived and worked in Dublin, London, Perth, and Sydney and has a MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour. It was very insightful to talk with Aoife as her and my focus overlap in the future of work aspect of employment. While Aoife looks at workplace fit from many different angles including flexible work, my focus is all about flexible work – from who it benefits to the different types and more. Together we aim to create more inclusive and diverse work environments leading to more employee retention and better financial results.   How to reach Aoife: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/happieratworkpodcast/ Website: https://happieratwork.ie/happier-at-work-podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ   What we spoke about today: 3:30 Aoife's corporate career 4:34 Research findings from her master's thesis “Fitting in at Work: How needs satisfaction explains the relationship between fit and work outcomes”. 8:12 Further insights about thesis: Trust as a crucial aspect of work   16:08 Flexible work and how this leads to more gender equality 23:17 How flexible work helps with needs satisfaction 30:46 Interesting management concept at Happy company: Choose your own manager & manager as coach 37:58 Meeting employees needs during covid19 43:13 Creating more male role models as carers   Previous episodes that were mentioned in this episode: Tiina Bruno, founder of Parentsmart Employer: https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-21-tiina-bruno/ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: Author of the book "Shorter": https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-19-alex-soojung-kim-pang/ Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels: https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-13-prof-dr-eleonore-soei-winkels/ Charlotte Lockhart, CEO of the 4 Day Week Global: https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-6-charlotte-lockhart/ Nina Strassner, Head of D&I at SAP Germany: https://emilyspath.ca/jobsharing-and-beyond-episode-4-nina/   Articles that were mentioned in this episode: German Co-CEO Rubin Ritter steps down to focus on wife's career while doing care work for firstborn and soon to-be-born second child. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-10/ceo-to-forgo-potential-112-million-bonus-to-back-wife-s-career Nasdaq: In the recent G7-EU WEPs (Women's Empowerment Principles) award ceremony "A special recognition went to Nasdaq for its new proposed listing requirements on board diversity and greater transparency." https://www.weps.org/event/2020-g7-eu-weps-award-winners-announced   How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC): Website: https://emilyspath.ca/  Subscribe to the monthly EPC newsletter here! Q&A guest interview, interesting research findings, updates on previous "Job Sharing and Beyond" podcast guests and exclusive previews about future guests!  LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilysPathConsulting

The compilation episodes (part 1 and part 2) include short clips from guests in the first 20 episodes. These compilations are great episodes for anyone wanting to gain an initial overview of the topics the guests on Job Sharing and Beyond speak about. In part 1 of the compilation episode, the guests talk about various aspects of job sharing as well as the transferable skills of unpaid care work/ parenting.  In this part 2 of the compilation episode, the guests talk about another form of flexible work - 4 Day Week, fathers & care and support for professionals returning back to paid work after a long period of unpaid care work/ caregiving.  German newspaper article suggesting that more fathers should  work part-time/ flexible work: Elisa von Grafenstein https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/kommentar-vaeter-in-die-teilzeit-1.5108465 Guest episode clips shared in this part 2: Charlotte Lockhart https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-6-charlotte-lockhart/   Dan Reed https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-5-dan-reed/   John Adams ttps://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-john-adams/   John's LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-dont-dads-ask-work-flexibly-john-adams/?trackingId=ZKmtXONQJeXMLIal3bXkjw%3D%3D   Ian Dinwiddy https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-15-ian-dinwiddy/   Rob Sturrock https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-8-rob-sturrock/   Prof. Beatrix Dart https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-9-prof-beatrix-dart/    Julianne Miles MBE CPsychol https://emilyspath.ca/job-sharing-and-beyond-episode-11-julianne-miles-mbe-cpsychol/   How to connect with Karin Tischler, host of Job Sharing and Beyond and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC): Website: https://emilyspath.ca/  Subscribe to the monthly EPC newsletter here! Extra Q&A interview, interesting research findings, updates on previous "Job Sharing and Beyond" podcast guests and exclusive previews about future guests!  LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilysPathConsulting

Welcome to a special episode of Job sharing and Beyond! Today, I will give you some updates on my past guests as well as share some exciting news regarding the podcast and Emily's Path Consulting. And I will also talk more about why my guests' expertise covers such a wide spectrum from job sharing and other flexible work methods to fatherhood & care, returning professionals, and transferable business skills from unpaid care work. Links to updates from my previous guests, in episodes 6-9 & more. Nina Strassner's interview with Good Morning America. https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/german-software-giant-sap-created-a-tinder-like-internal-matching-app-to-connect-isolated-employees-for-virtual-lunches-during-remote-work/articleshow/77556065.cms Charlotte Lockhart: https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-pandemic-highlights-importance-implementing-4-day-workweek-2020-8 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/this-working-life/the-four-day-work-week-utopian-ideal-or-smart-business-move/12583098 John Adams: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/life-beyond-covid-work-home-transport-change-beware-impact-john-adams/?trackingId=gmqkDUoAPW7Gwv2ESE6zzw== Rob Sturrock: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Raises-Boy-Revolutionary-Confident/dp/176087521X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.suittiestroller.com/ Beatrix Dart: https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/ProfessionalDevelopment/InitiativeForWomenInBusiness/Programs/Back-to-Work_digital Collaboration with Irenka Krone: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/irenka-krone-germann-444a497_50000-ch%C3%B4meurs-de-plus-en-2021-titre-la-activity-6706662252679852032-zZxa   Blog parade by Melanie Belitza: https://bxsuitcase.de/blogparade-teilzeit/   International podcast day event: https://internationalpodcastday.com/promotion/  

Charlotte Lockhart is a business advocate, investor, and philanthropist with more than 25 years' experience in multiple industries locally and overseas.  As CEO for the 4 Day Week Global campaign, she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. Through this, she is on the board of the newly created Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of the US campaign and the Ireland campaign for the 4 Day Week.   Contact information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottelockhartnz/ https://4dayweek.com/   Topics we talked about: 3:57 The beginning of the 4 Day Week 9:49 Microsoft Japan's 4 day work week  13:16 Younger generations' work interest/ social enterprises 16:30 Service industry & 4 Day Week 19:12 100/ 80/ 100 Rule 23:07 NZ prime minister's 4 day work week suggestion 25:27 Dealing with the potential reluctance of mid-management regarding the 4 Day Week 27:15 Startups & 4 Day Week 

4 Day Week Global is a not-for-profit community established by Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart to provide a platform for like-minded people who are interested in supporting the idea of the four-day week as a part of the future of work. This idea was born out of the waves of attention we received from around the world in reaction to our successful program launched at Perpetual Guardian in 2018.We encourage business, employees, researchers, and government to all play their part in creating a new way of working which will improve business productivity, worker health outcomes, stronger families and communities, challenge the gender equality issue, and work towards a more sustainable work environment. Learn more at https://4dayweek.com/

As businesses prioritise the wellbeing of their employees, the concept of working a 4 day week is shifting from distant pipedream to reality for a range of organisations around the world. To find out more about what a 4 day week involves, we spoke to one of its biggest champions, Charlotte Lockhart. She is CEO of the 4 Day Week consultancy and travels the world with her husband Andrew Barnes promoting the virtues of the initiative. Read more about the 4 Day Week here: https://4dayweek.com/ Buy Andrew's book (UK) here; https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VNVZC9G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Do you have an opinion you'd like to contribute to the 4 day week conversation? Would it work in your business? Get in touch at cmconversations@charltonmorris.com