What's Happening at Work
What’s Happening at Work is a podcast for the professionals shaping today’s workplace from the inside.
Hosted by Joyce Odidison, President of Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc. and a trusted workplace resilience expert with 29 years of experience, the show is moving to bringing together HR leaders, safety officers, senior leaders, training and development practitioners, people and culture professionals, DEI leaders, and workplace experts to talk about the real issues affecting work today.
Each episode explores what these professionals are seeing inside organizations and how they are responding to burnout, conflict, workforce change, communication breakdowns, leadership pressure, psychological safety challenges, and the ongoing mental health strain affecting teams and workplaces.
Joyce is known for creating conversations that help guests shine. With deep expertise in workplace resilience, conflict, leadership, and behavior change, she draws out the practical wisdom, real-world insight, and valuable nuggets her guests bring, making each episode relevant for both established leaders and those rising into greater influence.
This is not a generic business podcast. It is a practical, insight-rich conversation space for the people helping organizations function better, support people better, and lead more effectively through change.
If you care about what is really happening at work and what it takes to build healthier, stronger, more resilient workplaces, this podcast is for you.
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What's Happening at Work
Why Workplace Performance Starts with Employee Experience with | Joyce Odidison and Paula Houlihan
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In this episode, Joyce Odidison speaks with keynote speaker, coach, and Choice Management® expert Paula Houlihan about the hidden pressure carried by high achievers and the choices that can either strengthen or quietly deplete resilience.
After years of succeeding in a demanding corporate career, including negotiating multimillion-dollar litigation cases as a senior claims specialist, Paula received a life-changing medical diagnosis that forced her to reconsider the true cost of success.
Today, she helps high performers, leaders, and organizations take the stress out of success without lowering their standards or losing their ambition.
Paula and Joyce explore how automatic decision-making contributes to stress, burnout, declining energy, and unhealthy workplace patterns. They also discuss how leaders can become more intentional about their choices, respond to change with greater confidence, and create cultures where productivity and well-being can thrive together.
In this conversation, you will discover:
• Why high performers often ignore the earliest signs of resilience depletion
• How everyday choices affect stress, energy, performance, and relationships
• Why success and well-being should not be competing priorities
• How Paula’s Choice Management® model supports clearer decisions
• What leaders can do to build healthier, more resilient workplace cultures
This episode is for HR leaders, executives, managers, team leaders, and high-performing professionals who want to achieve meaningful results without allowing chronic stress to become the price of success.
Key takeaways:
- Understanding how stress impacts decision-making
- The importance of self-awareness in high performance
- Strategies to interrupt reactive patterns
- The role of organizational culture in burnout
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Meet Paula Houlihan
01:09 The high performing trap
02:09 Understanding decision fatigue
03:50 The impact of stress on choices
05:13 Strategies for high performers
07:35 The importance of sharing stories
09:21 Overcoming resistance in decision-making
11:49 The role of self-awareness
13:50 The impact of multitasking
15:38 The importance of boundaries
18:32 The nine dimensions of life
30:50 Final thoughts and advice
What's your biggest challenge with maintaining resilience? Drop it in the comments!
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Connect with Paula here:
- Website: https://www.paulahoulihan.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulahoulihan/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulaHoulihan
- Media Page: https://paulahoulihan.com/meeting-professionals/
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Sponsors:
Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc - https://interpersonalwellness.com/
WISⓇRQ Resilience Intelligence Platform - https://interpersonalwellness.com/free-resilience-index/
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