Most organisations are reaching for wellbeing sticking plasters, without checking whether the basics are even in place.
In this episode of our podcast Inside Out: Mental Health at Work and in Life, Catherine Eadie is joined by Sue Naughton-Marsh - Organisational Development Strategist, Leadership Coach, and Psychotherapist with 30+ years helping organisations build confident, capable leaders.
Sue's argument is simple: before you invest in another wellbeing programme, ask yourself… do your leaders actually have the skills to lead?
The "core four" skills most leaders never get taught:
Prioritisation
Delegation
Decision-making
Understanding team purpose
Catherine and Sue also get into why lean organisations are burning out their HR teams, why fewer people want management roles, and what Sue calls the "concertina approach”, bringing in temporary external expertise to build structures that actually last.
This is a conversation about doing less, but doing it properly.
