#3 Aligning Your Career and Personal Values with Aoife O'Brien

05/10/22 • 40 min

"Because we spend so much of our time at work, I think it's really, really important to make sure that you are happy at work because it leaks into every aspect of our lives." – Aoife O'Brien.

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. Have you ever wondered what the secret is to obtaining job satisfaction or what makes people truly happy at work? Well, wonder no more as joining Finola on this week's episode is Happiness at Work expert and host of the same-titled and booming business podcast, Aoife O'Brien.

Having worked in multiple countries across the globe, Aoife kindly shares many interesting learnings from her extensive professional experience. Finola and Aoife cover great ground in this episode discussing human behaviours, discovering your calling, aligning your career and personal values and much more. So go ahead and dive right in!

Key points throughout the discussion include:

- An introduction to Aoife O'Brien.

- Gaining an interest in employee retention and human behaviour.

- How to identify your strengths and discover your calling.

- Overcoming the fear of data.

- Fitting in at work and understanding organisational behaviours.

- Are company values established and being lived?

- Aoife's approach to hiring.

- The importance of identifying your values and needs.

- The hiring process: aligning recruitment with company values.

- Striking the balance of workplace autonomy.

- Put people first, and the profits will follow.

- Why you should treat employees like customers.

- The human side of the business.

- The key to achieving life harmony.

Get connected socially with Aoife O'Brien:

https://www.happieratwork.ie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie

https://www.facebook.com/groups/happieratworkpodcast

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

"Because we spend so much of our time at work, I think it's really, really important to make sure that you are happy at work because it leaks into every aspect of our lives." – Aoife O'Brien.

Key points throughout the discussion include:

- An introduction to Aoife O'Brien.

- Gaining an interest in employee retention and human behaviour.

- How to identify your strengths and discover your calling.

- Overcoming the fear of data.

- Fitting in at work and understanding organisational behaviours.

- Are company values established and being lived?

- Aoife's approach to hiring.

- The importance of identifying your values and needs.

- The hiring process: aligning recruitment with company values.

- Striking the balance of workplace autonomy.

- Put people first, and the profits will follow.

- Why you should treat employees like customers.

- The human side of the business.

- The key to achieving life harmony.

Get connected socially with Aoife O'Brien:

https://www.happieratwork.ie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien

https://www.twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ

https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie

https://www.facebook.com/groups/happieratworkpodcast

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

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#2 The Key To Sustainable Growth With David Walsh

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, joining Finola on the podcast is inspirational business founder and Chairman David Walsh. David has such a fascinating story, amongst so many learnings to share. We begin by rewinding in time as David opens up about his childhood growing up on a small family farm in County Kerry and discloses his parents' surpassing influential impact on his beliefs and development.

David maps out the steppingstones of his professional career from agriculture, progressing to a market director at Keenan's, to entering the realm of entrepreneurship with Netwatch and HaloCare. During the show, David delves into the ripple effect of positivity, his experience of navigating through recessions, realising the necessity of change and shares the key to sustainable growth. Further key points covered include:

An introduction to David Walsh.
Manifesting dreams, the ripple effects of positivity and avoiding energy vampires.
Becoming an entrepreneur.
No invoice, no money – why business sales are vital.
Why does strategic positioning matter?
Time for change: The rise of Netwatch.
Creating a vision statement and striving for global success.
Maintaining motivation and establishing credibility.
Harnessing the business origin story.
The fundamentals in David's recruitment process.
Developing and maintaining organisational culture and behaviours.
The evolution of business and the hardship of stepping down as CEO.
The impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Solving buyer's needs: how HaloCare is tackling elderly isolation and enhancing social inclusion.

Get connected socially with David Walsh:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwalsh7/

https://halocaregroup.com/

Get connected socially with host Finola Howard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finolahoward/

https://howgreatmarketingworks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HowGreatMarketingWorks

https://twitter.com/HowGMW

https://www.youtube.com/channel/HGMW

This podcast is proudly produced in partnership with podlad.com

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#4 Seeing through the lens of unconditional love with John Murray

‘’Everybody has the entitlement to feel beautiful, happy, confident, and comfortable in their own skin. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from. It’s classless. It’s raceless.’’ – John Murray.

Welcome back to Your Truth Shared. This week, joining Finola on the podcast is one of Ireland’s leading headshot photographers, John Murray. John is on a mission to close the gap between how we think we look and what we think the rest of the world expects us to look like and the gap between who we feel we are, as opposed to who we believe the rest of the world expects us to be.

This week’s discussion focuses on identity, which is such a fundamental aspect of marketing and seeing through the lens of unconditional love. John shares his journey of stepping into photography thanks to a concert cancellation, the importance of self-awareness, and his passion for empowering others to see and embrace their whole selves through his work and image wellness talks. Key points throughout the show include:

- An introduction to John Murray.

- Becoming a photographer: converting a hobby into a profession.

- Overcoming the discomfort of getting your photograph taken.

- How to smile with your body?

- Hijacking your hormones: The fight or flight response.

- The impact of identity distress.

- Tackling imposter syndrome and low self-esteem.

- You are the writer of your own story.

- The path to self-acceptance.

- Knowing your why and finding your purpose.

Get connected socially with John Murray:

https://www.johnmurrayheadshots.com/