Ep159 - Inside Medibank's Healthiest Workplace Index with Sasha D'Arcy

<li>What <em>actually </em>makes a workplace ‘healthy’? </li><p>In this episode, Tom sits down with Sasha D’Arcy (Medibank) to go inside the Healthiest Workplace Index — and what the data is revealing about work right now. </p><p>In this episode: </p><ul><li><p>What the Healthiest Workplace Index measures and why Medibank built it </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The biggest drivers of workplace health (and what’s getting in the way) </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The critical role of leaders in shaping wellbeing </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>What organisations are learning from experiments like the 4-day work week </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Why wellbeing works best when programs, leadership and job design align </p></li></ul><p><strong>Key insight </strong></p><p>As Sasha puts it:  <em>You can’t solve workplace stress without understanding what’s driving it.</em> </p><p>The Index helps organisations move beyond surface-level metrics and focus on the factors that actually influence how people experience work. </p><p><strong> What stood out </strong></p><ul><li><p>Health-oriented leadership behaviour has one of the strongest impacts on employee health has one of the strongest impacts on employee health </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Flexibility and initiatives like the 4-day work week only work when supported by how work is designed </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Recovery (not just productivity) is a critical and often a lever for wellbeing </p></li></ul><li>Connect with Sasha D’Arcy on LinkedIn: <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/sasha-d-arcy-9004b6157" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://au.linkedin.com/in/sasha-d-arcy-9004b6157</a></li><p><strong>References </strong><br>Medibank Healthiest Workplace Index <br>Research Partnership with Health at Work Research Unit at Macquarie University <br>Medibank named Australia’s best place to work | AFR BOSS 2026 | Medibank Newsroom: <a href="https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/newsroom/post/medibank-named-australias-best-place-to-work-or-afr-boss-2026" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/newsroom/post/medibank-named-australias-best-place-to-work-or-afr-boss-2026</a></p>