Our CEO Challenge leads the way THA CEO STEVE OLD WITH TASMANIA JACKJUMPERS CEO CHRISTINE FINNEGAN
We recently put out a challenge to business leaders to step up, follow our commitment to staff wellbeing, and join us for a HOSPO Health CEO Challenge. The result was a fantastic morning of fun, laugher and fierce but friendly competition. Most importantly the challenge sent a strong message that healthy, happy employees must be a priority for all organisations, and should be led from the top.
Council Tasmania); Dianne Underwood (Colony 47); Dominic Baker (Cricket Tasmania); Christine Finnegan (Tasmanian JackJumpers); Nigel Clark (Aurora Energy); Paul Lupo (St.LukesHealth); and Lisa Free (Hobart Community Legal Service); and Barb McGregor (formerly of Marinus Link).
Each conversation closed with Steve issuing the challenge to join the HOSPO Health Challenge.
Kicking it off
The CEO Challenge began with IN THE HOT SEAT, series 2 of the HOSPO Health podcast. THA CEO Steve Old and Chief Happiness Officer Sherri Ring co-hosted, with each of the 12 episodes featuring a Tasmanian CEO as our guest. The series kicked off with Minister Nic Street sharing his personal approach to wellbeing and providing some new insights into what drives him, what he does to unwind, and what his guilty pleasure is! If you don’t know then tune into the podcast, we think you’ll be surprised. Follow up episodes saw Steve and Sherri chatting with Ben Targett, CEO of Hadley’s Orient Hotel and The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel; Sarah Clarke (Tourism Tasmania); Amy Hills (Tourism Industry
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