Helen Eriksen

Step into the Future of Work with Us - Where Culture is Shaped by All of Us!

Discover the cutting-edge of workplace culture where innovation meets inclusivity.

Join us as we delve into the psychology of mental well-being, empowering leadership, joyful productivity, and the resilient, thriving teamwork that defines tomorrow’s workplace. Together, let’s craft a meaningful and psychologically safe environment.

Over the past three years, Helen Eriksen, a renowned speaker, organizational psychologist, author, change and well-being expert, has engaged in insightful conversations with courageous visionaries, pioneers, and business leaders. Exploring topics such as facilitative, empowering leadership, self-directed teams, and groundbreaking models like the ‘four-day workweek’, ‘90% management-free organization’, ‘Generation Z – inspiration for bridging multiple generations in the workplace’.

These leaders, interviewed by Helen Eriksen, are dedicated to shaping the future of work, boasting impressive well-being metrics, significantly reduced sick leave, and zero recruitment challenges.

The result? An engaging podcast and an inspiring lecture, seasoned with humor, uplifting anecdotes, and a wealth of valuable experiences and practical examples. These are tools you and your organization can seize upon and start implementing as trial actions in your own environment – as early as tomorrow if you wish.

Helen’s lectures are grounded in the latest research and tailored to your specific needs, challenges, and opportunities. Join us in sculpting a workplace culture that propels your organization towards sustainable success!

Transform Your Workplace: Cultivate Well-being, Cohesion & Meaning Through Psychological Safety

Drawing from the latest research, 25 years of expertise, and insights gained from conversations with visionary leaders and employees in her groundbreaking podcast series ‘Giving while growing’ on the future of work and culture formation, we delve deep into the psychology behind fostering strong, well-being-driven collaboration. Together, let’s forge a meaningful and psychologically safe practice.

This isn’t just a stroll through theories; it’s a practical approach brimming with vivid examples, where humor and actionable tools go hand in hand. Helen’s aim is to enhance both understanding and well-being, offering insights into our own and others’ behaviors without casting blame.

She believes that raising awareness about mental health and the psychological dynamics in our work lives can motivate and inspire more purposeful careers. This foundation, in her conviction, is essential for sustainable well-being, and her lectures are always tailored to your specific needs, challenges, and opportunities.

So, if you’re curious to explore how we collectively can delve into these themes to build a workplace rooted in well-being, purpose, and psychological safety; if you seek a shared framework through which you and your colleagues can make an even greater impact, or if you simply desire fresh, cohesive perspectives and tools to navigate everyday challenges, knowledge about Generation Z, and inspiration for bridging multiple generations in the workplace, then book her for your next team event at the workplace.

Changes don’t ask for permission, they just turn up

As we witness in the news and feel daily, we are experiencing unprecedented changes. In this talk Helen Eriksen takes a positive and constructive look at these changes and shows how employees react to them both individually and in group settings.

Helen paints a logical and very human picture of why people react as they do when faced with change. When first meeting a new change, a natural but unconscious alarm system is set in motion. We may often regard this alarm-reaction in a negative light. But an alarm-reaction to a change is actually quite natural. By opening up this knowledge and giving the participants a common frame of reference, they gain – both individually and collectively – entirely new possibilities when faced with change, to act in a forward-thinking, different and more constructive way. This gives the participants a boost of energy, and it has been proved many times that the ability of employees to manage change in a positive way can be measured directly by the level of wellbeing and job satisfaction.

According to Helen, changes are a life condition. So the goal must be to gain as much positivity as possible from the fact that we will always be faced with changes, and that these are a condition and not a problem – unless we turn them into a problem.

She enables the participants to recognize that nothing remains as it once was. If only employees and employers could recognize this, then change would rarely be a problem. On the contrary, it is the danger of not renewing oneself, and thereby doing more of the same that is our biggest challenge.

Job satisfaction – What’s that all about?

For many years, Helen Eriksen has been dedicated to fostering deep meaning for employees and employers, both in their professional roles and personal lives.

Helen Eriksen firmly believes that as we grow, we must also give back. It’s not enough to work solely for a paycheck; the workplace should never be a place that drains us. Instead, it should contribute to our personal growth and development.

During the talk Helen focuses on what the employee and workplace can do in concrete terms so that increasingly employees can leave work with the same – or even higher – level of energy as when they arrived. Many employees come home to their children and partner like a wrung-out dishcloth, tired and out of sorts, which doesn’t contribute to an enjoyable and rewarding evening for the family.

Inspired by research and many years of dedicated practical experience in the field, Helen Eriksen talks humorously about which down-to-earth meaningful factors in the individual, between people, management-wise and in the organization as a whole, quite naturally reduce sick leave through development of an unshakable robustness and a long-term level of well-being.

From stress to well-being & job satisfaction

In this talk Helen Eriksen identifies the psychological factors behind stress and explains why we often fail to recognize it promptly. Despite the serious topic, Helen delivers a humorous and uplifting message, motivating participants to take proactive steps toward managing stress.

Helen begins by addressing the actual circumstances and working conditions participants face in their workplace. She emphasizes that we cannot tackle the challenges of the new paradigm with the outdated assumptions of the old one. Often, these assumptions are the root cause of stress. Stress itself is a sign of a healthy system signaling the need for adjustment. Our ability to manage stress hinges on how we interpret these warning signals and our awareness of their true messages. Frequently, we make the mistake of continuing the same behaviors, which leads to negative outcomes.

Stress prevention has to do with awareness of behaviour. Each of us needs to be aware of our behaviour, so we can act more consciously when we see the warning signals lighting up – both in ourselves and in others.

“If I can’t manage this then I’m not as good as the others. I’m about to lose my grip. I can’t put up with it but the others can”. Such assumptions can undermine an employee’s professional identity and self-perception. Raising awareness can make a significant difference by identifying the true causes and effects and understanding what needs to be adjusted internally and externally. Many people are unaware of these dynamics, leading them into negative cycles where they repeat unproductive behaviors.

Use your fantastic brain

In this talk, Helen Eriksen focuses on the brain and the countless ways we can develop it positively. She simplifies complex brain theories, providing clear and accessible insights for everyone to understand and enjoy.

A broader neural highway can give employees an incredible number of benefits. From increased day-to-day well-being to better physical health in the short and long term.

At the same time we know today that brain-body cooperation means everything for the well-being and job satisfaction of employees.

For many years we have primarily focused on the parts of the brain that develop the logical-mathematical intelligence and the linguistic intelligence. One could say that this has turned us into “half-brains”. In her talk Helen Eriksen provides concrete mental and physical tools, which immediately encourage development towards a more whole brain.

During the talk Helen also gives clear insight into the following:

• How, in concrete terms, we can challenge the brain and expand the brain’s capacity.
• How our unconscious is actually far more dominant than our conscious mind.
• The brain’s direct and indirect influence on the wellbeing of employees.
• The difference between women’s and men’s brains in relation to wellbeing, cooperation and intimate relationships.