MEDIA

Here's a selection of my media
​appearances, coverage, and byline articles.

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TV & Video

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KTVK: Wellness in the Workplace

MSNBC: Workplace Wellness by Open Forum

KVRR: Workplace Wellness Summit

World Congress: What Works in Workplace Wellness

WellRight: Engaging Middle Managers

ABC 7: Why SWFL isn't working — Creating a positive environment in the workplace

FOX19: The toll on our mental health is the second act of the pandemic.

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Press & Interviews

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• Should You Quit Your Job?
  

• Employees Say Unsustainable Workloads And Expectations Are Driving Them To Quit
• Employee Well-being: The Role Of Front-Line Managers

• After a Health Scare, Here’s How I’m Changing up my Remote Work Habits

• RTO or Retire? Employers May be all too Happy to Push Older Workers to Decide

• How Fitness has Changed in 2020 — and the Trends to Look Forward to in 2021

• How Companies Invest in Financial Wellness

• The 'Great Resignation' Leaves Employers with 'Great' Expectations When Filling Openings 

• The Remote Work Conundrum: Employees Want it, but is it Good for Them?
• When Working Remotely Means from the Deck of a Boat

• Best Practices for Every Stage of Employee Experience: Stage 3, Onboard 

• How Companies Can Foster Wellbeing in Remote and Hybrid Workplaces

• From Healthcare to Education, These Are the Hottest Jobs of 2022 and Beyond

• Hybrid Work, Four-Day Workweek Shaping Employee Well-being: Expert
• ​Company Culture at a Crossroads: 5 Ways to Move in the Right Direction

• ​The Unspoken Crisis in Men’s Mental Health — and How Employers Can Help

• Changes in culture: Employees no longer accept a live-it-or-leave-it attitude.

• Three ‘Stealth’ Strategies to Engage Employees in Health Initiatives When Wellness Programs Fail

• 70% Of CEOs And Managers Want To Quit — Why It’s Happening & How To Stop It

• Destination West Focuses on Wellbeing and Employee Retention

• 5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote the Mental Wellness of their Employees ​​

• How to Run Less Painful Meetings: Add Motion

• Outbursts and Breakdowns: When an Employee Becomes Emotional, What’s a Manager to Do?
• Workplace Loneliness Has Broad Implications for Mental Health

• What Steps Can You Take to Help Protect Your Team From Workplace Injuries?
• ​Why It’s Important to Avoid Common Workplace Injuries

• Well-being is the foundation to any metric that matters in an organization: Laura Putnam
  
• ​Get real about what actually motivates people: Laura Putnam

• Tackling Mental Health and Wellness At Work

• The Key to Workplace Wellbeing

• New Mexico employers must now offer paid sick leave. Here's how the new law is 'a huge step forward for workers'

• Author Laura Putnam: Move more, sit less in 2016

• Health and Wellness Expert, Laura Putnam, Discusses COVID-19 and the Future of Wellness

• The Surprising Way Goldman Sachs Employees Maintain Their 'Competitive Edge'

• A Radical Rethink of Wellness Programs

• Is Your Wellness Program Inclusive?
• Visionary View on the Future of Wellness
• The State of Workplace Wellness Around the Globe
• How Olympians are Helping Employees Get Gold

• How to Conquer Workplace Stress

• 8 Ways to Boost Your Creativity​

• A New Approach to Workplace Health

• Business & Tech Books That Can Boost Your Career
  

• Apple, Virgin, Salesforce Wellness Programs Inspire

• Supporting Workers With Long COVID
• Is Hybrid Really the Way to go for Employers?​

• Addressing the Unintended Consequences of a Hybrid Workforce

• Workplace Happiness Is at an All-Time High—But There’s Still Room for Improvement
  

• ​​How Your To-Do List May be Holding You Back

• ​​6 Ways to Tackle Loneliness in the Workplace​

• ​​You Need to Talk About it

• ​​How Returning to the Office Can Support Employee Mental Health

• ​​New Survey: This Is the No. 1 Happiest Job in the World

• ​Is the Hybrid Office Model Sustainable for the Shoe Industry? These Companies Seem to Think So — for Now

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Articles I've Written

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• Addressing Mental Health Post-Pandemic
  
• Well-Being for Small Businesses: It's Not About the Bells & Whistles 
• How Women Can Overcome Barriers That Some Men Don’t Even See
• Addressing America’s Employee Engagement and Well-Being Crisis

• A Solution to Obesity

• ​Wooing Top Talent on a Shoestring
  
• 5 Ways to Reboot Your Wellness Program

• Why the Great Resignation Has Resulted in Managers and CEOs Quitting Alongside Employees

• Dear Boss: Boost Your Meetings by Adding Motion

• ​​Has Exercise Become a Privilege? 

• ​How You Can Make Workplace Wellness Work

• 10 Ways You Might Have Wellness Privilege at Work—and What You Can Do With It

• The Future Of Work Calls For A New Kind Of Leader
• 5 Workplace Wellness Trends To Look Out For In 2023
• Having a Best Friend at Work Matters
• ​Mental Health Crisis Looms As Country Braces For Post-Pandemic Boom​
• Workplace Wellness That Works For Everyone Including People Of Color​
• ​Workplace Wellness: The indisputable, the debatable, & where we go from her
• Companies Rush to Return to Office, Employees Say Not so Fast​
• 5 Workplace Solutions For Employee Burnout And Well-being

• Mental Health at Work Needs a Reboot

• ​The Great Resignation: There isn’t a labor shortage, there’s a well-being shortage
• How to Sneak Wellness into Your Company

• ​4 Proven Ways to Engage Managers in Wellbeing

• From Gatekeeper to Multiplier

• ​​Workplace Wellness Needs to Work for Everyone—Including People of Color

• ​The Kids Are Alright – When They’re Moving

• To Improve Employee Health, Start with Workplace Culture

• HERO Forum Proceedings 2020: Rewriting the Script from Personal Responsibility to Collective Well-Being
• HERO Forum Proceedings 2017: Engaging Team Members Through Activated Managers
  
• HERO Forum Proceedings 2016: Leading Well-Being

• The Secrets to Health
• Be the Change

• AI Solutions Won’t Solve Workplace Well-Being Woes

• The Problem With Remote Work Is Not What You Think It Is

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Podcasts

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Healthy, Happy, Innovative
​Organizations with Laura Putnam

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​Workplace Health and Well-Being: Managers as Multipliers

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Quit Sitting. Take a Stand.
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 A Gymnast’s Tale of Entrepreneurship by Empowering Employee Wellness​

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Tune In To Health & Well-Being
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​How to Bring Employees Back Safely… and Comfortably
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Real Leaders | How to Lead an Effective Culture that Avoid Toxicity
Darin Olein | Laura Putnam: How to Get More Movement in at Work
PSHRA's Public Eye Podcast | Workplace Wellness That Works
Live Long and Master Aging | An Epidemic of Lonliness is Shorten Lives 
Power Passion Prosperity | Happy Employees, Productive Business: Unraveling the Workplace Culture Code​
In Conversation | How We Work in 2023
The Tonic | #278 Medications Causing Dementia, Excitotoxicity, Trends in the Treatment of Migraines and Creating a Thriving Workplace
This Might Get Uncomfortable | Making Wellness Matter To The Bottom Line ​
Advantage Audio | EPISODE 21 | PART ONE: Revolutionizing  Recruitment
Advantage Audio | EPISODE 21 | PART TWO: Revolutionizing  Recruitment
Spotify | Laura Putnam - Workplace Wellbeing Expert
Voices of Courage | The Courage to Better Well Being
Digitally Irresistible | Workplace Wellness That Puts Organizations in Motion​
NorthStar Sleep School | Workplace Wellness That Works
The Edelheit Experience | Creating Inclusive Wellness and Well-being Programs That Work for Everyone with Laura Putnam
Healthy is Hot | "Workplace Wellness That Works" with Laura Putnam
MetriSight | Spotlight on Workplace Well-being​

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