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Wellness Beyond the Surface

Damalie C. Akuamoah

Wellness Beyond the Surface is the go-to podcast for HR executives, Chief People Officers, and People Strategy teams in tech and fintech who are ready to integrate employee well-being across organizational culture, leadership practices, and operational systems—not just add another wellness perk. Hosted by Strategic Wellness Consultant Damalie C. Akuamoah, each episode explores how to embed well-being into all three domains of your organization to create both measurable people impact (retention,

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10:20

Stop Fixing People Fix This Instead

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2026/03/06

You have a wellness program. Your people are still burning out.In this episode, we go back to the foundation: what organizational systems actually are, why they are the real driver of burnout, and why redesigning them is one of the most impactful decisions a people leader can make. If you are new to this podcast, start here. If you have been listening, this is the episode that will make everything else click. Burnout is not a people problem. It is a systems problem. And the companies willing to

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11:44

Hidden Ripple Effects of Burnout

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2026/02/03

Burnout doesn't stay at the workplace—it flows from broken organizational systems into employees' bodies, families, and communities, creating invisible costs most companies never see. This episode reveals why wellness programs fail when they try to make people more resilient in systems designed to break them, and why the real solution is redesigning the infrastructure that's causing burnout in the first place.

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9:20

The Single-Domain Trap: Why Isolated Solutions Keep...

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2026/01/18

Your company invested in manager training, systems redesign, or culture initiatives—but retention issues persist.Here's why: You solved for one domain while the other two stayed broken. In this episode, Damalie reveals why wellness programs, leadership development, and organizational fixes fail when implemented separately, and what true integration across systems, leadership, and culture actually looks like. For CHROs and People Strategy leaders ready to stop shifting problems and start solving

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15:24

The $3.5 Million Question

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2026/01/01

In this episode of Wellness Beyond the Surface: Reimagining Workplace Well-being, host Damalie Akuamoah addresses a challenge at the heart of tech and fintech leadership: why top engineering talent continues to burn out and leave, even when companies offer premium wellness benefits. The episode reveals that the real issue isn’t a lack of perks—it’s legacy organizational systems that undermine both productivity, and well-being.This episode is a must-listen for CHROs, CPOs, and people strategy

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5:37

The Hidden Dividend of Employee Well-Being

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2025/10/21

Discover how to turn well-being into a measurable business advantage. Damalie shares the latest data and leadership insights on why investing in well-being pays exponential dividends.

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4:37

Embedding_Well-being_into_ Organizational Culture

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2025/10/07

Damalie explains why superficial wellness perks — like gym stipends or snack bars — don’t create sustainable performance, and how embedding well-being into organizational culture does. She shares real examples: a financial services firm that added sustainability checks into performance reviews, and a global tech company that aligned practices with employees’ time zones to boost engagement.Listeners will learn practical questions to evaluate whether their wellness investments support or undermine

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6:07

Beyond Burnout - Why Well-being is a Leadership...

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2025/09/21

Music. Welcome back to Wellness Beyond the Surface — Reimagining Workplace Well-Being. In this episode, Damalie Akuamoah argues that burnout is a leadership signal and that well-being must be a business and leadership imperative, not just an HR initiative.She reviews research showing the business returns of prioritizing well-being, explains how leaders can embed capacity management and boundaries into how work is designed, and shares examples of organizations that improved engagement and retention

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7:53

Hidden Costs of Surface-Level Wellness

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2025/09/01

Host Damalie Akuamoah explores the hidden costs of surface-level wellness and explains why perks like smoothies, meditation apps, and gym stipends fail when root causes — heavy workloads, toxic leadership, and unsupportive systems — remain unaddressed.She outlines a practical three-step framework: remove barriers to well-being, reconnect wellness to culture and inclusion, and reclaim measurable results by embedding well-being into leadership and organizational systems. Leaders are

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2:28

Reimagining Workplace Well‑Being From the Inside

Wellness Beyond the Surface ·

2025/08/19

Welcome to Wellness Beyond the Surface, a premier podcast for HR executives, chief people officers, and visionary leaders reimagining workplace well-being. Host Damalie (Da-Ma-Ali) Akuamoah, a strategic wellness consultant, explores how to integrate well-being into culture, leadership, DEI, and systems so people and business can thrive.Each episode features candid conversations and practical strategies from HR executives, thought leaders, and wellness innovators. Expect a mix of in-depth interviews

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