Linked – Four actions leaders can take to boost employee mental health

With statistics highlighting more than half of workers experience anxiety or depression, Jennifer Cottam shares her tips for supporting wellbeing

https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1899446/four-actions-leaders-boost-employee-mental-health

The four actions Jennifer lists are essential, but I want to draw your attention to two specifically.

Psychological safety in your workplace environment cannot be achieved without training your managers on mental health. The culture within each team depends on the manager’s ability to navigate conversations about mental health. Without that, there will be no psychological safety.

So, while you are considering how to create an environment where open communication about mental health is important, step one ought to be training your leaders.

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