Mental Health

Mental Health

Linked – For Your Mental Health, Vacation is Not Always the Right Answer
ByMike McBride May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you feel burned out a break can help. If you’re feeling stressed some exercise or yoga can help too. But if that’s all the workplace can offer, it’s not going to solve the problem. Taking a long weekend only to return to a job that will now require you to do your normal 45-50 hours of work in 3 days instead of 5 is not a fix. Working all weekend so you can take a three-day weekend next week, is not a sustainable solution.

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Linked – Stop stereotyping Gen Z. Focus instead on why we’re disillusioned about the future of work.
ByMike McBride April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I know some young folks. I work with some young folks. The stereotype that the younger generations don’t want to work is false, in my opinion. What they don’t want to do is work the same way we have for ages because they recognize that it’s not a sound system.

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Calm Reminds Us That Diverse Teams Have Diverse Mental Health Needs
ByMike McBride March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The point, however, is that when you look at the diversity on your team and consider how to implement solid mental health support systems, don’t forget about the diversity. Don’t assume they all need the same thing. They do not. There are some cultural differences, some unique challenges, and some ways to consider the diverse needs that some of them may have. It’s worth keeping in mind.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that individuals are all different too. Not every Hispanic employee needs the same resources. There’s individual diversity too. Perhaps talking more about it and listening to their needs is the best answer!

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Layoffs, Anxiety and Trust
ByMike McBride February 27, 2023March 1, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Ultimately this is what will define your culture and your employee engagement. Do your actions match your words? It’s not enough to say you care about mental health, diversity, or developing the people who work for you. You had better put something behind that. If you’ve had layoffs recently, don’t expect anyone to believe that you care about these things on your words alone. Those layoffs told everyone in the organization that they were expendable. They could be next, and the only thing that truly matters is how much they make for you. If you care about their growth, wellbeing and being a diverse company, you had better show up with something other than words.

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Linked – A researcher tried to buy mental health data. It was surprisingly easy.
ByMike McBride February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

The US government spends a lot of time telling people to fear what Chinese companies could do with the data they get from our phones when we use something like TikTok, but they do nothing about things like this.

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Bad Managers Cause Poor Mental Health
ByMike McBride January 18, 2023January 17, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

Think about it, someone in management who has never learned how to communicate will have a team unaware of what is happening. Leaders who follow the examples of those above them, who’ve created a misogynistic culture, will continue with the same practices. When things don’t go smoothly, managers getting berated from above will berate the people below them. And on and on it goes.

If we want a healthier, open, and inclusive workplace, we need to train the people in charge of setting the tone and the culture. All the lunchtime yoga and meditation in the world can’t overcome that shortcoming.

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