By Chally Kacelnik
Boy howdy, am I ever not a fan of individualist approaches to social or organisational problems, particularly vis-à-vis mental health and wellbeing concerns at work. (See, previously: What We’re Reading: Workers’ mental health vulnerable to bad management and How to Meaningfully Address Stress in Your Organisation for more detailed ranting analysis.) What, then, should leaders do for a systemic approach?
Leaders play a critical role in creating the right conditions to support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. They should have a focus on developing and maintaining a work culture that minimises psychosocial safety risks and enables good mental health and wellbeing outcomes. There are two arms to this:
- Implement organisational interventions that enable positive psychosocial outcomes
- Support individuals’ mental health and wellbeing needs
We run a Mental Health and Wellbeing course for leaders that focuses on the following:
- Mental health and wellbeing in a workplace context: responsibilities and psychosocial risks
- Organisational lens vs individualist lens
- Creating and maintaining a supportive, resilient, and preventative culture
- Supporting individuals: recognising signs, outside help, accommodations, recovery and return to work, effective conversations
- Looking after your own health and wellbeing
Get in touch with us if you would like more information.
At LKS Quaero, we help organisations to genuinely support human beings. For more information, visit us at lksquaero.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook.
