Overcoming Our Fear of Mistakes It’s good to be back together after our last blog on how mental health informed workplaces address institutional racism. We explored how our fear of mistakes can keep us from being part of the solution. This dynamic translates to not intervening when we observe others experiencing mental health issues. I’ve […]
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Racism Negatively Impacts Mental Health Welcome back to our continued conversation about how leaders can contribute to mental health informed workplaces. One aspect noted previously was checking in on how employees are doing, one-on-one. We shared a statistic that 40% of employees reported they hadn’t been asked by their managers how they were doing since
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Mental Health Prior to Convergence of Traumas Earlier this week we wrote about the emotional and psychological impact of COVID-19, the recession, Me Too movement, and racial injustice as collective traumas. According to the graph below, before COVID-19, US employees were already struggling with significant mental health concerns. We were multitasking, over-committing, and racial injustice
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Mental Health Support for 84% A recent report revealed that 84% of US adults would currently benefit from mental health support. I’m surprised it’s not higher. The pandemic has created a worldwide trauma that is grounded in uncertainty, a condition that is extremely unpleasant for humans. We are collectively experiencing grief, anxiety, and isolation. Unemployment
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Personal and Professional Lives Colliding I hadn’t heard of Coronavirus three months ago so I could not have imagined it would fundamentally change the ways that we work. I never imagined our organizational cultures would be in our living rooms with our children practicing multiplication tables. It seems everyone has a story about how their
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Poor Communication Impedes Strategy Strategic planning is the go-to strategy for setting the future direction of products and services. When research tells us that only 67% of organizations with a strategic plan actually succeed in implementing their strategy (Bridges Business Consultancy Int Pte Ltd, 2016) it seems like we could make better use of our resources. So,
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