Promoting mental health in the workplace: Half-day leaders public workshop

Evidence linking management and leadership to employee mental health and wellbeing has grown dramatically over the last decade, to the point where it is so well supported it almost seems self-evident.

Research has found that 92% of managers agree that what they do affects the wellbeing of their staff, but only 58% of employees believe that their line manager is concerned about their wellbeing.* This research suggests a mismatch between leaders and their team members.

* Source: Public Health England & Business in the Community (2017). Mental Health at Work Report 2017. https://www.activehw.co.uk%Mental-health-at-work-report-2017.pdf)

In our experience, leaders usually want to do their best by their staff but are often unsure what their role is around mental health and wellbeing, and how best to support their people.

1. Increase your understanding of mental health and mental illness.

2. Understand the importance of investing in workplace mental health

3.  Learn a practical framework which will provide steps and skills to:

• Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health
• Initiate conversations when you are concerned and offer effective support options
• Identify indicators of suicide risk and what actions to take
• Implement workplace interventions to support recovery.
• Follow up
• Prioritise and model self-care

All Umbrella training is developed from best-practice research in the wellbeing and mental health sciences. The workshops are facilitated by Umbrella’s experienced psychologists who create a safe and supportive environment for discussing mental health and improving leadership competencies in managing mental health.

Workshops include case examples to help operationalise skills taught and come complete with workbooks that participants take away with them at the end of the training.

Note: This public workshop is open to individual registrations from managers and leaders across New Zealand. If you are interested in running a workshop for your entire leadership team, please get in touch using our standard enquiry form.