Stellar X - 3. Naomi Armitage - The Ripple Effect of Healthy Workplaces

The Shaun McCambridge Podcast

01.50 - Introduction to the opportunity to improve well-being through work.

02.22 - Work can make you well, and moderate the bad stuff that is happening at home. If you can come to work and it makes you feel part of a team, to feel like you have a vision, and purpose and that you have support then it can be powerful and can impact you in a positive way.

03.00 - Sometimes work makes us sick, it causes us to be unwell. We shouldn't be paid to go somewhere that makes us sick. When work makes us sick, it creeps into our house, our relationships and our sleep.

05.30 - Work can make us well and work can help us with our world outside of it.

08.00 - We need to look at what is making the fish bowl dirty. Start to look at the water to see what is making us sick. If we can start to make it clean and make people well.

Cleaning the water is tough and it takes time and effort, but it is worth it.

09.10 - Give people purpose, and connect them with the values to create the right framework. The other key piece that helps that framework come to life, is the concept of Psychological Safety.

10:14 - Psychological Safety exists in TEAMS. When I feel psychologically safe I feel safe to take an interpersonal risk, to be the real me and to ask questions, challenge the boss and ask for support.

If you are having mental health issues you need to feel psychologically safe to say you are not doing so well and need help.

From a proactive view, you feel safe to let your team know and feel like you have a purpose.

12.00 - Impression Management -

Social platforms allow us to show the world we are awesome and you want me on your team. The real you that feels self-doubt and feels like an imposter, who sees that real you? If you are part of a team built on the trust you can be the real you.

16.10 - Social contracts and consciousness around negative behaviours help to make us feel safe.

17.24 -- Behaviours that make toxic workplaces and make people sick both psychologically and physically unwell:

• Non-inclusive behaviour
• Disrespectful
• Unethical behaviour
• Cutthroat behaviour

19. 30 - We value diversity of thought but if we don't live by the values and let people be heard, they will leave.

23.20 - You can have an impact on the mental health of those around you and the team.

25.00 - Psychological Safety underpins your other business levers such as Diversity and inclusion, Productivity (it's the difference between high and low performance), Safety (reporting behaviours and taking action)

28.40 - How do you do it? How do you create a psychologically safe place?

First Step - The foundation is to make people feel like they belong and are part of the team

Second step - Contribute - understand why you are here and your role in the team, to make you feel valued

Third Step - Making people okay with failure and having a learning mindset, then they will start to speak up

33.10 - 5 things you can do:

1. In the last 7 days have you admitted fear or a mistake to a colleague? We are human we can make mistakes
2. Have you asked for help from a leader or subordinate? Tells you your value to contribute
3. Have you learnt anything new? Shows you are a learn it all, show your curious mindset
4. Have you had someone ask you for help? They trust you
5. Have you spoken up about a concern? It shows it's safe to speak up and allows others to do so

36.15 - Q&A