S03E06 The Mental Health Responsibility Episode

The Leader Learner Podcast

Check-In:

• If you could change anything about yourself, what would you change?

Big Ideas:

• Should organizations provide resources for employee mental health?
• Mental health is still a taboo topic for many, especially in organizations
• Not educated about topics of mental health
• Shame associated with an EAP program
• Culture of "suck it up," "be strong," and "pull up your bootstraps."
• Perception of being weak - the stigma of mental health issues
• Is there a right way to support people around mental health?
• Community-based program to support employee mental health - feeling not alone by sharing with others
• Trust advisors in Switzerland - listen and provide options, not therapy or coaching
• Complexity of situations
• Neurodivergent employees and mental health - are they in the same box?
• Leaving your personal life at the door doesn't work
• Compartmentalizing our lives doesn't work
• We are meant to be in community with others - we are not autonomous beings
• Is community more important than the product?
• Sitting with our emotions, rather than trying to push past them
• Personal responsibility - where am I participating?
• Yoga, nap rooms, etc support the symptoms, but not the cause
• Provide the relationship space for people
• Continuity of support - more than just a couple of days off
• People who can step off the work highway, and others who cannot
• Pressure on employees can't be fixed with nap pods
• The CEO who was fired for providing more for his employees, but not focusing enough on profit
• Not about finding fault
• Mental health is not linear
• YES/AND - both individual and organizational responsibility

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