Supporting the well-being of your staff
Seeing strong support of Mental Health Awareness last week inspired me with the following thought:
As well as looking after ourselves, we need to educate ourselves about how to support others.
As a line manager, you can be proactive about supporting the well-being of your staff.
Here’s some guidance from the mental health charity Mind…
Ask the person you are supporting to think about:
- What they are like when they are feeling well and flourishing at work
- What a work environment that promotes good mental wellbeing looks like for them
- What helps maintain their mental wellbeing
- What coping strategies they already use for dealing with poor mental health and why these have been effective
- How they’ve addressed similar challenges in the past
- What hasn’t worked for them in the past and why they think this might be
Mind provide further guidance on how to have a good conversation and what to do next — you can find their guide by clicking here.
I’ve only come across the because the national #mentalhealthawarenessweek campaign caught my interest and prompted me to do some research. It does show that awareness campaigns work if you use them to create action.
