Here are some quick, easy ways that employers can support their teams’ mental health and wellbeing: • Creating a safe environment and workplace culture that encourages people to bring their ‘whole self’ to work and puts people at ease. • Encouraging open communication about mental health both in an open environment and between line managers and their team members, who should have regular wellbeing check-ins. This can help to reduce the stigma that may exist around discussing this openly. • Mental Health training, for example the Mental Health First Aider courses that are available – and which I personally have found to be extremely valuable and can educate individuals on how to spot signs of and support those experiencing poor mental health. • Providing access to support, for example via employee benefit programmes, such as Help@Hand which gives access to counselling and mental health support. • Developing company policies that are supportive of those who may be 11 SUMMER PROTECT NEWSLETTER experiencing poor mental health, but also policies that will positively impact upon the mental health of your team. • It could be as simple as providing useful resources that promote and educate on mental health matters, or taking part in activities that raise awareness, for example ‘My Whole Self Day’ which I have spoken about in a previous article. So, back to getting more active... I think we all know that regular physical activity can make us happier and healthier, but in reality, finding the time can be quite difficult. By building movement into our working day, we can have a positive impact on productivity and focus. I have seen some great examples of this popping up on my LinkedIn recently, for example I know our Senior Relationship Manager Sarah has been for dog walks with other account managers helping to get some fresh air, I’ve seen some of our firms encouraging their BDMs to come for a walk with them after lunch and to catch up then, I’ve even seen some people going for runs! If you don’t get much ‘free’ time, then building it into your working day is a great idea to help get you Continued on next page...
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