GAE2419. Leading with Mental Health in Mind: Answering your Questions

Managers are dealing with mental health and illness on a daily basis - in their teams, and also in themselves. From navigating leaves, to talking through anxiety and feelings of inadequacy, the work of leadership no longer stops with technical proficiency. Beyond theory, what skills, ideas and strategies do managers needs to cultivate to lead with mental health in mind? How we do actually attend, as leaders, to experiences of mental health and illness at work and beyond?

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and be able to apply a working definition of both mental health and mental illness to self
• Identify baseline levels of health and symptoms of illness in self, with markers for follow up if you see them in others
• Recognize tools and strategies to prioritize leaders' health first
• Identify a framework and script for when leaders are concerned and want to connect with team members