You think you’ve got it covered.
Until you don’t.
The cost of mental health in the workplace is real
I took great pride in building a company culture that was warm and friendly and offered opportunities to be creative and grow. Yet, personal challenges were treated as though they were non existant. I know my employees struggled, but they weren’t encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. I was suppressing my own challenges and self-soothing with alcohol and overachievement. I was modelling the behaviour of “Leave your personal struggles at home. Pull up your socks. We are here to work.” When employees cried in their performance reviews, I wasn’t curious about why my feedback on their performance triggered such an emotional response. As much as I prided myself in being a good leader, I was not acknowledging my employees as whole people.
Deborah Watring-Ellis
Founder, Watring & Associates, Inc.
$1 000 000 000 000… the productivity cost of mental health to the global economy
50% of the population
will have or have had a mental illness by age 40.
12 billion
Working days are lost due to mental health challenges every year.
source: World Health Organization (WHO)
The solution?
Stop little problems from getting bigger.
Introducing WeCARE
Simple and effective online mental health training to help your people reach out to one another and offer their support before things get really bad.
94% of employees felt more confident they could help a colleague in distress after completing this program.
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It took me many years…
and many different manifestations of my company to wake up to the reality that I was not the great leader I thought I was. What made a difference for me was working with leaders who “get it”. They have struggled and acknowledged their struggles. They bring their whole selves to work every day and they encourage me to do the same. No, they insist on it. We check in with each other regularly. We hold space for each other. And, we hold each other accountable to achieve great things.
Mental ill health in the workplace is real. Occupational stress injuries are real. Addictions and neurological disorders are real. They come to work with our people every day, and they have an impact on company performance. As leaders, it is our responsibility to ensure our workplaces help manage mental health problems rather than contributing to them.
Deborah Watring-Ellis
Founder, Watring & Associates, Inc.