Mental Health Training For Managers

These mental health training workshops support employees, managers and organisations to better understand and recognise mental health problems in the workplace. Recent media attention has arguably blurred the lines between the common frustrations and difficulties of modern life and ‘formal’ mental illness. This training offers clarity and accurate information to improve the processes of good personal Mental Health Practices. It also raises awareness and offers a practical toolkit designed to support and equip employees with strategies to better manage mental health in the workplace.  This programme can be provided as a one-day training course, a session at a conference or as part of a coaching programme for individuals.

By the end of the programme, leaders will know:

  • Understood and discussed the fundamentals of mental health

  • Understand how good mental health relates to individual and team performance

  • Learned how to identify signs that mental health may be becoming compromised

  • Linked strategies for stress reduction, anxiety management and pressure to appropriate solutions

  • Built and practiced methods to manage day-to-day performance whilst maintaining an ‘adult’ environment to maintain good mental health

Course Outline

  • Understanding what mental health really is, how it both enables and causes challenges

  • Understanding the links from childhood to mental health

  • How neuro-chemistry and physiology drive issues and challenges

  • The effect of breathing and diet on wellbeing and health

  • How your mental state affects the way you think and mental ‘toughness’

  • Understanding emotions, how they work and how they can be managed

  • Understanding the process of ‘grief’ and the various states associated with it

  • Deep dive into ‘anxiety’’ as well as into the wider list of emotions and the effect on behaviours

  • Understand the mental health challenges and opportunities around change

  • Building confidence and positive mental attitude

  • How tricky relationships, particularly involving conflict can create issues at work

  • The Triune brain, health and performance implications

  • Facing stress and cultural implications

  • Building Emotional Intelligence

  • How to deal with pressure

  • How to balance workload to get the best outcomes


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