Making a Difference By Improving Mental Health In and Out of the Workplace
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Sadly, many practices and behaviors in the workplace and in the world around us can lead to toxicity and poor mental health. In this session, you will learn ways to identify these practices and behaviors, along with methods to create a more positive environment. With this information, you will be better equipped to help yourself and your co-workers, family members, and friends.
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Making a Difference By Improving Mental Health In and Out of the Workplace
- 1. Making a Difference By Improving Mental Health In and Out of the Workplace John Melnick June 27, 2018
- 3. Presence of: What does a mentally healthy workplace look like? Openness Honesty “Safe” feeling
- 4. Presence of: What does a mentally healthy workplace look like? Politeness Lightness Directness
- 5. Absence of: What does a mentally healthy workplace look like? • Hidden agendas • Dishonesty • “Unsafe” feeling
- 6. Absence of: What does a mentally healthy workplace look like? • Rudeness • “Dark clouds” • Non Directness
- 7. For the Employee: Benefits of a Mentally Healthy Workplace Happy Creative Engaged Team Oriented
- 8. For the Company/Organization: Benefits of a Mentally Healthy Workplace Productivity Attendance
- 9. Reluctance to talk about Mental Health What stands in the way of a mentally healthy workplace? Misperceptions
- 10. Signs of Potential Mental Illness • Feeling tearful • Loss of interest • Changes in eating, drinking, sleeping
- 11. Signs of Potential Mental Illness • Drug or alcohol use • Loss of coping skills If some or all last over 2 weeks
- 12. Creating A Mentally Healthy Workplace: What is needed?
- 13. Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace Need people who: • are willing to speak openly • know what to look for • know what to do
- 14. Tools to Help in the Workplace
- 16. The 4 Way Test Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
- 17. Peer Support What is Peer Support? • In everyday life • In business
- 21. Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths go to Work Paul Babiak, Ph.D. & Robert D. Hare, Ph.D.
- 22. An Unquiet Mind: Memoir of Moods and Madness Kay Redfield Jamison
- 23. Suicide Denied: A Survivor’s Tale (DVD) John Melnick www.JohnMelnick.ca
- 24. Out of the Shadows: The John Melnick Story (DVD) John Melnick Order your copy: www.JohnMelnick.ca
- 28. For Individuals: You Have Freedom to Choose
- 29. Freedom to Choose “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.”
- 30. Your Relationships Know When to Hold ‘Em – Know When to Fold ‘Em* * With thanks to Kenny Rogers
- 31. Your Relationships Type 1: Working well Type 2: Not working but fixable Type 3: Not working and not fixable
- 32. Self Awareness What is Self Awareness? Knowing who you are
- 33. Terminating a Relationship New message on your voice mail: “Thanks for calling. I am making a few changes in my life…
- 34. Self Awareness Helpful Tools: Journaling End Game method
- 35. Journalling Track your activities daily for 3 months Are you spending your time wisely???
- 36. End Game Method Write your desired obituary Are you moving in the right directions?
- 38. Rise Above