LAUNCHING FEBRUARY 2024
HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THE SIGNS?
There is nothing more important than our mental health, and mental health in the workplace is essential. Our mental health drives everything we do. It can have a ripple effect on our work and other aspects of our life. In our work, it affects our productivity, creativity, absenteeism, conflict, projects, staff turnover and stress levels. We need satisfaction, meaning and purpose. In our personal lives, it affects our relationships and our physical health.
We have a real problem around mental health in the workplace, and there’s a lot that needs to change. Many companies don’t adequately prioritise mental health. They talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk and there’s too much harmful behaviour.
Mental health conditions are real and are a significant and growing concern in the workplace. It’s so important to take action to ensure your organisation is able to prevent, support and respond to mental health risks. Creating a safe, supportive and inclusive work environment, where mental health is openly discussed and addressed, is critical for nurturing a healthy and productive workforce.
I hope this book realises the dangers that are currently in the workplace and brings change in some way. By creating great leaders, who then create great leaders, together, we can build a safe and successful workplace for everyone.
Here's a little sneak peek
A toxic workplace is like poison
A toxic workplace is like poison
It will spread if not contained
It can make your employees very sick
So ensure its decimated
If poison runs throughout your workplace
It’ll deprive oxygen in your team
It will block all motivation
And company-wide prestige
It will increase employees' heart rates
Breathing and body temperatures
As they’re dealing with anxiety
And other pain this may endure
You’ll never be successful
With poison running through your team
It will continually kill your progress
And your employees' self-esteem...
The blame culture
The blame culture shows weak leadership
And it comes right from the top
It’s a game of finger-pointing
It’s a game that should be stopped
The blame culture is so toxic
When there’s someone else to blame
No one takes responsibility
It’s a constant game of blame and shame
There is endless finger pointing
It’s always someone else’s fault
It can create a lethal culture
It can leave the team distraught
No-one is ever responsible
For their own actions or mistakes
They hide behind another person
They do whatever it takes...
The broken human being
At the end of all this bullying
Is a broken human being
They’ve been battered and they’ve been bruised
‘Cause they had to face this adversity
They chose to join your company
With what you sold them in your interview
But you failed this human being
Because your company didn’t follow through
This was not what they agreed to
As they came to work each day
They agreed to pay and benefits
Not needing therapy along the way
They may now struggle trusting others
Or they may have PTSD
They may have depression or anxiety
They’re broken in ways you’ll never see...
Let's create the best work culture
Let’s create the best work culture
With candidates knocking down our door
Wanting to come and work with us
Because we’re challenged and empowered
They want to join our company
Because the word upon the street
Is that we can trust each other
And we’re valued as a team
They know we all show respect
And we hear each other out
We mentor and promote our staff
We know what our vision is about
We know career progression
Will keep our team wanting to stay
It’s a major factor to retention
As staff have satisfaction day to day...