37. Mental Health & Employee Support - How can business leaders best support their staff?

05/29/20 • 58 min

Stephane Grenier of Mental Health Innovation a former soldier who served in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994 and coined the term “moral injury”. Now, he is the Founder and Lead Innovator of Mental Health Innovations, a company that trains business leaders to support their staff members in a unique way. His experience as a soldier vets him as one who truly understands what it is like to be exposed to trauma, though he argues, he was not traumatized. He does not agree that there should be so many rules and legislation around mental health issues such as PTSD, which is a presumption that does not serve the business industry well. Stephane also says that we have developed too many policies that disempower managers to appropriately interact with their employees where the “clinical narrative has invaded the workspace”. He believes mental health is too complicated and could be simplified in a way to empower leaders to address their staff in supportive, non-clinical ways and that it is less relevant in the workplace. According to Stephane, the narrative needs to be de-medicalized and leaders need to learn skills. In his training program, they role play and engage in interactive scenarios to get them to practice how they would formulate how they would support their employees under difficult circumstances. He argues that they can change management behaviors who may be heavily focused on productivity, though need to improve their relationship building with staff who would respond more positively. Don’t wait until someone is sick; build the relationship now, and it will pay out. His program rehumanizes people and the peer support model he uses compliments everything else that is in place such as the EAP, benefit program, etc. He says that there is evidence that peer support will help integrate people into society and back into the workplace better, so it imperative for us to train leaders for the future of humanity, Buy Stephane’s Book: After the War https://www.amazon.ca/After-War-Surviving-Changing-Culture/dp/0889775338 Website: https://mhic-cism.com/stephane-grenier/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mental-health-innovations-consulting/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_grenier YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkLF78tiP4Xk7hTQY4_WC7A AdvancingHumanityPodcast.com

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36. Reality T.V. & Celebrities - What is the fascination?

Steven Berkowitz has a long list of accomplishments in the entertainment industry. He is a “seasoned showrunner, development executive, storyteller and interviewer” with significant contributions to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Rachel Zoe Project and many other notable shows and networks. Steve provides his insight on why we have such a fascination with celebrities, including athletes and reality t.v. personalities. He said that reality t.v. today captures the talent and skills of people who may never have gotten the chance to shine. He also says that when someone is trying to get on reality television, they should go well beyond just “being themselves;” instead, they should be “an exaggerated version” of themselves and not fake, but “unfiltered”. Steve is working on his first documentary feature that is based on a “powerful topic”, which will be revealed after it is edited and completed, so stay tuned. Additionally, Steve has a podcast called “No Script, No Problem” where he shines the spotlight on people who make reality t.v. great. Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleav-no-script-no-problem/id1492974577 Twitter: https://twitter.com/steveberkowitz Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-berkowitz-5a09ab8/ AdvancingHumanityPodcast.com

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38. Human Trafficking - How is this happening in North America?

Rima Nashashibi is the Founder and President of Global Hope 365. As a strong advocate for children who are trafficked and married off as child brides, she is a passionate international speaker and voice for victims of this silent crime, yet preventable crime. Global Hope 365 website https://www.globalhope365.org/ CA Coalition to End Child Marriage https://cacoalitiontoendchildmarriage.org/ The Digital Advocacy Campaign for them to participate in and send it to all their friends and family: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/end-child-marriage-in-the-state-of-california/ Help us add Partners to the CA Coalition to end Child Marriage: Organizations, Elected officials, community leaders, and adding youth Ambassadors: https://cacoalitiontoendchildmarriage.org/join-us/ To invite Rima Nashashibi to speak: contact [email protected] Help us get funding: https://www.globalhope365.org/donate To volunteer: [email protected] Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn @globalhope365 For parents to protect their kids up to 18 on the internet: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/5-things-you-can-do-to-ensure-your-children-are-safe-online AdvancingHumanityPodcast.com