Leadership and Mental Health

05/09/24 • 18 min

Can you be high performing at work and living with mental health issues? Would you know how to protect or improve your mental health or provide support to others?

According to NHS Digital, a sixth of the population in England aged 16 to 64 have a mental health problem. Whether it is family or friends, neighbours or work colleagues, the chances are we all know someone who is affected. Bearing in mind the figure is a snapshot in time, you could easily argue it is even more prevalent than that.

It’s Mental health awareness week and in recognition of that, this episode of the Bitesize leadership podcast focuses on leadership lessons around mental health. Please be aware that some of the content covered is sensitive and may be difficult for some to hear.

This month, we are privileged to be joined by Louise Erdozain, Senior Sales Director at Procter and Gamble , She cites her personal experience of depression early on in her career as the catalyst for her to become a champion for healthy minds at P&G 15 years ago. She now plays an active leadership role in helping to build resilience and balance throughout the organisation, to help enable people to reach their full potential

Lou shares her most challenging leadership experience which had to do with her mental health. She openly talks about her struggles and what she consistently does now to protect her mental health. She also shares very useful advice for leaders and organisations as well as resources , references and links for anyone living with mental health issues.

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Can you be high performing at work and living with mental health issues? Would you know how to protect or improve your mental health or provide support to others?

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Recent data shows that 76% of employees report moderate to high levels of stress and it's also been reported that up to 4 in 8 people experience burnout at work. April is stress awareness month and so we are speaking with Vanessa Juby , the founder of Welfy (Welfy.co.uk ) about her leadership journey through work related stress and how she came through the other side .

Vanessa spent twenty years working in advertising both at Board Level in Creative Agencies and in Global roles Client side at Unilever. She is now a certified Coach and Co-Founder of workplace wellbeing training start-up, Welfy, and has been bringing big business thinking to the wellness arena for almost five years now.

Vanessa shares her experience on the causes of stress and givespractical steps leaders can take to identify and manage stress within their organisations . She also shares how she handles stress personally and offers some helpful steps anyone can take to handle stress better.

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'Creating Inclusive workplaces starts from the top, with leaders capable of conscious and personal introspection, reflection and role modelling.'

In this month’s Bitesize leadership podcast we are joined by Sandeep Gill, the Global HR R&D Director at Reckitt to talk about Inclusion and creating inclusive workplaces.

Sandeep brings over 19 years of diverse HR leadership in markets, global organisations and new start-ups, both in HR and Talent roles. She has a strong track record of building diverse high performing leadership teams and driving cultural change.

In our discussion, Sandeep shares her reflections on powerful and personal ways to create inclusive workplaces, starting from leaders looking within and considering how they lead inclusively. She also offers some advice on what employees feeling excluded can do courageously and also shares some lessons when she’s learned when starting her leadership journey.

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