There are three reasons successful businesses make the mental health of their employees a top priority. In the first session managers learn the benefits of:
1. Proactively raising awareness of mental health issues to create a culture of resilience in their team;
2. Understanding the moral obligations of creating an ethical working environment in a changing society;
3. Compliance with employer responsibilities and employee rights within the UK legal framework.
A proactive approach to mental health in the workplace is the best way of reducing absence, decreasing presenteeism and improving productivity.

In this second session, managers learn to recognise the thoughts and feelings that make up stigma and discrimination, and how to challenge negative stereotypes and beliefs by:
1. Exploring different meanings of ‘mental health’ and how the concept applies to us all;
2. Understanding mental health as a continuum that runs from illness to wellness and beyond;
3. Applying the biopsychosocial model to understand the factors that make up mental health.
Knowing how and why attitudes towards mental health are changing will empower managers to change attitudes within your organisation.

In this final session, managers will be equipped with the necessary skills to structure a conversation about mental health in the workplace. They will learn to:
1. Recognise and deal appropriately with the signs and symptoms of a variety of mental health conditions;
2. Follow the proven ALRIGHT framework to make successful interventions with staff in need of help;
3. Put this framework into action using emotionally intelligent body language and listening skills.
Managers will have a greater awareness and confidence of when and how to make appropriate interventions with their staff.