Managers and leaders learn skills to support the mental health of their hybrid and remote team members, whilst protecting their own wellbeing
Course Context
As more people have continued to work remotely or a hybrid work pattern, managers and leaders are faced with the ongoing challenge of ensuring that their team members are receiving appropriate support to carry out their work effectively and stay mentally healthy.
Evidence shows that a switch to remote working can result in feelings of isolation and disconnection. Remote workers may be juggling home and work demands as their workspace becomes the same place as they relax, eat or even sleep. Often they feel as if they have to work extra hours to prove that they are productive, in the absence of the usual face-to-face reassurance from their manager.
Managers are in the unique position to provide reassurance and guidance to remote workers, but they also need to consider the impact on their own mental wellbeing. This training course builds awareness of how managers can develop skills to support their teams whilst protecting their own mental health.
Key Outcomes
- Appreciation of the importance of building trust, focusing on outcomes and avoidance of micro-managing.
- Importance of encouraging virtual socialising and ensuring people don’t burn out from trying to be as productive as normal.
- Understanding the most common mental health risks caused or exacerbated by remote working and ways of reducing this level of risk.
- Increased capacity to spot those struggling and differentiate a ‘bad day’ and a potential mental health issue.
- Confidence supporting a member of staff with a self-declared mental health condition, including what to do and the actions and conversations that help.
A delegate who attended this training recently commented:
“I feel more confident tailoring my own behaviours as a manager so I can better support the wellbeing of staff now”
Who Is It For?
This course is suitable for leaders and managers who are responsible for supporting team members who are either working remotely or a hybrid work pattern.
The course content and capacity can be customised for individuality and to ensure organisations’ specific learning criteria are met. Consultancy to protect the psychological wellbeing of remote workers is also an option either as a standalone service or in conjunction with training.
Course Content
Understanding stress and mental health
- Resilience and stress: how they relate to mental health and remote and hybrid working.
- Spotting the signs of struggle: what is normal, what might give cause for concern
- Understanding mental health: causes and management
Helping individuals cope
- Emotional needs and management support
- Building trust and having authentic conversations
- How to maintain motivation and engagement levels
- Promoting healthy coping skills: addressing unhealthy habits
- Impact of lifestyle on well-being
- Making use of a Wellness Action Plan
- Understanding behaviour preferences of individuals and adapting their own behaviours to lead, communicate and support them
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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
"The quality of the training has been fantastic and our employees are really engaging with the trainer and getting something out of it. Also In Equilibrium makes the whole process very easy to arrange."
"We wanted to provide a course that taught useful and practical coping strategies that our members could put into place straight away. In Equilibrium’s experience showed us that they could provide this, and they tailored the course perfectly."
"In-Equilibrium recently presented Mental Health Awareness to Managers in all of our area offices. The training was really well received and all of the trainers were praised for their in-depth knowledge and understanding."
"The training was very well received by staff who now all intend to implement the session’s practical tips and techniques into their existing roles. A large proportion of the staff rated the facilitator and their delivery as excellent and their only recommendation was for a further and longer session!"
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