Tools for Managers to Help Employees with Their Mental Health Challenges
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HBR IdeaCast
So if you cannot prevent those situations by supporting your employees, listening to them, creating a safe space in which they can express themselves and get the support they need, then it will get too late and you’ll be in a situation where people cannot work any more because of their mental health issues and the situation, as a manager, will become unmanageable. If we think about somebody who’s just graduated, they’ve started their first job and they’re working with lots of very interesting people who’ve got lots of experience and they’ve come along to this job, at the beginning, they might be feeling really good about that, feeling really stimulated by the people around them, and learning lots and feeling very fulfilled.