Break the Taboo and encourage discussion about Mental Health in the Workplace

As a teacher, the idea of creating a happy classroom is normally at the top of our agenda.

As Brene Brown says, ‘empathy fuels connection’. Using leadership skills to lead an organisation with empathic behaviours improves communication and staff loyalty.

Reading is good for mindfulness, feeling calm and general wellbeing. So, at Laughology HQ, we have selected our top mental health and wellbeing reading material for you to look through. There’s top tips, activities and advice in every post.

Here at Laughology, we know that you’re working hard to look after the mental health and wellbeing of staff and pupils at your school. But coping in times of change or challenge can only be done if we have the skills in our mental health and wellbeing ‘toolbox’.

Even before the coronavirus crisis, mental health issues were the number one cause of long-term absence among UK workers. Lockdown will have undoubtedly exacerbated this issue.

How do you engage traditionally male-dominated industries to talk about the menopause?  

This month we’ve focussed on resilience and have hosted several webinars introducing delegates to our unique FLIP-it thinking model.

Lead happiness consultant, Dave Keeling, is not used to working in August. He’s usually too busy slapping on factor 50 and doing widths in his paddling pool. 

Here at Laughology, we’re proud as punch when we help people, and we know supporting them to be resilient is a great life skill.

Can you actually learn to be resilient? Or, in the words of Lady Gaga, are you born that way? Do the people who cope with life’s toughest challenges come out of the womb with a smile on their face, high-fiving the doctors and midwives as they pass? Even descending through the birth canal is seemingly a breeze.

Laughology’s team is made up of experts with backgrounds in business and performance. For both of these you need resilience.

Here at Laughology, we’ve done our best not to let a major pandemic get in the way of delivering some fantastic learning and development opportunities during recent months. 

Here at Laughology, we know that many people returning to work are worried right now. There are concerns over safety, wellbeing and change. Some may even be continuing to work from home, which requires a new mindset and new practices - and maybe even some new loungewear.

Preparing for a new school year used to be about buying big PE pants, gearing yourself up for the canteen’s lumpy custard and practising how to write BOOBIES on a calculator. 

Despite the pandemic, RBS kept true to its values and onboarded 170 interns from the UK and overseas in preparation for their graduate journey next year.

Victoria Maitland delivered a webinar on FLIP-it Thinking for the homeless charity, CRISIS.

Got a cheesy triangle? Need someone to plug it? Call Stephanie Davies. 

Our focus this month is on diversity and inclusion, and how unconscious bias awareness for your entire organisation is an important factor in creating a more inclusive culture.  

Our focus this month is on diversity and inclusion, and how unconscious bias awareness for your entire organisation is an important factor in creating a more inclusive culture.