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21: How leaders can champion self-care, reflection, and awareness - Simi Rayat
21: How leaders can champion self-care, reflection, and awareness - Simi Rayat
In this podcast, Leadership Coach, Simi Rayat shares her expert insights on how leaders can maintain good mental health in the new era of work, alongside supporting the wellbeing of their teams.
You can read the full transcript at: https://social.hays.com/2020/10/26/podcast-21-how-leaders-can-champion-self-care-reflection-and-awareness/
Related content:
• Desperately seeking my work mojo – Last seen March 2020: https://social.hays.com/2020/09/07/desperately-seeking-work-mojo/
• How to look after your mental health in a world of ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions: https://social.hays.com/2020/10/01/how-to-look-after-mental-health-ever-changing-covid-19-restrictions/
• How to prioritise the wellbeing of your people in a hybrid workplace: https://social.hays.com/2020/06/19/prioritise-wellbeing-of-people-hybrid-workplace/
• Podcast 18: How to support your team’s mental health when transitioning back into the workplace: https://social.hays.com/2020/06/28/podcast-18-support-teams-mental-health/
Timestamps:
(01:14) Please could I ask you to introduce yourself to our listeners?
(01:52) Please could you clarify what we mean by mental health?
(02:45) Do you think the stigma around mental health, particularly mental health at work has been lessened because of the pandemic? Is this maybe one of the positives that's come out of the crisis?
(06:06) Looking back through the past few months, what do you think have been the main challenges impacting leaders, which could have negatively impacted their mental health and how could this be manifesting in their day-to-day work?
(10:25) And what impact do you think increasingly hybrid workplaces will have on the mental health of leaders?
(13:11) Due to pivoting business models and an uncertain economic climate, many leaders are leading extremely busy professional lives in very difficult circumstances. Do you have any practical tips to help them prioritise their own self-care and thus better prioritise their own mental health?
(17:23) I know you've previously written for us about the importance of regular self-reflection and self-awareness. Could you tell our listeners what you mean by these terms and how this practice can improve mental health? Are these particularly relevant things to do for leaders currently?
(21:11) We discussed the stigma surrounding mental health earlier in our conversation, but how important do you think it is for leaders to share their mental health worries and experiences with others? Do you have any tips for our listeners who might feel uncomfortable or hesitant about sharing this kind of personal information?
(22:58) The pandemic and all the many pressures that have come with it may have led some leaders to experience self-doubt or even imposter syndrome. Do you have any advice for our listeners who may be going through this?
(27:03) How can leaders establish themselves as positive role models when it comes to mental health, within their teams and the wider workplace? Do you think this will be important in the new era of work?
(31:12) World Suicide Prevention Day took place last month and unfortunately, as we know, men are far more likely to die from suicide than women. Do you have any specific advice for male leaders who may be struggling with their mental health at this time?
(33:05) What do you think are the three qualities that make a good leader? And do you think that these qualities have changed since the beginning of the pandemic?
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21: How leaders can champion self-care, reflection, and awareness - Simi Rayat
In this podcast, Leadership Coach, Simi Rayat shares her expert insights on how leaders can maintain good mental health in the new era of work, alongside supporting the wellbeing of their teams.
You can read the full transcript at: https://social.hays.com/2020/10/26/podcast-21-how-leaders-can-champion-self-care-reflection-and-awareness/
Related content:
• Desperately seeking my work mojo – Last seen March 2020: https://social.hays.com/2020/09/07/desperately-seeking-work-mojo/
• How to look after your mental health in a world of ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions: https://social.hays.com/2020/10/01/how-to-look-after-mental-health-ever-changing-covid-19-restrictions/
• How to prioritise the wellbeing of your people in a hybrid workplace: https://social.hays.com/2020/06/19/prioritise-wellbeing-of-people-hybrid-workplace/
• Podcast 18: How to support your team’s mental health when transitioning back into the workplace: https://social.hays.com/2020/06/28/podcast-18-support-teams-mental-health/
Timestamps:
(01:14) Please could I ask you to introduce yourself to our listeners?
(01:52) Please could you clarify what we mean by mental health?
(02:45) Do you think the stigma around mental health, particularly mental health at work has been lessened because of the pandemic? Is this maybe one of the positives that's come out of the crisis?
(06:06) Looking back through the past few months, what do you think have been the main challenges impacting leaders, which could have negatively impacted their mental health and how could this be manifesting in their day-to-day work?
(10:25) And what impact do you think increasingly hybrid workplaces will have on the mental health of leaders?
(13:11) Due to pivoting business models and an uncertain economic climate, many leaders are leading extremely busy professional lives in very difficult circumstances. Do you have any practical tips to help them prioritise their own self-care and thus better prioritise their own mental health?
(17:23) I know you've previously written for us about the importance of regular self-reflection and self-awareness. Could you tell our listeners what you mean by these terms and how this practice can improve mental health? Are these particularly relevant things to do for leaders currently?
(21:11) We discussed the stigma surrounding mental health earlier in our conversation, but how important do you think it is for leaders to share their mental health worries and experiences with others? Do you have any tips for our listeners who might feel uncomfortable or hesitant about sharing this kind of personal information?
(22:58) The pandemic and all the many pressures that have come with it may have led some leaders to experience self-doubt or even imposter syndrome. Do you have any advice for our listeners who may be going through this?
(27:03) How can leaders establish themselves as positive role models when it comes to mental health, within their teams and the wider workplace? Do you think this will be important in the new era of work?
(31:12) World Suicide Prevention Day took place last month and unfortunately, as we know, men are far more likely to die from suicide than women. Do you have any specific advice for male leaders who may be struggling with their mental health at this time?
(33:05) What do you think are the three qualities that make a good leader? And do you think that these qualities have changed since the beginning of the pandemic?