L&D Disrupt

LIVE: Making Mental Health A Priority In High Growth Startups | Episode 8


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How can you make employee mental health a priority in fast-paced startups? That's the topic we tackled in the very first edition of L&D Disrupt Live! James Routledge, Lauren Cunningham and Will Beaton joined us to answer questions like:

  • Why should startups make mental health a priority?
  • Can you spot when efforts are just performative?
  • Which metrics should we be looking at?
  • What action can you take this week to really make a difference?
  • Running Order

    04:50 Why should startups make mental health a priority?

    07:25 Why it’s taken so long for mental health to get on the agenda

    08:41 Can you spot when efforts are just performative?

    13:19 Bringing a wellbeing team into the business

    15:00 How to position a business case for wellbeing initiatives

    19:43 Rolling out new measures in a hybrid setting

    21:49 Empowering leaders to drive mental wellbeing across teams

    23:45 Keeping volunteers engaged and inspired

    26:23 The importance of making people feel heard

    28:15 Which metrics should we be looking at?

    31:27 What to do when you feel like a cultural misfit

    37:38 Creating a strategy in a startup vs larger corporate company

    40:45 How can you prevent burnout in startups?

    46:18 Taking control of your own wellbeing

    47:43 Is there a clash between growing revenue and a people-first culture?

    53:13 What’s one thing you can do this week to move the needle?

    How to connect:

    Find James on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdroutledge1/

    Find Lauren on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenleacunningham/

    Find Will on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-beaton-24228b106/

    Find Nelson on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ 

    Find HowNow on: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/

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