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Mental Health Skills Blogs
Mental health is in the news right know, because organisations have come to realise that their staff performance may be affected by mental health issues.
Organisations need to know:
- How a person’s thoughts affect their feelings and therefore their performance.
- How a person’s mental health may be affected by the office culture.
- What signs should managers and team leaders be looking out for.
- What can managers and team leaders to do help?
- What do some managers and team leaders do that make things worse.
- How to develop a code of conduct that will promote good mental health.
Many organisations are now investing in training to help their managers become more aware of mental health issues. Organisations know that they must eliminate any dangerous cultural practices that could contribute to mental health problems. In addition, they want to know what they can do to ensure that their workplace culture is one that promotes good mental health.
Mental Health Skills Blogs
How to Improve Employee Mental Wellbeing
15 June 2021
Staff mental wellbeing must be a priority. Good mental health can be achieved with the right support and training. Proper mental health awareness training gives companies the correct methods to achieve good mental health in the workplace.
Continue Reading >Five Ways to Change How you Feel
1 June 2021
Don't spend time focusing on your fears, instead learn to change your dominating thoughts and your emotional response to the fears.
Continue Reading >External Factors Which Impact Our Mental Wellbeing
16 February 2021
There are many factors that influence how we feel emotionally. How we respond to these factors, affects our mental wellbeing. We examine the main factors that affect people and how best to cope with them, to protect our mental health.
Continue Reading >How to Improve Mental Wellbeing During Lockdown
9 February 2021
Lockdowns around the world have meant isolation for many people, which has to lead to psychological suffering for many. Find out how we can help improve mental wellbeing for ourselves and others.
Continue Reading >Managing Emotions to Improve your Mental Health
1 December 2020
Negative thoughts will give rise to doubts and make us fearful and unhappy. How can we manage our emotions so that we feel more positive, confident and optimistic? Learn to evaluate situations correctly and become more positive.
Continue Reading >How to Manage your Mental Well-Being
14 January 2020
Your self-image is how you feel about yourself and your future. Research has linked low self-esteem to poor mental health. Thinking about how you handle problematic situations can help to improve your overall mental well-being.
Continue Reading >How to Improve your Mental Health
15 January 2019
Do you feel weighed down by bad memories of the past? Are you surrounded by toxic people? Are you determined to improve your mental health this year? Check out these proven ways to help improve your mental well-being.
Continue Reading >Mental Health At Work
9 October 2018
Does your management team understand the importance of mental health? Learn how to put into practice good systems and processes to help your managers address problems at work, which could negatively affect employees mental health.
Continue Reading >How can I Deal With My Anxiety?
6 April 2018
Anxiety is a debilitating condition caused by your emotional thinking process. By controlling your thoughts, you CAN manage your anxiety. Try these tips to help break the anxiety cycle.
Continue Reading >Mental Health Awareness for Managers
31 October 2017
One key to good mental health is self-image. If you want to gain a better understanding of mental health, it is important to understand that positive self-image is the driving force for good mental health, both in yourself and others around you.
Continue Reading >How to Achieve a Work Life Balance
24 October 2017
Discover effective ways to achieve a healthy work life balance with our helpful tips. Contact our team to find out more about our work life balance training.
Continue Reading >Mental Health Awareness At Work
10 October 2017
Companies need to promote good working practices by training their managers in mental health awareness. Only by training will we remove the stigma surrounding mental health and help the 1 in 4 people with mental health issues. #WorldMentalHealthDay
Continue Reading >Blog Categories
Accelerated Learning (6)
Accelerated learning techniques are special methods of organising information, so that you can more rapidly memorise and more accurately recall it on demand. Accelerated learning also includes mind mapping and creative thinking techniques.
Assertiveness (4)
Assertiveness is a both a communication style and a mind-set which, when combined, allows a people to express their meaning using just the amount of forcefulness, in relation to their body language, voice tone and spoken language.
Change Management (15)
Change management training is how to use the fact of continuous change, to work FOR you, rather than against you. It is a fact that all improvement implies change, but many people hate change. Change management is about training people to love change as a means of making the future better.
Coaching, Mentoring and Developing Staff (8)
There is a pressing need to develop the next generation of leaders, managers and technical experts. One way to develop staff is through coaching and mentoring. To be an effective coach and mentor is not an easy skill to master. These blogs discuss the skills of coaching, mentoring and staff development.
Communication - Clear Communication (77)
One to the most important facets of communication is clarity. Whenever you write or speak, your words should denote only one possible meaning. If your words can be properly interpreted in multiple ways, then you are creating the conditions for confusion, error and misunderstanding. These blogs discuss the nature of clear communication.
Communication - Listening Skills (5)
Communication includes the ability to attend to, understand and memorise what people say to you. Effective Listening is an active, not a passive process. These bloggs discuss what it takes to be a good listener.
Communication - Nonverbal Communication (8)
Communication includes a large visual component. How you appear, as you speak, makes a big difference to how your message is received. These blogs are about how to best use your body language. (Eye contact, posture, dress, hand and arm gestures, etc.)
Communication - Persuasive Communication (39)
Persuasion is the art of convincing others that your ideas are good, right, fair and practical, and in addition, persuasion includes motivating people to put your ideas into action. Persuasion is a key communication skill that everyone should study. These blogs discuss how to be more persuasive.
Communication - Written Communication (5)
A part of your communication is in the written form. Writing well is a skill that most people do not study, though it is of immense importance. These blogs discuss how you might improve your written communication.
Conflict Management and Handling Difficult People (28)
Conflict is inevitable, and when it occurs, you need to resolve it quickly and efficiently. Conflict management (and handling difficult people) is about managing your communication and your emotions, so that you arrive at a negotiated solution as quickly as possible. This series of blogs discusses the various ways you can best manage conflict.
Decision Making and Problem Solving (21)
Decision making is the skill of selecting the best option from many options. And problem solving is the skill at determining the causes and implications of a problem and finding efficient remedies. This series of blogs discusses the elements of effective decision making and problem solving.
Goal Setting (7)
Success is the achievement of a worthwhile goal. And therefore, the first step to achieving a goal is to set it. Goal setting is the starting point of all achievement and is one of the most important topics you could study. This series of blogs discuss the elements of goal setting.
Leadership and Management (143)
Leadership is the art of setting a clear goal and inspiring others to achieve it. Management is the art of organising resources so as to most efficiently achieve that goal. This series of blogs discuss the details of leadership and management.
Mental Health (12)
Mental health is the skill of managing your own mind so as to achieve mental stability and a high degree of rationality. Mental ill health is the opposite, mental instability and irrational actions. This series of blogs, discusses how you might manage your mind.
Motivation (32)
Motivation is an emotion that induces action. Without motivation, nobody would achieve anything of value. This series of blogs discusses the various ways you can motivate yourself and others.
Other (36)
Whilst interesting and informative in their own right, these blogs don't fit into a category.
People Management (11)
People management is a combination of skills including goal setting, communication, planning, handling conflict and motivation skills. This series of blogs discusses people management skills.
Personal Development (72)
The best investment you can make is in your own personal development. If you develop your skills, knowledge and experience, then you will maximise your potential to produce excellent results. This series of blogs looks at the details of personal development.
Personal Effectiveness (85)
You are not paid for how hard you work; you are paid for your effectiveness. It is possible to improve your effectiveness and get more valuable work done in less time and effort. This series of blogs discusses how you might improve your personal effectiveness and therefore speed up your rate of progress.
Positive Thinking (8)
The quality of your results is based upon the quality of your actions. And your actions are controlled by your thoughts. To simultaneously improve both your material results and your mental health, it is vital to develop the skills of positive thinking.
Stress Management (3)
Stress can be both good for you and bad for you. Good Stress triggers improvement. Bad stress grinds you down. Stress management is about using stress to help you to improve, and to avoid the negative effects of too much stress. These blogs discuss the various aspects of stress management.
Supervisory Management Skills (4)
Supervisory management skills are a combination of five major skill sets, setting goals, communication skills, planning, performance management and motivation. These blogs discuss the details of supervisory management skills.
Team Leadership (6)
For the most part, we all work in teams. Leading the team effectively can make all the difference to the performance of the team, as a whole. This series of blogs discuss the details of team leadership.
Teamwork (19)
Teams are often composed of people who have very different personalities and skills. In order to perform well, the members of the team must work well together and play to each other’s strengths. This series of blogs covers the importance of team work skills.
Time Management (16)
Time management is about prioritising, planning, organising and delegating, so that, at any moment, you are always adding the most value, and setting the conditions for your future success. This series of blogs investigates how you might better manage your time.