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🌟 Join us Friday for a timely discussion "Thriving Remotely: Navigating Burnout and Fostering Well-Being in the Digital Workplace" featuring Brent Schlenker and Toddi Norum. We're seeing lots of discussions of mental health challenges in the modern workplace, and this conversation will share some insight and practical strategies to combat burnout, maintain work-life balance, and build a supportive work culture. Join us and transform challenges into opportunities for growth and well-being! https://lnkd.in/gKHubFni

"𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥: 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 🚀" Remote work is here to stay, but are we addressing its impact on our mental well-being? 🤔 As we embrace this modern work culture, it's crucial to understand and tackle the unique mental health challenges it brings. 🏡💼 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏: 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Encourage employees to set boundaries, allowing them to disconnect from work. 🛌 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐈𝐧𝐬: Regular video meetings help build connections, reducing feelings of isolation. 👩💻👨💻 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬: Grant mental health days to rejuvenate and recharge. 🌞🧘♀️ Training and Support: Equip managers with tools to recognize and address mental health issues. 👥🔧 Let's turn remote work into an opportunity for mental growth. How do you support your team's mental health while working remotely? Share your insights! 💬 #RemoteWork #MentalHealthMatters #WorkplaceWellness

🧠 The pandemic has ushered in a new era for mental health at work, and this shift is even more pronounced in distributed teams where isolation and screen fatigue are real challenges. A recent HBR article highlights the evolving landscape of workplace mental health, emphasizing the importance of addressing these issues head-on, especially in remote settings. Here's how leaders can support mental health in distributed teams: 1 Open Dialogue: Foster an environment where talking about mental health is normalized. Encourage team members to share their feelings and struggles without fear of judgment. 🗣️ 2 Flexible Support: Recognize that remote work can blur the lines between personal and professional life. Offer flexible working hours and mental health days to help employees manage their well-being. ⏰ 3 Regular Check-ins: In a distributed team, it's crucial to have regular one-on-one check-ins to catch early signs of burnout or mental health struggles. These conversations can make all the difference. 👥 4 Promote Wellness Resources: Ensure that all team members are aware of and have access to mental health resources, including counseling services, wellness apps, or employee assistance programs. 🌿 Leaders, as we navigate this new era, let's commit to making mental health a priority, not just for the sake of productivity but for the well-being of our teams. How are you supporting mental health in your distributed workforce? Share your strategies! 💬 For more insights into the importance of mental health in the modern workplace, read: It’s a New Era for Mental Health at Work https://buff.ly/3Af41G8 *************** At #virtualspacehero we are a team of remote work and hybrid leadership experts 🚀 Supporting you in leveraging the power of hybrid and virtual teams and learning in your organization. 🚀 Providing training, consultancy, and keynotes in more than 10 languages. Like this post? Want to see more? 🔝 Connect with us 🔔 Ring the bell on our Profile 📧 Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://buff.ly/3LR5Ssq 🔥 Follow #virtualspacehero

Following on from the recent Gallup State of the Global Workplaces Survey's findings where 25% of fully remote respondents say they experience loneliness, this recent article in Forbes provides some really useful tips and ideas on how you might support mental health in remote teams, as well as identifying some of the signs that a colleague might be struggling. Whilst there are many positive benefits to a remote work environment, feelings of isolation and detachment are often reported. One of the five suggestions made in the article to help support colleagues is to equip managers with the skills to notice changes in behaviour, along with confidence to respond appropriately. Our MHaW Manage® workshop does exactly that! Please get in touch to find out more. Read more https://lnkd.in/ePhUiEXC

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance Remote Work and Mental Health | Tues 4/2 | 12-1:00p CDT Workplace culture is evolving. Remote work promotes inclusivity and has proven to be a benefit to many. However, there are potential adverse effects – loneliness, lack of clear boundaries, stress, and burnout can worsen mental health. Explore remote work's psychological advantages and challenges and learn how to maximize focus, productivity, and well-being with a licensed therapist. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dJ5iXP3f

The advent of the digital age and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a significant paradigm shift, moving us swiftly into an era where traditional office environments are becoming a thing of the past. As the global workforce embraces this shift, we are forced to not only adapt to a new way of working but also confront the mental health challenges that can accompany remote work. #WFH #Work #HomeWorking #MentalHealth #Employee #EmployeeWellbeing Read more: https://lnkd.in/eKGsASDR

"People want the wellbeing plan but struggle to engage, even remotely!" Does this sound like your workplace? 💭 One HR lead responding to our recent survey highlighted a common problem faced by today's hybrid workplaces - getting your team engaged with your wellbeing offerings when they're working from home, particularly when starting difficult conversations around mental health. This is where your Mental Health First Aiders come in. Here's how: 💡 Proactive engagement - Your MHFAs can organise regular check-ins, team-building activities, or virtual social gatherings to proactively engage with employees and prevent built-up feelings of stress and isolation 💡 Virtual support groups - Hosting virtual drop-in sessions for employees to encourage an open dialogue around mental wellbeing, as well as nurture a community where mental health is prioritised 💡 Using technology - Using virtual communication methods such as Teams, Skype, or Zoom can help employees to open up about their mental wellbeing in a safe home environment, so make sure your employees know who they can speak to whenever they need! Want to know more about how MHFAs can be there for your employees wherever they are? Head to https://lnkd.in/e5tuwR_4 to find out about our MHFA England licensed training ➕

ARE WE SO MENTALLY INJURED THAT WE NEED TO GO TO WORK TO DEVELOP SOCIALLY AND NOT FEEL ALONE? This is naturally my opinion and by no means a statement. I must say that reading comments here and in other posts with similar content there is a great deal of functional analfabetism mixed with mental illness and social analfabetism. Please do not start your rage engine and wait. I will try to explain. Several people stress the importance of work for developing community or social interaction. Really? We need to go to a workplace for that reasons? Are we not able to develop community and social interaction outside work? Personally I always managed to do so, and for good reasons. I believe probably workaholics and mentally injured people can really believe something like this. Others claim that remote work makes you lonely! Really? Having a better time organization to care for family and close friends relationships is a problem? Why are people complaining all the time they have too few time for family, friends, personal stuff? I am puzzled and as a person who basically cannot (yet) work from home and changed job often I must say that the workplaces can give you real friendships very rarely and the social advantage is limited (we can all agree that the word friend is massively abused in this era). I really see a contradiction in this. In addition, while teamwork is key in several contexts, it is easy to comprehend for an adult and developed mind that to achieve great focus and concentration modern workplace are the worst; the hassle of getting to work is bad under every aspect. To be happy and comfortable in one’s work you need to be able to do it well alone (when required). Workplaces are supercostly, rarely well designed, not spacious and breathable,… etc etc. Careful here. I am not saying that relationships at work are not important but they are 99% work. Not wanting to be rude in this post, but I would really like to understand what is this hostile trend towords freedom and innovation of workplace for wellbeing. Am I the only one to see this contradiction?

Most employees are still afraid to open up about their mental health therefore it's really important to encourage employees to openly discuss their mental health for fostering a supportive work environment. Here are some strategies companies can implement: 1. Promote a Culture of Openness:  Cultivate a workplace culture that values open communication about mental health discussions.  2. Provide Mental Health Education: Conduct workshops or seminars on mental health awareness to increase understanding and reduce misconceptions. 3. Flexible Work Arrangements: Offer flexible work hours or remote work options to accommodate personal challenges without affecting job performance. 4. Train Managers on Mental Health Awareness:   Provide training for managers on recognising signs of mental health issues and creating a supportive environment. 5. Establish Supportive Policies: Develop and communicate mental health policies that outline the company's commitment to supporting employee well-being. 6. Normalise Mental Health Conversations:   Incorporate mental health discussions into regular team meetings to normalise the topic and encourage open dialogue. 7. Monitor Workload and Expectations:  Ensure that workloads are reasonable and manageable to prevent excessive stress.