48 min
How Our Mindset on Mental Health is Changing with Geoff McDonald The Evolving Leader
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- Management
"My purpose is simple; I want to create a world where everybody in every workplace feels they genuinely have the choice to put up their hand and ask for help when they are suffering from mental ill health" (Geoff McDonald, LinkedIn Profile).
This week on the Evolving Leader podcast, host Scott Allender talks to Geoff McDonald. Former Global VP of HR at Unilever, Geoff is now a speaker and a business transformation consultant who inspires leaders to embrace mental health and empower organisations to put purpose at their core and play their positive role in the world.
Listen as Geoff shares his very personal inspiring journey.
https://geoffmcdonald.co.uk/
https://www.mindsatworkmovement.com/
The acronym that Geoff describes:
CAN DO
ConnectionActiveBeing Nice to somebody every dayDiscoverObserve
0.00 Introduction
1.25 Could you start by telling us about the event that changed the course of your life?
5.50 I’d like to understand more about your first anxiety fuelled panic attack, and the support that you received.
14.17 What can leaders do with their teams to normalise the mental health conversation?
26.25 Could you tell us about your charity Minds At Work?
31.23 What are your thoughts on the accountability and responsibility that social networks are taking around the mental health of their users?
36.33 How can parents help their children with regard to their mental health and the external pressures that they face?
39.07 How can people who are listening to this podcast get more connected with their inner experience before their bodies sound the alarm?
Social:
Instagram @evolvingleader
LinkedIn The Evolving Leader Podcast
Twitter @Evolving_Leader
The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.
"My purpose is simple; I want to create a world where everybody in every workplace feels they genuinely have the choice to put up their hand and ask for help when they are suffering from mental ill health" (Geoff McDonald, LinkedIn Profile).
This week on the Evolving Leader podcast, host Scott Allender talks to Geoff McDonald. Former Global VP of HR at Unilever, Geoff is now a speaker and a business transformation consultant who inspires leaders to embrace mental health and empower organisations to put purpose at their core and play their positive role in the world.
Listen as Geoff shares his very personal inspiring journey.
https://geoffmcdonald.co.uk/
https://www.mindsatworkmovement.com/
The acronym that Geoff describes:
CAN DO
ConnectionActiveBeing Nice to somebody every dayDiscoverObserve
0.00 Introduction
1.25 Could you start by telling us about the event that changed the course of your life?
5.50 I’d like to understand more about your first anxiety fuelled panic attack, and the support that you received.
14.17 What can leaders do with their teams to normalise the mental health conversation?
26.25 Could you tell us about your charity Minds At Work?
31.23 What are your thoughts on the accountability and responsibility that social networks are taking around the mental health of their users?
36.33 How can parents help their children with regard to their mental health and the external pressures that they face?
39.07 How can people who are listening to this podcast get more connected with their inner experience before their bodies sound the alarm?
Social:
Instagram @evolvingleader
LinkedIn The Evolving Leader Podcast
Twitter @Evolving_Leader
The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.
48 min