Aug 16, 2021
Marianne Storey, CEO of mental health charity Dorset Mind, discusses the importance of mental health in a business, how a business leader can implement effective measures for mental health among their team, and provides five pillars for good mental wellbeing.
Show Notes:
(3:20) Path to becoming CEO of Dorset Mind
(5:11) Importance of lived experience
(6:03) Battling stigmas around mental health
(7:28) Dorset Mind's missions
(8:32) Demands on service since the pandemic and what's been learned
(10:29) Challenges of returning to society post-pandemic
(11:26) How would you define good mental health?
(12:26) Most common mental health challenges from business leaders
(15:25) Signs to look for in yourself and your team
(17:26) Organisations that implement mental health well and how they do it
(21:00) Influence of senior members on rest of staff
(22:45) Five ways to wellbeing
(26:17) Influence of nature on mental wellbeing
(27:23) Work with Dorset Chamber
(28:27) Different approaches of men and women to mental health
(33:26) Generational effects on attitudes towards mental health
(34:51) Mental health challenges amongst younger generation
(36:29) The education system and mental health
(37:45) Challenges as CEO of Dorset Mind
(41:28) Personal definition of success