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

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/