Relationships at Work

In this episode of Relationships at Work, Russel chats with author and psychologist Dr. Marie-Helene (MH) Pelletier on how to address anxiety in the workplace and how to be better prepared for it.

A few reasons why she is awesome — she is a registered psychologist and international keynote speaker focusing on leadership and workplace mental health.  Creator and faculty for Leadership Resilience and Workplace Mental Health courses at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business. She’s a Member of the Global Clinical Practice Network for the World Health Organization, and she’s a former director on the boards of Canadian Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology. She has a PhD and an MBA, and more than 20 years of experience as a senior leader in the corporate, insurance, governance and health care sectors

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• What the reality of anxiety can look like.
• How helpful context can be in combating anxious environments.
• The role of boundaries in resilience to anxiety.
• The leader’s and organization’s role in managing employee anxiety
• Where companies get it wrong in addressing mental health.
• The differences between stress and anxiety.

“Pay attention. Are you self-aware? Are you seeing the signs? Are you taking actions to mitigate these signs? And there’s a limit to how much we can mitigate too. There will be a point at which the levels of demands here are such that there are not actually healthy, not healthy for any human being, not healthy for you in this moment in time, given your other demands, given your experience.”

MH Pelletier