Workshop

Although not visible through the naked eye, mental health is equally as important as physical health.  It supports our ability to make good life choices, build healthy relationships and handle the natural ups and downs of life.

This series of workshops is designed for managers who naturally would want to his team of people to be productive and ready for any work challenges. Each workshop is two to four hours long.

Basic Counselling Skills for Managers

Many managers will, at some point, find themselves counselling their workers on matters within the work context or outside of it. Some are comfortable in that role, while others dread such encounters. Regardless, there is a big difference between a professional counsellor and a manager who uses some counselling skills as part of his role as the supervisor. 

In this course, practical key aspects of a good counselling session are emphasised:

1. Difference in role expectation between a professional counsellor and the manager
   
2. The counselling process
   
3. How to create a conducive listening environment 
   
4. How to develop excellent rapport with the person
   
5. Learn the basic skills competencies of active listening, clarifying, emphasizing and effective questioning skills
   

This course is conducted through case study illustrations, role-plays, demonstration and giving/receiving feedback.

Identify and Respond to Common Health Challenges Faced by Workers

Depression, anxiety and work stress are mental health issues increasingly plaguing the modern workplace. Such employees are emotionally and mentally inefficient, and they become physically sick and unproductive at work.

It is critical that managers are trained to identify workers at such risk, and direct those to help before the problem deteriorate.

The objectives of the course is as follows:

1. To increase the awareness of mental health concerns in the workplace
   
2. To discuss how mental health issues can affect employees’ work performance
   
3. To recognise warning signs of common mental health challenges like depression, anxiety and stress
   
4. To determine when worker require mental health or medical attention
   

Career Counselling for Managers 

There is a direct co-relationship between the mental health of a worker and the career he has chosen. That is why there is much emphasis on the importance of career counselling in schools and companies.

This course will equip managers to:

1. Appreciate how a good career fit increases the worker’s mental well-being
   


2. Understand prominent career theories like John Holland, David Super, etc
   


3. Use career tools like (Career Wheel, Cards Sort, Miracle Questions, Creative Arts, and Workplace Attractors etc.) to advise workers on their job-to-aspiration fit
   


4. Help workers to plan how to re-position themselves to better meet their job aspirations