Mental Health & Wellbeing

Take control of your and your team's wellbeing

Now is the time for making allowances, being kind, and making sure you can spot the signs of stress in yourself and your team. This page is here to act as a resource for managers and leaders to help you step up and support in these unprecedented times.

It's ok to not be ok

The pandemic has exacerbated stress in the workplace, so how do we manage our own mental health and spot the signs in those around us? Listen to what our expert panel had to say at our recent event.

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72% of employees rate wellbeing as a top priority for management
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1 in 5 students have a diagnosed mental health problem
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Only 4 in 10 employers have a formalised mental health and wellbeing strategy

Resources and Insights

Practical tools and tips for supporting yourself and your team.

Here are some tools, tips and templates that offer practical advice for adapting and managing change. A few key resources on other sites have been listed to the right, while CMI's own resources can be found linked below.

You can find more insights and resources on our Covid-19 Page.

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Topic: Personal Development

6 things all managers need to know about the menopause

What’s the impact? Should you approach employees about it? How should male managers approach it? We’ve got the answers

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Topic: Personal Development

10 simple ways you can support your menopausal employees

Taking the lead on breaking the stigma and supporting your employees isn’t hard – as these practical changes show

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Topic: Personal Development

What to do when you fail: 10 steps to transform failure into success

Take these steps to make sure both you and your team thrive in the face of adversity and cope healthily with failure

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Sexual harassment in the workplace – what can employers do?

With sexual harassment often stemming from a culture that considers it “acceptable banter”, what can employers do to rid the

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Topic: Workplace Culture

The epidemic of hidden overtime: what managers need to know

The rise of remote work has blurred boundaries and left some employees set to ‘always on’ – what’s the cure?

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

The top five toxic traits of the modern workplace

A toxic work environment can affect your employees’ health and your staff turnover. Here’s five signs to look out for

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Hybrid Working: Culture and wellbeing in the “new normal”

Embracing a hybrid working model; this event explored the impact this has on organisational culture and employee wellbeing.

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Topic: Personal Development

Seven steps to achieving tranquility amid turbulence

In a turbulent world, inner calm will keep you performing at your best. The VP of CMI Sri Lanka shares his recipe for success

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The Better Managers Manual

Managing the New Normal

The #BetterManagers Manual offers a practical guide to navigating the impacts of Covid-19 for managers and leaders.

To support managers and leaders as they navigate this crisis - both for themselves and for those they manage - we have assembled a set of tried-and-tested tools and resources brought together through five key themes: flexible working; crisis management; mental health and wellbeing; the new employment landscape; and good governance.

Download the manual