{"id":3671,"date":"2018-02-07T22:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsleaders.com\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2018-02-07T22:12:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T22:12:41","slug":"mental-health-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/ohsleaders.com\/mental-health-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Strategy: a case study, with Emma Blee from Australia Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3672 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/ohsleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2018\/02\/Ep067-Mental-Health-Strategy-A-case-study-with-Emma-Blee-from-Australia-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My guest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emmablee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Blee<\/a>\u00a0spends her working hours at Australia Post, Australia\u2019s national postal service. In her role as Head of Enterprise Safety, Emma is the architect of her organisation\u2019s mental health strategy, which she will be speaking about at the 2018 EHS Leaders Summit which is being held on the 7th and 8th March in the Gold Coast. The EHS Leaders Summit is the place for senior EHS leaders to get a unique combination of standout speakers, industry thought leaders, networking and personalised meetings with the leading suppliers of EHS products and services, meaning you can leverage the best of what\u2019s out there to help your EHS program succeed. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emmablee\/\">ohsleaders.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to find out more and get your seat \u2013 spots are limited.<\/p>\n<p>Let get started, here\u2019s Emma:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"podcast-class\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6211285\/height\/45\/width\/450\/theme\/standard\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/forward\/\" width=\"450\" height=\"45\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You have told me loud and clear that learning more about mental health is something that you want, and need to become a more effective EHS professional. So I hope that this episode continues to support you to grow and improve. A few other episodes focussed on mental health and psychology that you might enjoy are Ep53, Getting started on your mental health program with Jay Spence, Ep37 on psychological safety with Tim Austin, Ep39 on psychosocial risk being the elephant in the room and ep 40 with Cat Mattice, honing in on the issue and the opportunity surrounding bullying. Check out all those episodes and more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/safetyontap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safetyontap.com<\/a>. You can also sign up for our free interview notes \u2013 I give you my handwritten notes from each chat, along with a reflection worksheet to help you boost what you learn and take action from in each episode. All of that is at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/safetyontap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safetyontap.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My three takeaways from that chat with Emma Blee:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have a strategy! It doesn\u2019t matter whether you are massive like Aus Post or a small business, strategy is simple another word for \u2018I know what I want to achieve and how I\u2019m going to get it\u2019.\u00a0 Emma said before their strategy they had an Employee Assistance Program, and did some training \u2013 but who knows how they will help if there isn\u2019t a clear intent, a clear strategy?I know of no better place to get guidance on your strategy than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/headsup.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headsup.org.au<\/a>, which will step you through the process.<\/li>\n<li>It takes time, don\u2019t be impatient.\u00a0 It was 4 years in the making, just for Aus Post to really get started.\u00a0 We will successfully overwhelm ourselves and the leaders we are trying to serve if we try and do too much, too fast.\u00a0 Your strategy must be realistic, so focus on the things that will give you the most benefit early, and leave it at that for the first year! If things go remarkably well, you can always revise and expand your strategy.\u00a0 The opposite, being overly ambitious and falling short, doesn\u2019t feel good or look good to anyone.<\/li>\n<li>Remember the humans.\u00a0 Emma shared the human side of their efforts with the feedback received from real people, having real conversations, because of the efforts of the strategy she is leading.\u00a0 Emma\u2019s four strategy pillars of measurement, policies &amp; procedures, education &amp; training, and support processes all sound very logical and corporate \u2013 because that\u2019s the environment she works in.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t forget the humans, and I hope you don\u2019t either in your new mental health strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Until next time, what\u2019s the one thing you\u2019ll do to take positive, effective or rewarding action, to grow yourself, and drastically improve health and safety along the way.\u00a0 Seeya!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest\u00a0Emma Blee\u00a0spends her working hours at Australia Post, Australia\u2019s national postal service. 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