While we cannot control external factors, what we can and should do is take proactive actions to manage ourselves by engaging in simple, practical, and effective strategies to maintain our physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness.

MENTAL HEALTH IS AT A CRISIS POINT

• 55% experience anxiety as a result of work stress, 43% lose sleep, and 33% turn to comfort eating
• Current data shows that 1 in 6 people experience mental health and wellness problems in the workplace
• Poor mental health is one of the largest causes of lost working days, with stress, anxiety, and depression accounting for the most lost days. This results in huge annual costs to employers from poor mental health

POOR MENTAL HEALTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CAUSES OF LOST WORKING DAYS GLOBALLY!

Globally, according to the World Health Organization:

• 12 billion working days will be lost to stress, anxiety, and depression each year to 2030
• Global failure to tackle depression and anxiety is costing the world nearly $1 trillion a year in lost productivity
• Almost 50% of the CEOs experience poor mental health linked to work pressures
• Around 15% of the working-age population have their productivity affected by symptoms associated with poor mental health (such as sleep disorders, worry, fatigue, and irritability)

The cost of ignoring mental health in organizations is massive and will continue to cost billions in lost productivity.

Bad mental health is bad for your business.

On average, employers investing in mental health obtain a return of more than $5 for every $1 invested (5:1). Recent studies have shown therefore that the ROI is more than 500%.

BUT WHERE DO WE BEGIN? – IT STARTS RIGHT AT THE TOP

Positive mental health in an organization starts at the top. CEOs and business owners need to be in a good place physically, mentally, and emotionally to perform their best. They then need to model this behaviour in their organization and implement appropriate health and wellness policies that become an integral part of their culture.

This leads to drive employee engagement, boosts productivity and profits, and gives an edge over competitors.

GOOD WORKPLACE WELLNESS PRACTICES ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT MEANS…

• Better focus from an inspired workforce
• Engaged, healthy, self-motivated, high-performance teams
• A marked reduction in absenteeism
• High performance coupled with zero or very low burnout
• Increased staff retention
• Improved performance and productivity
• Having a work environment conducive to creativity and innovation
• Strengthening interpersonal relationships and boosting employee morale
• More collaboration, less competition
• Higher profits
• Better health and happiness overall
• Most importantly, a resilient, positive MINDSET trained for success

Mental health must be prioritized just like physical health. There are 2 sides to health and wellness.

I.) You are already in a good place and want to get ahead

Every formula 1 team wants to get to number 1. We all want to be at the top of our game, and we cannot reach for the stars if we are not adequately prepared to go to the next level in our lives or work.

II.) You feel overwhelmed, overworked, stressed, and under pressure to perform

There are always times of crisis and challenges. Whether you can face those challenges depends directly on how well the reservoir of your internal resources has been awakened and tapped into.