'10 Minute Tip' by Dr. Andrew Maleknia - Employee Mental Health expert - 7am to 9:30am
Dr. Andrew Maleknia has more than 25 years of experience working in various organisations at a senior level, Andrew combines an understanding of the science of human behaviour with experience of the world of work to attain effective and sustainable performance for both individuals and organisations.
By using applied science Andrew investigates how to make people and organisations more effective. Psychology is an evidence based practice and therefore Andrew achieves this through using social scientific research methods to study people, workplaces and organisations with an aim to better align their multiple and sometimes competing needs.
Andrew’s ultimate goal is to create healthy, productive and mutually beneficial relationships between people and organisations. Any organisation that doesn’t have measures in place to improve mental well-being and increase staff retention would benefit from this.
Dr. Andrew Maleknia works particularly well with CEOs, MDs, HR Directors and Wellbeing Managers who all have a responsibility for teams and staff wellbeing. The people controlling the budget for education, training and development.Andrew has worked successfully with organisations from a few employees upwards. Andrew can help them to increase their productivity and profitability.
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About the conversation:
Investing in Employees Mental Health
Healthy employees are safer, more efficient and create workforces that are more committed. That’s a great return on investment.
Mental health is the defining issue of our time. The biggest challenge is not treatment, it’s access. The Mental Health crisis helpline run by the NHS has answered around three million calls during the pandemic.
Mental Health services were already overstretched before 2020. The scale of mental distress since the start of the pandemic requires unprecedented levels of mental health support.
Some people who switched to working from home as a result of Covid-19 have experienced the following health and wellbeing impacts:
1. Feeling less connected to colleagues (67%),
2. Taking less exercise (46%),
3. Developing musculoskeletal problems (39%)
4. Disturbed sleep (37%)
Dr. Andrew Maleknia says that new research has shown the detrimental impact that COVID-19 restrictions and the pandemic has had on the nation’s mental health.
Absenteeism cost the UK £14,000,000,000 in 2020. The cost of absenteeism rose by £1,300,000,000 from previous recorded figures in 2019. Demonstrating the shakeup that 2020 caused to employees’ working lives.
Staff being off sick from work has a greater negative impact on smaller businesses due to cash flow, productivity, profitability and staff retention.
