Podcast — February 24, 2020

Ep. 49 – Mental Health First Aid + Teaching Kids Business Skills With Professor Mark Watson-Gandy

Hello Guys, on today’s episode of the show I welcome professor Mark Watson Gandy to the show to discuss his work to change government legislation to ensure that every workplace has a mental health first aider on site. As the author of the kid’s MBA we also discuss Professor Watson-Gandy’s passion for teach business and entrepreneurial skills to children in order to set them up to understand money and how to engage in business from a young age.

Kids Mba: https://www.kidsmba.net/

Mental Health First aid: https://mhfaengland.org/

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Professor Mark Watson-Gandy

YOU'LL LEARN

Mental health first aiders in the workplace and the importance of recognising mental health as important to physical work.

Physical and behavioral changes that help us spot mental health in a friend or colleague.

Approx 154 million working days lost due to stress, anxiety and depression, which equates to 35 billion pounds a year wasted.

Work/Life balance in the UK, and how we lack an understanding and attitude that some of our European work colleagues have.

HSE acknowledging that mental health is included in the terms of the common law as it stands that employers have a duty of care for employees and that included mental wellness.