Geoff McDonald—The Need for Essential Mental Health Training
Would you employ someone with a history of mental health illnesses? Geoff's response was ‘HELL YES.’ Having spoken with Geoff on Season 1 and heard his perspective of mental health in the workplace, I have been given the opportunity of speaking with him again. This time we are looking forward, into the relatively unknown, and asking ourselves ‘What does 2021 have in store for us all?’
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Geoff McDonald’s bio
Geoff’s background in teaching, HR, marketing, communications and sustainability is considerable. During his 25 years with Unilever (a global corporation with a turnover of £50 billion, 170,000 employees in 90 countries around the world), his experience has been truly global working across Africa, the Middle-East and Turkey, Australasia and Asia, Europe and the Americas.
He is a Strategic Advisor to RISE Global Corporate Purpose Advisory Firm in the area of Corporate Purpose and Organisation Change. He also consults on how to address the stigma linked to depression and anxiety in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on raising awareness of these issues and providing practical strategies as to how one might go about addressing this growing modern illness.
Geoff is the co-founder of the charity ‘Minds@Work’ and currently, an Advisor to the ‘United For Global Mental Health’ campaign and has been appointed to the Advisory Board of City Mental Health Alliance. He is a Patron of the International Stress Management Association and a Member of the Prince’s Trust Youth Opportunity Taskforce.
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Hosted by Peter Larkum, Mentality Meets is a weekly online conversation with mental health advocates and experts as we explore stories and strategies on how to change the culture of mental health in the workplace.
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