Marianne Storey - "Better mental health starts from the top."

Show Notes

Marianne Storey, CEO of mental health charity Dorset Mind, discusses the importance of mental health in a business, how a business leader can implement effective measures for mental health among their team, and provides five pillars for good mental wellbeing.

Show Notes:

(3:20) Path to becoming CEO of Dorset Mind

(5:11) Importance of lived experience

(6:03) Battling stigmas around mental health

(7:28) Dorset Mind's missions

(8:32) Demands on service since the pandemic and what's been learned

(10:29) Challenges of returning to society post-pandemic

(11:26) How would you define good mental health?

(12:26) Most common mental health challenges from business leaders

(15:25) Signs to look for in yourself and your team

(17:26) Organisations that implement mental health well and how they do it

(21:00) Influence of senior members on rest of staff

(22:45) Five ways to wellbeing

(26:17) Influence of nature on mental wellbeing

(27:23) Work with Dorset Chamber

(28:27) Different approaches of men and women to mental health

(33:26) Generational effects on attitudes towards mental health

(34:51) Mental health challenges amongst younger generation

(36:29) The education system and mental health

(37:45) Challenges as CEO of Dorset Mind

(41:28) Personal definition of success

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