The cat and mouse game between a manager and their staffers is not healthy.  By engaging in open dialogue and acknowledging that employees need short periods throughout each day to “exhaust” and release stress and anxiety, attendees establish policy and work on a communication strategy that show they’re taking their employees’ mental and overall health, and company’s productivity, all into consideration.  We equip managers with group/team activities they can use with their staffs to accomplish these goals.

We help attendees establish parameters that can be communicated to the whole office and are endorsed by the organization’s top decision-makers around topics such as: acceptable time in and out of the office for weekly therapy sessions, mental health days off counting against the standard allotment of days off, where to turn and who to turn to in the office when uncomfortable feelings arise, letting employees know they can be open about their mental health bumps or complications without fear of termination or lost opportunities, etc.

While all of our research and programs have confirmed that all 10 can be influenced by changes made by senior management, five of the 10, specifically, can be positively influenced by employees themselves.  We do sessions with senior management teams to discuss any possible changes they may want to make to all 10, as well as sessions with employees to discuss how they can take the initiative in positively affecting the five they have influence over.

Because of how important the topic of mental health has become, and because of how many people are affected, teams and leagues have been using our programs and the celebs we bring to speak, as content plays, allowing their corporate partners to invite their key clients, stakeholders, or prospects, to creatively communicate an important message, offer, or program they are interested in promoting.

Coordinate break-outs with players to do a deeper dive into the life challenges they face, specifically – e.g., challenging upbringings, fans/partners not understanding them, the pressure of playing for contracts, the possibility of trades and moving their families to new markets and interacting with new teammates, the impact social media is having on them, their lives and careers after their playing days come to an end, finding and establishing a sense of purpose off of the playing surface.  For each of these sessions we bring a former professional athlete, who shares their own personal experience, and can best relate to your players. We end by showing all players that ridding themselves of emotional baggage they may not realize they’re holding on to, they can feel “lighter,” better able to handle the stresses of being a professional athlete, and perform at an even higher level.

Coordinate break-outs with coaches and front office management to first address their own mental health, and the balance they either are or aren’t finding, trying to balance the grind of their positions. We then discuss the topics mentioned above, related to players – so that 1) there is a common understanding as to some of the unique challenges today’s players may be dealing with, and 2) how to best pick up signs that a player is dipping mentally and/or emotionally, especially when they are choosing not to open up.