Graeme Cowan helps leaders and teams to be more caring and resilient and enjoy growing together.
He was the founding Board Director of R U OK? and host of The Caring CEO podcast, where interviews CEOs who champion a culture of care AND high performance. In his earlier career, he worked in senior leadership positions with Johnson &Johnson, Pfizer, and the management consulting company, Kearney.
In 2000 he went through a 5-year episode of depression that his psychiatrist described as the worst he had ever treated. He emerged from this crisis with a different view about how we can increase our resilience, mood, and performance. Graeme’s dedication and commitment to creating mentally healthy workplaces have seen him named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for 2022 in the Mental Health & Resilience space.
He is the author of 4 books, including the internationally acclaimed BACK FROM THE BRINK, which has a testimonial from the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and which has become a best seller in China.
He is also the Co-Founder of WeCARE365, which creates simple, scalable eLearning to prevent mental health issues.
In this episode, Graham Cowan shares:
- What is a Moodometer and how to use it to feel better, productive, influential and creative?
- How to use a Moodometer to help manage and lead your team.
- Graham’s truly ‘Life-Changing Question’–Are you ok?
- Why should we keep an eye out for people around us and ask ‘RUOK?’
Acronym-ALEC:
- Ask–RUOK?
- Listen-be interested and non-judgemental, and encourage them to speak and feel heard and understood.
- Encourage–we show we care by listening with empathy and identifying one action they can take to move forwards and encourage that.
- Check–follow up and see how they are doing.
- If someone is really ‘not ok’, what should we do? Encourage them to see their GP, and get connected with employee assistance programs.
- Don’t be afraid to ask: ‘Are you thinking of harming yourself?’If they are, get them help-call the suicide hotline with them or get them to a professional/GP.
- How to create a culture of care for yourself and your team by asking RUOK?|Am I Ok?|Are we ok?
- His research shows the top 3 factors of high-performing teams: 1. Care for each other, 2. Have each other’s back 3. Enjoy themselves.
- Teams:
- Do we feel connected (like we belong)?
- Do we feel safe (and free to try new things)? Do we have an attitude of what we can learn from this?
- Do we share a future? (Can we evolve from this?)
- Googles Project Aristotle-psychological safety is the most important factor of high-performing teams.
- The importance of curiosity and vulnerability for a leader.
- Selfcare is not selfish.
- WeCare365-How to lead mentally healthy teams.
- And much more…
Resources Mentioned in This Show:
Bob Chapman-Everybody MATTERS
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