Adjusting for Individual Minds in Supervisory Roles with Mike Bushman

04/04/2023 28 min Temporada 1 Episodio 25
Adjusting for Individual Minds in Supervisory Roles with Mike Bushman

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Progressing your business and completing day-to-day operations can feel like an uphill battle, when you're trying to manage a struggling team. People are complex and come from a variety of different experiences. They bring individual needs and perspectives to their workplace, that sweeping policies just might not effectively address. In this episode, Jacob's guest Mike Bushman relates how striving to understand your employees and making individual adjustments can turn your business into a hub of productivity. What you'll learn in this episode: The principle of AIM: Adjusting for Individual Minds How four hours of investment can save you hundreds of hours of time wastedHow to implement practical accommodations in the workplacePeoples' complexities don't have to frustrate the process of achieving great things with your business. In fact, your employees unique skills and talents are probablywhy you hired them in the first place. With a few simple adjustments,struggling team members can regain momentum and help drive your missionforward. This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Mike Bushman is a writer, speaker and trainer focused on mental health and suicideprevention. Mike serves as a board member with the Illinois Chapter of theAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), a volunteer with NoStigmasand as a Youth and Teen Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Mike is the author of books Pain to Purpose: Teaching Teens to Lead, Foster andEngage the JKB Way and Suicide Escape that dive into thecomplexities of mental health. Mike created an evidence-based, vetted workplace mental health training program built on research, personal mental health experiences and years of managing individuals with various mental health challenges. He facilitated research groups on disclosure considerations for suicide attempt survivors for the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment. In addition to Youth and Teen Mental Health First Aid, Mike regularly conducts More Than Sad, Talk Saves Lives and other training programs on behalf of AFSP and has extensively shared his personal story of recovery and hope."You have differences in how people react to different opportunities, differentcircumstances, different challenges. As a manager it's really critical that youunderstand that, and that you recognize what those differences are. Make thoseadjustments for individual minds." - Mike BushmanTIMESTAMPS[02:40] - Mike's story: Why AIM is so important[05:00] - The benefit of making holistic adjustments [08:05] - The business cost that makes this effort worth it[13:00] - Bringing mental health awareness to the workplace[19:40] - Set your employees up to succeed[22:35] - Service Leader action item: Study accommodationsCONNECT WITH MIKE BUSHMANTwitter: @m_bushmanFacebookCONNECT WITH JACOBJacobMoore.comInstagram - Passion & ProfitsInstagram - Jacob MooreLinkedInFacebookTikTok Learn More:...

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