Episode 62

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11th Apr 2024

Supporting Your Employees With Their Mental Wellbeing Through A Recession

I'm flying solo on this episode today as Ngozi is away on Easter Holidays!

Last year threw us into a recession that affected many people. As an employer or manager, do you really know how your own teams are coping with this? 

When people are anxious or overwhelmed, it almost always reflects in the energy and creativity they bring to their work. That’s why supporting employees' mental health during an economic downturn can help maintain work morale and productivity. 

In this episode, I share common stress signs to look out for in your employees and offer tips to help you support them through difficult times.

Here are the highlights:

(08:44) Share your rationale for changing direction.

(11:53) Strategies you can use to support your employees. 

(21:31) Encourage deeper social connections. 

(24:39) Being able to demonstrate empathy.  

(28:03) The Wellbeing Black Hole.

Connect with us here:

Website: https://aurorawellnessgroup.co.uk/

Ngozi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngozi-weller-aurora/

Obehi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obehi-alofoje-psychologist-aurora/

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About the Podcast

The Wellbeing Rebellion
Welcome to The Wellbeing Rebellion, an award-winning podcast.

We’re Ngozi Weller and Obehi Alofoje, Directors at Aurora — a leadership and organisational effectiveness consultancy.

This podcast explores how the way organisations are led shapes performance, trust, wellbeing and culture over time.

The challenge with many approaches to wellbeing and culture is that they place responsibility on individuals to cope, rather than examining the leadership decisions, behaviours and systems that create the conditions people are working within.

This is where the conversation needs to shift.

On The Wellbeing Rebellion, we explore leadership behaviour, organisational systems and decision-making under pressure through honest conversations with senior leaders and advisors navigating real organisational complexity.

Some episodes are just us. Others bring in leaders and experts reflecting candidly on what works, what doesn’t, and what leadership requires in practice.

If you’re responsible for people, culture or organisational performance — and want to think more critically about how leadership shapes outcomes — this podcast is for you.

About your hosts

Obehi Alofoje

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Obehi is a psychologist and culture change consultant who helps senior HR and business leaders reduce employee burnout, absenteeism & talent attrition through mental wellbeing strategy, training & coaching.

Ngozi Weller

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Ngozi Weller is a culture change consultant and an ICF accredited coach who helps build resilience into your business by creating psychologically safe workplaces that enable employees to thrive.