
Johan McDonald
Founder of Great Minds; mental health and workplace wellbeing trainer specializing in manager training and BRIDGE™ implementation system.
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Jun 23, 2026
Mental Health at Work: How Line Managers Can Spot the Signs and Start the Conversation
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Anna ThomasHOST
As a line manager, what do you think kind of the key kind of signals are to kind of recognise that maybe a member of their team is struggling with their mental health?

Johan McDonaldGUEST
What you're looking for, the key things are there's a shift in where they were to where they are today.

Johan McDonaldGUEST
But I would actually take a step back from that question because a lot of it, it's about spotting those signs and we're coming to those in a second, but it's the bit before, it's about...

Johan McDonaldGUEST
Getting to know that person, in other words, I call it forming a baseline, a kind of baseline of what is their normal, what are their normal day to day.

Johan McDonaldGUEST
And so getting to know them on a professional level, but a working relationship.
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Anna ThomasHOST
Where's that balance then of supporting their mental health but also supporting them to perform better?