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Johan McDonald

Johan McDonald

Founder of Great Minds; mental health and workplace wellbeing trainer specializing in manager training and BRIDGE™ implementation system.

Jun 23, 2026

10:00
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?
10:09
Well, there's lots of things to look for.
10:12
What you're looking for, the key things are there's a shift in where they were to where they are today.
10:18
So there's a change.
10:19
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...
10:30
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.
10:39
And so getting to know them on a professional level, but a working relationship.

13 MINS LATER

23:23
Where's that balance then of supporting their mental health but also supporting them to perform better?

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