Episode #15: Employee mental health, how to change/improve it through leadership

Welcome to IBM’s Keep It Simple (KIS) Technology Podcast hosted by Thomas F. Anglero, Nordic Dir. of Innovation for IBM. In this episode, Flick March, IBM's Director for Security and Resiliency and Mental Health First-Aider explains employee mental health is a growing problem in all corporations and what leaders should do to help employees. Flick provides an amazing insider view of what employees are experiencing when it comes to mental health issues.  Flick is the person who answers the phone when an IBM employee calls the IBM mental health hotline.  The view that Flick provides is applicable for all corporations, worldwide.  Employee mental health issues are climbing and leaders need new tools to help their colleagues. Listen to Flicks's advice on how to deal with depression, stories of why mental health is becoming such a growing issue for all companies, and steps to helping employees who are suffering from mental health-related issues.  This is an important topic that should receive greater attention and that is why you find here on the IBM Keep It Simple Technology podcast! Please subscribe to the podcast and we thank you for listening to the IBM "KIS Technology podcast”. Read much more about IBM, our ways of working and our Cloud offerings here - https://ibm.co/2URU66K We have also gathered some exiting insights where you pick and choose the ones that fit your needs the best.   Read how you can unleash data and AI for competitive advantage - https://ibm.co/39oc0D3  Manage IT. How to Orchestrate and simplify multi-cloud - https://ibm.co/2UqFtrW  Optimize IT. How to Accelerate digital transformation - https://ibm.co/2WTsXCI  Build cloud-native. Build once, deploy anywhere - https://ibm.co/33WNmIL  Modernize applications. How you can simplify and extend apps with an open, hybrid cloud - https://ibm.co/2wLYRG KEYWORDS: Mental Health, depression, leadership, hotline, listening, compassion, soft skills