Ordinary Courage - The Strength to Connect Information

An investment in ordinary courage is an investment in your most valuable asset - your people. Our goal for every member of your team is ordinary courage - it’s the strength to connect and it’s a two-way street. If you’re not travelling well it’s your strength to reach out and ask for help. If a colleague reaches out to you, it’s your strength to accept the approach and listen without judgement. Here are five good reasons to embrace a mentally healthy workplace: 1. Lower stress levels and increased wellbeing of team members 2. Greater morale, productivity, loyalty and staff reduction - lower absenteeism 3. Higher return on training investment 4. Less claims and reduction in the time and cost involved in workers’ compensation and discrimination claims 5. Avoiding industrial disputes and litigation and fines for breaches of health and safety laws. The economic impact of introducing sound mental health practices is enormous: - $6.5 billion each year is the cost to australian businesses that don’t provide early intervention and/or treatment for employees with mental health conditions. - $10 billion each year is the cost of stress-related workers’ compensation claims - 25% of workers take time off each year for stress-related reasons. - 3.2 days per worker are lost each year through workplace stress Ordinary Courage founder Mark Dobson is a navy veteran, firefighter, disaster response volunteer and Churchill fellow who has worked in mental health for three decades. He is widely regarded and honoured as a pioneer in workplace mental health and has collaborated with medical professionals and others on various published articles, including one in the prestigious publication The Lancet.