Creating a Mentally Healthy School Culture - Graeme Cowan Workshop Perth Nov 19 2014

www.GraemeCowan.com.au

Creating a Mental Healthy School Culture

“This book is brave, uplifting, informative,

inspirational and optimistic… anything

but depressing”

Good Reading Magazine

SANE Australia

Book of the Year

“This is a brave book that will certainly help remove stigma, and provides real hope and practical help.” Tony Blair, UK PM

Congressman Patrick Kennedy

Foreword by Glenn Close

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Today…..

Why?????

Helping Someone in the Red Zone

The Thriving Tribe Coach

Case Studies

Creating a Mentally Healthy School

GraemeCowan.com.au/elephant

Positive mood

31% more productive

37% higher sales

300% more creative

10% + customer rating

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Who’s stressed?

4,400,000 40% typically stressed out daily

1,320,000 12% highly stressed

34% lost

productivity 2011 Medibank

SICK AT WORK

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$250,000 per average stress claim

Comcare Nov 2012

86% would

rather suffer

in silence

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Thriving self

Thriving tribe

Thriving world

Helping Someone in the Red Zone

IamBackFromTheBrink.com OR GraemeCowan.com.au

BACK FROM THE BRINK Research

4064 people

asked:

What worked

best?


Compassion

Access experts

Revitalizing work

Exercise

Compassion Page 6

stopping little problems

becoming

bigger

Break the ice

Listen without judgment

Encourage action

Follow-up


www.ruok.org.au

Most effective strategies for addressing

work related stress

Source: R U OK?at Work survey

Accessing experts Page 7

Revitalizing Work

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Exercise


Compassion

Access experts

Revitalizing work

Exercise

Download free chapter: www.IamBackFromTheBrink.com

The Thriving Tribe Coach

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25% believe their leader models sustainable work practices

Those employees:

Source: HBR July 2014 survey of 19,000 employees worldwide

55% more engaged

72% higher in well being

77% more satisfied at work

200% higher trust in leader

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whYcode ™

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Purpose my direction

Energizers my fuel

Positive strengths my tools

whYcode ™

Purpose

How can I

serve?

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Energizers

What fires my

spirit?

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The 3 Energizers Page 12

Positive strengths

6x engaged

3x life satisfied

Manager

Ignore = 40% disengaged

Focus weaknesses = 22%

disengaged

Focus strengths = 1% disengaged Wellbeing: Tom Rath

What are my tools?

www.GallupStrengthsCenter.com

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Purpose my direction

Energy my fuel

Positive strengths my tools

whYcode ™ Page 16

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Thriving self

Thriving tribe

Thriving world

“If you want to go fast go alone,

if you want to go far go together” African Proverb

Tribes Trump Self

Tribal moodometer ™

Source: Tribal Leadership, Logan D et al, based on 24,000 employee interviews

70% of

change fails

performance wellbeing

300% Source: McKinsey research in Beyond Performance

Case Studies….

1996

The Ramsay Way

People caring for people

• We are caring, progressive, enjoy our work, and use a positive spirit

to succeed.

• We take pride in our achievements, and actively seek new ways of

doing things better.

• We value integrity, credibility, and respect for the individual.

• We build constructive relationships, to achieve positive outcomes

for all.

• We believe that success comes through recognizing, and

encouraging, the value of people and teams.

• We aim to grow our business, while maintaining sustainable levels

of profitability, providing a basis for stakeholder loyalty.

In 1996, Graeme Cowan helped Ramsay Healthcare research and articulate The Ramsay Way. These values are

now deeply embedded within their culture and considered essential to their success.

55% below Safework Australia’s healthcare goal for lost

work injury days per million hours worked

Ramsay delivers strong returns

31-May-13 3,201%

31-May-13 251%

Notes:

Total Shareholder Return – share price appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends

Ramsay Health Care Listed on ASX – 23 September 1997

Source: UBS

Compound Annual Rate of Growth over 15½ years

Ramsay Health Care TSR 25.0%

S&P/ASX 100 Acc. Index 8.3%

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Ramsay Healthcare

NUM as Tribal Leader

Inclusive and Supportive Leadership

Autonomous Business Units

Continuous Improvement Ethos

Guidelines not Policies

Tully State High School QLD PE – 2011

Steps

Cyclone Yasi - $50K blessing

All teachers and ancillary trained

Selected champions

Partnership with Uni of Wollongong

Reinforced in curriculum

Students Year 8-12

During 5 years at Tully each student:

What is Positive Psychology / Education

Knowing and Developing Strengths

Hope Theory

Positive Relationships

Positive Emotions

Mindfulness Techniques

Meaning

SMART Goals

Leaned Optimism

Physical Health and Wellbeing

From POVO to Pos Ed: 2011 -2014

Graduation 70% to 98%

Short term discipline 85 to 48

Long term discipline 18 to 3

District discipline rates way up

Year 12 couldn’t remember a fight

Arden Anglican School - Gallup

Strengths

Hope

Engagement

Wellbeing

Academic Success

Gallup Student

Success Model

1. Strategic Goals and

Plan

2. Leadership Effectiveness

3. Teacher Engagement

4. Student Engagement

5. Student

Achievement

School values Stakeholder outcomes

Staff Engagement Q12

Qualitative

Student Survey Hope, Engagement,

Wellness

Gallup

Student

Achievement

Process

Staff Engagement

Student Engagement

• 20 Questions – Hope, Engagement, Wellbeing • There is an adult in my life who cares about my future. • My school is committed to building the strengths of each student. • Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday.

• Q12 • Does my supervisor or someone at work, seem to care about me as a

person? • At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday? • In the last 7 days have a received recognition for doing good work? • At work, do my opinions seem to count?

Arden Survey Results

453 students from Year 3 -12

84% students strongly agree there is an adult in their life who cares about

their future.

82% students agree their school is committed to building the strengths of

their students.

72% say “yes” they learned or did something interesting yesterday.

Brian Plowman

Director of

Wellness

St Stephens

Perth

Creating a Positive Mental

Health Work Culture

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Creating a Positive Mental Health Culture

Link to Purpose and Values

Leadership Ownership

Multi-year plan

Identify Champions

Variety of Programs and Resources

Target High Risk Employees

R U OK? Tribes

Measure Results and Share Success Stories

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Employee Mental Wellbeing Resources

Access anonymously and in person

Panel of competent mental health professionals

Provide opportunities for exercise at work

Mental resilience programs

Discover and develop employee strengths

Compassion and self compassion guides

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How can we work together?

Create an

R U OK? culture

www.ruok.org.au

Stop little problems becoming bigger

Services

Keynote presentation

Resilience, wellbeing seminars

Smart phone resources

Consulting

www.GraemeCowan.com.au

building resilience, wellbeing, and performance