Latest News, Articles and Resources
Find out what’s happening with Geoff’s campaigning and advocacy work around mental health in the workplace. He regularly participates in interviews, as well as writing and featuring in various print and online articles and podcasts.
Days where I was too scared to leave the house
'Days where I was too scared to leave the house' As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024,...
Mental Wellbeing & Depression – The Aisha Channel
Mental Wellbeing & Depression Geoff recently appeared on the Aisha channel, speaking on the...
How to Discover your Corporate Purpose
How to Discover your Corporate Purpose This episode of the podcast 'School of Purpose' with Manasi...
Elevating Employee Wellbeing to Drive Competitive Advantage
On May May 17th, Geoff spoke on this webcast from the Human Capital Centre, Europe, presented by...
9 Ways to Stop Your Team From Burning Out
Geoff recently sat down for an interview with Frankie Jones from The Pleo Blog, and it was...
Resilience & Resourcefulness – Wavelengths’ Inspire Programme
Geoff recently did a session with Alastair Campbell for Wavelengths’ Inspire programme. Inspire is...
Democratizing Mental Fitness
Breaking the Stigma of Mental Ill Health and Democratizing Mental Fitness Geoff talked with Jodie...
An invitation to speak at YPO Converge London in May
YPO - A Global Leadership Community YPO is the global leadership community of chief executives...
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Ill Health at Work
Last week Geoff spoke to Michael Glazer of Michael Glazer Coaching, for an episode of his 'Humans...
Mental Health & The Power of Purpose
Geoff spoke with Ollie Henderson from 'Designing the future of work' about his time at Unilever...
Your “Fit-for-Future-Plan”
On October 15th Geoff joined Learn FM to discuss why it is SO important for all of us to take care...
What it really feels like to have a breakdown
On World Mental Health Day, during an in-depth article in the The Telegraph, Geoff shared how he...
Archive - Older podcasts, articles, reports and video
Podcasts / Interviews
Changeboard HR Podcast – Geoff McDonald on Mental Ill Health and Breaking Down Stigma – with Tom Richie – April 2017
Listen here
Csuite Podcast – Wellbeing in the Workplace – with Russel Goldsmith – April 2017
Listen here
Articles by Geoff
Personnel Today – Why Astute CEOs Must Pay Attention to Employee Mental Health Issues – 26th August 2016
Read here
Huffington Post – Why Astute CEOs Should Pay Attention to Employees’ Mental Health – 20th May 2016
Read here
Huffington Post – Ignoring Well-Being is Costing Us – 24th September 2015
Read here
Huffington Post – Fathers: Our Well-Being – 16th June 2015
Read here
Personnel Today – Purpose and Profit: How Giving Back Helps Organisations Grow – 5th September 2014
Read here
Huffington Post – Fighting Anxiety and Depression at Work – 26th August 2014
Read here
Articles featuring Geoff
Stress in the City – ‘At first, I thought my depression was a heart attack’ – Peter Stanford – 4th January 2017
Read here
Emotional Health at Work – In Conversation with Rebecca Durrant – 8th August 2017
Read here
BBC News – Breaking the mental health taboo: ‘Please talk about it’ – Philippa Goodrich – 12th December 2016
Read here
Videos
BBC One – The One Show – Geoff McDonald shares his mental health journey
Motivating The Many at Unilever
Geoff describes how the company succeeds in engaging workers by providing an inspirational business purpose, a decision making framework and focusing on employee well-being (50 minute watch).
Recorded at Spark The Change – December 4th 2014 – https://www.infoq.com/presentations/unilever
A new approach to doing business
Geoff McDonald from Unilever at the BSR Conference 2012 (4 minute watch)
Reports
Thriving At Work
The Stevenson / Farmer Review of Mental Health and Employers – Executive Summary
Read here
Emotional Health at Work – Why it matters and how you can support it
A Report by Family Links – The Centre For Emotional Health, with the support of IPPR
Read here
The Human Era @ Work – 2014
Findings from the Energy Project and Harvard Business Review
Read here
Health: Our Business – Volume 3 – Case studies from the corporate world, putting mental health and wellbeing into action
A report from Global CMO Network / BUPA, with concluding recommendations for successfully planning and implementing a mental health programme by guest editor Geoff McDonald.
Read here
Useful Links
Mind
The mental health charity working to ensure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.
mind.org.uk
The Samaritans
Working to make sure fewer people die by suicide.
samaritans.org
Byrne Dean
A leading provider of workplace training and HR / ER support services, helping to create a kinder, fairer and more productive workplaces.
byrnedean.com
Find out more…
Contact
Follow Geoff on