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The speaker, Mike, shares his career journey from salesperson and sales manager at Barclays to leading leadership development and learning and development. He then helped create an award-winning apprenticeship programme for young unemployed people, adults, and people with disabilities. Toward the end of his Barclays career, he noticed a sharp rise in mental health issues, with more staff absent for mental health than physical health for the first time in the bank’s history.<br /><br />After leaving Barclays, he spoke with several early-career and training professionals, and all identified mental health as their biggest challenge. This led him to co-found Gen Healthy Minds, a company focused on helping apprentices and graduates stay healthy, happy, and able to perform well at work. Their approach is based on positive psychology, which aims not just to prevent illness but to help people flourish.<br /><br />The company supports people through supportive communities, manager training, resilience and stress management education, digital tools, and expert online resources. Mike emphasizes that organizations often train people how to do their jobs but not how to look after their wellbeing. He believes simple habits, open conversations, and healthy use of technology can make a major difference.

Keywords

mental health

apprenticeships

leadership development

learning and development

positive psychology

employee wellbeing

resilience training