Mental Health is a subject at the top of everyone’s agendas right now.
The subject of Mental Health in the workplace has inspired global discussion with a huge range of views and potential outcomes.
We are bringing solution to leaders that may be confused about how to react to the
growing demand for Mental Health services within Insurance Industry.
We have created a clear set of Minimum Standards that you can work with.


LikeMind Launch Summary
October 2020
This feedback from the breakout rooms is set out below and highlights all the concerns, issues and positives that were communicated to us. They are ordered from most common at the top to least common at the bottom.
Issues with working from home (isolation, loneliness, need for human interaction, etc)
Greater need for an open culture and leadership from the top on this
Need for mental health training for management/lack of engagement from management
Not wanting to admit to mental health in the workplace
Lack of engagement with mental health first aiders
Too much talk and not enough action from senior management
Need for greater engagement with and by men (2/3 of the launch attendees were female)
Return to work anxieties
Lack of communication from employer on the collective goals and purpose
Lack of a clear mental health plan
Not sure what excellent looks like when it comes to mental health
Would welcome positive tips on promoting good mental health
How to adapt good mental health to continual change and how to keep the momentum going
The need for an independent network of mental health first aiders
The need for greater training and support for mental health first aiders
Employees burning out
General anxiety
No measurement of results in respect to work on mental health
Impact of Lockdown 2
Too much focus on crisis and not enough on prevention and resilience
The need for greater engagement on mental health
The sessions focused a lot on the needs out there at present to be able to promote better Mental Health which resulted in the majority of focus being on negatives. However, there were positives that emerged from the discussions and it is important to note these as well.
The positives that supporters offered were as follows:
No commuting
More time with children
More time to work on IT skills
The fact that Mental Health is far more on the corporate radar than ever before
The fact that a lot of good action is already taking place