Staying silent about what's wrong doesn't make it disappear: daring to speak up is already regaining your footing.
Break the silence and express your difficulties at work. Listen for the signs of stress and share your needs thoughtfully with colleagues, management, and the internal contacts who help prevent psychosocial risks.
25 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the stress signals to listen for before silence costs too much
- the right internal contacts — managers, HR, employee representatives — and how to reach out to them
- phrasing to help you express your difficulties thoughtfully
Target audience
Anyone looking to improve their quality of life and relationships
Learning objectives
- Recognize and listen to your signs of stress (physical and emotional) and unease at work
- Develop self-compassion and stop blaming yourself for feeling low
- Build enough confidence in yourself and others to dare reveal your difficulties and vulnerability
- Dare to break the silence and thoughtfully express your difficulties and needs to the right people
Module outline
- Articles
- Catherine Testa's account of the difficulties men face at work
- Statistics on men's mental health and suicide
- Expert video“Expressing Your Difficulties”8'58How to listen for the signs of stress, break the silence, and thoughtfully express your difficulties to the right people
- AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
