Mental health toolkit for project managers
The project management profession often deals with fast paced, dynamic workloads, and the need for mental health and wellbeing support for project managers is greater than ever.
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Mental health conversations at work are vital
Mental health problems can be an issue that anyone experiences at any stage of their lives. But how equipped are we in the workplace to deal with it?
It’s easy to see why project management can be a stressful role – the number of moving parts with little predictability, the constant need for problem solving, tight deadlines, constricted budgets, multiple stakeholders, fast decision-making and often more than one boss to report to.
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The wellbeing of project professionals
Project-based work can be frenetic, fast-paced and dynamic. While you might enjoy the feeling of responsibility and urgency this creates, it’s all too easy for the pressure to change from something that drives you to something that risks overwhelming you.
This PDF guide from APM explores the unique challenges faced by project managers and where certain areas of stress might lie.
Practical advice and tips for individuals and teams
Five simple ways project managers can manage their mental health
Resilience: how to identify it and how to embed it
How project managers can look after their mental health in trying times
Six ways project managers can manage stress
Under pressure? A ‘can-do’ attitude might be causing you more harm than good
Recognising the importance of wellbeing
Watch - How wellbeing is the key to unlocking performance
Why kindness is important in managing a project team
Are project managers lonely?
Mental health must be top of mind
The problem of hidden burnout on projects
Burnout – the mission statement (and what happened after my redundancy)
Ideas to improve workplace culture
What is the relationship between managing change, stress and men and women’s mental health in projects?
Sellafield’s mental health first approach to construction projects
Mental Health at work
APM in partnership with Mind
Now, the website Mental Health at Work, which is curated by Mind, has published an online toolkit in partnership with APM that contains lots more useful resources and downloads on topics such as resilience, coping with change and advice on remote working.