Episode 54 - Ben Lindsay OBE, founder of Power The Fight

Leaders’ mental health special: part 1

Ben Lindsay OBE is founder of Power The Fight, an award-winning charity which tackles violence affecting young people.

35% of leaders report that they feel stressed at work. More than 50% of managers feel burned out. 

In our day jobs, we speak to leaders everyday who are dealing with huge pressures. We’ve been there ourselves with our own mental health challenges. So we thought it was high time we devoted two special episodes to leaders and mental health.

In the first part of our special we are joined by Ben Lindsay OBE, founder of Power The Fight. Through his work Ben has learned how to take a trauma informed approach, and is a big advocate of therapy for his staff, and himself.

We chat to Ben about how leaders can look after their mental health, how to deal with burnout and how he keeps going when dealing with a hugely challenging job tackling violence affecting young people. This is a raw and honest conversation about the challenges of leadership and how leaders can take care of themselves and their teams.

We’ll be back next week for the second part of our leaders’ mental health special featuring Dr Sarah Hughes, CEO of Mind.

 

Notes

Power The Fight https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/

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