Ep 134: Tackling Stigma’s in the Workplace

“I think the biggest challenge is the mental health of our workers or our employees has become really, really important for a whole range of reasons, we are making progress. But I think the biggest challenge is still that we've got a stigma around mental health problems.”

“I think there's always an element of overwork. In the community, there's a difference too, between hard work and overwork. I think that overwork is being created at the moment, by lack of people to employ and the current employment market.”

01:03 The challenges the workforce is currently facing

04:27 Having people in the workplace who act as mental health ambassadors

06:55 The issue of hardworking vs overworking

14:13 Ageism in the workplace

21:50 The concept of ‘corporate numbness’

Where to find Gary Martin?

LinkedIn                      https://www.linkedin.com/in/professorgarymartin

Website                       https://aimwa.com/

Who is Gary Martin?

Emeritus Professor Gary Martin commenced in the role of chief executive and executive director of Australian Institute of Management Western Australia (AIM WA) in 2012. Prior to joining AIM WA, Gary held numerous executive appointments at Murdoch University, the most recent of which was Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor.

Gary is a workplace specialist who focuses on key issues and challenges trending in our workplaces. He is a regular columnist in a variety of publications across Australia and internationally. Gary was board chair of Telethon Speech and Hearing in Perth from 2016 to 2020, and a chair of Study Perth from 2008-2011. He now sits on the board of the Council for the Ageing, Western Australia (COTA WA).

A Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, Gary is Emeritus Professor of Murdoch University’s Business School and Zhejiang University of Technology in China, and Honorary Professor at Guangdong University of Business Studies, China.