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Here’s what happened when I revealed my mental health struggles to my employees
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3186" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><h3><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90753547/heres-what-happened-when-i-revealed-my-mental-health-struggles-to-my-employees" target="_blank">Here’s what happened when I revealed my mental health struggles to my employees - Fast Company</a></h3><h4>This CMO started his new job by opening up to his teams—and the response was powerful. </h4><p>When I accepted a job as chief marketing officer with a new company a few months ago, I wasted no time in opening up to my employees about my struggles with anxiety and depression. The results have been tremendous.</p><p></p><p>As a way of introducing myself, I’ve held “ask me anything” sessions. Most recently, I did one when I met face-to-face for the first time with my team in Brazil. It wasn’t long before they were asking me about mental health.</p><p></p><p>I shared the story of experiencing bullying as a child, and trying to bury all the trauma deep in my psyche as I got older. I explained that when I reached a career goal by becoming a chief marketing officer at age 30, I looked around and couldn’t understand why I was unhappy. From the outside, it seemed that everything should be fine. It was only then that I began to realize career success was no antidote for what I had to reckon with. So I began the work—with therapy, medication, meditation, all of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3186, member: 1"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90753547/heres-what-happened-when-i-revealed-my-mental-health-struggles-to-my-employees']Here’s what happened when I revealed my mental health struggles to my employees - Fast Company[/URL][/HEADING] [HEADING=3]This CMO started his new job by opening up to his teams—and the response was powerful. [/HEADING] When I accepted a job as chief marketing officer with a new company a few months ago, I wasted no time in opening up to my employees about my struggles with anxiety and depression. The results have been tremendous. As a way of introducing myself, I’ve held “ask me anything” sessions. Most recently, I did one when I met face-to-face for the first time with my team in Brazil. It wasn’t long before they were asking me about mental health. I shared the story of experiencing bullying as a child, and trying to bury all the trauma deep in my psyche as I got older. I explained that when I reached a career goal by becoming a chief marketing officer at age 30, I looked around and couldn’t understand why I was unhappy. From the outside, it seemed that everything should be fine. It was only then that I began to realize career success was no antidote for what I had to reckon with. So I began the work—with therapy, medication, meditation, all of it. [/QUOTE]
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