Find out how ex-Wallabies player, Clyde Rathbone tackles men’s mental health and running a business, and the importance of having supportive mates you can talk to.
Watch our video below with Clyde Rathbone, owner of his own small business Karma, talking with David Burroughs, leading workplace psychologist on men’s mental health and being in business.
Clyde shares his tips on how to keep mental health a priority when running a small business, starting with the value of taking time out for yourself. Having played international rugby and now owning his own wellbeing business, he shares his personal insights into the similarities between elite sports and running a business – including the need to switch off and be proactive about asking for help.
Over 10,000 Australian workers completed Superfriend’s latest mental health and wellbeing survey which found that many small businesses have the potential to play a positive role in enabling Australian workers to thrive.
From December 2023, the Australian Human Rights Commission will have new powers to investigate and enforce ‘the positive duty’. This means that they can investigate small business owners that are not taking proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
Many business owners are seeing Christmas as an opportunity to ‘catch up’ after slow year, but it is important that this does not lead to increased stress and burnout.
It’s been a tough year, and for some, Christmas is the shining light at the end of the 2020 tunnel with family celebrations, social connection and time off work. For others, the holiday period may be a time of stress or isolation, with many unable to travel to be with family or friends this year.