Graeme Cowan
Author, Team Care and Resilience Speaker
Graeme Cowan helps leaders and teams to be more caring and resilient - and enjoy growing together. His dedication and commitment to creating mentally healthy workplaces has seen him named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for 2022 in the Mental Health & Resilience space.
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In rapidly changing and uncertain workplaces, Graeme Cowan shares practical and proven advice, that is focused on turning team care and resilience knowledge into action.
He loves being a professional speaker because sharing ideas can lead to conversations, and conversations can lead to action and change.
As a Founding Board Director of R U OK?, he has watched this simple idea become an iconic movement.
As the host of The Caring CEO podcast, he has now interviewed 70 CEO’s who champion a culture of care and high performance.
After going through a 5-year episode of depression, he emerged with a different view about how we can increase our resilience, mood, and performance.
He is the author of 5 books, including the internationally acclaimed Back From the Brink, which has become a best seller in China.
He is also the Co-Founder of WeCARE365, which creates simple scalable eLearning to help managers prevent and detect early any mental health issues.
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Building Safe and Resilient Groups that Grow
Disconnection and burnout are the silent killer of great teams
There are 3 contributing elements to a ‘’Great Teams Care’ mindset:
- Self-Care: Resilience for uncertain times
- Crew Care: Building belonging and psychological safety
- R U OK?365 / Red Zone Care: How to support a teammate (or yourself) in distress
Resilience for Uncertain Times
In volatile times, it can be easy to forget self-care. Adopting tiny habits can help you enjoy the direct link between self- care, resilience, and growth
These small steps are the secret to being prepared for moments that matter at home and at work.
You will learn:
- How to identify your mood vampires through Graeme’s science-based 15-point Self-care Snapshot
- How to embed ONE new small habit to boost your mood, influence, and productivity
- How small habits lead to remarkable results
Growing Psychologically Safe and Resilient Teams
Are we connected? Are we safe? Do we have a shared future? Answers to these 3 questions are central to better team performance in an uncertain world.
Our #1 priority is to help build a more caring and resilient teams, who enjoy growing together. We show how everyone can contribute to this.
You will gain simple, actionable steps, including:
- 4 daily connection questions every leader should be asking their team
- How to inspire team psychological safety (#1 of predictor of team innovation)
- How to embed a growth mindset and reduce risk
How to Support a Teammate (or Yourself) in Distress
The CSIRO has identified rising work stress as a mega risk to productivity for the next 20 years.
Major disruptions like Covid-19 have amplified this. Setbacks can happen any day, so having a sustainable and caring culture is critical.
You will learn how conversations are the key to:
- Identifying someone who is struggling
- Asking R U OK? with empathy
- Guiding them to the help they need
