As a leader and manager, it’s essential to take care of your team’s well-being. But where do you start? Discover tools and resources to try with your team, including team building activities, communication skills, peer support, and creating an enabling environment for connection through regular check-ins. Learn how to foster a supportive and collaborative culture that empowers your team to thrive. Check out our resources to take your team’s well-being to the next level!
Source: Standard test
Type: Self-assessment
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the most commonly used tool to self-assess whether you might be at risk of burnout. To determine the risk of burnout, the MBI explores three components: exhaustion, depersonalization and personal achievement.
Guidelines for Caring for Staff and Volunteers in Crises
Source: IFRC, Psychosocial Centre
Type: Guidelines
Time: >15 minutes
Description: These guidelines describe different ways of giving recognition and psychosocial support through various types of resources, for staff and volunteers after a crisis.
Source: IFRC, Psychosocial Centre
Type: Poster
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: This poster can be displayed anywhere to show how to support volunteer teams!
“The ICRC values compass”: A practical guide for effective teamwork
Source: ICRC
Type: PowerPoint presentation
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: An introduction to the ICRC Values Compass, based on Impact/Compassion/Respect/Collaboration, with examples of related behaviors in the workplace.
Ten Steps to Compassionate Leadership
Source: NHS (National Health System, UK)
Type: Poster
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: 10 tips on how to practice good leadership. This poster can be displayed anywhere to show your staff what leader you want to be to them.
Source: IFRC
Type: online curriculum
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: This curriculum includes 10 courses on wellbeing in the workplace. You can go through it and choose the one that fits best for you!
Psychological Safety and its positive effects
Source: ICRC
Type: Information sheet
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: Do you know what psychological safety is? The ICRC developed this document to explain this concept, and how to improve it at different levels: as an individual, for your team and at an organizational level.
Know where your workplace stands on mental health
Source: Minds Matter (from the Mental Health Commission of Canada)
Type: Assessment tool (organizational)
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: A tool to assess and learn where your organization is at mental health. After the assessment, a tailored report is created with recommended resources.
Source: Mental health at work (British organization)
Type: Toolkit
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: A comprehensive website with tools, resources, and stories to support you in better understanding and managing mental health at work.
Improving Mental Health in the Workplace (for IFRC staff only)
Source: IFRC
Type: Online Course
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: Improving mental health in the workplace is an online course where you learn about steps you can take right now to make improvements in your organization and begin to build a compassionate, safe environment where people feel comfortable sharing their troubles and confident, they will be supported.
Key Measures for a Mentally Healthy Workplace (for IFRC staff only)
Source: IFRC
Type: Online Course
Time: 1-5 minutes
Description: An online course focusing on the key measures to create a mentally healthy workplace.