{"id":472,"date":"2022-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforleaders.com\/the-intersection-of-physical-and-psychological-health-and-safety-with-dave-ferro\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:53:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T06:53:06","slug":"the-intersection-of-physical-and-psychological-health-and-safety-with-dave-ferro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforleaders.com\/podcast\/the-intersection-of-physical-and-psychological-health-and-safety-with-dave-ferro\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intersection of Physical and Psychological Health and Safety with Dave Ferro"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past, Occupational Health and Safety has mostly been focused on physical aspects, such as harassment, preventing accidents, and violence. But in more recent years, there\u2019s been a push to include psychological safety in their responsibilities as well.<\/p>\n

And according to OH&S consultant, Dave Ferro, there\u2019s good reason for this. When organizations create an environment where people feel both mentally and physically safe to come to work, they see improved profitability, better employee retention, and improved productivity. Dave explains the benefits of proactively supporting employee wellbeing, as well as how to start enacting change in your organization even if you don\u2019t have support from your upper management.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to start normalizing conversations about mental health the same way we do with conversations about physical health. Tune in!<\/p>\n