{"id":1199,"date":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/reports\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:12:33","slug":"leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Influencing the Mental Wellbeing Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/all-blacks-huddle.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                May 16, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Influencing the Mental Wellbeing Landscape<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/&#038;text=Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Influencing the Mental Wellbeing Landscape\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Virtual Roundtables: Influencing the Mental Wellbeing Landscape. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/leaders-virtual-roundtables-influencing-the-mental-wellbeing-landscape\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">An online meeting of Leaders Performance Institute members on 9th May 2019.<\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>In this virtual roundtable, we wanted to explore the important discussions surrounding the mental wellbeing of our people and athletes. This dedicated time focused on how we are looking at this space, what interventions and processes are being used, and what other opportunities we see as being able to positively impact this challenge.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The group discussed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking at wellbeing holistically. Too often mental wellbeing in particular is aligned to mental health. There are other elements that can feed into this.<\/li>\n<li>The environment and opportunities you are creating for your staff and players both in and outside of your high performance environment.<\/li>\n<li>How we can look to sustain wellbeing through our organisational culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading: Leaders Performance Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/putting-athlete-wellbeing-top-of-mind\/\">Putting Athlete Wellbeing Top of Mind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/mental-wellbeing\/\">How to Take Care of Your Mental Wellbeing in Elite Sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/toronto-maple-leafs-1\/\">\u2018Walking the Talk\u2019 at the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Future Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Where do your athletes go to seek support from? How can we better educate these people, as well as creating an environment of trust and safety in our high performance models?<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement is so important and perhaps often overlooked the most when we think about holistic wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Staff often work longer hours than the athletes themselves. What opportunities are you providing for them within your environment to alleviate the stresses of elite sport?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Thinking Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How are we thinking about wellbeing in our specific roles and organisations?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>From a coach education perspective, it really comes down to the notion of self-regulation and their ability to understand the impact they have on others.<\/li>\n<li>There is a huge relationship between their own wellbeing, the individual coach\u2019s wellbeing and the capacity of their staff to be able to perform at the highest level.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s important for them to understand themselves and their identity beyond just being a coach, thus allowing them to better regulate themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Do you seek to understand the motives of your people?<\/li>\n<li>Mental health is an incredibly important part of elite sport \u2013 it has perhaps hijacked the wider sense of wellbeing. It is often easy to jump towards mental health as a crisis point rather than the engagement piece of wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>The opportunities around engagement and wider wellbeing have the potential to impact the clinical \/ illness aspect mental health.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s important to find the right language and terminology across the industry when we are talking about wellbeing. Wellbeing in many domains is perceived as mental illness which isn\u2019t the case.<\/li>\n<li>Consider these pillars when thinking about wellbeing: personal development, career &amp; education, community &amp; engagement and mental health.<\/li>\n<li>Where do your athletes go to seek support from? Often they will go to parents or friends. However, throughout sport and our high performance systems, we ask our athletes to spend a significant period of time away from home so that network isn\u2019t easily accessible.<\/li>\n<li>So, who are they talking to when they are not able to naturally speak to the person they would normally go to?<\/li>\n<li>We need to better educate the system to reduce this disconnect and foster trust in those that are around them. We also need to think about how we are going to upskill those people in that environment, that\u2019s crucial.<\/li>\n<li>In certain environments there is confusion concerning the role of the psychologist as to whether they are focused on prevention or on other areas of development.<\/li>\n<li>With younger talent it\u2019s crucial to get the personal development piece right. Having a plan for balancing their wellbeing from the earlier parts of their career is paramount.<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement is so important and perhaps often overlooked the most when we think about holistic wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Wellbeing also aligns with coping strategies and tools \u2013 placing focus on these in the personal and performance development stages can improve wider wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Although we need to work on tools for metal skills on the field, it\u2019s important to have a multi-disciplinary team working with them as a person. Afterall, the human element should be the main focus.<\/li>\n<li>A definition of mental wellbeing: an athlete can contribute and engage in life and thrive whilst competing and post-sport.<\/li>\n<li>Post-sport is something that is not considered enough in high performance support. It\u2019s about the collective of a healthy, functioning individual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>We often talk about athlete wellbeing but how can we better support staff wellbeing?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide opportunities for your staff \u2013 weather it is simple things such as yoga classes, educational courses or mindfulness sessions etc. Be proactive in giving them options to support their wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Providing these for your staff can also positively impact the athletes and the wider environment. It ends up becoming a mainstay of your culture.<\/li>\n<li>At Saracens Rugby organisation, there was one point whereby 92% of players and staff were in higher education \u2013 it promotes them for life both in and outside of sport. There were also the inclusion of cooking classes, a creche at the training ground so there was engagement with their children throughout the day.<\/li>\n<li>Do you take your athletes and coaches away from the environment the day before the game?<\/li>\n<li>To sustain wellbeing across an organisation, it\u2019s crucial to individualise programmes and frameworks. It should not be a one-size-fits-all approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this virtual roundtable, we wanted to explore the important discussions surrounding the mental wellbeing of our people and athletes. 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