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One thing good leaders should be impatient about

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When I was small I wanted to change the world.   I was impatient and I didn’t understand why people seemed to make things more complicated than they needed to be . Truth is – I’m 46 now and I haven’t grown out of it.   I’m not out to make this another mental health blog. I think we get it.   The whole planet gets it. Mental health is the biggest disease we’ve had to face. 350 million people woke up this morning feeling like they had to run up a hill from a standing start.   For every person you’ve walked past in a wheelchair, you’ve passed 12 with the same level of disability from a mental health issue. But you didn’t see them and you certainly didn’t get to thinking about whether you could help them . Consider mental health like a domino at the front of a long line. When it topples it impacts on risk, safety, productivity, leadership, culture, wellbeing, engagement, stress claims, retention and relationships.   I should find this a complex web but I don’t.   It’s s