Creating kinder cultures enables our people to flourish

About this event

Boost business performance by building a kinder culture that supports wellbeing, resilience, openness and better conversations at work

You optimise the performance of your business when you create a kind culture that drives the energy of your employees. In this session I look at the best ways of looking after our own mental wellbeing whilst being supportive of our colleagues.

Learning outcomes:

• I explore ideas of how to create a kinder culture where people are caring, supportive and more empathic of each other’s anxieties.
• I look at the importance of using the right language to encourage honest and open conversation about wellbeing
• I look at how you can improve your own levels of personal resilience by becoming kinder to yourself.
• I look at how to inspire more openness when you trust ‘it’s okay not to be okay’ and by the sharing our own vulnerabilities
• I look at the signs to look for that someone may be struggling and how best to open-up a conversation with them
• I look at what is considered a best practice conversation when someone approaches citing poor mental wellbeing

About the speaker

David Beeney

David Beeney enjoyed a successful career in newspapers and magazines for over 30 years, he was the MD of a regional daily newspaper and Commercial Director for Auto Trader. However, since outing himself in 2016 about his secret battles with panic attacks he believes that he has now found true purpose and has committed to spend the rest of his life eradicating the stigma of mental health.

His business Breaking the Silence has quickly established itself as one of the leading advisors in the UK on ‘mental health in the workplace’ and David has helped many of the leading brands in the UK to create kinder more compassionate cultures of trust. He was recognised again in 2025 as one of the top 101 global influencers on employee engagement and is the author of ‘Breaking the Silence’. David is a qualified Mental Health Counsellor affiliated to the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Practitioners) and has been a trustee for Mind.

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