Managing Anxiety in You and Your Team

Managing Anxiety in You and Your Team Kayley Dempsey manifesto
@kkdempsey Speakerdeck.com/kayleydempsey

3 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM @kkdempsey

@kkdempsey 4

@kkdempsey 5 12% of all absence days in UK attributed
to mental health

@kkdempsey 6 ANXIETY STRESS DEPRESSION

MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO @kkdempsey 1.
IDENTIFICATION 10

@kkdempsey 11 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

Feeling restless or on edge

@kkdempsey 13 Irritability MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM
#brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 14 Mind blanks, can’t concentrate MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU
AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 15 Sleep trouble MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR
TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 16 Sense of dread MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND
YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 17 Feeling like the world is moving at the
wrong speed MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 18 Trouble relaxing or switching off MANAGING ANXIETY IN
YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 19

@kkdempsey 20 Rapid or thumping heartbeat MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU

@kkdempsey 21 Light headed or dizzy MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU

@kkdempsey 22 Pins and needles MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND

@kkdempsey 23 Unexplained aches and pains MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU

@kkdempsey 24 Hot ﬂushes MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR
TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 25 Nausea MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM
#brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 26 Digestive problems MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR
TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 27 Teeth grinding or jaw clenching MANAGING ANXIETY IN

@kkdempsey 28 Changes to sex drive MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU

@kkdempsey 29 Panic attacks MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR
TEAM #brightonSEO

32 But if everyone is different, how can I tell?

@kkdempsey 33 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM

34 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

DATA 35

@kkdempsey How often do you experience anxiety in your day
to day life? 36 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey How often do you experience anxiety connected to work?
37 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

How often do you experience anxiety connected to work?

39 What’s the number one trigger for anxiety?

40 CHANGE (89%) MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM
#brightonSEO

41 @kkdempsey 89% 63% 26% Change Any Anxiety High Anxiety
Low Anxiety MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

42 POOR LINE MANAGEMENT (63%) MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND

43 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO @kkdempsey
85% 63% 22% Any Anxiety High Anxiety Low Anxiety Poor line management

@kkdempsey Inexperienced leadership poorly managing change and not realising it
affects life of individuals 44 MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO What does your workplace have in place?

46 …in a range of common individual-level well-being interventions… participants
appear no better off

48 …it is unlikely that individual or targeted interventions would
be successful without an organisation-wide approach

50 @kkdempsey MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO
How do you rate your ability to do the following?

How do you rate your ability to do the following?

52 If 40% of agency and in-housers don’t get outside
regularly

How do you rate your ability to do the following? [Poor]

PREVENTION 54

55 55 SELF CARE SELF PRESERVATION VS MANAGING ANXIETY IN

56 @kkdempsey MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

58 Lead by example

59 @kkdempsey A lot of anxiety at work could be
removed by simply having a line manager who gives a damn about their team. MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 61 RULE 1: Meeting titles must be descriptive MANAGING
ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 62 RULE 2: Meetings must have agendas MANAGING ANXIETY
IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 63 RULE 3: Make roles clear MANAGING ANXIETY IN

@kkdempsey 64 RULE 4: Start and end on time MANAGING
ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey 65 RULE 5: More than one way to contribute
MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

66 @kkdempsey 5 Rules for Low Anxiety Meetings 1. Meeting
titles must be descriptive 2. Meetings must have agendas 3. Make roles clear 4. Start and end on time 5. More than one way to contribute MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

MANAGEMENT 67

69 TRIGGER? Remove it Reduce its power @kkdempsey MANAGING ANXIETY
IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

70 @kkdempsey Your Anxiety 121 Checklist 1. Is this venting,
or is this solutionising? 2. Concerns are heard, noted, understood 3. Actions agreed 4. Timelines agreed 5. Next check in agreed MANAGING ANXIETY IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO

@kkdempsey Your 3 takeaways from today… 71 MANAGING ANXIETY IN
YOU AND YOUR TEAM #brightonSEO 1. No more “Quick Catch Ups” 2. Lead by example 3. Wellness at Work Action Plans

72 THANK YOU Kayley Dempsey @kkdempsey / @kayleydempsey Digital Marketing
Operations Lead manifesto.co.uk #brightonseo

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