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EP 188 | T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette
How do you transform your work culture as one in five adults deals with a mental health condition and one in three faces an anxiety disorder? What creates mentally healthy cultures as 54% of all lost work time in the United Kingdom traces back to work-related stress, anxiety, and depression? How do you lead people through chaos as they look to you for clarity, purpose in the predicaments, and meaning in the mayhem?
Discover the proven framework to help your people thrive on this special LinkedIn Live episode of the Work Positive Podcast recorded during Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Joey Faucette unveils his groundbreaking T.H.R.I.V.E. framework from his latest best-seller "T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health, Culture, and the People You Lead," drawing from insights of eight extraordinary mental health experts who have transformed cultures and helped countless leaders do the same.
Listen as Dr. Joey explores:
☀️ Why organizations that grow people and profits today do so in that order, starting with people as the profits pour in
☀️ The difference between Nick who spiraled after his manager said no to flexible arrangements and Sally who stayed nine years after her manager simply said "You're not right, let's have tea"
☀️ How Velcro comments hook people by head and heart rather than soap bubble comments that disappear in three seconds
☀️ The NAP Framework for strategic rest: Nurture communities and learning, Assess which of seven rest types you need, Prioritize what restores you
☀️ Why feathers ignored morph into bricks, and bricks ignored become trucks as people burn out incrementally rather than suddenly
Dr. Joey transforms how leaders think about mental health by proving that as you apply the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework, you create cultures where the people you lead feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged.
🔑 Key Insight: "If you ran a factory and someone told you 54% of your machine downtime traced back to a single source, you'd stop the machines. You'd do a root cause analysis. You'd fix it before you switched them back on. Your people deserve that same urgent attention. The organizations that grow people and profits today start with people, and the profits pour in. Psychological safety isn't a cultural nicety. It's basic biology. As the brain perceives threat, the prefrontal cortex goes offline. Creativity disappears. Problem-solving suffers. Burnout accelerates. Trust is the antidote. You make it safe to not be okay, because at any given time, a significant portion of your team is not okay. The question is: Does your culture help them carry the weight or add to it?"
💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Choose ONE element of the T.H.R.I.V.E. framework to implement this week based on where your culture can learn and do better. Answer this question first: What about T.H.R.I.V.E. is our culture doing well right now? Give yourself some Joe High-Fives (a five-year-old who high-fived himself as he ran out of people). Celebrating rewires your brain to do more of what you do well. Then answer: Which T.H.R.I.V.E. part can our culture learn from and do better? Helping your people thrive happens in the steady accumulation of moments where people feel seen, valued, rested, equipped, heard, and genuinely engaged. Trust grows one honest conversation at a time. Honor lands one specific acknowledgment at a time. Rest renews one ten-minute margin at a time. Investment compounds one granular challenge solved at a time. Value gets communicated one clear expectation at a time. Engagement sparks one genuine TaDa at a time.
The T.H.R.I.V.E. Framework:
- Trust: Psychological Safety is Your Foundation (Ask one person "How are you really doing?" and truly listen)
- Honor: Recognition that Lands Best (Give Velcro comments rather than soap bubbles, start meetings with Tip of the Hat)
- Rest: Your Leadership Superpower (Protect ten minutes today for yourself, shorten recurring meetings by ten minutes)
- Invest: Implement Your Resilience Plan (Ask team members what specific part creates most pressure, put resilience on meeting agenda)
- Value: Clarity, Boundaries, and the End of Burnout (Look for five things you like daily, notice feathers before they become bricks)
- Engage: A Culture where Monday is as Good as Friday (Ask yourself: How do I help people around me be successful? Then do it)
Featured Work Positive Podcast Guests:
- Tom Oxley (Bamboo Mental Health founder, Nick vs Sally story, 54% lost work time statistic)
- Anne Grady (resilience expert, bestselling author, two-time TEDx speaker, five-minute gratitude meetings drop cortisol 23%)
- Dr. Erin Wilson (Strategic Rest Summit co-founder, NAP Framework creator, leadership exhaustion expert)
- Dr. Bob Nelson (world's leading authority on employee recognition, "1,501 Ways to Reward Employees," see something do something)
- Joel Zeff (TaDa Moments creator, Tip of the Hat practice, Yes-and principle from improv comedy)
- Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier ("hope is not a strategy," four behavioral pillars, go granular on stressors)
- Lora Cheadle (corporate attorney turned burnout recovery coach, TEDx speaker, "It's Not Burnout, It's Betrayal" author)
- Mel Kettle ("Fully Connected" author, feathers/bricks/trucks framework, leadership communication strategist)
Connect with Dr. Joey Faucette:
- Get your FREE copy of "T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health, Culture, and the People You Lead" on Kindle or by messaging Dr. Joey on LinkedIn
- Take the FREE Work Positive Culture Assessment at workpositive.today
- Message Dr. Joey on LinkedIn for personalized mental health culture strategies
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