22-25 April 2026
SQLBits 2022

How Managers Can Support Their Employee’s Mental Health

Mental health is a sensitive topic to approach with an employee, here you will learn how.
Ever had an employee go through a trying time with their mental health and not know what do or say? Did an employee ever take time off to attend to their mental health and you weren’t sure how to handle them coming back to work? Have you suspected an employee was having an issue and didn’t know how to approach the subject? Then come to this session for the answers to these questions and more so you as a manager can help support your employee’s mental health.

This session is intended for anybody a supervisor role or aspiring to be a manager. This session provides practical, straightforward strategies to be used to address a very difficult topic.

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Speakers

Buck Woody

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