The HR L&D Podcast: How has WFH impacted our Mental Wellbeing? with Ama Afrifa-Tchie #39 Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast sofa by Ama Afrifa-Tchie, Head of People, Wellbeing & Equity at Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England! Ama has championed diversity and inclusion with different industries such as Startups, Tech, Professional services, Legal, Financial services, Media & Entertainment. Ama is a valiant cultural builder, who’s specialism spans across people experience, workplace culture, diversity & inclusion, mental health and wellbeing, and corporate responsibility. She is experienced in leading the design, analysis, and implementation of people-centric products/services, inclusion & wellbeing initiatives. She is a Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. In this “How has WFH impacted our Mental Wellbeing?” episode with Ama Afrifa-Tchie on The HR L&D Podcast, we also explore: * Firstly, can you tell us a bit about your background and how you got into your role today? * WFH one year on – what’s the mental health impact? Is it time WFH had its own performance review? * With poor mental health rates soaring – is WFH a help or hindrance for our wellbeing? * What can employers do to best support employees as WFH continues? * Business leaders have faced tough decisions around furlough, redundancies and the nature of their business – how can leaders ensure they protect their own mental health? * Why is it so vital to lead from the front, and protect your own mental health, to ensure a happier and healthier workforce overall? Links highlighted in this “How has WFH impacted our Mental Wellbeing?” episode are included below: * Website: https://mhfaengland.org/ * LinkedIn Profile: Ama Afrifa-Tchie * The host of The HR L&D Podcast - LinkedIn Profile: Nick Day * Leading HR Recruiters: JGA HR Recruitment * Listen on Podbean Of course, if you are an HR or L&D Leader listening to this podcast and you have an HR-related vacancy that you would love some specialist human resources recruitment support with – please also get in touch with me! I would love to help show you what a great HR recruitment experience feels like! You can reach out to me directly at nick@jgarecruitment.com or give me a call – 01727800377 www.jgarecruitment.com Thanks for listening folks – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the HR L&D Podcast real soon