Workplace Mental Health for Managers: Introduction to Michael Wellington

Welcome to the “Introduction” video lesson, in which you meet subject matter expert Michael Wellington, the founder of Birdies for Bipolar and author of “Birdies, Bogeys, and Bipolar Disorder: The Fight against Mental Illness on and off the Green.” This lesson is the first of six in the “Expert Insights: Workplace Mental Health for Managers with Michael Wellington” video course created to shed light on how to support employees’ mental health in the workplace. In this lesson, viewers will get to know Michael Wellington and hear his story as a successful person living with mental illness. Learners will also consider why it’s important to understand workplace mental health and what leaders should know going into the rest of the course. By the end of this lesson, viewers should understand that mental illness is common and manageable, and someone living with mental illness can have a productive, healthy, and successful life.