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About this Episode
Guest: Richard Lucas
With 30 years of senior leadership experience, Richard has a unique take on mental health and wellbeing.
A personal story led him, and a like-minded team, to create Govox. Having witnessed first-hand how technology and social media have fuelled mental health issues, Richard is now committed to using technology positively to enable change and readdress the balance with a much more supportive approach.
Richard will also be a speaker at DisruptHR Cambridge 3.0 on May 11.
- You started Govox to connect, identify and support those in need. Your team works with businesses to improve mental health. How can leaders and HR pros get better at identifying employees who need support?
- What does your team see regularly as key reasons that prevent employees from seeking support?
- What have you seen change in the workplace wellbeing space over the past few years?
- You will be speaking at DisruptHR Cambridge on May 11. Your session is called ‘How HR pros have always been the wellbeing champions‘. Tell us about the talk and some of the hoped-for learning outcomes.
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Host: Bill Banham
Guest: Richard Lucas
Richard Lucas is CEO and Co-Founder of GoVox Wellbeing. With 30 years’ senior leadership experience behind him, Richard has a unique take on mental health and wellbeing. A personal story led him, and a like-minded team, to create Govox, the online mental health wellbeing platform.
Having witnessed first-hand how technology and social media has fed mental health issues, Richard is now committed to using technology positively to enable change and readdress the balance with a much more supportive approach.
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Bill Banham is Editor at HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast, Associate Editorial Director with HRreview, and co-organizer of such HR, Talent, and leadership-focused events as InnovateWork, Hacking HR Toronto, and DisruptHR London. He has interviewed inspiring leaders across the globe from such brands as NASA, the US Government, Simon Sinek, UPS, ADP, SAP, Salesforce, and the United Nations. Bill has 15+ years of experience in editorial, events management, marketing, SEO, advertising, business development, data management, research, and professional development.
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