Fireside Chat - General Sir Patrick Sanders, Commander Strategic Command, Jan 2021

I have a lot of experience interviewing senior leaders about mental health and wellbeing. I love doing this to help them be a little bit vulnerable and share their mental health story. When leaders do this, it can have a huge positive impact in smashing the stigma and creating a ripple effect of openness across their organisation. It was, therefore, a real professional highlight to interview General Sir Patrick Sanders, then Commander of Strategic Command to talk about his mental health and creating a culture of employee wellbeing and psychological safety in the Forces. I delivered a mini keynote at the start and then interviewed the general at time stamp 23:13.

It was inspiring to hear the General talk about his won experiences of depression and PTSD and the things that are important to him in order to stay well.