Andy Garnam is the Executive Director - People & Culture at Kaplan Australia & New Zealand. Listen to Andy's discussions of mental health and wellbeing; and careers in managing human resources.
In PART ONE, Andy explains the exciting and important services for staff and students. Kaplan Business School and Kaplan Professional staff and students can access Sonder; student wellbeing services; and counselling assistance.
In PART TWO, Andy shares his career experiences in human resource management (HR). Listen as he explains the what the future of work looks like in generalist and specialist HR roles. As well, Andy notes the prevalence of digitising HR records and opportunities in specialist HR roles.
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CHAPTERS
00:31 PART ONE: MENTAL WELLBEING AND HEALTH
01:32 Sonder for staff and students
03:38 EAP services for staff and students
04:25 How Andy manages mental wellbeing
06:10 About Andy's role in Kaplan Australia & New Zealand
07:24 Taking responsibility for mental wellbeing
09:21 The right way to ask, 'are you ok?'
11:23 Talking with counsellors or EAP
13:19 Setting-up a mental health plan for staff
16:05 Common issues with wellbeing
18:48 PART TWO: MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
19:02 HR trend #1, future of work
19:57 HR trend #2, digitisation
21:07 Generalist or specialist careers in HR
22:41 Choosing which industry to begin your career
27:07 Growing your career to a leadership level
29:25 Where you can access confidential support
