Shows
Peer EffectCreating a Culture of Well-being: Mental Health Insights for Founders & TeamsIn this special mashup episode of Peer Effect, we bring together insights on mental health, well-being, and sustainable performance from leaders who are making it happen! Michael Matania, Sam Rosen, and Dan Brownsher share real experiences on cultivating a workplace culture that prioritises authenticity, trust, and sustainability.Learn about:Creating psychological safety and fostering open feedbackMoving from high-intensity performance to sustainable, balanced growthPractical strategies for building a resilient culture remotelyLinks: Follow Michael Matania on LinkedIn!Follow Sam Rosen on LinkedIn!Follow Dan Brownsher on LinkedIn!More f...2024-10-3018 min
The Big Questions: A Capita Learning PodcastWhat is personal resilience and how do we develop it?In the latest instalment of our series exploring organisational resilience through skills, we turn our focus to a different form of resilience. Because, when we think about the word ‘resilience’, our first thought is not typically about how well an organisational has multi-skilled its workforce. You’re more likely to associate the word with personal resilience, and it’s important in order to move through the periods of change & uncertainty that organisations experience.
Together with fellow Learning Consultant Sian Parr, James
talks to a leading mind in mental health, Michael Matania. They discuss Michael’s powerful...2024-10-0236 min
OrgDev with DistinctionWellbeing and Workplace Culture with Michael Matania, CEO Mycelium - OrgDev Episode 28We'd love to hear from you so send us a message!In our latest OrgDev podcast episode, we explore the profound systemic approach to wellbeing advocated by Michael Matania, CEO of Mycelium. Unlike conventional initiatives that often pay lip service to wellbeing, Mycelium focuses on fostering sustainable performance through comprehensive, culturally embedded strategies. Michael’s journey is particularly compelling—having overcome PTSD, addiction, and psychosis, he brings a deeply personal and transformative perspective to his work. Michael’s experiences and insights challenge traditional resilience and leadership paradigms, advocating for a holistic view that integrates individual strengt...2024-07-1256 min
Peer EffectRethinking Workplace Culture and Mental Health, with Michael MataniaMichael Matania, founder and CEO of Mycelium, shares his groundbreaking approach to transforming workplace culture and mental health. Michael's journey from teaching meditation to people in Facebook, as well as a centre for men in gangs, to building a half-million revenue company is both inspiring and enlightening. With a background rooted in mental health, Michael's mission is to foster collective resilience and create supportive, high-performing environments within organisations. In this episode, we explore:The importance of role modeling sustainable practices as a leader and the profound impact it has on team performance and...2024-06-1931 min
Human with Jess MillsMichael Matania: Resilience, and how we cope with the inevitable tragedy's of lifeMichael Matania is the founder of Tough cookie, a mental health organisation created to help nurture human resilience. Michael has said: I work in resilience because I’m interested in how we cope with the inevitable tragedy’s of life, how we tend to the part of us that remains when the rest of us have been decimated. Michael came to this work following his recovery from psychosis in his late teens, and what follows is one of the most moving personal stories of transformation, and personal courage I have ever heard, so you are truly all in for a very...2022-10-2650 min