CBT at work: Episode Notes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, also referred to as CBT, is an approach that can help significantly improve people’s quality of life.  As a recruitment professional, Chris Hart is clearly passionate about individuals’ mental well-being. A few months ago, he started having a closer look at CBT practices, as well as different…

A discussion on learning and development: Episode Notes Learning and development is usually seen as a subset of the Human Resources department, and it is related to improving employees’ competencies and performance.  Oftentimes, just like it happens with many other well-being practices at work, companies do not treat learning and development as a main priority…

Mental health in Academia: Episode Notes In this episode of the Stepsero podcast we draw attention to mental health in Academia once again. According to the available data, the prevalence of depression in academic communities is 6 times higher compared to the general population. On top of that, about 40% to 50% of PHD students…

On the mental health of researchers: Episode Notes Not enough attention is being paid to the mental health of researchers. For this reason, a few researchers, researcher groups, organizations and non-profits are working hard to raise their concerns. In this episode of Stepsero we are joined by Clarinda Cerejo and Andrea Hayward, who are two…

Systemic coaching for companies: Episode Notes Can we create a healthy work environment through systemic coaching?  Systemic coaching aims at aligning individual and team goals with company goals. In order to do that, it is important to visualize employees in relation to the system they operate in, rather than treating them as individual contributors. Doris…