TCA – Command Mental Health Awareness Program (IAMI GUEST Unit 44)

This 2-day mental health program is delivered live via Zoom, featuring 8 hours of interactive training with your course trainer, Andrew.

The live sessions run on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5pm to 9 pm (UK time).

To complete the program, you must enrol in both sessions:

• Monday: Mental Health Wellbeing and Awareness Live Training

• Tuesday: Command and Mental Health Awareness Live Training

Once you purchase the curriculum, you will be able to select and enrol in one Monday session and one Tuesday session from the available dates. Please note that spaces are limited and subject to availability.

The purpose of this module is to give you a better understanding of mental fitness and resilience, and you will be introduced to some frameworks to help you create a happier, healthier, and more sustainable work culture on board your vessel.

During this module you will explore the relationship between performance and wellbeing, helping you to identify opportunities to invest in your wellbeing through mental fitness and building resilience, and how best to take those opportunities.

The knowledge and skills that you will develop throughout all of these modules will help you to understand 'emotional interference' in more detail, generate insight as to how you can better relate to any challenges, generate more influence and control in your life and better navigate the leadership pressures in yachting.

In this module we will explore the impact that stress and pressure can have and does have in our working life, and what we can do to better mitigate and reduce those impacts.

Among other benefits, learning to reduce the impact of stress and pressure upon us will create more cognitive space, reduce the level of physiological reaction we experience and improve our sense of wellbeing, all building a greater level of influence and control.

In this module, we will look at identifying and supporting workplace stress, whilst exploring the link between personal well-being and being a resilient leader because in order to effectively lead others, we must first be able to look after ourselves.

During this module, we invite you to explore stress management from a personal perspective first. This methodology ensures that any strategy you later implement for your team is built upon a foundation of awareness, understanding, and authenticity.

We ourselves should feel psychologically safe and so there is a requirement for our employers to create the conditions for this. But this may be lacking, and as leaders squeezed in the centre we may have to assume responsibility for the action we must take to meet our emotional needs and accept the situation as less than ideal. 

In this module we will explore psychological safety, what it is and also the three types of action in more detail - the shielding, sensing and supporting actions. Once we are clear on what we need and what action to take as leaders and individuals we will explore our role as managers and what others need from us.

In this course, we will examine how important it is that we develop positive habitual behaviours that will allow us to build upon our resilient mindset, without having to necessarily make great conscious efforts to do so.  

Within this module we will equip participants with the skills to adapt their communication styles, foster trust, and create a positive work environment. 

It emphasises the importance of meaningful conversations, active listening, and emotional awareness to support team wellbeing and resilience.

This module provides students with valuable insights into:

• Decision-making

• Emotional awareness

• Communication

• Relationship dynamics. 

It emphasises practical strategies to enhance personal and professional interactions.

By applying these strategies, you can enhance your decision-making, communication, and relationship-building skills effectively.

This module delves into:

• Optimising crew performance

• Fostering wellbeing

• Creating supportive environments for sustainable success. 

It emphasises leadership, teamwork, and strategic planning to enhance both individual and collective outcomes. 

By applying these principles, you can create a thriving, resilient, and high-performing team environment.

This module consists of 4 key PDFs for you to download, and implement into your mental health and wellbeing strategy on board:

MHFA Line Managers Resource

• This resource should be the basis of common crew language around mental health and wellbeing. 

• Please take the time to read it and ask the same of any other managers within the crew. 

• Use it then to form the basis of progressive discussions with your managers and an ongoing up-skill process.

CSLP Wellbeing Plan on a Page and Communication to the Crew

Building a Crew Mental Fitness and Resilience Strategy (Drafting Template)

Wellbeing Plan on a Page

Before you finish your Command Mental Health Awareness program, we would like to give you a few resources to take away with you. 

This module contains the following resources:

• What is the challenge and why?

• Building awareness

• Opportunities as a leader

• Taking action

• Suicide prevention resources

We value your experience and insights! As a recent participant in our Command Mental Health Awareness course, we invite you to share your valuable feedback through our short, 12 question post-course survey.

Your input is crucial in helping us ensure that our courses continue to deliver outstanding educational experiences.