Yohan McDonald
Senior Associate Trainer @Mind
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Associate Trainer @Mind
GB
One of Mind\'s senior associate trainers — delivering their workplace mental health training programmes to organisations across the UK.→ Deliver Mind\'s full range of workplace training including mental health awareness, stress, and their specialist manager programmes→ Helped develop and design Mind\'s manager training courses — shaping their primary programme \"Managing Mental Health at Work\", now delivered to organisations nationwide→ Bring a unique perspective to Mind\'s content through my own lived experience and 15 years of corporate management — ensuring every session connects with how managers actually think and operate→ Trusted to represent Mind\'s brand and methodology with organisations across every sector and seniority levelWorking with both Mind and MHFA England simultaneously for over seven years gives me something rare — deep familiarity with both of the UK\'s leading approaches to workplace mental health training. That dual perspective informs everything I deliver and everything I\'ve built through Great Minds.
ABOUT YOHAN MCDONALD
Your managers want to help. They really do.They see a team member struggling. They notice the withdrawal, the changes, the signs. And they care — deeply.But when the moment comes to say something? They freeze. Terrified of making it worse. Or saying the \'wrong thing\'.And you feel it too.↳ The weight of knowing your managers are carrying conversations they were never equipped for↳ The frustration of investing in training that doesn\'t translate into confidence↳ The pressure of being responsible for a culture you can\'t shift aloneI understand that pressure — from both sides.I\'ve been the person struggling — battling social anxiety, depression and panic disorder from 14. Too afraid to ask for help. I went from being the loudest kid in the room to nearly invisible.I\'ve been the manager who noticed someone on their team was struggling and had absolutely no idea what to say.And I\'ve been the trainer who kept watching the same pattern repeat — great training delivered, positive feedback collected, and then nothing changes.That pattern is what I became obsessed with solving.Over the past decade I\'ve worked as a Senior Associate Trainer for both MHFA England and Mind, helped develop MHFA England\'s manager training course, and trained over managers on supporting team mental health.Every one of those sessions confirmed the same truth: training alone won\'t shift your culture. Real transformation requires a complete implementation system.That\'s why I created The B.R.I.D.G.E™ — the 6-Step Implementation System that transforms training into embedded organisational capability.→ See how it works: https://info.greatminds.training/thebridgeThe result? Managers who stay confident long after training ends A culture that genuinely shifts — not just on paper Up to £6.30 return for every £1 invested (Deloitte 2024)I work with HR leaders who are:• Tired of training that evaporates• Ready to move from reactive to proactive• Looking for implementation, not just inspirationNot sure where your organisation stands?Take my Free 2-Min Wellbeing Strategy Assessment:https://wellbeingstrategyreadiness.scoreapp.com/Or message me with your biggest mental health training challenge.Because no one should have to struggle in silence at work.And every manager deserves to feel ready when it matters most.
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