When he was chief executive of Unilever, Paul Polman was responsible for 175,000 employees. Among them, there were those that had mental health issues. Paul led the creation of a culture where everyone is only one click away from whatever help they might need. Their approach was founded on four pillars of wellbeing: physical, emotional, mental and purposeful. Paul Polman offers his advice to businesses: addressing mental health costs money but the benefits are far larger. He says everyone in the company, from senior management down, should buy in to that supportive culture. And he tells us how the ‘oxygen’ of activities outside the office helps him with his work and life.
