A SWOT is a familiar planning tool. Applied to mental health, it helps leadership teams take stock honestly and agree priorities. Pair it with the Organisational Mental Health Wheel for a fuller picture.
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The analysis
| Questions to prompt you | |
|---|---|
| Strengths | What do we already do well? What would our people say we get right? What are we proud of? |
| Weaknesses | What do we avoid or put off? Where do people fall through the gaps? What would our people say we get wrong? |
| Opportunities | What is changing that we could use, such as new leadership, a restructure, a wellbeing budget or Champions? Which strengths could we build on? |
| Threats | What pressures are coming, such as growth, cuts, change or high workloads? Which weaknesses leave us exposed, for example to absence, turnover, claims or reputation? |
| Our answers | |
|---|---|
| Strengths | |
| Weaknesses | |
| Opportunities | |
| Threats |
02
Turn it into a plan
Exercise
Next steps
Which strength can we use to address our most important weakness?
Which threat needs action in the next three months?
Three priorities, each with an owner and a date: