FINANCIAL TIMES: Men urged to seek help for mental health problems at work

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A common thread for these mental health advocates is the importance of the line manager as a first port of call for distressed staff. The problem, says Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Manchester Business School, is that too often, managers get their jobs because of their technical abilities rather than people skills. Companies should instead “recruit the ones that have good emotional intelligence”, he argues.