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Workforce Solutions Jam | A Global Perspective: International Innovation in Workforce Development and Lessons Learned on Scaling

Workforce Solutions Jam | A Global Perspective: International Innovation in Workforce Development and Lessons Learned on Scaling

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET
Event Length: One Hour

This webinar is hosted as a partnership between the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL), The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and Health Management Associates (HMA). 

The workforce crisis in the United States is not distinct from similar challenges around the world. Although some of the challenges and solutions may appear different, there are core consistencies. Within international efforts to address shortages and expand the workforce, there are fresh and bold ideas that can inform the strategy in the United States.

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The month’s Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to learn from partners around the world. The Global Leadership Exchange will join us to discuss their role in convening international partners and expanding ideas in behavioral health. We will discuss global trends in the behavioral health workforce and discuss nuances in how countries address these challenges. Our panel will describe examples of workforce development efforts including expanding the non-traditional workforce to improve representation of communities and building programs specifically aimed to improve relationships and align care with local community culture.  

Speaker Information

Steve Appleton, President and CEO, Global Leadership Exchange

Steve has been in post since January 2022, having previously worked as the European Regional Lead between 2019-2022 and UK Liaison between 2017-2019.

Prior to this, Steve was Managing Director of a consultancy and research practice specialising in work relating to mental health, housing, disability and older age.

Steve originally trained as a social worker. He held several practice posts and operational management roles in local government and then worked as a senior manager in a regional agency of the English National Health Service, leading on mental health strategy and performance. He has worked nationally and internationally on population based mental health improvement programs in cities and urban regions.

He is the author of a range of UK national guidance and best practice and has played a leading role in population based mental health initiatives in cities across the UK and beyond.

Alongside his role with GLE Steve also serves as Chair of the Board of the Association of Mental Health Providers in England and Wales, and Chair of the Board of Beacon CHC. He is a member of the Global Leadership Council of eMHIC and a Global Advisor to the Coalition for Mental Health Investment. Steve is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Manase Lua BA, MA (Hons)

Pacific Lead (GLE) & Pacific Equity Lead (WISE Group)

Manase has worked in Government for ten years at the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs 1996-2001 and Ministry of Health in the Disability Services Directorate 2002-2008. He has also worked in the NGO sector in different roles including as senior manager for almost twenty years. He is the Pacific Equity Lead for the WISE Group and supports the CE’s and teams at Le Va and Te Pou with their extensive programs, especially the Pacific regional networks and international initiatives like the Pacific Behavioural Health Collaborating Council (PBHCC) of the US Administered Pacific Territories. He is also the Pacific Lead for the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE).

Annelotte Pleij works as a specialised mental health nurse in one of the self steering teams in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, within BuurtzorgT. BuurzorgT is an organisation that provides specialised psychiatric treatment at the homes of their patients.

Annelotte has worked in several mental health institutions. Although she always loved working with patients, she didn’t like the hierarchical systems of these institutions. Since working as a community mental health nurse within BuurtzorgT she finds she can shape her work the way she thinks is needed.

Annelotte got her post bachelor degree in social psychiatric nursing, which helped her understand psychiatric problems in a wider perspective. She incorporates the context into the treatment. A ‘disease’ or ‘disorder’ never stands alone.

Annelotte is passionate about her work, about changing mental health institutions to work in a different way. As a project developer and Steward (elected board member) within BuurtzorgT she helps organizations worldwide to make the transition to a more equal, non horizontal way of working that gives more autonomy and joy.

Sean Russell is the COO and European Lead for Global Leadership Exchange. He has over 30 years of senior leadership experience within the public, private and charity sectors. 

Over the last 15 years, Sean has been a senior Police Officer with specialty in public protection, the Implementation Director that led the development and implementation of the Mental Health Commission Action plan in the West Midlands, England. He was the founder of Thrive at Work and led the regional response to implementing Thrive into Work to support people living with mental health and or a disability into good work.  Until recently, Sean Russell was the Principal Investigator for the Midlands Engine Mental Health and Productivity Pilot, a government funded research programme reaching over 800,000 employees across the English Midlands Region. The ambition of the programme was to reduce the burden of mental ill health, improve people’s lives, and encourage healthier more productive communities through community and workplace wellbeing. Sean holds a Public Service MBA, Diploma in Forensic Mental Health and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was recently awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list for his services to Mental Health. He also works as an Associate Professor at Warwick University Medical School with a research portfolio investigating the employer’s and employees’ responses to workplace wellbeing initiatives. 

Sean lives in Stratford upon Avon, England and is a keen amateur cook. In his spare time, Sean enjoys walking and planning his ambition to run a small coffeeshop / bookshop to help reduce social isolation!

Additional speaker information coming soon.

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Background

The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Workforce Solutions Partnership. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.

The Workforce Solutions Partnership is the new name for the partnership between the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Health Management Associates and the College for Behavioral Health Leadership. The Center for Workforce Solutions continues to operate as an initiative of the National Council.


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July 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

Event Navigation

  • « Workforce Solutions Jam | Skilling Up the Behavioral Health Workforce: Practical Solutions from Higher Education
  • Webinar | Staying the Course: Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Support for All »

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