Why is it Important to Talk About Mental Health at Work?

Mental health has been a sensitive topic to discuss at work. Employment laws in the US direct us to not discuss an individual’s mental health in the workplace in order to protect the company from inadvertently discriminating or otherwise impacting folks on the basis of a disability. With more and more mental health issues developing from recent societal challenges, and more people needing support in these areas, how do we handle these important conversations now?      

 

Our topic for today is about the importance of talking about mental health at work. Julie and Aura discuss the current landscape, the limitations of employment law and the training needed for managers and leaders to have these conversations. Julie spoke about her experience working as an HR Executive and shared her own experience with burnout and how that changed her view of this issue. Hear Julie and Aura’s insights and discover important learnings you can apply in your own organization.This recording was from one of the live Clubhouse sessions during the pandemic.

 

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Here is glimpse of what you can learn:

 

• Why is it important to talk about mental health at work?
• How to frame questions to ask people How they are doing.
• What to say when people answer “I’m not okay”?
• Symptoms of  burnout, how it relates to  mental health and what it takes to recover. ?

 

In this episode:

 

• Aura shared that speaking up about mental health at work has a lot of benefits for co-workers.
• Julie shared that HR Leaders and managers need to be trained to respond appropriately when people open up about their health issues.
• Burnout is not just a mental health issue but a physical health issue.

 

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