Insights

Our POV on all things workplace mental health.

The pursuit of innovation has led to amazing advances in the ways we live, work and play. Just about every organization on the planet wants to be innovative, but most don’t know what they need to do in order to make it happen. Given the right conditions, human beings have a remarkable capacity for change and innovation… but we don’t always have the right conditions. Here are a few ideas on how organizations and leaders can create the right conditions to support innovation while also supporting the people doing the innovating.

Many managers feel uncertain about what they can do to support the mental health of their team members in the day-to-day. In this quick read, we talk about a few practical strategies people-leaders can use to support their team’s wellbeing.

Many leading organizations have a mental health strategy. But like any other strategy in business, it can fall flat if it doesn’t translate to real, day-to-day change for employees. In this Insight, we unpack what a mental health strategy is really designed to do for your workplace, and some examples of actions that can help move the needle.

We get it - talking about mental health at work is hard. While awareness weeks and corporate initiatives can give leaders a springboard for these conversations, the runway is short and the effect is short-lived. In this article we provide tangible ways for leaders to bring up mental health in their day-to-day interactions with teams. It doesn’t have to be awkward, but it does need to be a conversation theme that exists year-round at every company.

Mental health accommodation doesn’t have to be so hard. Learn how to take accommodation from being a stiff or frustrating ordeal and transform the process into a collaborative project that embraces experimentation and open communication. When employees with mental health disabilities feel respected and empowered, they feel better and do more, better work—simple as that. Find out how to handle almost any accommodation challenge with grace.