Employers
Encourage employees to support each other. We spend most of our lives at work, and talking about mental health with your teams is vital to their overall well-being. Providing opportunities for leaders to connect with their team members is key to creating a psychologically safe and caring environment. It isn’t a leader’s role to be a mental health professional for their team, but to be a bridge to getting support and a listening ear for concerns. Team members need to know that they are valued, heard, and appreciated.
Train supervisors on how best to support employees who are living with mental health challenges and grief, how to actively listen, and how to provide appropriate resources. Encourage employees to use available company and community resources, whether they are professional support or self-help strategies.
You can also create an employee resource group (ERG) for mental health. The mental health ERG should provide a safe community for individuals to share their experiences and lend support to each other.
Employees
Encourage employees to support each other.
