Lay the groundwork for the whole organisation The only effective, sustainable approach to employee wellbeing involves the whole organisation. Attitudes filter down from leaders and must be backed up with policies and procedures. Alongside any training it’s important to review how your organisation can create and nurture an open and supportive culture around mental health. The role of senior leadership Having a senior leader to champion your mental health initiatives is a very powerful way to break down stigma and gain traction across the organisation. Senior leaders should: – Position mental health as a boardroom issue, on par with physical health – Understand the duty of care they have for employee mental health – Consider that positive wellbeing has a well-documented impact on commercial value, productivity, performance and employee engagement. Supporting wellbeing is good business for everybody. Six reasons why mental health and wellbeing matters for workplaces - MHFA England’s workplace team can support you to make the business case to help engage senior leaders. Mental health and employers. The case for investment – pandemic and beyond – If your people are struggling, your business will struggle too. Research from Deloitte puts the cost of poor mental health to UK employers at £56 billion a year and yet the case for employer investment is stronger than ever. There was an average £5 return for every £1 spent on wellbeing support. And this is where we can help. By investing in our training, you are investing in your people and your organisation.
How healthy is your workplace now? Understanding where you are on the journey will inform your strategy or approach and how you communicate it to your organisation. If you are new to talking about mental health in the workplace, we recommend you gradually introduce the topic to the organisation,
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