How can you make Employees' Mental Wellbeing a strategic priority in your company?

A study by Mental Health Research UK in 2019 found that 42.5 percent of the employees in India’s corporate sector suffer from depression or an anxiety disorder. This has a huge implication on productivity and morale; and it is imperative for organizations to recognize and take preventive steps to reduce the impact on business.

The National HRD Network has launched Mind Matters Week from October 5th to 10th coinciding with Global Mental Health Day on October 10th to help organizations to spread awareness on mental wellbeing and enable workplace practices to support it. 

The NHRDN is asking Business and HR leaders to sign up for Mind Matters Week and to communicate this initiative internally within their organizations to all their employees. 

 For the orgnizations who join the movement - NHRDN will be their extended arm in the journey. 

To sign up for Mind Matters Week, click here.

How will NHRDN support organizations that sign up for the Mind Matters Week?

By providing a ready Toolkit which would have:

• Session to socialize CXOs with their role in the campaign in September 3rd week
• Communication from Management to employees on the campaign and the organization’s commitment to mental wellbeing awareness
• How-to Framework for managers and HR
• Literature and posters on mental wellbeing for the organization to disseminate to employees
• During the Mind Matters Week, employees will have access to

·     Free Mental wellbeing awareness workshops 

·     Webinars on specific mental health issues

·     Celebrity speaker sessions sharing stories & experiences around Mental wellbeing online sessions on coping tools

·     Access to premium learning content from Linkedin Learning to all employees for that week

• Newsletters with relevant mental wellbeing information for employees
• Playbook on how to talk to a person about their mental wellbeing
• Train people in your organization as Mental wellbeing Ambassadors. There would be options to sign up for accredited first responder certifications for employees

For any questions, write to [email protected]

Originally posted on Gautam Ghosh's blog