Building a workplace mental wellness strategy

Fostering a mentally healthy workplace

Consider implementing these strategies to prioritize employee wellbeing:

Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
  • Paid family and medical leave
  • Benefits that meet employees where they are – telehealth, virtual coaching, care navigation

Leadership practices

  • Encouraging use of benefits and resources
  • Regular check-ins with employees
  • Leading with compassion and support
  • Maintaining transparency through consistent communication
  • Creating office space with employees in mind

Workplace culture

  • Offering flexibility through hybrid work models, if possible
  • Establishing inclusion networks and employee resource groups
  • Promoting social activities and team-building exercises
  • Organizing volunteer events
  • Recognition (individual or group)
Illustration of five essentials—Protection from Harm, Connection and Community, Work-Life Harmony, Mattering at Work, Opportunity for Growth—in a circle with Worker Voice and Equity in the center.

Five essentials to building a mental wellness strategy

The Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being includes five essentials that make up a comprehensive foundation for organizations to build a mental wellness strategy. This framework, centered on worker voice and equity, emphasizes the connection between employee well-being and organizational health.

To learn more, visit the Office of the Surgeon General.

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