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Mental Health First Aid: The Critical Skill Set Every Workplace Needs

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It’s standard practice to have multiple employees in every organization qualified in first aid so they can attend to physical injuries until professional medical help arrives. However, the same consideration is seldom extended toward mental stress and strain—otherwise known as mental health first aid—and that needs to change.

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Meditation Apps: Workplace Fad Or The Key To A Happier Workforce?

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When they leave their current role, 81% of employees want a job in an organization that supports mental health. One way employers can support mental health is by providing access to meditation apps like Headspace for Work. Not supporting mental health in the workplace comes at a huge financial cost. Buddhify is another.

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Gone are the days when new employees received a list of the company holidays during onboarding and a packet with information about how to sign up for health care and retirement benefits. As with benefits focused on mental health, interest in financial wellness has increased since the onset of the pandemic, he adds.

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Mothers Need Safe Spaces to Breastfeed at Work, and Employers Need to Lead the Charge

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As a young teacher trying to balance having my first of five babies with breastfeeding, pumping, grading papers and navigating work responsibilities (all while inspiring the kids of the future, of course), I had an incident. Yet, the survey above reports only 15% of public places are supportive and ready for nursing parents.

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Want to Retain Your Team? Offer Financial Well-being Programs

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77% of employees say financial stress is affecting their mental health, and 52% said it’s impacting their physical well-being. . 77% of employees have said it’s affecting their mental health, and 52% said it’s impacted their physical well-being. Short-term and long-term disability and, of course, life insurance.

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More Managers Than Ever Are Keeping Tabs on the News—Here’s What It Means for Companies

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In addition, 38% of employees in the survey expressed that increased uncertainty in current events is making it hard for them to focus at work. Chief Medical Officer at Real , clinical assistant professor at Stanford University and founder and executive director of Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation. “It

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Develop a Leader’s Mind

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And as founder of the Amen Clinics, I apply brain imaging science to clinical psychiatric practice, helping people overcome depression, brain injury and other debilitating issues through rediscovering brain health. But as a leader, it is vital that you understand the effect of brain health on your ability to lead.

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