Stigma acts as a powerful barrier, preventing individuals from asking for help. This episode explores how The Kraft Heinz Company has taken proactive steps to initiate conversations about mental health in the workplace, creating a supportive culture that reduces stigma and encourages dialogue and understanding. We’re joined by Allyson Maturo, Senior Manager of Leave, Disability, and Wellness Benefits at The Kraft Heinz Company, who shares key insights from their Mental Health First Aiders initiative, including the roles and responsibilities of mental health first aiders, actionable tips for building a mental health champion network, how to continue engaging employees after the first training and the impact a coordinated effort around mental health first aid can have on your workplace.

Helping employees thrive in a multi-generational workforce can be challenging since members of different generations all have wildly different stressors and expectations about management styles, employee benefits, workplace culture and work-life balance. This data-packed episode explores the mental health and management needs of different generations and provides practical strategies to address them based on our extensive experience working with diverse populations.

Burnout is an increasingly common but misunderstood workplace issue that impacts productivity, performance and retention. In this podcast, Denise Heybrock, LCPC, Assistant Vice President of Aon’s Health Transformation Team, helps us separate fact from fiction and debunk common myths about burnout. You'll learn the causes of burnout, how it manifests in the workplace, the health and productivity consequences, and practical tips any employer can implement to reduce and prevent burnout.

The impact of mental health coaching on employee wellbeing and productivity was reinforced in a recent peer-reviewed study that analyzed data from employees who received coaching through CuraLinc's employee assistance program. On this podcast, you’ll learn about evidence-based mental health coaching, the role of coaching in an employer’s workplace mental health strategy and how coaching impacts employee depression and work performance.

On this podcast, Rick Hecht, LMFT, discusses social isolation, loneliness and how it affects employees and the workplace. You’ll learn about the difference between loneliness, social isolation and ‘aloneliness’, how loneliness and social isolation impact mental health, physical health and workplace outcomes and what employers can do to help employees feel more connected.

Employees are an organization’s greatest asset. Their health, happiness, social connectedness and sense of purpose are the key pieces of the employee engagement and retention puzzle. On this podcast, Gonzaga University’s AVP of HR Operations, we discuss how employees and organizations can benefit from “cura personalis” – care for the whole person. We also review the benefit offerings Gonzaga employees value the most, and we have plenty of practical takeaways on how HR and leadership teams can create a culture of care from the top down.

Historically, treatment of mental health issues in the workplace has been viewed in a silo. Without a holistic view on the many contributors to mental health issues, employers may miss key opportunities to improve overall health and productivity. Addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) can help improve health disparities and inequities that negatively impact our total wellbeing.