Integrating Mental Health into DEI

51mIntermediate2023-09-12

Authors

Natasha Bowman

Course details

Join Natasha Bowman—a DEI and workplace culture strategist and mental health advocate—as she explores the critical connection between mental health and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Using real-world examples, Natasha steps through what leaders and team members can do to create a more psychologically-safe and inclusive work environment where everyone has a chance to thrive.

Natasha shares strategies designed to help professionals prioritize work-life harmony, eradicate the stigma around mental health, and develop a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) framework. Discover how to assess how employees are currently feeling; identify roadblocks; and develop solutions, resources, and tools that strategically cultivate cultures of well-being.

Skills covered

Inclusive LeadershipTalent ManagementDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)Well-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentHuman ResourcesProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Mental health - The invisible difference at work

1. Creating a Culture of Mental Health Belonging

02 - Integrating mental health into DEI
03 - Encouraging authenticity
04 - Upholding work-life harmony

2. Your Role in Removing the Stigma of Mental Health

05 - The mental health stigma in the workplace
06 - Toxic work environments perpetuate discrimination and stigma
07 - Strategies for ending the mental health stigma

3. The Inclusive and Supportive Workplace

08 - Ignoring mental health creates a noninclusive workplace
09 - Cultivating inclusion workplaces

4. Adding Accessibility to the DEI Framework

10 - Assessing your employees' mental well-being with DEIA
11 - Overcoming the barriers to a mental well-being culture
12 - Implementing the DEIA framework
13 - Creating safe spaces to optimize the DEIA framework

Conclusion

14 - Impacting well-being together