Integrating Mental Health into DEI

Integrating Mental Health into DEI

51mIntermediate2023-09-12

Authors

Natasha Bowman

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

Introduction

  • Mental health - The invisible difference at work

Creating a Culture of Mental Health Belonging

  • Integrating mental health into DEI
  • Encouraging authenticity
  • Upholding work-life harmony

Your Role in Removing the Stigma of Mental Health

  • The mental health stigma in the workplace
  • Toxic work environments perpetuate discrimination and stigma
  • Strategies for ending the mental health stigma

The Inclusive and Supportive Workplace

  • Ignoring mental health creates a noninclusive workplace
  • Cultivating inclusion workplaces

Adding Accessibility to the DEI Framework

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

Conclusion

  • Impacting well-being together
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