The June 2024 Digest

Modern Health

Offering global, personalized mental health care designed to help you feel more resilient, productive, and empowered.

Published Jun 27, 2024

How is your energy level this week? Maybe you attended #SHRM24 this week with over 26k fellow people leaders and champions in Chicago and are pumped and ready to apply learnings to your upcoming projects. Or maybe you are in the midst of strategic planning for the second half of 2024 to impact organizational goals and drive initiatives forward.

No matter where your energy level might be, we've gathered resources on trending topics to energize your growth mindset and invigorate your strategic plans. This month's mental health digest shares resources on these topics:

Civility in the Workplace
Employee Retention
Holistic Employee Well-being
Resilience
Manager and Employee Burnout
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Leadership Modeling
Substance Use and Addiction
Self-Care

Until next month,

Your Modern Health Friends

According to SHRM's Research, 58% of U.S. workers believe our society is uncivil. — Civility in the workplace: 58% of U.S. workers believe our society is uncivil.

Civility in the Workplace

We try to have a civil discourse about the issues and the news that affect people. If you do stuff with respect, you can go a lot further.

Betty Thompson, Chief People Officer of Booz Allen Hamilton at #SHRM24

🎥 Video: Live Nation Entertainment's Global Head of Benefits Emily Munroe shares how to navigate divisive events in the workplace from acknowledging to recognizing varying viewpoints

🎥 Video: Proofpoint's Manager of Global Wellbeing & Social Impact Talya W. shares how to support respect in the workplace

📘 Download: How to Support Employees Following a Stressful Event

Employee Retention

According to Gallagher's Organizational Wellbeing report, the #1 organizational priority this year is #employeeretention.

The group most likely to leave their job are Gen Z or Millennials in the United States (53%) and those working in the technology/hardware industry (60%) according to EY's 2023 Work Reimagined Survey.

📘Clinical Research: Modern Health Engagement Research Report

📘 Playbook: Organizational Retention Strategies for Success

🎥 Video: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange's Ingrid Henderson shares the impact and outcomes on supporting Krakenites' mental health

Holistic Employee Well-Being

We are here today because we believe making the world a better place for humans is the epicenter of our pursuit as HR.

Jessica Jensen , Chief Marketing Officer at Indeed , #SHRM24 speaker

🎥 Video: Blurred Lines Between Work and Life and the Employee Experience

🎥 Video: Proofpoint 's CPO Q. Kim Sullivan and Modern Health 's CEO Alyson (Friedensohn) Watson discuss empowering families and energizing workplaces

📘 Download: Supporting Workplace Well-being Through Mental Health Equity

👪 Family Care: The right care for the right age

🎥 Video: WTW 's Erin Terkoski Young, MBA, MSW discusses holistic mental health benefits in 2024

ADP Research Instituties's Global Workplace Study 2022

Resilience

Our guiding belief is not to seek refuge from inevitable storms but to face challenges with boldness and vision. By doing so, we can steer outcomes that protect our organizations, empower our workforce, and elevate our profession's stature.

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP , President and CEO of SHRM , at #SHRM24

🗓️ Circle, free community space: “Imposter Syndrome” as a Systemic Issue

🎥 Video: Erica Galos Alioto discusses navigating life transitions and words of wisdom through the process

📘 Manager's Guide: Addressing Stressful and Tragic Events

📘 Employer Guide: Workplace Wellbeing Playbook

🎥 Video: Workplace Well-being Strategies and Trends in 2024

📘 Guide: Tips for Building Resilience

Manager and Employee Burnout

We can't stop stop all these stressful things from happening - there's always something happening. We can't change that, but we can change how we react.

Janice Litvin , Workplace Wellness Speaker at #SHRM24

📘 Download: Employee Burnout Playbook

🎥 Video: Manager Support for Preventing Burnout in Leaders & Teams in 2024 and Beyond with Box 's Veronica McCoy , Clif Bar 's Jennifer Warshauer and Modern Health 's Mary O. Odafe, PhD

💬 Pathways: Structured one-on-one support where employees need it most

Mental Health Equity: The state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their highest level of mental health and emotional well-being. — Definition of Mental Health Equity

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Find people in your organization - particularly those who are already good at modeling civility, inclusivity, and belonging - and ensure that they get a light shined upon them for positive behaviors that they're driving in the organization.

Jim Link , CHRO at SHRM , #SHRM24