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Episode 55: How Can Organizations Support Workers’ Mental Health?
FromA podcast about work, the future and how they will go together
Episode 55: How Can Organizations Support Workers’ Mental Health?
FromA podcast about work, the future and how they will go together
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25 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2021
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Podcast episode
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At one time mental health may have been a subject that organizations wanted to avoid discussing, but those days are rapidly disappearing . With the pandemic still ongoing, this is a very difficult time for many and as it is taking a toll on mental well-being. In turn, organizations are starting to realize that supporting their workers means supporting their productivity. Our guest today is Paula Allen, Global Leader and SVP, Research and Total Wellbeing at Lifeworks. Lifeworks has done considerable research into the subject of workers’ mental health, and Paula talks to us about the challenges facing workers and what organizations should be thinking about as we move through this next phase of the pandemic and its aftermath. This episode is part of a series sponsored by Microsoft looking at the issues we face in the workplace as we move into this next phase of the pandemic and eventually into post-pandemic life. Guest: Paula Allen Global Leader and SVP, Research and Total Wellbeing Lifeworks (formerly Morneau Shepell) Paula Allen is the Global Leader, Research and Total Wellbeing and a Senior Vice-President at LifeWorks. In this role she manages the research agenda for LifeWorks, which includes primary research,...
Released:
Oct 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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