The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

 

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TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES—WITHOUT OVERSTEPPING

by Deborah Grayson Riegel

It’s been called a “second pandemic”—the mental health implications of the global health crisis, political unrest, economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, social isolation, remote work, homeschooling, and so much more.¹ And while it can feel like the first pandemic has been with us long enough for employees to have accessed the necessary resources and strategies for handling their stress, the fact is, many of us are struggling more, not less.

Talking about mental health can feel tricky at best and terrifying at worst, however. And it becomes a vicious cycle—the less people talk about it at work (even when they know they and others are struggling), ...