The annual d&i Leaders Mental Health at Work Online Seminar is scheduled to take place on 7 July 2021.
The virtual event brings together diversity, inclusion, HR and wellbeing related professionals to provide an opportunity to explore the key challenges faced by organisations in driving forward the mental health agenda and share practical examples of progress during the current global crisis. The role businesses can play in improving the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce has never been more important. Businesses that invest in building and maintaining good mental wellbeing report higher productivity and engagement, more creativity and talent retention, according to the organiser.
WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS
Topics being explored at the online seminar include:
- Elevating mental health as a strategic organisational priority.
- Understanding workplace challenges and cultural stigma faced by minority ethnic employees around mental health.
- Exploring the impact of grief on mental health and how to support employees through difficult times.
- How to support remote working and the impact on mental health.
- Empowering line managers to effectively and confidently support the mental health and wellbeing of employees.
- Understanding the link between financial wellbeing and mental health.
KEY SPEAKERS
This year’s event will feature speakers such as:
- Sarah Kaiser, Head of Employee Experience, Fidelity International
- Abigail Hirshman, former Head of Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing, ACAS; and Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing Director of Charlie Waller Trust
- Adam Land, Mental Health Champion & Senior Director, Remedies Business & Financial Analysis, Competition and Markets Authority
- Bernadette Thompson, Deputy Director for Inclusion, Wellbeing & Employee Engagement at the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government
- Amy Priest, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager, Experian
- Bernice Allport, Lead Health & Wellbeing Consultant at the Cabinet Office
- Rohan Kallicharan, Mental Health, Wellbeing & Suicide Awareness Campaigner and HR Director, BenevolentAI
- Kelly Metcalf, Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, Fujitsu
- Natasha Wilson, Senior Manager – Employee Communications, Fidelity International
- Amy McKeown, former Mental Health Lead at EY, and strategic workplace mental health expert
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