In the era of the “Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting,” employers are learning they must do more than just provide a paycheck to keep workers. Employees across industries are recognizing that their mental and physical well-being are essential when it comes to being able to do their job well, and supporting this is an important factor in where they want to work. And for employers, encouraging their employees to take care of themselves isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s good for the bottom line.
New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (NHBSR) has partnered with Dartmouth Health and several other Granite State-based organizations to design a workplace wellness program. The “Bear in Mind: Workplace Mental Wellness” program assists organizations in destigmatizing mental health, allocating resources to help employees and incorporating programs to manage stress. The program teaches managers how to have compassionate conversations with their employees about mental health, to develop organization-wide practices to reduce stress and manage and support a work-life balance, while respecting boundaries.
The program launches on Monday, October 11, at 11 am with the free webinar “The Truth About Mental Well-being in the Workplace.” Philip Adamo, MD, MPH, medical director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Dartmouth Health, will be part of a panel discussing the truth about workplace mental well-being, providing local resources and presenting a business example of a company that has successfully addressed these issues.
“We’ve come a long way as a society in terms of acknowledging the importance of mental health. Now, employers are realizing that employees spend much of their time at work, and it’s incumbent upon them to be supportive of their employees’ mental wellness,” Adamo said. “I look forward to being part of this conversation and am excited that Dartmouth Health and NHBSR can work together to help create healthier, happier workplaces across New Hampshire.”
Registration for “The Truth About Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace” is free of charge. Register online. For more information on “Bear in Mind,” visit the NHBSR website.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.