The Domino Effect – How Mental Health Influences the Workplace

Topic

The Domino Effect – How Mental Health Influences the Workplace

 

Explanation

Over the past few years, within the current teenage and newly adult generations, the topic of mental health has become a bit more transparent and less shameful. We hear more about mental health and taking care of our well-being – but, it is just left at that. We chose a topic that we do not hear much of in the workplace – mental health. Mental health is an umbrella term for anything that effects someone’s’ well-being. We will discuss how this umbrella term influences the workplace in positive and negative ways.

 

Thus far, we have learned about time management, commitment, communication and organization from our course. We are applying the tools/what we learned in class by using our textbook chapters 1-4; and looking through class discussion posts to see if anyone mentioned anything applicable to mental health.

 

Preliminary approach/research topics

· Examples of good mental health and bad mental health

· Services and resources offered to employees by their employers (this includes things like: gym memberships and/or any other memberships, phone plans, discounts, continued education, student loan reimbursement, financial aid for continued education, scholarships for workers and family, promotions, awards, raises, housing, vehicle, vehicle rental, gas/travel reimbursement, PTO, vacation time, holiday pay, religious activities, webinars.

· How they [the employer] show compassion and understanding, how employer rewards their employees.

· Compare the turnover rate, how many people stay or quit; how long people stay in these jobs (good and bad) – look at the reasons why people stay/quit.

· Hostility in the workplace – how a negative attitude (by employers/workers/managers/supervisors) can impact the whole team [the workers] and how this effects job responsibility outcomes and the customers/clients.

· The negative effects of not offering: room for growth, bonuses and raises, recognition, promotion, and any of the services and resources listed previously [above].