HBR’s Best Practices for Supporting Employee Mental Health

“Your people have a lot to worry about right now.”

A new survey from the workplace wellness consultancy Mind Share Partners in partnership with Qualtrics of over 1,100 U.S. employees found that 90% of participants reported “at least minor levels of one mental health challenge,” with the top three stressors being U.S. politics, global events, and personal finances.

As a leader, you’re likely feeling it, too: A 2024 Businessolver survey of 3,000 CEOs, HR professionals, and employees found that 55% of CEOs reported experiencing a mental health issue (such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout, and obsessive compulsive disorder) in the past year.

It’s time for leaders to recommit to supporting their employees’ mental health—and their own.

Read advice from Morra and others in this piece from Harvard Business Review.