Mental health will always require more than just one day – it’s at the root of our lives, our communities and our world. But today is a good chance to highlight workplace wellbeing – we spend much of our time at work, so what happens there matters.  

Wellbeing needs healthy connections to ourselves and the people around us. But the pressures of work can mean that these human connections get left behind in favour of productivity. This lack of connection impacts our health, and contributes to things like stress or burnout. 

Leaders play a big role in thriving workplaces by showing what is valued, and allowing greater “human-ness” at work by leaning into their own vulnerabilities – by being open. That helps colleagues be open about the human needs we all bring into our workplaces – without exception. 

The most important start is this: find time to stop and think about what we need as individuals – what keeps us well and happy at work – and extend that to others as well. Workplaces that create this environment see happier staff, greater capacity, and more unified teams. 

Workplaces are communities, and like the communities in which we live, they can be a starting point for positive change and a brighter future for mental health. We’ve laid out the foundations for this, and how it can be achieved, in our manifesto.

Platfform Wellbeingprovides workplace training and wellbeing planning built with you, for your organisation. Find out more at platfformwellbeing.com