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Reflection Questions
This set of questions can help leaders reflect on their workplaces and start designing organizational policy and culture around the Five Essentials for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being.
Download deck [2.5 MB, PDF]Reflection Question
How does our workplace prioritize DEIA policies and initiatives? Do workers recognize it as an organizational priority?
Protection from Harm

Practice Examples
This list is not comprehensive, nor does including an example indicate endorsement. Rather, these examples are intended to serve as a starting point for organizations and organizational leaders as they apply the Framework in their workplaces.

Protection from Harm
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- toolkit
CDC/NIOSH
This workbook will help you develop new Total Worker Health (TWH) initiatives or better align existing workplace interventions with the TWH approach.
- toolkit
Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
The Safety & Health Improvement Program (SHIP) was designed to increase supervisor and peer support and decrease job strain, which play a key role in safety compliance and improved physical and mental health.
- assessment
CDC/NIOSH
The NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire (NIOSH WellBQ) is intended to help researchers, employers, workers, practitioners, and policymakers understand the well-being of workers and target interventions to improve worker well-being, among other applications.
- toolkit
OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides information on employers’ training requirements and offers resources such as free publications, videos, and other assistance to help employers protect workers against injuries and illnesses.

Connection & Community
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- toolkit
MindShare
This free toolkit outlines the 7 key steps for creating a mental health employee resource group (ERG).
- directory
SBA
Free or low-cost counseling and training in your area from SBA and its network of partners.
- toolkit
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)
EARN provides employers with general guidance and background on the what, why and how of making your organization more welcoming and accessible to applicants and employees with disabilities.
- directory
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
JAN provides A to Z listings by disability, topic, and limitation. This information is designed to help employers and individuals determine effective accommodations and comply with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Work-Life Harmony
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- directory
AARP
AARP offers this resource for employers and workers, including articles, training, and tools to support inclusivity at work and recognize workers’ roles and responsibilities outside the workplace.
- toolkit
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health /MIT Sloan School of Management
This toolkit presents case studies of “Promising Practices” that are drawn largely from a systematic review of published experimental research on work design for worker well-being.
- tips
Mental Health America
Recommendations on how employers can allow employees to have more flexibility and autonomy in their jobs.
- research
MIT Sloan Management Review
Based on survey data that speaks to the challenges that organizations are experiencing from the rapid transition to remote work and their creative solutions, this article highlights five ways that organizations can support remote work.
By Donald Sull, Charles Sull, and Josh Bersin. June 03, 2020

Mattering at Work
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- tips
Gallup
This resource from Gallup offers workplace leaders a definition for employee engagement, including tips and tools on how to improve it today.
- toolkit
UMass Lowell
The CPH-NEW Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) Toolkit was developed to engage employees in designing integrated solutions that address a wide range of work environment, work organization, safety, and employee health issues.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) believes that “What Matters” is a simple, yet profound concept that is key to creating deeply personal engagements with patients and their family members, a deeper understanding of what really matters to them, and is the foundation of developing genuine partnerships for co-creating health.

Opportunities for Growth
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U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) helps subsidize part-time employment and training in community service positions so that older workers can move to unsubsidized, private sector jobs. Find out about SCSEP programs in your area here, including a toll-free number for assistance.
- toolkit
Harvard University Work, Family, & Health Network
The STAR (Support.Transform.Achieve.Results.) toolkits help workplace teams find ways to reduce work-family conflict and increase productivity by decreasing unnecessary work and increasing everyone’s control over their time.
- research
McKinsey & Company
An article on how improving opportunities for low-wage hourly employees to advance their careers can raise US workforce skill levels and give a powerful boost to inclusion.
By Swathi Bhaskaran, Andrew Davis, Christophe Desbrière, and Sara Wasserteil
- tips
Mental Health America
Recommendations on professional development opportunities help both employees and employers contribute to a better workplace experience.