How robust are the employee mental health resources in your organization?

Our reader poll today asks: How robust are the employee mental health resources in your organization?

• Very: We have a significant number of high-quality resources available to our associates 33.34%
• Kind of: We have some key resources available but we could do better 27.17%
• Not very: We have a couple of critical mental health resources but that’s it 18.51%
• Not at all: We have no mental health resources available whatsoever 20.98%

An absence of resources. Mental health issues impact a significant number of employees yet two-thirds of respondents say their company’s mental health resources are lacking. While mental health issues may be mostly invisible, their impact on employee wellbeing and productivity are substantial. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. If you’re a leader, see if you can lead the change on making these critical resources available. Your team members and colleagues could benefit greatly from them. Depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental illnesses are no joke. Facing them alone is an incredible challenge for your team members. Show them you care about them as an entire person. Get them the resources they need. They’ll appreciate it and it’s simply the right thing to do.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.