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Dec 2018
25m 13s

Mental Health in the Workplace: Warning ...

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About this episode

Forty four million Americans are impacted by mental health conditions in any given year. Depression is the #1 cause of disability in the U.S. 

Eve Sweeting is taking mental health in workplace head on and has tips for HR professionals and people managers alike in this episode. Straight from Eve: "Silence undermines workplace productivity, its harming our business cultures and its costing us billions of dollars each year."

Listen in as Callie and Eve talk about what orgs, leadership, managers and employees can do to take on this important issue.

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