How companies are tackling mental health in the workplace

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SPONSORED | Accenture SA CEO's willingness to discuss mental health is exactly what corporates need to set the tone

Accenture SA CEO's willingness to discuss mental health is exactly what corporates need to set the toneFrom left to right: Dr Nondumiso Makhunga-Stevenson, Vukani Mngxati, Chanique Dodo, and Jeremy Maggs . Picture: SUPPLIED

Accenture says it prides itself on putting the physical and mental wellbeing of its employees first. Mental illness in SA is on a steady increase, worsened by an unrelenting profit grind. It’s in the best interests of business leaders to open to conversations about mental health. It’s not surprising that increased mental health issues correlate with lower levels of productivity, and affect a company’s bottom line.

Jeanett Modise, group human resources executive at Sanlam, says leaders should be creating an organisational culture of trust and openness. “Leaders set the tone, and must be vulnerable and open because that says to employees that it’s OK if you are not well. Mental illness does not know any race, age, or status.”

 

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