Supporting Employee Mental Health: Cultivating a Safe, Open Culture Among a Hybrid Workforce with Aimee Gindin, LifeSpeak (#21)

Workplace culture can be even more important than your benefits package when it comes to employee engagement and retention. But a cohesive and consistent culture is harder to pull off in today's hybrid work environments. For ideas on striking a balance between flexibility and the connectedness that employees so crave, we've called in Aimee Gindin, Chief Marketing Officer at LifeSpeak Inc.

Highlights [3:00] The gap between employer perception of how they’re supporting employee mental health vs. employee perceptions of how they’re being supported?

[11:34] How can you tell if your culture is suffering?

[12:50] Handling C-suite skepticism to concerns

[14:26] The consequences of ignoring turnover driven by burnout

[15:54] Next steps for HR and managers trying to be better, more empathetic communicators

[19:01] Providing psychological safety/a safe, open culture in a way that’s reasonable for the company

[22:54] Tools and support for working families

[24:48] Hybrid work, Gen Z and Millennials

[30:09] Achieving connectedness in creative ways

[34:08] Connecting mental health, culture and DEI

Guest Bio

Aimee Gindin, Chief Marketing Officer, LifeSpeak Inc.

Aimee Gindin is the Chief Marketing Officer at LifeSpeak Inc., a whole-person well-being solution for employers, health plans, and other organizations. LifeSpeak provides a flexible portfolio of solutions across mental health, wellness, fitness, nutrition, substance use, and caregiving. Aimee is also a trained mental health professional with a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University. She has been featured in USA Today, STAT News, Employee Benefit News, HR Daily Advisor, and other business publications. Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-gindin/

www.lifespeak.com

https://www.caregiving.org/

https://rosalynncarter.org/

https://careers.bjs.com/perks/

https://www.goodinside.com/

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