One Mind at Work

Our Mission: To translate science to build best practices that drive measurable impact on workforce mental health.

One Mind at Work is a movement of business leaders driving change in global workplaces committed to improving workforce mental health and organizational performance.

Our Vision: A world where the mental health and well-being of the workforce is in the DNA of how organizations conduct their work and measure their success.

Our Goal: To help our members build mentally healthy cultures, improve the design of their workplaces to benefit individuals and teams, grow access to mental health services and support, and engage in innovation.

This work is powered by the Mental Health at Work Index, a first-of-its-kind assessment of organizational-level initiatives to address workforce mental health that helps organizations measure program maturity, prioritize areas for improvement, and strategically invest in evidence-based practices for improved outcomes. The Index was developed in partnership with Columbia University’s Mental Health + Work Design Lab and Ethisphere.

There is no health without mental health. Our members make a long-term commitment to promoting workplace mental health, improving access to treatment and preventative services, and to creating cultures that support education and awareness.

Our Story

In 2017, One Mind Co-Founders Garen Staglin and the Honorable Patrick Kennedy launched One Mind at Work to focus on the unique opportunities and challenges in supporting workplace mental health.

Most people access healthcare through their employers. Mental health is no different. For One Mind, addressing mental health within the workplace provides an opportunity to reach impact at scale while simultaneously helping businesses to thrive.

We Believe

Mental health is a leadership imperative.

Employers need to create mentally healthy cultures that enable their workforce to thrive personally and professionally. Companies can play a powerful role in promoting the mental health of their employees, but work can also create stress and increase anxiety. Leaders need to work intentionally to protect employees from unnecessary stressors and provide access to high-quality care.

A mentally healthy culture fights against stigma and encourages people to seek care when they need it.

Most people access physical and mental health benefits through their employers. But if organizations aren’t supporting a healthy dialogue around mental health needs and self-care, people won’t feel comfortable reaching out for help when it’s most necessary. Building a mentally healthy culture will increase utilization of benefits that services and lead to better outcomes for employees.

Workplace mental health programs need to be supported by evidence and best practices.

We are seeing unprecedented innovation in the mental health space, but not all new programs and resources are supported by scientific evidence. Leaders need to be strategic and rigorous about the services they introduce, and ruthless about measuring their impact.

Our Guiding Council Members

Accenture

Bank of America

Capital Group

FTV Capital

Jardine Matheson Group

Mars, Inc.

O’Melveny and Myers

Oscar Health

TELUS Health

URAC

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When I think about this work, I’m often reminded of a Chinese phrase ‘Cross the River by Feeling the Stones’. We are all standing at the edge of the river, with the promised land before us. It’s time for us to decide if we want to wait for the bridge to be built, or do we want to hold hands and cross the river by feeling the stones. Our work with One Mind at Work is about holding hands, feeling the stones and pushing the envelope.
Jeffery Tan, Ambassador for Mental Health, Jardines Mindset; Group General Counsel, Chief Sustainability Officer; Director – Group Legal & Corporate Affairs, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited

We found the Mental Health at Work Index’s 3P Framework of Protection, Promotion and Provision to be incredibly useful. Three simple words that provided such clarity. This framework has served as a catalyst for us to think about our efforts in a different way. Our results highlighted for us that we could improve our efforts around protection, expanding our focus beyond services for the individual to improving our systems across the organization. Our maturity scores and consultation with the experts provided a roadmap and prioritization for our improvement areas.
Allison Friend,
Managing Partner for Talent Development, O’Melveny & Myers

One Mind At Work connected us with some of the leading minds in the field of workplace mental health, and gave us the research base, case studies, and network of experts to confidently grow our own efforts as an organization and better understand our employees’ needs.
Sheri Bronstein, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bank of America

1/3 of our lives are spent working

Employers have a tremendous opportunity to improve quality of life for their employees and broader communities, and play a critical role in promoting mental health solutions. Moreover, leaving mental health needs unaddressed leads to costly results—including increased absenteeism, increased liability, and lost productivity.

We support leaders who agree that there is both a moral imperative and a business imperative to investing in better mental health support for the workforce.

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