Winners of the Carolyn C. Mattingly Mental Health in the Workplace – How Did They Secure Commitment and Funding for Building and Sustaining a Best-Practice Workplaces?

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
9:40 AM – 
10:40 AM
Thames

This session will feature three winners of the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health in the Workplace. The Award recognizes and celebrates exemplary organizations that advance the mental health and well-being of their workforce, while also serving as role models for other employers.

The panelists will address these questions:

  • Why is your organization concerned about the mental health and well-being of employees – what’s in it for the organization and how do employees benefit?
  • What are some of the traditional approaches/programs you’ve put into place – and what innovations have you introduced?
  • How did you convince senior leaders that the investment in employee mental health and well-being was worth it – that it would produce a positive value on investment (VOI)?
  • What were the biggest challenges you’ve encountered and how have you overcome those challenges?
  • How does achieving recognition via the Mattingly Award support your efforts?
  • What was it like to apply for the Mattingly Award? Who did you need to involve?
  • What lessons learned and advice to would you offer future to Mattingly Award applicants?

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Learning Objectives
After completing this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Identify the “secret sauce” of best practice companies for promoting workplace mental health and well-being.
  2. Demonstrate the importance of offering organizational level support interventions (e.g., programs, policies, and environmental supports) in addition to those directed at individuals (e.g., counseling, quick access to providers, adequate benefit plan design offerings).
  3. Explain the process for applying for the Mattingly Award and the benefits gained from submitting an application regardless of whether they win or not
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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University of Virginia