August Virtual Program:

Workplace Mental Health and the Role of Managers and Supervisors

Speaker: Leslie Hammer

More about Leslie: 

Dr. Leslie Hammer is the Associate Director for Applied Research in the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, Total Worker Health® center of excellence, at Oregon Health & Science University. She is also a Professor Emerita at Portland State University and a leading international expert on workplace mental health, work and family, and occupational stress. She specializes in the mental and physical health effects of supportive supervision at work and has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating worksite interventions and evidence-based supervisor training, including the Family Supportive Supervisor Behavior (FSSB) training and the Mental Health Supportive Supervisor Behavior (MHSSB) training.  

Program Description: 

This session will explore the critical role of managers in supporting workers' mental health and responding to signs of mental health issues, such as stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety. The session is designed to provide evidence-based insights and practical guidance on how leaders of people (i.e., senior leaders, managers, supervisors) can support and protect employee mental health through proactive and responsive supportive strategies. A review of workplace psychosocial risk factors will be included along with a general discussion about how the workplace is a missing link in understanding and promoting population mental health. 

Learning Outcomes:
•    Understand mental health and mental illness, from an occupational health and management perspective
•    Understand how managers and front-line supervisors can support and promote mental health in the workplace
•    Understand the warning signs associated with deteriorating mental health 

This session is pending approval for (1) SHRM and HRCI Credit