Insights by Accenture: Supporting Mental Health and Why Mental Resilience Matters

Looking after our mental health has never been more important. We are pleased to share a selection of content from Accenture on the topic of mental health, from how to build mental resilience to the impact of company culture on the mental health of young employees.

Why mental resilience matters and how to build it

In the video below, watch Ellyn Shook, Accenture Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer, Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global Founder & CEO, Barbara Harvey, Accenture Global Research Lead on Workplace Equality and Executive Sponsor for Mental Health & Wellness UK and Joey Hubbard, Thrive Global Chief Training Officer, explore building individual and organisational mental resilience and explain why it’s more important than ever.

It’s not 1 in 4, it’s 4 in all of us

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In this report, Accenture examines the role of company culture and its impact on younger workers. In particular, the previously held belief that 1 in 4 of us will face a mental health challenge is looked at more closely. Accenture reveals that 93 percent of workers in the UK will have been touched by mental health challenges by the age of 30, and that these younger employees are more reluctant to tell their employers about what is going on than their older peers.

(Note: published Sept 2020)