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Workplace Wellness: Awareness and Action

Enhance the mental well-being of your team and help foster a supportive workplace culture. Through this 11-hour Training Pathway, your workforce can learn how to analyze and implement principles that promote emotional safety, including trust and open communication, leading to improved employee wellness and performance.

Throughout Workplace Wellness: Awareness and Action, your learners will explore topics ranging from creating safe work environments to managing stress and anxiety. Your workforce can gain practical insights into evaluating current practices and implementing effective strategies for supporting mental health. By the end, learners will be equipped to develop actionable plans that enhance emotional and psychological safety for cultivating a productive and inclusive workplace.

Skills you'll learn

  • Recognizing and promoting awareness of mental health issues to create a supportive workplace environment.
  • Implementing strategies to cultivate a resilient mindset, integrate mindfulness practices, and develop interventions to overcome workplace challenges.
  • Implementing strategies to foster effective communication, build team collaboration, and create supportive work environments.
  • Leveraging strategies for effective access to professional mental health services and self-care resources in the workplace.
  • Developing strategies to promote mental health, explore the impacts of stigma, and implement inclusive initiatives to create supportive workplace environments.
  • Enhancing overall workplace well-being through the creation of emotionally and psychologically safe workspaces.
  • Developing strategies to foster virtual connections, promote open communication, and create inclusive remote environments.
  • Recognizing suicide and violence risk factors, designing comprehensive prevention protocols, and fostering supportive workplace cultures.
  • Evaluating the impact of self-care on mental health and productivity.
  • Developing effective stress and anxiety management techniques, and creating supportive workplace environments.
  • Developing and implementing work-life balance plans to positively impact mental health.

Skill modules

Promoting Mental Health Awareness at Work

    • Importance of Mental Health at Work
    • Stress Management Techniques

Building Psychological Resilience to Improve Mental Health

    • Developing Resilience
    • Mindfulness and Focus Enhancement

Nurturing Positive Relationships for Mental Wellness

    • Effective Communication and Team Collaboration
    • Providing and Receiving Support

Leveraging Mental Health and Self-care Resources

    • Professional Mental Health Services
    • Self-Care Resources and Techniques

Promoting Mental Health Advocacy and Reducing Stigma

    • Understanding and Reducing Stigma
    • Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace

Enhancing Emotional and Psychological Safety for Mental Wellness

    • Creating a Safe Work Environment
    • Assessing and Enhancing Workplace Safety

Promoting Mental Health in Remote Workspaces

    • Addressing Mental Health Issues in Remote Employees
    • Enhancing Remote Work Experience

Preventing Suicide and Violence in the Workplace

    • Understanding Suicide and Violence Risks
    • Implementing Suicide and Violence Prevention Programs

Practicing Self-Care for Enhanced Mental Wellness

    • Importance of Self-Care for Mental Health
    • Evaluating Self-Care Practices

Managing Stress and Anxiety for Improved Mental Health 

    • Understanding Stress and Anxiety
    • Techniques for Managing Stress and Anxiety

Building Mental Resilience through Work-Life Balance

    • Understanding Work-Life Conflict
    • Techniques for Balancing Work and Life

Showcase your achievement

You will earn a Certificate of Completion and Skill Badge for each individual skill in this Skills Pathway when you've successfully completed each skill with a score of 85% or higher. Share your accomplishments by uploading them to your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn®¹.

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Frequently asked questions

A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours

  • A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour.

Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.

A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.

Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.

- Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.

- Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.

- Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.

Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.

Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.

SHRM is a registered trademark of Society for Human Resource Management. HRCI is a registered trademark of HR Certification Institute.

There are no prerequisites. All levels and skill sets are welcome to take the Workplace Wellness Awareness and Action non-college-credit Training Pathway.

Workplace Wellness Awareness and Action has 11 one-hour skill modules comprised of subjects like Promoting Mental Health Awareness at Work. Each module has a knowledge check and skill assessment where employees can demonstrate what they’ve learned. You can expect this Skills Pathway to take about 11 hours, and all modules are non-credit, 100% online and self-paced.

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