Programs and Services

workplace mental health programs

Training | Strategic Advising | consulting | events

custom-designed to help your company achieve its goals. and EQUIP Your EMPLOYEES for their next conversation.


Programs are available in-person or online. With topics that best fit your company’s needs.


FIRESIDE INTERVIEWS

Great for: conferences or summits, executive summit, all-company meetings, or leadership trainings.

Sometimes the best learning and education are delivered through storytelling and intentional conversations. And, real-time role modeling from people in your business.

Fireside interviews are a great way to get your employees and leaders involved in events so the rest of your organization can hear from “one of their own”, which will encourage your colleagues, employees, and leaders to really pay attention to talking about mental health at work.

Don’t want to just host ‘another webinar’? Inquire about a fireside interview to host your next mental health at work event in an accessible, engaging, & approachable setting

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SAMPLE fireside interview TOPICS

Why Mental Health at Work: is a Critical Business Conversation

Fostering Constructive Mental Health at Work Discussions: In Times of Sociopolitical Volatility

Why Your Employee Assistance Program (EAP): is a Critical Workplace Mental Health Resource

Mental Health In HR: Caring for the Carers

DEI & Mental Health: Building Shared Understanding & Getting Conversations Right at Work

Managing Workplace Mental Health: During Times of Stress & Uncertainty

Workplace Mental Wellbeing: How To Really Get It Right

Managing Mental Health: During Layoffs, Mergers, Acquisitions, & Restructures


workplace mental health advising & fractional CHIEF MENTAL well-being officer Services

Great for: strategic planning, workforce upskilling, and employee support.

Does your business need someone part-time or on a month-to-month basis to advise on our company’s mental health at work strategy? To assist your Human Resources or L&D departments with mental well-being education programs? Or to help set up and advise on your mental health employee resource group (ERG)? Melissa has a variety of monthly fractional advisory packages, customized to your company's needs.

Core service offering: strategic advising on workplace mental well-being and mental health corporate strategy, program deployment, and employee upskilling.

Support areas:

  • Ongoing strategic advising to senior leadership, human resources, DEIB, and L&D departments on workplace mental wellbeing and mental health at work

  • Thought leadership for educational methods to upskill your workforce

  • Assist in the formation and ongoing advising of mental health ERGs 

  • In-house continuing education training for leaders and employees

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TEAM BUILDING OFFSITE EVENTS

Great for: leadership teams or all-company annual offsite events

Is your startup in growth stealth mode? Did your organization get a new CEO? Is your leadership team struggling to work together?

Looking for an engaging speaker or facilitator for your annual offsite meeting that doesn’t suck? Melissa provides team offsite and company annual offsite events with engaging, sticky, and actionable material that your employees will actually remember, and use. Melissa will work with you to design a custom team offsite or company offsite event that will achieve the meeting outcomes you’re looking for.


KEYNOTES

Great for: conferences, summits, executive summit, leadership offsites, or all-company meetings.

Do you need someone to spark real interest in your company about mental health? Melissa’s ‘motivational cattle prod style’ inspires and motivates your employees to take action now.

She starts the conversation in an engaging and realistic way and offers assurances that not only ok to talk about mental health at work, but that it’s crucial too. Her delivery is informative, research-backed, and includes audience participation.

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SAMPLE keynote TOPICS

Achievable & Practical Stress Management: The Science, Mindset, and Defining Your Mental Wellbeing Non-Negotiables™

Mental Health at Work: Taking a Skills-Based Approach

How to Navigate Change at Work: Taking a Personalized Approach

Managing Communication and Conflict In Teams

Creating an Authentic Mental Health Culture: In Your Company

Why Mental Health Matters for Leaders, Too: Putting Your Oxygen Mask On To Lead

HR Strategies for Mental Health at Work: Enabling Mental Health Conversations At All Levels Of Your Company

How to Navigate Uncertainty As a Leader: The Hidden Challenges & What To Do


STRENGTHS DEPLOYMENT INVENTORY (SDI) team building FACILITATION

Great for: employee offsites, leadership offsites, internal employee training, internal leadership training, or as a conference break-out session

Tired of giving your employees countless personality assessments that ‘give insight’ and don’t inspire action? It’s time to use the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI). This assessment tool helps your team perform better, by understanding their relationships to themselves, and each other, helping them to collaborate and communicate more effectively. In the words of the Core Strengths Founders, it’s “The ROI of Relationship Intelligence (RQ)”.

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WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, & TEAM FACILITATION

Great for: employee offsites, leadership offsites, internal leadership training, internal employee training, or as a conference break-out session.

Looking for workshops that actually work? Melissa offers live interactive workshops, seminars, and team facilitation sessions in both virtual and onsite settings. Pre-recorded trainings are also available. These workshops are time-efficient, engaging, and really pack a punch.

Workshops, webinars, and team facilitation sessions include: interactive education, practical reflection, group discussion, and both individual and collective commitments.

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 SAMPLE workshop TOPICS

How to Create a Mental Health at Work Roadmap (Advisory Session)

Mental Health at Work Conversational Literacy ®: Developing Mental Health Communication Skills

How to Give Good Feedback: Radical Candor & Intentional Communication

How to Support Your Team About Mental Health at Work: Do’s & Don’ts

How To Support Others On Mental Health at Work: Challenges, Considerations, & Approaches

Emotional Intelligence and Conflict in Teams: Getting Communication Right

Using Motivational Interviewing As a Leader: Changing How You Coach Your Team

Managing Imposter Syndrome at Work: the Personal & Professional Impact

Using the Strengths Deployment Inventory: Mastering Effective Team Communication and Conflict


PANELS

Great for: all-company meetings, ERG meetings, executive summit, conferences, or summits.

You’re hosting an event with many speakers to discuss current issues in the workplace. You’d like to include a Mental Health at Work Specialist with credentials and training. 

You pick the topic and Melissa starts the conversation — whether it’s internal at your company, a summit, or a conference. Melissa’s skillset serves as a useful, complementary perspective to other experts on your panel