The HERO Fall Think Tank recording has been added to the site.

This month’s featured topic is resilience. Here are just two of the 22 (and counting) resources available in the HERO Hub on resilience.

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Attention HERO Members:

Save the Date for Nashville in February 2024

2024 HERO Winter Think Tank

Brain Health and the Aging Workforce

February 26-27, 2024

Nashville, TN

The Baby Boomer generation makes up nearly thirty percent of the U.S. labor market, and a major transformation is afoot with about 10,000 people turning 65 each day for the next two decades. Long life spans, the need to keep socially active, and financial considerations are personal reasons for delaying retirement. Related to this, two out of three workers over the age of 45 say they have seen or experienced age discrimination, and the perception of age discrimination is much higher for women.

With an aging workforce comes greater sensitivity to the role of brain health in employee performance. HERO Senior Fellow Paul Terry has designed this Think Tank to explore the role of employers in supporting the lifestyle factors like sleep, diet, stress management, social connections, and physical activity that impact emotional well-being and cognitive functioning. We will review the evidence on the impact of mental health support, cognitive training programs such as memory games and problem-solving tasks, and the role of mindfulness exercises and flexible work arrangements that empower employees to improve self-care of brain health. We will examine common forms of ageism experienced by workers.

In our usual Think Tank fashion, we will plan structured times for HERO members to share their stories about their efforts to organize health and well-being initiatives responsive to the needs of their older associates.

Stay Tuned for more details on agenda and hotel.

Think Tank Meetings

HERO Membership

Watch for these upcoming webinars in November!

C. Everett Koop National Health Awards Winners

Learn how the 2023 recipients did it. Hear their stories, including obstacles and best pratices.

Amy B. Locke, MD, FAAFP, Chief Wellness Officer, University of Utah

Hear about the University of Utah’s Resiliency Workgroup, created in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, and its effect on the employees of the university.

While you are waiting for these webinars, be sure to check out our webinar archive.

Webinar Archive

HERO Workforce Mental Health & Well-being Committee Case Study Video Series

Did you know that as part of HERO’s focus on workforce mental health & well-being (WMHWB), the WMHWB Committee conducted four video interviews with employers to learn about lessons learned and their efforts to advance mental health? Interviews were conducted withAndersen Construction, American Heart Association, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and Shell USA, Inc. Individual employer interviews are available through the HERO Hub. We also created a highlights reel, Workplace Mental Health Best Practices: Employer Interview Highlights, sharing clips of best practice examples aligned with our previous report, Employee Mental Health and Well-being: Emerging Best Practices and Case Study Examples.

Note: The highlights video is available to the public (please share with your network!), while the full individual video interviews are available to HERO members only via the HERO Hub.

• HBR: The Business Case for Love. Marcus Buckingham has spent decades studying the most engaged teams. Can you guess what he has identified as the one force that drives employee behavior? Read on for examples of how to design love into your offerings.
• HBR: Ten Reasons Why Inclusion is a Competitive Advantage. From their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frei and Morriss highlight their third strategy: creating an inclusive environment that allows all employees to thrive.
• HBR: The Future of Mental Health at Work is Safety, Community, and a Healthy Organizational Culture. A new study with insights about how workplace mental health has changed relative to the pandemic, along with strategies for leaders to foster sustainable, mentally healthy cultures.
• 2023 Mental Health at Work Report. The report referenced in HBR above.
• CDC: Health Workers Report Harassment, Symptoms of Poor Mental Health, and Difficult Working Conditions – What Employers Can Do.
• The Center for Active Design and Trane Technologies have teamed up to better understand perceptions around indoor air quality and challenges facing key stakeholders such as human resources professionals. Complete this survey and contribute to their research by sharing a bit about your experience with indoor air quality and enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card.