Emotional Pulse play online

1 in 5 people take time off work due to mental health and 92% of employees feel that mental health is a very important issue while 48% of employees feel their workplace is mentally unsafe place to work. So with this growing issue becoming a real challenge for employers. Mental health support and recovery cost Australias 10.6 billion in 2018-19 which has been increasing by 1.5% each year since 2014.ref headsup.org.au & aihw.gov.au


SOLUTIONS

While mental health issue in the workplace may always be present to some extent, it is preventable in most cases from occurring at all or at the least reduced in its impact through early intervention. The key elements to an effective strategy for prevent are the following:
Building holistic awareness for the individual, the leadership and the organisation
Identifying issues at early stage and seeing the trends of individuals an teams
Building a trusted support network to address challenges before they before mental health issues
Checking in more regularly and providing invited support to those under strain in the time of need
Creating a psychologically safe culture where it is ok to be vulnerable and invite support when needed.


HOW DOES EMOTIONAL PULSE WORK

1.People log their emotional state on their device at a frequency set by the employer
2.Software provides insights to individuals and teams about emotional state patterns
3.Individuals with trends moving toward risk zones are made aware and encouraged to invite support
4.People at risk can self-correct and frequency of checks-ins increases until they are safe
5.Privacy of individuals is maintained always until they choose to invite trusted support
6.Team trends of emotional pulse are provided to leaders for awareness and culture improvements
7.Alerts and connections are made real time with real people
8.Escalation to professional support is linked within the technology