National Workplace Initiative

A mentally healthy workplace for executives and decision makers

If you are an executive or senior decision-maker, learn about your role in creating a mentally healthy workplace, and how you can take care of your own mental health.

Executives and decision-makers face unique work pressures - such as public scrutiny and decision fatigue - that can affect their mental health. 

At the same time, effective leadership is vital for building mentally healthy workplaces. Supporting executives’ and decision makers’ mental health benefits people in those roles and the whole organisation.

This guide outlines: 

  • The unique needs of executives and decision-makers  
  • Considerations and strategies for creating mentally healthy workplaces for executives and decision-makers  
  • How executives and senior decision-makers can take care of their own mental health.  
  • The role of executives and senior decision-makers in promoting and protecting mental health at work.

A 2-page quick reference guide is also available for this resource in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese simplified (Mandarin), Chinese traditional (Cantonese), Greek, Korean, Vietnamese.

The guide was developed through the National Workplace Initiative.

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Diversity

The Commission is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. The Commission welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lived Experience

We acknowledge the individual and collective contributions of those with a lived and living experience of mental ill-health and suicide, and those who love, have loved and care for them. Each person’s journey is unique and a valued contribution to Australia’s commitment to mental health suicide prevention systems reform.