Toolkits!
Wave Engagement Strategists and Designers LOVE research!
Even better, research that encourages conversations about developing healthy workplaces.
Behold, our Research Stack on Toolkits! What is your organization trying? Is it working well for you?
Top of the Stack! Our favorite, US Surgeon General centers listening to employees in his 5-point Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being (Protection for Harm, Connection & Community, Work-Life Harmony, Mattering at Work, and Opportunity for Growth).
US Department of Health and Human Services. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being.; 2022. https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Workplace Health Promotion Resource Center. https://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/index.html
Harvard University, MIT. The Work and Well-Being Initiative: a joint Harvard and MIT Research-for-Action initiative. The Work and Well-Being Initiative. https://workwellbeinginitiative.org/module-4-moderating-work-demands
Healthy Workplaces, Government of South Australia. Healthy Workplace Toolkit. Healthy Workplaces. Published September 1, 2023. https://www.healthyworkplaces.sa.gov.au/step-by-step-guide/healthy-workplace-toolkit
Mental Health America. Workplace Mental Health Toolkit. Mental Health America. Published 2022. https://mhanational.org/workplace/toolkit
Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, Health Promotion Agency. Five Ways to Wellbeing At Work Toolkit. Mental Health Foundation. https://mentalhealth.org.nz/resources/resource/five-ways-to-wellbeing-at-work-toolkit
National League for Nursing. Healthful Work Environment Toolkit.; 2018. https://www.nln.org/docs/default-source/uploadedfiles/professional-development-programs/healthful-work-environment-toolkit.pdf?sfvrsn=87d8da0d_0
University of California Davis. Manager Toolkit: Supporting the Well-Being of Your Team. University of California Davis. Published July 17, 2023. https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/worklife-wellness/managers/wbeing-toolkit/biz-strat
University of Massachusetts Lowell, University of Connecticut. Healthy Workplace Participatory Program. UMass Lowell. Published 2019. https://www.uml.edu/research/cph-new/healthy-work-participatory-program/toolkit.aspx