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WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK, “AWARENESS IS GREAT - ACTION IS BETTER” ™

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IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH at work in your business. AND, GET IT RIGHT.

Mental health at work has always mattered.

Your organization CAN talk about mental health at work. In a customized and sustainable way. With employee engagement and realistic outcomes in mind.

Melissa Doman LLC is a skills-based professional development company that teaches companies, leaders, and employees how to effectively talk about mental health at work.

Whether it’s learning how to talk about mental health in the workplace, workplace communication, or how teams can work better together - get the events, training, strategic advising, and consulting your business needs.

To equip employees and leaders with the skills they need for their NEXT conversation. And do it, really well.

UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPROACH MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK

Learn how to design, communicate, and implement the workplace mental health initiative that your company has always needed. Customized, for your company.

GET PRACTICAL skills

Empower your leaders and employees through actionable education. Help your teams develop the Mental Health at Work Conversational Literacy™ skills they need to be successful, in their NEXT conversation.

TAKE ACTION - CREATE CHANGE

What’s next? Making commitments and creating sustainable change, that will grow as your company does.

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TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK CAN FEEL LIKE A COMPLEX SUBJECT — BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.

You and your staff don’t have the time to be the experts on mental health at work. You can’t be everything to everybody — and you shouldn’t have to be. As the world and Work of Work evolve - the conversations about mental health in the workplace, should too.

Workplace mental health is a critical discussion in today’s workplace. Your employees and leaders must have the education and permission to talk about it and feel safe doing it, too. The first step to creating change is to start the conversation. How?

By teaming up with a Mental Health at Work Specialist who will help your business to:

✔️ Create an open, honest environment to start the conversation

✔️ Help your company understand why workplace mental health is a critical business conversation.

✔️ Teach your employees and leaders how to approach talking about mental health at work in a constructive way.

✔️ Help to incorporate workplace mental health education into core professional development.

✔️ Create customized workplace mental health initiatives, with sustainability in mind.

✔️ Empower your employees and leaders with practical strategies, and motivate them to take action - now

Whether it’s training your leaders on how to support their teams, partnering with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEIB) advising Human Resources (HR), partnering with Learning & Development (L&D), teaching employees how to talk about their mental health, or developing a long-term strategic roadmap — Melissa can guide you through the process.

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Melissa is on a mission: to create real conversations.

Melissa has one core goal: to equip companies, individuals, and leaders to have constructive and realistic conversations about mental health, team dynamics, and communication in the workplace, even the hard parts. She aims to create lasting change in how companies approach these topics, through simple actionable education, a hefty dose of both individual and organizational accountability, and a clear picture of what it looks like to get it right. She provides an open and encouraging environment so your employees and leaders can have a memorable learning experience that will drive real change.

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“Mel is an amazing speaker and a subject matter expert on the topic of mental health. She spoke about difficult and complex topics in a very easy-to-understand and relatable way. Our employees were motivated by the energy that Mel brought to the room. She shared tools and coping techniques that employees can leverage to manage their situations on a daily basis. It was my pleasure to have been able to work with such a gifted talent.”

— The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., Latricia Parker, VP of Global Benefits
“From start to finish Melissa was professional, flexible, genuine and an absolute wealth of knowledge in the mental health field. She worked with us on customizing content for a very specific audience - she nailed the message we wanted to convey and in a very authentic way. I was so impressed with Melissa's approach and expertise I purchased her book to learn more on my own about how to support my team with mental health conversations at work. Anyone that leads people or works in a team environment would greatly benefit from Melissa's resources and tools.”

— Aveda, Rachel Sawyer, Sales Director
“Her messaging was simple and actionable, and the feedback from the many attendees was overwhelmingly positive.”

— VMware, Sheri Byrne-Haber, Senior Staff Accessibility Architect
“Melissa approaches this with such an energy and passion, you can only care more about it after hearing her talk about it. She gives very concrete and clear guidelines on what to do and not what to do. With something that can actually be quite a challenge with a topic like mental health, I really recommend working together with her and asking her to speak with your community.”

— Microsoft Netherlands, Stephanie Furum, Customer Success Account Manager Communication & lead of the local Accessibility ERG
“Melissa is a thought-provoking, entertaining, and talented keynote speaker who is an asset to any conference. She draws on her considerable professional experience but delivers it to her audience with a light touch that is palatable to non-specialists. She’s sparky and gently challenging with an energy which makes her ideal for opening a conference or lifting an audience when they are flagging.”

— BBC, Alistair Macdonald, AMTV Crisis News Management and former BBCTV Reporter/Producer
“I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Melissa on a project I felt would be beneficial for my colleagues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I noticed increasing levels of stress, anxiety, and sadness within my immediate colleagues on the Acute medical unit. She delivered naturally and confidently to our healthcare workers. The authenticity of her content was shown by her answers to the unexpected questions from the crowd.”

— NHS England, Greg Harrison, Junior Doctor at East Kent
“The authentic approach Melissa takes in helping companies understand the importance of talking about mental health at work is necessary for every company! Her expertise and knowledge on this subject are delivered in a way that all audiences leave touched, moved, and inspired for change. We were honored to have her teach a Mental Wellness Series at Bumble and bumble. Thank you Melissa for sharing your knowledge with the world!”

— Bumble and Bumble, Julie Cassidy, Director of Sales NA East
“Starting a mental well-being conversation in a corporate setting of over 400 professionals can be challenging but inviting Mel to guest speak at our monthly call was a game-changer. She spoke in a professional yet down-to-earth and non-scripted manner that left everyone feeling refreshed and comfortable. We were amazed by the level of engagement that Mel brought out in our team and the positive response that we received following the session. She went above and beyond our expectations by sending written answers to the questions that we didn’t get to during the session so that we could share them with the team. We can’t recommend her enough.”

— Siemens, Steve Kanaplue, Director - Risk Management
“The applications, logic, and energy behind Mel’s session on mental health wowed the whole team. Thank you for your ongoing support.”

— Salesforce, Teresa López Mazón, Analyst - International Private Equity Practice
“At the last company I worked at, Mel prepared and delivered an excellent learning session on mental wellbeing. There is a lot of generic training out there on the subject of mental health, what Mel provided for us was a long way from that. The session was highly interactive and very imaginative in the way Mel delivered it. Mel “read the room” very well, was respectful of peoples’ boundaries, and I think we all came out of the session feeling far more informed and much better equipped to respond in real life.”

— The British Paralympic Association, Adrian Stockman, Director of Finance and Corporate Services
"Melissa's visit to our Club was nothing short of remarkable. She not only captivated our team with her expertise and passion for promoting mental health (in the funniest and most approachable way) in the workplace but also led a thought-provoking book signing event afterward. The impact of Melissa's visit reached the highest echelons of our organization. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our C-suite, who collectively agreed that she was the best speaker our Club has ever brought in. Her ability to engage and inspire was unparalleled, leaving a lasting impression on everyone in attendance."

— Orlando City FC Soccer Club, Monica Nieves, Director of People & Culture

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