Recognizing the significance of National Grief Awareness Day (August 30th) and the ongoing impact of grief on our workforce, I encourage all leaders to embrace their responsibility to respond to their employees with compassion and empathy.

July marks the 15th annual BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, and there is no better time to learn more about minority mental health issues and show our support for this community.

If mental illness or anxiety shows up in the lives of African Americans, they usually try to hide it due to the stigma of being perceived as weak; they feel it should be kept from others.