Why Leaders Avoid Mental Health Conversations | Dr. Kennette Thigpen

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Attention to mental health is not a workplace benefit. It is the factor that makes or breaks your workplace. In this episode of High Octane Leadership, Donald Thompson sits down with Dr. Kennette Thigpen, Chief Clinical Officer at Workplace Options, to explore why embedding psychological safety is mission critical to your success as a leader and organization. What You'll Learn: How to truly infuse mental health into your organizational culture, policies and daily practices in the context of employee engagement and retention The Psychosocial Risk Framework your new risk assessment tool to identify systemlevel stressors that create presenteeism, absenteeism and turnover Why psychological safety is your secret weapon for high performance teams About the Guest(s) Dr. Kennette Thigpen is the Chief Clinical Officer at Workplace Options, where she oversees clinical excellence, quality and service delivery across a global mental health and employee assistance platform. With a background in clinical social work and mental health counseling, Dr. Thigpen brings deep expertise in workplace mental wellbeing, psychological safety, and organizational culture transformation.