Tiffani
Quarles

Thursday 1:30 PM

The Competitive Edge: Unlocking mental health as a business strategy

This insightful presentation reframes mental health as a critical business strategy, shattering stigmas and unveiling costs of inaction. Discover the mental health continuum and why supporting employees across it is key for a thriving workforce. Gain insights into the employer-employee perception gap on mental health resources. Explore solutions spanning existing resources, supportive culture, and evidence-based interventions that are critical to unlocking your competitive edge.

Session Objectives

  1. Comprehensive Solutions: Employers should consider a multi-faceted approach, leveraging existing resources (e.g., EAPs, wellness programs), fostering a supportive organizational culture, and investing in evidence-based solutions (e.g., digital self-care tools, coaching, therapy).
  2. Addressing Barriers: Common barriers to mental health support, such as stigma, access issues, and costs, must be addressed through targeted campaigns, benefit design, and policy changes.
  3. Strategic Framing: Developing a strategic plan with clear objectives, tactics, and measurement is crucial for successful implementation and sustained impact of mental health initiatives in the workplace.

Tiffani Quarles

With over 13 years of experience in the wellness industry and 9 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian, Tiffani has worked as a health and performance consultant for HUB since 2013.
Tiffani has experience working as an in-patient dietitian at a surgical hospital and a private practice provider through Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Before HUB, she worked as a personal trainer and a Health Promotion Specialist for a large wellness vendor.

Tiffani was a college athlete before transferring to complete her Bachelor’s in Health & Exercise Science and a Masters in Dietetics, both from the University of Oklahoma.

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