Most organizations have a mental health benefit. Fewer have figured out how to make it part of how the organization actually runs.
There is a meaningful difference between offering support and thoughtfully integrating it into how work gets done—and that difference shows up in your culture, your retention, your health care spend, and how your employees show up on the hardest days.
In this 30-minute conversation, Dr. Mary Odafe, Clinical and Scientific Affairs Liaison at Modern Health, sits down with Jess Schneider, Sr. Director of People Operations at Purpose Brands, to explore opportunities to highlight available mental health resources within the context of the employee lifecycle.
Purpose Brands—the parent company behind fitness brands including Anytime Fitness, Orangetheory Fitness, and The Bar Method—has built a mental health strategy that reaches employees at key moments, from recruiting and onboarding through to high-pressure situations.
This is a practical conversation grounded in real experience, designed to leave you with specific things you can bring back to your organization.
What You'll Learn
- How to think about mental health support as workforce infrastructure, not just a benefit offering
- The five employee lifecycle moments where mental health is already influencing outcomes—and what intentional support looks like at each one
- How to extend the value of your benefit to dependents and caregivers, including use cases most HR leaders haven't considered
- Why early, proactive support produces better outcomes—for employees and for the business—with data to support the conversation internally
- What it looks like to build a vendor relationship that functions as a true partnership, especially during moments of disruption
- Practical steps to audit how your current benefit shows up across the employee experience
Why Attend
Mental health is already shaping how your employees focus, lead, recover, and show up—at every stage of their time with your organization. The question for HR and benefits leaders is whether your strategy is designed around that reality, or whether it's waiting for the moment when support becomes unavoidable.
This session is for leaders who want to move from reactive to intentional—and who are looking for a real-world example of what that transition looks like. Whether you have Modern Health, another provider, or are evaluating your current approach, this conversation offers a practical perspective you can apply immediately.
