"Our mission for the work that we do is pretty simple, which is to make it safe for anybody to talk about Mental Health within Accenture", Jill Hughes, Managing Director, Accenture Song & Executive Sponsor Mental Health at Accenture UKI

Leila is joined by Jill Hughes, Managing Director, Accenture Song & Executive Sponsor Mental Health at Accenture UKIJill believes passionately that creating a strong culture of inclusivity and belonging is key to the success of a business.   Jill plays a leading role in Brand Learning. In addition, she leads the Health and Life Sciences squad in Accenture Interactive, helping to make a difference to patients and health care professionals through marketing transformation. On joining Accenture, one of the things that impressed Jill the most was the commitment to mental wellbeing in the business and the desire to ensure that every employee feels safe to talk about their mental wellbeing and get help when its needed. Jill first trained to become a “Mental Health Ally”, then Mental health First Aider and subsequently became a trainer for other allies. Last year, Jill was invited to become Executive Sponsor for Mental Health for Accenture UK and Ireland, a role that she feels privileged to hold. Accenture has developed great resources and support for mental health but there is more to do. Jill is committed to ensuring that Accenture continues to build a culture of care and proactive prevention by promoting wellbeing in all we do. She wants to continue to increase the number of mental health allies in the business and continue to promote our mental health approach and resources to all.    LEARN MORE ABOUT:- The impact of Covid on mental wellbeing, how it’s something we should all care about and how the lived experience of different parts of our population may differ e.g. impact on young people, impact on carers etc - The importance and role of mental health allies in business in building a culture of safety for everyone to talk about mental health openly - The role of leadership in mental wellbeing - how important it is for leaders to ask the right questions, create the right connections with their people and show empathy with the differing experiences of their peopleFURTHER RESOURCES:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-hughes-7a12722/Continue the conversation on LinkedIn