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"It's 2017 and Mental Health is still an issue in the workplace." 。

With those words, Olark CEO Ben Congleton went on to powerfully and publicly address a commonly ignored issue in the workplace: the importance of mental health. 。

After Congleton's employee, web developer Madalyn Parker, shared the understanding email he sent after learning she had taken time off for mental health reasons, the CEO used his newly viral voice to further explain just how crucial it is for employers to take the mental health seriously and make time to emotionally refresh.。

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Parker's tweet showed the CEO thanking her for reminding the company that using sick days to mentally recuperate should be standard practice in all offices, but his response to the issue went far beyond an email. 。

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Following the positive reaction Parker's tweet received, Congleton wrote a post on Medium further discussing the need to normalize mental health as a "normal health issue," especially in the office.。

"It is incredibly hard to be honest about mental health in the typical workplace. In situations like this, it is so easy to tell your teammates you are 'not feeling well,'" Congleton wrote. "Even in the safest environment it is still uncommon to be direct with your coworkers about mental health issues."。

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Congleton said that he was inspired to delve deeper into advocating for those struggling with or afraid to speak up about mental health issues in the workplace after the tweet went viral and he began reading replies from others.  。

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's article about Parker's tweet caught the eye of Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg, she praised Congleton's compassion and encouraging style of leadership to her more than one million Facebook followers. 。


Humbled, the Olark CEO responded to her message with a blunt, no-nonsense reminder for all the managers out there.。
"As leaders it is our responsibility to help our teams maximize their performance. This is not controversial," he said in regards to the topic of mental health. "I believe that fundamentally team performance is built on trust created through the freedom to be vulnerable."。

You tell 'em, Congleton. 。

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