WNY - Workplace Mental Wellness Workshop

The Workplace Mental Wellness Workshop empowers attendees to build a stronger, healthier mental health culture within their organizations. This interactive session highlights why mental wellness is essential—not optional—in today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving work environment. Participants will explore real-world challenges, engage in meaningful discussions, and walk away with practical strategies to support their teams.

Now more than ever, navigating workplace mental health can feel complex and overwhelming. This workshop helps leaders and HR professionals turn intention into action by creating tangible, people-centered outcomes that foster resilience, engagement, and long-term success.

 From this Workplace Mental Wellness Workshop, you will learn:

• How to position mental wellness as a strategic priority that supports both employee well-being and organizational success.
• How leadership behaviors influence workplace culture and create psychological safety.
• Practical tools and strategies to help employees manage stress, build resilience, and maintain balance.
• How to foster open, stigma-free conversations around mental health in the workplace.
• Actionable steps to implement sustainable wellness initiatives that create measurable, lasting impact. 
  
  
  About our Speaker
  
  Lisa Jonson
  Chief Strategy Officer, Compeer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Lisa Johnson serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Compeer, where she leads organizational strategy with a focus on relationship‑building through fundraising, marketing, and mental health education. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor and delivers a range of mental wellness trainings, including Mental Health 101 and Workplace Mental Wellness. With a cross‑sector background spanning more than 20 years in nonprofit and higher education environments, Lisa brings deep experience in volunteer engagement, training facilitation, resource development, and mission‑driven program support. Her work centers on creating accessible, practical learning experiences that help organizations strengthen their cultures of care.

  Grounded in a philosophy that meaningful human connection is foundational to both personal wellbeing and organizational success, Lisa approaches her work through a strengths‑based, relational lens. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Elmira College and a Master’s degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Across her career, she has remained committed to equipping professionals, especially those in people‑centric roles, with tools that promote understanding, compassion, and psychologically healthy workplaces.