Workforce Transitions Initiative

Young people, including those from underserved and under-resourced communities, have been disproportionately impacted by the global pandemic, economic disparities, and population-specific impacts. As companies recruit and strive to retain young people from these communities, ensuring their mental health and emotional well-being needs to be at the forefront of leaders’ minds and actions. 

The Steve Fund Workforce Transitions Initiative is designed to support the mental health and success of young employees. Creating safe spaces for consistent and open conversations and acknowledging and addressing the effects of biases and trauma are essential investments. When organizations prioritize employee mental health and emotional well-being, they are committing to young people’s career performance, retention, and longevity, and an employee’s ability to contribute to the goals of the company. 

The Steve Fund has a portfolio of timely, culturally-relevant educational programs to enable you to immediately make a positive impact on the lives of young people. We work with mental health experts from multiple backgrounds and with decades of experience to design, customize, and deliver programs to ensure a culturally-responsive learning environment that enables all young people to thrive.

Workshop Sessions

45-60 minutes expert led presentation with optional live Q&A

Confronting Misconceptions at the Senior Level
This workshop supports senior leaders in their understanding and work to address challenges that can arise from lack of accurate information, understanding, and resources. Participants will explore such topics as developing strategies for recruitment, training, and retention of talent from underserved and under-represented communities.
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Creating Welcoming Cultures
In this session, managers learn about the importance of belonging and its impact on the mental health of employees, along with strategies for creating shared connections and productive work environments.
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Building in Protective Factors
In this session, managers learn about the most promising strategies for protecting employee mental health by promoting welcoming communities, raising awareness around resources, and empowering allies and advocates.
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Building Successful & Welcoming Internship Programs
This session discusses the unique experiences of young people, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, and shares mental health and emotional well-being tools and resources for managers to respond to workplace and employee needs.
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Becoming A Better Ally
In this session, participants discuss the power of allyship and learn tactics to advocate for colleagues and be better allies and partners to their peers.
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Allyship Strategies for Young Employees
This session aims to equip young employees to be strong allies for their peers and colleagues, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities. Explore being an ally with particular attention on mental health and emotional well-being.
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Onboarding Young Employees
This workshop supports young employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, in navigating job-related challenges and discrimination. Participants will also explore ways to contribute to and establish a fair and welcoming workplace.
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Navigating Trauma
The series includes sessions on the history of discrimination, how trauma can present in and out of the workplace, and techniques young people, including those from underserved and under-represented communities, can use to cope with those experiences, along with strategies to support peers.
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Navigating Workplace Challenges
This workshop looks at the mental health impacts of complex workplace challenges and offers tips for confronting them. From uncomfortable micro interactions to the larger impacts of disparities in treatment, access, and advancement, participants will discuss the realities of today’s work environment and strategies to turn challenges into opportunities.
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Mindful Resilience
This session supports young people, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, in coping with stress and anxiety, discrimination, and trauma by leveraging the benefits of rest and self compassion.
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Managing Stress & Anxiety During the Job Search
This workshop offers strategies for young people, including those from underserved and under-resourced communities, to promote their emotional well-being and manage stress and anxiety during their internship or job searches.
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Integrating Well-Being Into Your Internship Program
In this workshop, managers learn about research-backed strategies for supporting intern well-being, promoting self care, and supporting success.
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Empowering Leaders as Mentors & Allies
This session provides activities, tools, and guidance to equip leaders and managers as mentors and allies to young employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities — both in the workplace and through professional networking.
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Dealing with Stereotypes at Work
This workshop addresses how an employee’s background, faith, social class, ability, sexual orientation, and other aspects of life can impact their on-the-job experience and emotional well-being. The session focuses on how employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, experience challenges, pursue opportunities, and thrive in the workplace.
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Courageous Conversations at Work
This session supports safe spaces for mid-level employees and managers to engage in challenging discussions around varied backgrounds, challenges at work, and mental health, without being held back by fear or desire for political correctness.
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Psychological Safety At Work
This workshop is designed to illuminate four aspects of psychological safety that are essential for supporting the mental health, well-being, and innovation of young employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities.
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Series for LGBTQIA+ Employees
These sessions for LGBTQ employees focus on the unique challenges they may face. Participants also explore empowerment strategies they can draw on to cope with daily mental and emotional stresses in the workplace.
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Self-Care Strategies for Analysts & Interns
This session focuses on workplace and internship challenges that are common for young people, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities. Participants will explore stress and anxiety, unwelcoming environments, and trauma.
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Self Care for Senior Leaders
This session shares practical tools for managing job stress, with special attention to the issues faced by senior leaders seeking to address such workplace issues as isolation, emotional fatigue and depletion, overwhelm, burnout, and anxiety. The session provides techniques such as connecting feelings to behaviors, identifying coping skills, and connecting to peer support.
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Strategies for On-Campus Recruiting
This workshop supports recruiting teams to effectively communicate the company’s values, cultural offerings, mental health support, and commitment to young employees with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities.
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Succeeding In Your Internship
In this session, participants learn about research-based strategies to promote and protect their mental health and well-being during an internship.
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Tips for Managers to Support First Years
This awareness building session helps managers to better understand and onboard new team members, with a focus on first years from underserved and under-resourced communities.
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Understanding Mental Health Resources
In this session, employees will learn about their company’s resources to support mental health, emotional well-being, and cultural background. Participants will also explore available resources and techniques to use when asking for help.
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Wellness Salon Sessions

45-75 minutes highly interactive wellness discussion facilitated by expert

Role Model Roundtable for Women Series
This series brings together female employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, to discuss the unique workplace issues they face with particular focus on their mental health and emotional well-being.
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Storytelling Series for Female Employees
This series brings together female employees, with a focus on those from underserved and under-resourced communities, to discuss issues they may face in the workplace, including ways to support mental health and emotional well-being. The series includes sessions such as Stories from Women Series, a roundtable discussion; Responding to Trauma; Building Mentors & Allies; and a Balancing Work, Family & Home Life session.
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Stress, Anxiety & Mindfulness Session
This session shares the mindfulness-based techniques young people can use to cope with stress and anxiety, as well as resources and tools for identifying mental health and emotional well-being symptoms and seeking support.
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Micro-convenings

40-60 minutes moderated panel of four experts with optional role for company leadership

Leadership Series
This session helps leaders support high potential employees, with a focus on team members from underserved and under-resourced communities, by providing mental health insights. Participants will benefit from tools and strategies to both engage and partner with high potential employees to thrive in the workplace.
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Supportive Professional Climates at Work - Speaker Series
Employers and employees face a complex socio-political climate today. This a la carte speaker series explores global, national, and local events that impact employees.
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