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Creating a collaborative: how to build an industry-led initiative

Learn how you can join the many Australian industries raising awareness, supporting organisational change, and shaping systemic factors to create and support mentally healthy workplaces.

Contributed by National Mental Health Commission.

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About this resource

One part of a three-part series on industry initiatives supporting mentally healthy workplaces, this guide explains how to build an industry-led initiative by:

  • defining your why
  • using data and stories to support the case for change
  • creating a shared vision of what you want to achieve
  • understanding what is already out there
  • identifying your key audiences and collaborators
  • leveraging the benefits of an industry-wide focus
  • developing the tactics to achieve your vision (what you’re going to do)
  • testing and learning to refine your approach
  • setting timeframes and defining resources
  • considering governance and evaluation
  • using lessons from industry and other useful tips.

This resource is a companion to the other two papers in the series:

  • Stories from the field: case studies of pioneering industry action
  • Industry-led initiatives: Plan on a Page tool.

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National Mental Health Commission

Providing evidence and advice, and acting as a catalyst for change to continuously improve Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention systems.

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