If leaders want to build a workplace that better prioritizes mental health, the buck stops with them. At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, three executives - Elyse Cohen, executive vice president of social impact and inclusion at Rare Beauty; Andy Dunn, CEO at Pie; and Linus Karlsson, chief creative officer at Ikea - spoke transparently about their own experiences with and research about mental health at work.

U.S. employees are increasingly struggling with mental health challenges tied to their jobs, such as depression, anxiety, and burnout. We’re professors who research how employees interact and workplace well-being. After noticing that research on mental health and work had not kept up with the increasing prevalence of mental health challenges, we reviewed existing findings on mental health and work to see how scholars can best investigate these issues going forward.