Lyra’s 2025 Workforce Mental Health Awards

Join us in honoring exceptional leaders and HR teams revolutionizing mental health care. Nominations are open through Feb. 10.

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Breakthrough 2024 award winners taking a picture on stage

2024 winners

Award categories

Company of the Year

Awarded to the company that has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to mental health care, achieving meaningful results across its entire workforce. This company thinks about mental health care not just as an employee benefit, but as a company-wide priority.

Leader of the Year

Awarded to a leader who has consistently prioritized the mental health care of their employees by visibly and meaningfully integrating a mental health care focus into their broader company strategy.

Rising Star

Awarded to a leader in their first year with Lyra who is showing exceptional promise and commitment to bringing mental health care to their employee base.

Campaign of the Year

Awarded to a company recognized for its creativity and effectiveness in driving mental health awareness through a campaign that truly engages and inspires employees.

Innovator of the Year

Awarded to a leader who has demonstrated a willingness to push limits and think boldly about the future of workforce mental health.

Innovative Company of the Year

Awarded to the HR team that has demonstrated a willingness to push limits and think boldly about the future of workforce mental health.

2025 Workforce Mental Health Awards

Step up and stand out

Highlight your organization’s commitment to workforce mental health by submitting nominations in the relevant categories. The deadline for nominations is Monday, Feb. 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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Additional resources

Nomination requirements

Scoring rubric

Submissions will be scored using the following guiding rubric:

Influence
The team or person has succeeded in:

Driving a strong culture of mental wellness within their own company and, ideally, in their broader industry
Encouraging and inspiring others to be champions of workforce mental health, especially employees outside of the benefits team
Using their influence and credibility to improve access and utilization of mental health care programs

Inclusivity
The team or person has succeeded in:

Ensuring all employees, regardless of tenure, seniority, location, or any other factor can benefit from comprehensive mental health care programming
Promoting the importance of culturally responsive care and communication

Authenticity
The team or person has succeeded in:

Creating a comprehensive approach to mental health care that is unique and highly tailored toward its industry and employees
Actively working to overcome existing mental health stigma within their employee base
Making mental health more than a benefit shared once a year, but a constant focus and priority

Innovation
The team or person has succeeded in:

Pioneering new programs and tactics to promote the importance of mental health care
Demonstrating creativity in their approach to increasing participation in mental health care programs

FAQs

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I’m just so humbled and honored to be here. I’m so grateful to work at an organization that is willing to invest in its people by enabling them access to vital mental health resources so they live better lives with meaning, purpose, and hope. Even though this is an individual award, it’s really not. This is a recognition of so many people’s efforts. -Jonathan Howland, Sr. Manager of Benefits at Walmart

Jonathan Howland of Walmart holding his Breakthrough award

We can’t wait to celebrate you and your team

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