Men’s Health Month at work: November ideas that are not awkward

November is a useful month to talk about health without making the men in the building a punchline. Skip the forced moustache. Skip the jokes about feelings.

Better offers: a ten-minute lesson on stress, a private check-in, and a manager script for “I am not coping”. Blood pressure checks only if a qualified person runs them and the results stay with the individual.

Invite everyone. Men’s health topics are often carried by partners, colleagues and families. Do not police who is allowed to care.

Publish the crisis lines in the same breath as the calendar. Men are less likely to already have them saved.

HealthCafé’s November theme follows this shape: short lessons, an opt-in habit challenge, and a report that never names who checked in as “low”.