Disclosing Disabilities

Workplace Realities: Disclosing Physical and Mental Health Disabilities

A WorkingNation original film on the power of disclosure in fostering a thriving work environment
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To disclose or not to disclose: That is the question discussed in this new short WorkingNation film Workplace Realities: Disclosing Physical and Mental Health Disabilities, featuring three co-workers at Cadmus Group – Josh Christianson, Devin Boyle, and Lex Huth.

With a commitment to diversity and equity, Cadmus Group fosters a workplace environment in which each colleague’s personal journey is valued.

Through candid anecdotes, we hear the challenges and triumphs of disability disclosure, including hidden mental health disabilities which many employees and employers have been reluctant to discuss openly.

Devin Boyle discusses her journey with Bipolar II disorder, shedding light on the evolving societal acceptance of mental health disabilities. Her openness about substance abuse associated with the mental health condition underscores the importance of addressing co-occurring challenges in the workplace culture.

Josh Christianson reflects on his journey with major depressive disorder and the liberating effect of embracing one’s disability.

Lex Huth recounts her experience during an accelerated master’s program at Carnegie Melon as she was slowly loosing her vision. She explains how she disclosed her condition and successfully completed the program and was employed for a time. Lex also talks about the impact of not revealing her compulsive-obsessive disorder in another workplace and the difference it has made to her and her employer to be able to discuss it freely at Cadmus.

Their personal stories demonstrate the positive impact of disclosure on workplace inclusivity and understanding.

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Dana Beth Ardi

Executive Committee

Dana Beth Ardi, PhD, Executive Committee, is a thought leader and expert in the fields of executive search, talent management, organizational design, assessment, leadership and coaching. As an innovator in the human capital movement, Ardi creates enhanced value in companies by matching the most sought after talent with the best opportunities. Ardi coaches boards and investors on the art and science of building high caliber management teams. She provides them with the necessary skills to seek out and attract top-level management, to design the ideal organizational architectures and to deploy people against strategy. Ardi unearths the way a business works and the most effective way for people to work in them.

Ardi is an experienced business executive and senior consultant who leverages business organizational transformation through talent strategies. She uses her knowledge and experience to develop talent strategies to enhance revenue and profit contributions. She has a deep expertise in change management and organizational effectiveness and has designed and built high performance cultures. Ardi has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPO’s and turnarounds.

Ardi is an expert on the multi-generational workforce. She understands the four intersecting generations of workers coming together in contemporary companies, each with their own mindsets, leadership and communications styles, values and motivations. Ardi is sought after to assist companies manage and thrive by bringing the generations together. Her book, Fall of the Alphas: How Beta Leaders Win Through Connection, Collaboration and Influence, will be published by St. Martin’s Press. The book reflects Ardi’s deep expertise in understanding organizations and our changing society. It focuses on building a winning culture, how companies must grow and evolve, and how talent influences and shapes communities of work. This is what she has coined “Corporate Anthropology.” It is a playbook on how modern companies must meet challenges – culturally, globally, digitally, across genders and generations.

Ardi is currently the Managing Director and Founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors, LLC, a consulting company that provides human capital advisory and innovative solutions to companies building value through people. Corporate Anthropology works with organizations, their cultures, the way they grow and develop, and the people who are responsible for forming their communities of work.

Prior to her position at Corporate Anthropology Advisors, Ardi served as a Partner/Managing Director at the private equity firms CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners. She was a partner at Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm working with early state companies where she pioneered the human capital role within an investment portfolio.

Ardi holds a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo as well as a Masters degree and PhD from Boston College. She started her career as professor at the Graduate Center at Fordham University in New York.