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Dr. Bill Howatt: January 3, 2024
The workplace significantly influences employees’ experiences; every interaction creates positive or negative emotions. If they have more negative than positive experiences, it can increase the risk of mental harm and illness in the workplace.
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Dr. Bill Howatt: December 8, 2023
A psychologically safe culture is an emotionally safe, caring, inclusive and welcoming environment. Employees feel safe speaking up and sharing their...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: November 14, 2023
Resiliency is a trainable intrapersonal skill. Despite common perception, it is not intuitive; it must be learned and practiced. The APA suggests it...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: October 20, 2023
When biology upsets the nervous system, and a worker gets caught in a cycle of mental exhaustion and unpleasant emotions (stress, fear of failure,...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: September 18, 2023
Emotional ruptures can occur when people have interactions that they feel are unfair, aggressive, or immoral. Three common drivers of emotional...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: August 31, 2023
Are your employees afraid of making mistakes? If you said that you don’t think so, how confident are you that employees would say the same? Winston...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: August 10, 2023
Learned helplessness is a painful psychosocial hazard that may not be on your radar but should be. Psychology Today says, “Learned helplessness...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: July 7, 2023
I was recently asked to assist the board and leaders of an organization in understanding how they could leverage environment, social, and governance...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: June 12, 2023
When employees feel included, welcomed and psychologically safe, they feel happy, and when they’re happy, they’re more productive. In 2019, Oxford...
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Dr. Bill Howatt: May 16, 2023
A recent article published in WSPS’ eNews highlights the importance of protecting employees from domestic violence. This pervasive threat may be...
