The Trusted Leader Blog

Welcome to the Trusted Leader Blog: a space for forward-thinking individuals to hear from industry experts on emerging issues.

We seek to empower leaders by providing insights and information that will inspire positive change within their organizations and communities. With a variety of contributors, the ideas and experiences shared make this a rich resource for creating healthy, psychologically safe, engaged and inclusive workplaces.

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CEOs see success when safety is their north star

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Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: September 26, 2023

In a recent episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast, author, Harvard Business School professor, and former CEO of Medtronic, Bill George, talked about the importance of authentic leadership, purpose and finding your “north star.”

Culture Health & Safety Culture

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Healthy Workplace Relationships: Strategies for Repairing Emotional Ruptures

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...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness

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Fear Factor: Your business will suffer if employees are afraid of making mistakes

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...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness

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Rest, Recharge & Thrive: How to build a vacation-friendly workplace culture

Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: August 23, 2023

We're into the dog days of summer and vacation season. Hopefully, you've had a steady rotation of people taking the opportunity to get away from work...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness

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Overcome learned helplessness with the power of psychological safety

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...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness

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Jody Young Wants Everyone to Feel Safe to Bring Their Whole Selves to Work

Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: July 25, 2023

In mid-June, Jody Young took the helm as CEO of Workplace Safety & Prevention Services. Jody is the former Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of...

Culture Leader Care

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Active listening is key to keeping your employees engaged and motivated

Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: July 17, 2023

In early June, the CEO Health + Safety Leadership Network hosted Innovative Concepts for Working Together in a Post-Pandemic World. The event...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness

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How to boost your ESG performance with psychological safety

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...

Culture Psychological Safety & Wellness