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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Report on Loneliness, Isolation and Resilience

Help employees stay socially connected in the workplace Before COVID, we were already starting to experience a global loneliness epidemic. Over the last few months, COVID-19 has shone an even brighter light on this important issue and the impact...

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Meet Dr. Bill Howatt

Dr. Bill Howatt is founder of Howatt HR Consulting. He has published numerous books and articles, such as Stop Hiding and Start Living, The Coping...

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Burnout: What Leaders Must Know and What They Can Do to Support Employees

Most leaders have heard of the term burnout, but not all understand its legitimacy. Unfortunately, burnout is often dismissed as regular workplace...

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Leaders Can Help Employees Reduce Their Risk for Mental Fatigue

For the past few months, many employees have been running on adrenaline. With all the change and disruption, it’s been a challenging time. Now, the...

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Work 2.0 Reboot: Supporting Employees’ Mental Health

Governments are beginning to loosen restrictions and some businesses are firing up their engines again. If you are leading one of these operations,...

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Managing Irritability Before It Turns to Aggression

The Conference Board of Canada, Mental Health Commission of Canada and Workplace Safety & Prevention Services have partnered to share mental health...

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How Leaders can Support Employees Through Different Grief – Loss – Regret Experiences

The Conference Board of Canada, Mental Health Commission of Canada and Workplace Safety & Prevention Services have partnered to share mental health...

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Covid-19 Impact on Mental Health and Coping

The Conference Board of Canada, Mental Health Commission of Canada and Workplace Safety & Prevention Services have partnered to share mental health...

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Compassion Fatigue

Canada’s health care system is facing unprecedented pressures. That means that the people operating within in it are at higher risk for operational...

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Leadership Behaviours to Support Mental Health

As leaders, most of the advice we seek today will be yesterday’s news by tomorrow. But we believe there are two pieces of advice on which you’ll be...

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