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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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Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: November 22, 2023
CBC recently reported that the province of Ontario is facing a historic labour shortage. At the time of the report in early October, there were over...
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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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Fresh Communications in collaboration with WSPS: October 27, 2023
In June, the CEO Health + Safety Leadership Network hosted Innovative Concepts for Working Together in a Post-Pandemic World, a panel discussion...
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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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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,...
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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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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...
