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Dr. Bill Howatt: February 13, 2024
Each of us carries an invisible backpack containing our personal adversity load, social determinants, circumstances, and physical health, which...
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Dr. Bill Howatt and Michel Rodrigue: February 7, 2024
Violence and harassment, including uncivil, disrespectful, and abusive conduct, are on the rise in Canadian workplaces. We don’t have to wait until...
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Sheldon Kennedy: January 12, 2024
As leaders, we’d like to think we left bullying behind in our childhood playground. Yet the truth is not so reassuring; a recent workplace survey...
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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...
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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: 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...
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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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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...
