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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Trusted Leaders Focus on Behaviours, Not Activities

It’s encouraging to see that despite economic uncertainties, many organizations are still investing in critical programs and initiatives, such as leadership development, employee wellness, mental health programs, and workplace culture efforts.

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Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Support with Digital Solutions

As a trusted leader, you know that helping employees who have been diagnosed or are experiencing mental health symptoms access the care they need is...

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Cognitive Diversity: The Hidden Driver of High-Performing Teams

One of the most overlooked leadership skills is understanding how employees process information, solve problems, and make decisions. Instead, many...

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Turning Grief into Hope: A Story of Workplace Tragedy & Resilience

Eugene presented his story at the WSPS Staff Alignment Day where he shared the devastating impact of losing his father in a workplace fatality....

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The Business Case for Investing in Mental Health Prevention

Despite the information available and the strong business case to do so, there are still very few employers investing in mental health prevention and...

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Prevent Psychological Harm at Work by Asking Better Questions

Most leaders would never accept a workplace safety strategy built entirely around emergency response. Imagine walking through your operation and...

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Workplace Stress Rising: How Leaders Can Protect Employee Wellbeing

It's not surprising that many of us are feeling more irritable. In fact, it would be more surprising if we weren't. The constant barrage of headlines...

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The Role of Psychological Safety in Workplace Violence Prevention

Workplace violence is often considered to be a physical act, such as hitting, pushing, or worse, assault. Those are clearly forms of violence, and...

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Adapting to Climate Change: Protecting Your People and Your Business

Almost daily, the Weather Network shares an alert of some sort. Whether it’s extreme heat or cold, severe storms, high winds, or worse, there is...

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Beyond Financial Returns: The real ROI of Workplace Psychological Safety

We often hear the claim that “for every dollar invested in workplace mental health, organizations get multiple dollars back.” While well intended,...

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