We all just want to have fun – but are we?
How much fun do you allow yourself to have each day?
Why you need to keep self deception in check
How familiar are you with the idea of self-deception?
Is it better to be patient or persistent in order to reach your goals?
What trait dominates your decision making and actions: patience or persistence?
Making mental health a workplace priority
More than 60 per cent of Canadian organizations report that they don’t have a mental health strategy in place.
What to do when you’re stuck in a negative feedback loop
Have you ever been stuck in a negative mental loop?
Eight ways to prepare your organization for the legalization of marijuana
Will your organization be ready to manage cannabis in your workplace?
Taming the negativity factor in relationships
Why do we put more focus on a negative comment than a positive comment?
Mental health and your day at work
How you feel plays a big role in how productive and happy you are on any given day. If you’re tired, overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted it’s much harder to have a good day.
Workplace stress a main cause of mental health issues, study finds
Is your senior leadership concerned about the number of employees who may be coming to work each day with a mental health issue or mental illness?
How to turn rejection into something positive
How prepared are you for rejection?
Three key conditions to create a healthy workplace
Current research underscores the importance of creating workplace cultures that foster the psychological health and wellness of employees within their team and work environments. Healthy workplaces support employee wellbeing, are psychologically safe, and provide the basis for effective team functioning.
What to do when we question whether life is worth living
If you trip and fall while walking across the street, what are the chances you will skin your knees?
A plan to make happiness happen
How significant is depression as a global cause of disability?
The key to creating your own good luck
How much do you think having a good day is due to luck?
How to say no at work nicely
How often do you say yes to your manager when you would rather say no?
Why a glass of water can make you more productive
How much do you pay attention to your daily hydration levels?
How workplaces can improve mental health support
How can we make mental health support more accessible to more people?
How leadership can impact workplace mental health
Thousands of books claim to include the most important knowledge and skills required to be an excellent leader. However, there’s much less written on the key knowledge and skills required for a leader to effectively prevent stigma, promote mental health and support employees’ mental health in the workplace.
Awareness is the first step to promote mental health in the workplace
Do you know when someone is having a bad day? Do you notice their facial expressions, body language, even tone of voice and words? Would you know how to determine if they may be experiencing more than stress, perhaps a mental health crisis?
Small steps can lead to big change in curbing mental illness in the workplace
Sometimes we don’t need another program; we need a movement to make lasting change.
There is no work-life balance - but how you blend your time matters
So, how are you managing your work-life balance?
Caring employers boost productivity of their staff, survey finds
What is one of your most important assets that predicts your organization’s success?
Winning workplaces put flexibility first
Flexibility is top of the mind this year: flexibility in the workplace, flexibility in employee relations. This can mean everything from varied office hours and working from home to creating a more adaptable office culture and open-door communication.
Employee Recommended Workplace Award celebrates 11 organizations that earned top scores
Eleven organizations earned the highest scores, highlighting their excellence in achieving a healthy, engaged and productive workforce, to become top category winners at the second annual Employee Recommended Workplace Award.
Medium-sized companies get top health scores in benchmark report
This article highlights some findings from the total health benchmarks from the 2017 Employee Recommended Workplace Award.
Write away your stress with a journal
How do you objectively evaluate each day as being positive or negative?
Winners see award as ‘validation that we’re doing the right thing’
Nine companies win top prize at the inaugural Employee Recommended Workplace Award ceremony.
The winning formulas for workplace wellness
Health and wellness can be many things to many people, and individuals will always have a preference over what works for them.
Sensitivity grows for workplace mental illness
Every week, half a million workers in Canada call in sick because of mental health problems.
Employee Recommended Workplace Award finalists announced
Thirty-two Canadian companies have earned the distinction of being named an Employee Recommended Workplace in the first year of the awards developed by Morneau Shepell and The Globe and Mail.
Why you need a mental health leader
This is part of a series examining the mental health experience in Canada’s workplaces.
Should my company hire someone to implement a mental health strategy?
This is part of a series examining the mental health experience in Canada’s workplaces.
A step by step plan to improve workplace mental health
This is part of a series examining the mental health experience in Canada’s workplaces.