Mental Health First Aid for the Workplace - How leaders can support their team.

A recent research study by Zhang and colleagues took a deep dive into the scientific literature and found that a leaders’ Emotional Intelligence (EI) has a positive impact on project performance, and that this impact is more significant in more complex projects.

Technical professionals often pick their career path because they enjoy learning about the smallest of details and finessing their craft. Or their choice of employment requires them to pay attention to the details of their work. Either way, a lot of people in the STEM field can have a tendency to see the trees and miss the forest, and I was no exception.

With every bad meeting comes significant consequences. Employees and leaders across the board complain that meetings don't allow them enough time to get their work done. Unclear instructions and actions lead to confusion. Bad organization results in loss of focus on projects, and delays completion. Irrelevant attendees slow down the conversation, and extend meeting duration. Essentially, bad meetings are contagious. So what can you do to avoid all this?

The 4 day work week. This trending topic could not only change the current norms of our work schedules, but also prove beneficial to employee performance, health, and happiness.

What is psychological safety? Essentially, people feel they can take interpersonal risk at work. For example, expressing opinions or behaviours that may be different from the norm. So how do we create a psychologically safe space in the workplace?

Have you ever stopped and wondered how this lasting pandemic will shape the class of talent entering into the workplace? What opportunities and set-backs are involved? How can companies prepare for this “war” and what perks and benefits should they consider offering?

Q&A with Dr. Ivan Joseph, Erin Davis and Dr. Lisa Belanger exploring how leaders can start the conversation and help impact change from the top down, how to make real change, how diversity and inclusion positively affect the bottom line, and more.