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How Leadership Development Coaching Provides Better Outcomes
Why does leadership development matter more than ever before? With the rapid growth of technology and the rise of remote [...]
Better Leadership: Focus on a Coach Approach
Coaching is a leadership style that is growing in organizational cultures. It is shifting from an optional leadership skill [...]
Creating a Psychologically Safe Workplace
7 Guiding Factors There are no losers when it comes to creating a Psychologically Safe workplace. The effects of [...]
Group Health Insurance – The Impact of Preferred Pharmacy Networks on Employees’ Mental Health
In recent years, a growing trend has emerged in the Canadian healthcare industry - the implementation of preferred pharmacy [...]
Provide Real Support For Your Mid-Career Team’s Psychological Resilience
Take a close look at the majority of your municipality’s work team members – especially those that are mid-career. They [...]
Mental Health Benefits Within Group Plans
Mental health challenges are prevalent and pose significant costs to workplaces. At the same time, a lack of mental [...]
Psychological Safety through Conflict Resolution
The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the “Standard”) defines a psychologically healthy [...]
Icing on a cake or a good cake?
Psychological Health and Safety is not a Program, it’s a Process Don’t you have enough on your plate? In a [...]
Leveraging Executive Recruitment: Navigating Leadership Transitions in the Public Sector
I have spent the last several years working in executive recruitment and executive search for placing leading talent for [...]
Survey Says: 80% Of Employees Consider The Health Benefits You Offer
Benefits Canada reports that a majority (80%) of Canadian employees say they consider an employer’s health benefits before accepting [...]
How employers can help reduce absenteeism in the workplace
How high is the cost of absenteeism? In Canada, it’s estimated to cost companies $16.6 billion in productivity per year. [...]
A Special Thank You From Our President
As 2023 comes to a close, I look back on this past year with gratitude, while looking forward to new [...]
Workplace Restoration: A Proactive Approach
Workplace restoration is the act of restoring a workplace after a significant event occurs. Often, such an event gives [...]
Cultivating a Team Culture Through Change
Change can be divisive so spending time cultivating the team culture through change is important. 1. Set a common [...]
Can Resilience Really Be Taught? A guide to strengthen employee resilience to overcome burnout.
In the dynamic landscape of today's workplaces, where challenges and stressors abound, the concept of resilience has emerged as a [...]
How To Help Employees Remain Strong, Optimistic and Well
A recent survey by LifeWorks Inc. found 25 per cent of Canadian employees are experiencing increased tension or conflict at [...]
Leading the Way: Effective and Ethical Change Leadership and Psychological Health and Safety
It’s a truism that the only constant is change. But when change management goes wrong, it undermines more than [...]
Labour Disruption Contingency Planning
Labour disruptions can significantly impact municipal operations, employee productivity and the overall stability within the communities we serve. Whether [...]
Orientation to Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice (RJ) offers a set of principles and values that inform a plethora of practices for a variety [...]
Quiet Quitting: How to Tackle Employee Disengagement
By now, you’ve surely heard of “quiet quitting.” This trending term has everybody talking. If you haven’t read or seen [...]
Your Opinion Makes Us Stronger!
OMHRA’s member feedback survey is your opportunity to provide feedback to help us understand what we’re doing well, and [...]
Help Your Workplace Restoration With Health Insurance Support
A psychologically healthy workplace is a respectful, productive environment that promotes and protects the mental health of employees. As [...]
The Post-Investigation Environment: Workplace Restoration
Victoria McCorkindale, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP _____________________________________________________________________ Allegations of workplace harassment or bullying can be a challenging [...]
Workplace Restoration – What is it and when should we use it?
What is Workplace Restoration? Workplace Restoration is gaining more attention as an effective HR tool, but what is it and [...]
Fanning the flames of change: Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Fire Service
Today's blog, provided by Bernardi Human Resource Law, summarizes the content presented in today's webinar, part of OMHRA's Fall Webinar [...]
