Head Forward

Helping staff cope in the workplace during a pandemic. Strategic HR consultant Dr. Bill Howatt shares how employees and managers can be prepared as they go back into the office.

Racism is real in the Canadian workplace. Employment lawyer, Ryan Watkins shares how it negatively impacts everyone on the job and how it can be counteracted.

Business as usual is impossible since COVID-19 emerged. Canadian Chamber of Commerce CEO, Honourable Perrin Beatty, explains how adapting to our COVID-19 reality can actually spur innovation in the workplace.

COVID-19 is impacting intimate relationships. Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, Michele Maurer, explains how to maintain well-balanced partnerships in these unprecedented times.

Stressful events including a pandemic can bring up feelings of previous traumatic events, compounding the distress we feel. Without interventions, trauma experienced in childhood undoubtedly carries forward into adulthood, explains Dr. Eboni Webb.

Learning how to deal with the challenging feelings the COVID-19 pandemic can cause. Psychologist Dr. Deanne Simms with the Canadian Mental Health Association explores how the pandemic is playing out on people’s mental health and how to ease the strain.

Employment Lawyer Ryan Watkins explores the implications for workplaces when it comes to illnesses like Coronavirus / COVID-19. He explains how to best plan ahead and help maintain workplace wellness for all.

From the importance of food on mental health to childhood trauma’s impact on brain development, our various guests have shared many valuable insights in 2019. We listen back to the top five takeaways from the year, to get you ready for 2020.

From the cleaning staff to CEO, anyone can be a leader at work. Leadership speaker and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Drew Dudley shares how to empower every member of an organization to lead by living their own personal values.