Cancer in the Workplace: How Employers Can Support Employees Who Are...
A cancer diagnosis can be life changing, and as patients try to navigate the “unknowns” of their new reality, many wonder how this diagnosis will impact their work life. Half of people diagnosed with...
View ArticleStrategies for Mental Hygiene and Psychological Safety at Work
What actions can you take to maintain your own mental health and to ensure that your workplace is psychologically safe? Reaching these goals requires deliberate effort, according to the presenters of...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing as a Leadership Strategy for Improved Employee...
It is no secret that we all want to be part of a positive and healthy work environment. Helping employees be well at work is about more than encouraging them to eat better and move more. Yes, those...
View ArticlePeer Support Programs in the Workplace
An estimated one in five people in the U.S. and Canada will personally experience mental illness in any given year. Furthermore, 70% of Canadians report that work impacts their mental health, and that...
View ArticleFour Strategies to Spread Kindness at Work
Kindness— a word many have long associated with “softness” or “weakness.” As research on kindness continues to emerge, views around this topic in the workplace are evolving. Kindness is defined as...
View ArticleBuilding a Grateful Workplace
How Gratitude Impacts Employee Well-Being and Organizational Success Supporting efforts toward healthy employees includes evaluating policies, practices, and promotions to ensure the environment helps...
View ArticleMenopause: Supporting Female Employees as They Age
More than one million women in the U.S. experience menopause each year, yet there are few workplace supports being put in place for this population. As more research is being conducted and the topic...
View ArticleHoliday Stress and the Workplace Influence
’Tis the season to socialize, celebrate, be merry—and for many, to be stressed. The holiday season can be complex, blending joyous emotions with feelings of sadness, frustration or even anger....
View ArticleDo You Have a Best Friend at Work? Creating the Conditions for Nourishing...
Let’s face it: We’re (still) lonely. In fact, one in five employees worldwide currently feels lonely at work. One factor contributing to this loneliness epidemic may be a lack of friendships. Having...
View ArticleTobacco-Related Health Disparities: A Summary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s...
A new report from the U.S. surgeon general’s office confirms equal progress has not been made to reduce cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure among all groups in the U.S. Cigarette smoking...
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