Challenges to Workgroup Cultures One rude encounter can ruin your day. You expect people to behave professionally at work. And … More
Tag: Workplace resilience
The Person in Situation
It’s never entirely the situation and it’s never entirely the person. So much of what is truly interesting lies between … More
Workplace Justice Improves Engagement in 3 Ways
When the department manager left the company, Bill was confident that he would move into that position based on his … More
Staying in Motion to Avoid Exhaustion
A previous post laid out approaches to addressing exhaustion, a core aspect of burnout. Measures ask people how energetic they … More
Long Cycles, Short Cycles: Implications for Burnout and Engagement
When the only constant is change, people become concerned with predicting the direction and intensity of change. A specific concern … More
Managing Re-Entry
A winter break is a wonderful thing, but re-entry to work requires careful balancing. The problem with a winter break … More
The Big Divide: How Teams React to Stress
Some teams come together under stress; some fall apart. In a feature story in the Halifax Chronicle Herald I had … More
Aligning Priorities: Who’s a Player
In health care, priorities are not a to-do list. It is primarily about people. Every item is attached to someone. … More
Juggling Priorities as a Management Challenge
A major challenge for first line managers (FLMs) in health care is managing competing demands. They face requests and demands … More
The Cost and Impact of Workplace Health Programs
The 2013 Health Work and Wellness conference in Halifax provided an occasion to continue the search for cost-effective approaches to … More