In HRchat episode 438, we discuss ways to unlock the mental fitness potential of employees and what it means to create a psychologically safe work environment. My returning guest is Dr. Bill Howatt, founder and CEO of Howatt HR Consulting.
He refers to himself as a behavioral scientist with a keen curiosity for how employees and employers can work together to reduce mental harm and promote mental health in the workplace.
Bill is known internationally and is one of Canada’s top experts in workplace psychological health and safety. Dr. Bill is on the CSA OHS Standards Steering Committee and Chair of the CSA Standard Z1008: Management of Substance-Related Impairment in the Workplace. He is the co-creator of the Psychologically Safe Workplace Awards.
Questions for Bill include:
- You help workers and leaders unlock their mental fitness potential. Tell me about how you do that.
- The effects on employees of two years of pandemic/remote working
- Create a psychologically safe workplace – How does remote working complicate efforts to create a psychologically safe workplace?
- You recently shared a post on LinkedIn about ghosting in the workplace. Can you talk about it and some of the effects ghosting can have on employee mental health?