Train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio After the recent train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, many of you are likely considering how to provide employee support after a hazardous event. Hazardous events potentially threaten people, the environment, or property. These events can take many forms, ranging from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes,
What is workforce resilience? Workforce resilience refers to an organization’s ability to adapt to and recover from unexpected or adverse events. These events are economic downturns, natural disasters, pandemics, etc. Undoubtedly, the goal is to have increased flexibility without significant disruption to operations. It involves the ability of an organization’s employees to bounce back from
Is working from home the new normal? There’s no doubt about it; working resiliently remotely is a learned skill. Like me, you are observing the seismic shift of corporations learning to enable most of their workforce to work from home. Also, like me, as a resilience professional, you are considering the impact of this change
It began with shell shock In this blog, I share emotional first aid for employees and why psychological techniques are translatable to the workplace. But first, let’s talk about shell shock. During World War II, soldiers first coined the phenomenon to describe extreme fatigue, tremor, confusion, nightmares, and impaired sight and hearing they experienced on
Building Psychological Resilience Employee resilience must be a core attribute when considering organizational resilience. Although not called out in the definition, businesses prepared to absorb and adapt after crisis events focus on personnel first. Companies developing real resilience consider the capabilities of their employees first when moving towards a model that promotes ongoing agility. As
