Wellness Habits: How to Manage Stress with Meditation
After a tumultuous and unprecedented year, we’ve come to realize the direct connection stress can have on our overall mental health and wellness. While things do seem to be getting back to normal, such prolonged exposure to stressful events has left many of us with anxiety, depression, and other mental health difficulties that will linger […]
Leadership Strategies for a Diverse and Inclusive Corporate Culture
For companies committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, recruiting a diverse workforce is only the beginning. For diversity to work, and for individuals and companies to reap the benefits of diversity, leaders need to make a conscious effort to shape an inclusive culture that is reflected in their daily behaviors. Today, this is […]
How Resilient Organizations Navigate Stressful Events
“I think humans are at the core of battling COVID when it comes to their organization. Human beings are the shock absorbers of the system. Having benefits that are all encompassing has been a real blessing in some of the companies that I’ve been at, because they’re not treating me or any other employee just […]
Why Innovation and Psychological Safety Create Resilient Organizations
In times of stress the most resilient organizations are the ones most likely to bounce back and emerge stronger than ever. In a previous post we covered six tactics HR departments can use to create resilient workforces. But what we missed in that discussion was one key hallmark of resilient organizations – which is the […]
HR Tactics to Build Workforce Resiliency
We previously defined resiliency in the workforce and talked about how to measure if it exists or not. But what about tactics to actually build a resilient company? In this post we hear from the heads of HR at Bloomberg, Dollar General, and a senior HR leader at Google on six areas to focus on […]
Defining and Measuring Workplace and Employee Resiliency
“If you still are in react mode, then I would just question: are you as resilient as you maybe thought you were?” – Ken Cooper, Head of HR at Bloomberg The Burnalong HR Leadership series hosted a round table discussion on defining and developing resiliency at the workplace (check out the link if you want […]