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Navigating family leave: How to balance parenthood, well-being and resilience

For many, growing a family is an exciting time full of emotions, but when it comes to work, navigating multiple roles and responsibilities can be debilitating. These pressures can end up reducing the workforce. Various sources estimate that anywhere from 10% to 43% of employees don't return to the workplace after maternity or paternity leave. 

Exit interviews: needed closure or a burden on employees?

For Joelle Monaco, a workforce strategist and founder of Joelle Monaco Consulting, they’re a conduit for open communication. “These interviews are a unique opportunity for organizations to learn from departures… [and to] foster an environment that thrives on continuous improvement,” she explains. Therefore, exit interviews are a strategic tool for understanding and shaping organizational culture.

How HR pros can repair a culture that has taken a toxic turn

“HR has to focus on rebranding within the organization,” said Joelle Monaco, who runs her own consulting firm and advises companies on people and organizational management. “That looks like getting out from behind their desks and having conversations and getting to know people.”

How to Create a Trauma-informed Workplace

Whatever the traumatic event is, HR needs an action plan, which can include bringing in EAP resources and local government mental health professionals to develop a long-term agenda to deal with the aftermath. Immediate needs can include sharing a list of providers who are taking new patients and arranging group discussions facilitated by a mental health professional, Monaco says.

Elevating from Workplace Wellness to Workplace Well-Being

When we think of workplace wellness, what comes to mind? If you’re like most individuals and organizations, your mind and programming go directly to the traditional ideas; walk programs, gym memberships, nutritional education, diabetes awareness, or smoking cessation programs. However, when we consider workplace well-being, there is much more to consider than that.

Stress: Let’s be honest; we all experience it, but what are we doing to create change?

Stress six letters that evoke various emotions depending on our mood, day, week, or heck, the past year. Stress is a dear friend that occasionally wakes us out of a dead sleep to remind us of an upcoming event. Or the friend that sometimes whispers in our ear; are you sure you can do that? Or better yet, the one that triggers butterflies in every part of our body when we are excited.