2. Workplace Assessments

Independent assessments to bring together, recognize and benchmark organizational efforts in mental health and psych health and safety management integration.  Most organizations already have policies, processes, initiatives that are working to support positive workplace culture and are impacting psychosocial risk factors present in all organizations.  Our assessments are the gold standard for people-centred culture, data-driven and continuous workplace change aimed at improving employee mental health and wellbeing. 

Many factors influence the workplace environment.  Even a climate of low-level negativity can result in new norms that have negative impact on psychological safety, productivity, collaboration, innovation and stress over time.  

Not sure where to start or what to do?  

We have found that because of the sensitive nature of this work, the best approach starts with a simple, confidential conversation.  We would be happy to have a call, meet in person or via Zoom, whatever works best for you.  

New legal minimums in employer obligations related to psych health and safety are continuing to evolve around the world.  You have more in place and more opportunity for continuous improvement than you think to positively influence culture, adapt and monitor workplace risk of psychological injury, illness, and work-related harms to mental health.

Do you need to rebuild, redirect or shift the way your team works together because of conflict, change or other pressures? 

Contact us to discuss your challenges and how our process can safely and effectively shift understanding, behaviour, surface challenges and identify hidden shared strengths. We know how to identify root causes and influences.  Our approach recognizes both the visible and not-so-invisible signs, symptoms and impacts of the challenge.  These are essential so that you can bring your organization into a strong sense of shared purpose and create whole team understanding of people and how and why conflicts can occur.  With guided insight from a supportive "thinking partner" coach we explore strengths, your needs, opportunities and blind spots (we all have them) and make room for growth, courage, and appreciation of different perspectives, impacts and experiences even in the same situations.  

Our process works to rebuild trust through radical candor, holding trauma-informed listening circles and by helping individuals and the group increase their understanding of themselves and others. The team works through a process to discover new evidence-based behaviours that if practiced unlock psychological safety and culture growth.  

Although they are a last resort, sometimes the circumstances require a workplace investigation into behaviours or incidents to meet your legal minimums and better understand both root causes and the factors that are influencing the incident.   We provide a confidential, independent and trusted process of discovery, analysis, insights and conclusions.  Our recommendations are aimed at eliminating or minimizing the risk of recurrence and enabling the organization to move forward with meaningful and evidence-based change.  

We offer both a formal Workplace Investigation or a less formal process of reviewing the issues, meeting with stakeholders, witnesses and the principals involved.  We are conscious of the invisible stress that any investigation can have on the principals and organization.  Our process creates an environment that is as psychologically-safe as possible while also ensuring all obligations are met.

We would be pleased to meet with you to discuss your assignment.

Depending on your needs we offer a number of accredited assessments, from organization-wide examinations of inclusion, diversity and equity to organizational, leader and individual contributor assessments.  These can be used alone or in combination with other services to support your strategic goals.

One of our assessments is the Emotional Intelligence Quotient Index 2.0 (EQ-i) Assessment. This science-based behavioural tool helps you identify hidden strengths and competencies. The assessment also can unearth how certain strengths and skills show up in impact and influence.  In the debrief and coaching that are part of the assessment, we help you take this new understanding into your own development plan.  A series of one-to-one coaching sessions are included to support you putting insights into action.