All posts by Diana Hendel and Mark Goulston

The pandemic disrupted every industry and changed our lives forever.

Just as a sense of normalcy is returning, why are America’s workers reporting record levels of burnout?

When a crisis or major disruption hits your organization, the effects on employees can be truly dire.

While mental health issues have always been a concern in the workplace, the widespread stress, distress and trauma caused by COVID-19 have forced leaders to zero in on the subject.

The most resilient organizations are those that prepare to deal with traumatic events. Organizations that will stand the test of time are those that put a plan in place to deal with the kinds of disasters that could create traumatic stress in their people and destabilize their culture.

Many employees are the walking wounded. We all have different thresholds for stress, and we’ve all been impacted by COVID and other crises to varying degrees. No wonder some of us are struggling with the aftermath of trauma.