Tools and Resources
Equip managers and organizations so they can take action
Global-Watch does a scientific literature review, identifies best practices in organizations, then suggests tools that allow its members to have in hand the arguments and tools they need to.
Tools

Thematic dossier: Women’s health
Tools on the topic of women’s health and menopause: one for human resources professionals and the other for employees.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A comprehensive guide to practical strategies for success
This toolkit aims to clarify DE&I concepts by providing human resources professionals and DE&I leaders with the necessary tools to engage in in-depth reflection, develop new strategies, or improve existing processes. For the development of this toolkit, the Global-Watch team relied on 92 scientific references, as well as our review of practices around the world and market best practices.

Workplace harassment: What employers can and must do
The kit of 9 tools is based on 20 scientific references. It aims to support you in a structured approach by providing both strategic and individual tools to help you understand and combat workplace harassment.

Respect in the Workplace Office at Mouvement Desjardins in Quebec
In this video, Geneviève Mérette, Director of the RWO for the past 15 years, shares with us the context and initial needs, the stakeholders involved, the initiatives and interventions, the benefits, as well as the challenges and levers related to the implementation of the RWO.
Preventing incivility in the workplace: A winning strategy for effective action
This 9-tool kit is designed to guide you through a structured rollout process aimed at preventing incivilities and ensuring that you minimize their impact on your organization and the people who work there. Global-Watch team consulted 58 scientific references as well as our review of practices around the world and best market practices to develop these tools.

Mental health first aid : a useful tool to add to your overall strategy for mental health and well-being in the workplace
This tool will introduce you to the mental health first aid program, and provide you with concrete guidelines for implementing a mental health first aid strategy.

Managing ecoanxiety: Mobilizing employees for action
This tool will help you understand ecoanxiety, its context and its impacts and explore potential solutions to help employees deal with it.

Assessing and balancing workload: A responsibility with mutual benefits
This toolkit containing 15 tools is designed to support you in your workload assessment process, by providing you with the tools you need to optimize and balance your employees’ workloads. Global-Watch reviewed some sixty sources at the literature search stage. Thirty-five of these were selected for tool development.

Assessing work-related psychosocial risks (PSRs) and their risk factors
This toolkit includes 8 tools to help you implement your workplace psychosocial risk assessment program. It focuses mainly on understanding these risks and their associated factors and on how to assess them. Global-Watch reviewed some sixty sources at the literature search stage. Thirty of these were selected for the development of the tools in this kit.

Discover the 10 components of workload
This tool will help you learn about the 10 key components of workload so that you can act appropriately to promote sustainable well-being in your organization.

Mitigating psychological health risks in times of uncertainty
This toolkit includes some 20 tools developed from more than 100 reliable sources around the world to help you implement your psychological health risk mitigation strategy. It includes tools for people responsible for internal roll out of the strategy and managers.

Properly prepare for your day working remotely
We present this guide on well-being while working remotely, which, we hope, will help you better manage your time, the boundaries between your personal life and your professional life and the use of diverse technologies, with the goal of helping you take care of your physical and mental health.

Thematic dossier : Nutrition
This thematic dossier includes 2 tools dedicated to human resources managers, 5 information and awareness fact sheets intended for employees and 1 complementary tool on physical activity. More than 60 scientific references were considered in the development of this file.

Workplace Health and Well-Being: What indicators to use to measure the success of your strategy over time
In this video, Marie-Claude Pelletier, President and founder of Global-Watch and an expert on the subject of indicators, identifies the factors to consider before starting an initiative aimed at identifying the right indicators to monitor and then provides an overview of the five steps of the initiative suggested and documented by Global-Watch.

The strategy for mobilizing senior management towards health and well-being in the workplace at Loto-Québec (In French)
Employers’ experiences

Free videos – Thematic dossier: New workplace realities: organizational initiatives and management practices that promote mental health
Video presentations available for free : The contents of this thematic dossier present organizational initiatives to be deployed or management practices to be implemented in your companies to promote mental health and well-being at work. The following topics will be explored in the form of reference guides, tools for your managers and videos: disconnection, peer support programs, daily management practices and recognition at work.

Thematic dossier: New workplace realities: organizational initiatives and management practices that promote mental health
The contents of this thematic dossier present organizational initiatives to be deployed or management practices to be implemented in your companies to promote mental health and well-being at work. The following topics will be explored in the form of reference guides, tools for your managers and videos: disconnection, peer support programs, daily management practices and recognition at work.

Self-Management of Mental Health at Work – Reference guide for employees
There are quite a few self-management strategies. This reference guide presents some examples of strategies that may seem obvious, but which have been identified by a research as the most useful for supporting mental health at work.

7 tips for rebuilding social connections within your team
Tips for promoting social connections at work, whether they be for working in person, remotely or in a hybrid context.

Global-Watch Thematic Conferences
The Global-Watch Thematic Conferences are developed to help understand, learn and act on the main issues related to workplace mental health and well-being.

Prioritizing and measuring the impact of work-life balance initiatives
A 14 tools toolkit to help you prioritize and measure the impact of work-life balance initiatives using science-based indicators.

Work-life balance at Guard-X
Employee attraction and retention are some of the needs that led the Canadian fire protection company Guard-X to invest in a WLB procedure.

Work-life balance at Tootelo
In this video, you will discover the different WLB measures employed by Tootelo, as well as their challenges, success factors and much more interesting information!

Facing pandemic fatigue with your teams: the power of dialogue
Open a dialogue with your teams and cope with pandemic fatigue

The hybrid work of tomorrow: Food for thought for employees (Video in French)
The hybrid work of tomorrow: Food for thought for employees

The hybrid work of tomorrow: Food for thought for managers (Video in French)
The hybrid work of tomorrow: Food for thought for managers

The quality of life at work approach for Société Générale (in French)
Quality of life at work is a sustainable collective performance issue for Société Générale, and an opportunity to better support transformations within the company, prevent psychosocial risks, develop innovation and individual and collective efficiency, stimulate employee commitment, improve the daily lives of employees and attract candidates and retain employees.

How can organizations contribute to the psychological health of workers?
Global-Watch interview with Mr. Peter Kelly, Senior Psychologist at the Health and Safety Executive

4 Tools to Promote a Healthy Work Climate
4 Tools Developed to Help Organizations Promote a Healthy Work Climate. Aimed as much at Human Resources Managers as to employees.

Work-life balance at National Bank of Canada
Employer Experience

How can you plan for the transition to hybrid work mode? The major steps in planning for the change
How to plan well for the transition to hybrid work mode.

Thematic dossier: Transition to hybrid work mode
Le télétravail est, sans contredit, un sujet d’intérêt pour toutes les parties prenantes de l’organisation, de par ses avantages, mais aussi ses défis!

Mobilize employees in the transition to hybrid work mode
Learn about the 5 major beliefs from the scientific literature to reduce resistance to change.

Communicating well to facilitate the transition to hybrid work mode
How to write an effective communication plan to reduce the potential negative effects associated with a change.

Fostering mental health at work: The butterfly effect of management behaviours
20 specific, concrete, and simple behaviours to adopt

Internal network of mental health ambassadors at CGI Canada (in French)
Employer Experience

Reference guides on digital fatigue
Understand digital fatigue to limit its effects on health and well-being.

Thematic dossier: Well-being and Remote Working
Working remotely is, without a doubt, a topic of interest for all stakeholders in the organization, because of its advantages but also because of its challenges!

Video – Are you sleeping well?
Video – Are you sleeping well?

Understanding and preparing for human integration of artificial intelligence and digital transformation
This toolkit includes 12 tools developed from 49 credible sources worldwide, and in collaboration with 8 experts, specialists and practitioners.

Video 2 of 2: Self-management of mental health at Work – strategies that can be used outside of working hours
Strategies to use to self-manage mental health at work

Checklist: 12 Questions to Ask Before Implementing a Workplace Health and Well-Being Standard
For the use of well-being, quality of work life, prevention, physical and psychological health standards

Video 1 of 2: Self-management of mental health at Work – strategies that can be used in a workplace setting
Strategies to use to self-manage mental health at work

Where are you on the mental health continuum?
The mental health continuum. Taken from Checking our mental health vital signs. Programme d’aide aux médecins du Québec (PAMQ). 2020.

Peer support: formal or informal? (Video in French)
In this video, Rachel Thibeault, O.C., Ph.D., FCAOT, presents the two types of peer support that exist: formal and informal.

Support Guide – Measurement Indicators for a Workplace Health and Well-Being Strategy
This toolkit includes 12 tools based on 47 credible references from around the world, consultations with academic experts and practitioners, and the collection of testimonials from Canadian, French, British and Swiss organizations.

Returning to work after a long-term absence
This toolkit includes 30 tools based on more than 80 credible references from around the world and produced in collaboration with scientists, practitioners and experts in the field in Canada and Europe.

Three lessons learned about implementing informal peer support in the workplace (Video in French)
Rachel Thibeault, O.C., Ph.D., FCAOT, has accompanied several organizations from different sectors in the implementation of a peer support program. In this video, she presents 3 lessons learned from her experience.

Video capsule with Dr. Bérengère Petit-LeToumelin
Video capsule with Dr. Bérengère Petit-LeToumelin, occupational health services coordinating doctor at BNP Paribas

Mental health continuum tool (Video in French)
Rachel Thibeault, O.C., Ph.D., FCAOT, presents the underlying concepts of the mental health continuum and strategies for maintaining or moving toward an optimal psychological state.

Mental Health continuum Tool: Action points for managers (Video in French)
Rachel Thibeault, O.C., Ph.D., FCAOT presents the actionable portion of the Psychological Vital Signs Tool – Mental Health continuum that you, as a manager, can apply to help your employees optimize or maintain their psychological health.

3 months later : the effects of confinement on me and my work
How will you return to work after this period of slowdown or downtime?

Managing the return to work: elements for reflection and action
A few tips for managers to manage the return to work

Managers, some practices from positive psychology to inspire you in managing your teams (in French)
Some practices from positive psychology to integrate in the workplace.

Knowing how to take care of yourself to better help others (in French)
To take care of others, you must first know how to take care of yourself!

Better understand and foster sleep during stressful times
Advice for a better rest…

Confinement and cyberaddiction: what you need to know (in French)
What are the signs of a cyber addiction?

Recommendations for a healthy return to “normal” life (in French)
Recommendations for employees and managers.

Concise guide Are you sleeping well?
A tool to help employees better understand various sleep problems and how they can impact them and their loved ones.

As a manager, how can I maintain relationships with my staff? (Video in French)
As all work arrangements are affected by the global COVID-19 crisis, your role as a manager is even more critical. Ms. Charest offers you tools on how to take care of your employees.

Tips to minimize the negative effect of stress on our interpersonal relationships (Video in French)
The impact of crisis and containment on all our interpersonal relationships.

How to make the unpredictable a little more predictable? (Video in French)
The current situation involves its share of uncertainties, particularly at the financial level.

3 tips for managers: supporting my staff in remote working successfully.
Prof. Tremblay offers managers 3 tips to consider in supporting their workers during this time of “mandatory” remote working.

As an employee, how can I make my “mandatory” remote working a success?
Prof. Tremblay offers employees guidance on how to make their “mandatory” remote working a successful and more enjoyable experience.

5 tips to help managers look after their own mental health
How we, as managers, can take care of our own mental health?

5 tips to help employees look after their own mental health
How we, as employees, can take care of our own mental health?

“Scrambling”: An ability and a process.
The concept “scrambling” that refers to how human beings respond to a crisis adaptively, could not apply to the situation any better than the one we are experiencing today.

Key management practices for leaders to apply in an effort to safeguard their employees’ mental health in the context of remote working and crisis
Dr. Dimoff shares management practices to protect employees’ mental health and gives clear examples to help leaders use these practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to recognize employees’ warning signs in a remote setting?
Dr. Dimoff explains the 5 categories of “warning signs” and the related conditions that could indicate that your employees are psychologically distressed

How to reduce the anxiety of our children and teenagers? (Video in French)
The COVID-19 pandemic affects children and adolescents who may also experience increased anxiety.

Financial stress: some considerations for managers (Video in French)
The current situation involves its share of uncertainties, particularly at the financial level.

Material shared by employers exclusively for affiliates
Tools developed and used by employers

Managing our anxiety in times of crisis (Video in French)
Some simple but effective tips to reduce anxiety during this stressful time

Our relationship with money in stressful situations (Video in French)
The current situation involves its share of uncertainties, particularly at the financial level.

Critical Incidents in the Railway Industry: Preventing Negative Psychological Effects in Locomotive Engineers and Train Conductors
This tool addresses several aspects for an organization to consider when trying to improve their support to employees involved in a critical incident

Orange: Tool and strategy for anticipating the human impact of any change project (In French)
Orange presents the impact of the changes on employees

Prevention and Quality of Life at Work at Orange (In French)
5 key components of prevention and quality of life at work

Via Rail : optimal work presence (In French)
Tools and strategies to support a successful return to work

Standards for workplace health and well-being: Overview and possible approaches for employers
The launch in March 2018 of the standard ISO 45001 – the first international voluntary standard for workplace health and well-being – was an excellent opportunity for Global-Watch to look at current workplace health and well-being standards and to encourage employers to think about using them.

OXYGEN : CGI’s health and wellness strategy (In French)
Presentation of CGI’s health and wellness strategy

3 initiatives to facilitate the return to work after mental health issues
In this video, Global-Watch presents 3 initiatives (Denmark, UK, Quebec) that facilitate the return to work after mental health issues.

Psychological Health at Work – Some Frequently Asked Questions
Marie-Claude Pelletier, President and Founder of Global-Watch, and France St-Hilaire, Associate professor, Human Resource Management, Université de Sherbrooke and Scientific director of Global-Watch answer some frequently asked questions about psychological health in the workplace.

New technologies and new business models: how to take them into account without compromising employee health and productivity?
The global economy is evolving rapidly. Companies must embrace innovation and adapt to changes in industry and the economy, including the need to integrate new, digital technologies. This paper provides a summary of three reports and various case studies illustrating the impacts of this phenomenon on businesses.

Bullying in the workplace: Overview from the 2018 Conference on Bullying in Bordeaux
The 11th International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH) conference took place on June 5 to 8, 2018, in Bordeaux. The association aims to stimulate and generate ideas and research and to incorporate and disseminate research results and best practices in the area of harassment and bullying in the workplace.

Pr. Kevin Kelloway : impact of leadership on the workplace health and well-being
Global-Watch a eu le privilège de recevoir le Pr. Kevin Kelloway le 29 mai 2018 à Montréal, lors de la 1re édition québécoise de ses Rendez-vous biannuels. Ce prestigieux professeur de la St-Mary’s University, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la santé psychologique au travail, a présenté ses travaux sur l’incidence du leadership sur une culture positive de santé et bien-être au travail.

Are healthcare programs for Canadian workers worth it?
Sanofi Canada announced the results of the 21st edition of the Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey on June 14 in Montréal. The survey is broad and detailed. It assesses the health of Canadian workers (“members”) with employer-sponsored healthcare plans and the concerns of companies or employers (“sponsors”) offering healthcare plans to their employees.

Cannabis and other psychoactive substances: what employers can and should do
This toolkit includes 9 tools developed from credible references around the world.

Preparing your company for the legalization of cannabis in Canada (video)
Jacques Provencher, a partner at Le Corre, a law firm in Laval, Quebec, specialized in labor and employment law, summarizes the new legal framework regarding cannabis consumption in Canada coming into effect in october of 2018. He also speaks of the importance of a clear drug policy for businesses and what is allowed or not in terms of drug testing in Canada.

Digital transformation : EUROGIP Debates Meeting Report
What are the challenges and opportunities of the digital transformation for health and safety at work in Europe?
The question was at the heart of the EUROGIP Debates that took place on Thursday, March 15, 2018 (Paris).
Read more…

Integrate workplace health and well-being one step at a time
The transtheoretical model of the stages of change is based on the premise that not all employees are necessarily at the same stage, and that your tools and programs must take this into account. Global-Watch framework for intervention makes it possible to better understand the systemic dynamics of an organization when it wishes to put in place health and well-being actions.

Afnor: Situation of health and quality of life in France and tools to facilitate the deployment of an approach (in French)
In France, health and quality of life at work (QWL) is an issue of corporate social responsibility, which affects social, societal and economic aspects. AFNOR presents the situation of QWL in France, as well as tools to facilitate the deployment of an approach.

Orvade’s health and quality of life at work approach (in French)
Orvade, a division of Veolia in France, has implemented a structured approach to health and quality of life at work based on simplicity. This approach consists of 5 steps: management commitment, creation of a committee, data collection, implementation of actions, and finally evaluation.

Health and quality of life at the heart of the Desjardins employee experience (in French)
Desjardins, which has been active in well-being and health management for over 20 years, believes that it is important to invest in health and quality of life at work because of the positive impacts on investment, the impacts of non-health on organizational performance, systemic and demographic issues, and the evolving needs of the workforce.

New promising approaches to implementing well-being programs at Bell (in French)
Bell Let’s Talk Day, a $100 million mental health program based on anti-stigma, care and access, occupational health and research, is a success both externally and internally.

Australian workers ‘grin and bear’ it in silent workplace bullying epidemic
Traditionally, workplace safety campaigns have focused on preventing physical injuries or deaths in agricultural and blue-collar industries, like construction.
Safe Work Australia statistics show that workplace fatalities have dropped, from 259 in 2003 to 182 in 2016.
But experts say the focus needs to also be placed on the growing impact of workplace bullying and sexual harassment.

Retention of older workers: the case of Finland
Global-Watch shares this interesting 13 minute video (in French), produced by le Mag Avenue de l’Europe, presenting examples of Finnish companies integrating older people in employment (55 years and over) both on the philosophical, ergonomic, social, and economic aspects.

Sleep : a lever for improved wellness and productivity
This toolkit includes 14 tools based on 56 credible sources from France, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and the United States.

Putting Employee Wellness First : How The David Suzuki Foundation Does It
“Employers want all employees to come in and do their jobs, without being impacted by what could be going on at home or in their minds and bodies. But home life comes to work with us! That just isn’t a choice. So employers need flexible options for the individuals that make up their workforce; flexible policies are key to making that happen,” says Catherine Gordon, HR Director at the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF).

How to handle cancer in the workplace
Cancer, unfortunately, touches more and more people today, and therefore more and more employees. The good news is that current treatments allow us to envision a longer life expectancy. But this also means that employees who are sick can sometimes continue to work during their treatment, return to work after their illness, or even take on the role of caregiver. This leads to significant challenges for the workplace.

Reminder: 20 points to consider in collecting data from your employees
Collecting information from your employees must contribute to the reflection to identify actions to implement. You thus avoid carrying out actions only by intuition or out of interest. In fact, experience has shown that it is easy but ineffective to do activities that were not identified as a result of a rigorous exercise.

Pratt and Whitney Canada
It was at the request of managers that the company set up, around ten years ago, the Return to Work Protocol – a process that was put in place to support employees from the start of their disability leave until their return to work.