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Become a Pro at Managing Conflict
Internal conflict drives external conflict. Your first task at getting good at managing conflict is to become aware of all the signs and...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Look at Me When You Say Thank You
Workplace culture takes place in the small repeated micro practices of all of its members. It is not the large initiatives, one time...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Panic Attacks in the Workplace
How can you help someone when they are beginning to spin into overwhelm? What can you do to help yourself or the people around you when...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Managing Grief in the Workspace
Grief is the byproduct of caring about something. You cannot be sad about something leaving, dying, or failing unless you have invested...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


Redefining Work Breaks
Breaks can be used to improve workplace culture, support staff wellness and the building of resilience skills. If you need help trying...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


Finding What You Love
Do what you love should be more than a slogan or meme. It should be the preoccupation of every workspace. Finding love is not just...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


The Myth of the Family Dinner
How many meals do you eat together as one household per week? How many meals do you eat together as one household undistracted? Not in...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


Escape From the Office
What might the new desire for employees to prefer working from home say about existing workplace culture? If the workplace was such a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


Weaponizing Sorry
Without an active plan of what has been learned or what will change, I am sorry can be used to perpetuate the imbalance of power between...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
2 min read


Is There a Safe Way to Vent?
How can you avoid the toxic ways in which venting is expressed in the workplace? How do we help our workplace communities avoid...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min read


Small Steps Big Changes
The benefits of including small focused interruptions in workplace culture Building resilient workplace cultures is not complicated. It...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Building Resilience in the Workplace
3 Strategies to Bring Into Every Workplace to Build Resilience and Strengthen Workplace Culture The small but daily choices we make...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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The Problem With Zoom
What does this do to our social engagement? How does this affect our ability to truly listen and hear the other? Is it possible that the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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What is Crisis?
We think that crisis arrives as a sudden explosive disruption but that is an illusion. The roots of crisis move slowly. There is a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
4 min read


Before Entering a Difficult Conversation Read This
You are about to enter a client meeting. You already know the client is upset. This is the third time you have had to move the order of...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min read


Martyrs Make Terrible Caregivers
There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
4 min read


Can We Gamify Trust Building in Workplace Culture?
Trust is not just about spending time with staff. Building trust in a workspace requires more than time for coffee chats, team building...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min read


Managing Conflict in Remote Working and Learning - A Podcast
I recently got a chance to talk to a wonderful colleague from a long time previous project that my sister had set up in California. Â It...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Sometimes Kindness is the Wrong Choice
Photo by A A on Unsplash Years ago when I was training for a marathon, I was participating in an 18 mile training run. Â It was a hot...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Your Brain on Lonely
Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash I am talking to a group of university undergrad students via Skype. Â The topic is neuroplasticity and...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
3 min read
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