Resources and guidance for leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

• LifeWorks
  Manager Consult

  A consultation service for managers and supervisors with questions about specific employee situations including mental health, unusual behavior, or performance issues. Clinical managers will provide information and resources tailored to your circumstances and are available 24/7 at 1-855-595-2110.

• Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
  Workplace Trauma

  Organizational and leadership strategies for how to deal with trauma in the workplace.

• Deloitte
  The Heart of Resilient Leadership: Responding to COVID-19

  Five fundamental qualities of resilient leadership that distinguish successful leaders as they respond, recover and thrive through the COVID-19 crisis

• Forbes
  The Leader’s Guide to Managing COVID-19 Panic

  Today’s climate of panic creates both an opportunity and an imperative for leaders starting with setting an example with key practices to affect a resilient mindset, and also take steps to foster a more resilient organization. Learn five key practices to implement and encourage to successfully manage through these unusual times.

• MIT Sloan Management Review
  Leading Through COVID-19

  The art of effective crisis leadership focuses on three interdependent areas of activity that help foster sustained high performance by your team: adaptive capacity, resilience, and trust.

• McLean & Company
  COVID-19 & Recession Resource Center

  HR Consulting firm McLean & Company has developed an online hub to help HR professionals navigate this crisis, including daily updates, regular webinars, and videos. Read and watch what’s new.

• Mental Health Works
  How Can I Approach an Employee?
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  As a manager you have a responsibility to your staff to take action if you suspect that an employee is dealing with a mental health problem: How to approach an employee for whom you are concerned.

• Canadian Mental Health Association
  6 tips to respond to employee anxiety about COVID-19

  In order to support the psychological health and safety of your employees, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) recommends employers consider the following six tips.

If you would like further information on the services and supports available to you, your family/dependents or to your staff, please contact Richa Chodha, Integrated Wellness Consultant at r.chodha@utoronto.ca