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It’s been said that we learn from experience. But we can learn a lot more when we add the experiences of others to our own. On WorkShift, we're putting leaders in workplace safety on the mic to talk health, safety, but most of all, leadership in a world that has changed forever. Hear the stories behind their successes, and their failures, and how they’re meeting the same challenges you may be facing. Whether you’re a leader or someone who enjoys inspiring conversations, WorkShift will change ...
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Looking Back and Moving Forward – Season 1 Reflections
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As season one of WorkShift comes to a close, Shelley Rowan, Interim CEO of the Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia is signing off as host of WorkShift. Shelley served as Interim CEO of WCB Nova Scotia and host of WorkShift from December 2022 to August 2023. After 25 years with WCB Nova Scotia, Shelley retired on Sept 1 from the organization. …
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In 2022, Nova Scotians lost around a million working days to workplace injury. That’s the same as nearly 200 people working full-time for a year. It has a huge impact on those individuals and their families, their workplaces, our healthcare system and the province as a whole. As leaders, we have a responsibility to do everything we can to minimize …
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In Nova Scotia and across Canada, we are facing an issue with the workforce that we have never really faced before. We simply don't have enough skilled workers to do the work that needs to be done. We don't have enough skilled workers to fill the jobs that are available across the country. At the WCB, we think that part of the solution to this prob…
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Lessons in Leadership: The Best of WorkShift
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It’s hard to believe, but we recently marked a year of doing this show. In that time, we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to a wide range of remarkable safety leaders, who are all deeply passionate about making Nova Scotia a safer place to work and live. There has been something inspirational in every episode we’ve done so far. To mark our first ann…
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WCB works with a wide range of partners across the province, and the country, to help support the work we do to keep Nova Scotians safe. As an organization, we know that we will only be successful when we are aligned on that mission. One of the most important partnerships we have is with government, as they help guide the priorities for the provinc…
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Activity In The Workplace with Dr. Robert Strang and Dr. Jonathan Fowles
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We all know that exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. We also know that a lack of exercise can lead to a whole host of health conditions that can affect quality of life at home and at work. Research has found that organizations where employers work in sedentary environments, are seeing a decline in the health and wellness of their …
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" When we started this podcast, we wanted to invite people into those meeting rooms, and give them a chance to hear directly from the change-makers and hopefully inspire leaders to continue these important conversations in their own workplaces." - Shelley Rowan After 36 years with Worker's Compensation Board and 10 years as CEO, Stuart MacLean has …
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Whether you’re a leader or someone who enjoys inspiring conversations, WorkShift will change the way you think about work. Shelley Rowan, interim CEO of the Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, speaks with leaders in workplace safety about health, safety, but most of all, leadership in a world that is constantly changing. You will hear the st…
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In the face of new challenges in the workforce, leaders are being asked to do more today to ensure their workplaces are more physically and mentally safer than ever before. With the exiting of Baby Boomers and industry labour shortages, leaders are being tested in new ways. How do we ensure our skilled workers are healthy and safe at work? How do w…
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Safety Storytelling with Martin Lesperance
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Storytelling is one of the most compelling forms of communication and often the best way to ensure vital information is absorbed by the people you are trying to reach. In episode 5 of our Workshift podcast, WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to Martin Lesperance about the effectiveness of storytelling in workplace safety, especially for those in leadersh…
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Safety culture in the workplace guides what your people do when no one's looking. It’s shared perceptions, it’s beliefs, it’s attitudes. For industries that are grappling with labour shortages, building a strong safety culture has never been more important. But what does it mean to have a strong safety culture? How do you build one and more importa…
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Leading Safety in Small and Large-Scale Construction
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Over the last 10 years the construction sector has seen significant progress in reducing injuries. In fact, they had over 1500 time-loss injuries at one point, and now have less than 500 on an annual basis. We're seeing improvements because people want to see real change. And in construction, leaders have moved from knowing about safety, to really …
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Leading Psychological Safety In The Workplace
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There's a role for all of us in creating psychologically safe workplaces. "Organizations need to be very deliberate in making sure that people's psychological strength and fitness is supported and developed." Dr. Jackie Kinley. Join us today in this amazing conversation with some amazing leaders around workplace psychological safety. Dr. Jackie Kin…
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May 9, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Westray mining disaster where 26 Miners lost their lives. The disaster left an indelible mark on the province and prompted major changes to workplace health and safety. Today, we have half the number of workplace injuries. We have better awareness, better safety programs, better adherence to safety legi…
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Whether you’re a leader or someone who enjoys inspiring conversations, WorkShift will change the way you think about work. Stuart MacLean, CEO of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, puts leaders in workplace safety on the mic – to talk health, safety, but most of all, leadership in a world that has changed forever. Hear the stories behi…
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