Mary Ann Baynton serves as the Director of Collaboration and Strategy for Workplace Strategies for Mental Health. She’s held the role since the inception of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, predecessor to Workplace Strategies, in 2007. She is also principal of Mary Ann Baynton & Associates, where she consults with all levels of government and a diverse range of organizations, including unions, associations and institutions across the country. Mary Ann’s areas of expertise include workplace mental health, psychological safety, conflict resolution and performance concerns. She strives to help people get unstuck, move beyond problems, restore productivity and improve their working lives.
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Workplace Strategies for Mental Health resources are available to anyone, anytime, at no cost. You...
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Tips to be a more courageous leader and develop a team where psychological safety supports...
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Tips for evaluating and adjusting a psychological health and safety management system. These...
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Information on how to work successfully while living with ADHD, anxiety, autism, depression,...
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Free online tool by Psychological Foundation of Canada for practical problem-solving to address the...
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Questions and strategies to help you have a supportive conversation when someone you care about...
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Objective observation of a negative thought can help create some emotional distance between you and...
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People lie for all kinds of reasons. On this page, we talk about reasons people lie, how you can...
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Tactful words to use when referring employees to mental health resources for a variety of reasons...
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Learn strategies you can put in place to protect the mental health of isolated workers...
Last updated on: Aug. 2, 2024
Learn about reaching out for or becoming a peer supporter in the workplace. Peer supporters draw on...
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Information, tools and strategies you can use when experiencing mental health issues at work...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Loneliness is directly linked to health, life and work satisfaction outcomes. Learn strategies for...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
A process to create a team-level purpose statement that helps clarify the value and contribution...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
This 2-part team-building activity engages the team in developing a process to respectfully hold...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Accountability within a team helps foster trusting, safe, and cohesive relationships. But holding...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Techniques to help you reduce anxiety and deal with stressors more effectively throughout your day...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Learn to build, maintain and deepen any relationship for a stronger connection...
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Psychological injury can happen as a result of severe stress or trauma. There are approaches to...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Exploring and learning from a challenging thought can help you avoid being overwhelmed by negative...
Last updated on: Aug. 1, 2024
Select statements from the Guarding Minds at Work employee survey were identified by the...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
Select statements from the Guarding Minds at Work employee survey were identified by the...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
Questions related to copyright, customization and functionality of Guarding Minds at Work are...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
These actions and responses can be implemented with a minimal investment of resources or cost to
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These questions can help you to open up a conversation that can foster and improve psychological...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
By challenging angry thoughts, you can cut through the emotion to get to whatever needs to be...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
Activities to help you connect inwardly and show up more fully in your day-to-day life...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
Choosing to do acts of kindness can elicit positive emotions such as joy and gratitude, which play...
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Learn how you can assess and take action to ensure diversity and inclusion...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
Anger is a reaction to a perceived or an actual injustice. Sometimes we react with behaviours that...
Last updated on: Jul. 31, 2024
We associate our emotions – positive or negative – with the ways we think about...
Last updated on: Jul. 29, 2024
Taking a few moments to reflect on your assumptions and intentions before beginning a difficult...
Last updated on: Jul. 12, 2024
Increase your mental health awareness in 5 minutes a week with this email series delivered to your...
Last updated on: Jul. 12, 2024
Review the pros and cons of asking demographic questions in your Guarding Minds at Work employee...
Last updated on: Jul. 5, 2024
Learn how to support your employees during loss and while at work. Effective strategies can help...
Last updated on: Jul. 5, 2024
Tips and strategies that can help you adjust to routines, re-establish social connections and...
Last updated on: Jul. 5, 2024
Suggested questions for a productive conversation about an employee’s engagement and...
Last updated on: Jul. 4, 2024
With an aging workforce, awareness of dementia helps with early recognition, effective risk...
Last updated on: Jul. 3, 2024
Use this checklist to assess how you are feeling right now. Take this list to your health...
Last updated on: Jun. 27, 2024
When we’re triggered, our reactions may be difficult for us and others to handle. Learn how...
Last updated on: Jun. 5, 2024
Throughout the employment life cycle, there are opportunities to protect psychological health and...
Last updated on: May. 17, 2024
Questions to ask individuals and teams at the end of a project to discover lessons learned and...
Last updated on: May. 6, 2024
This activity assists team members in developing constructive and...
Last updated on: Apr. 29, 2024
When we express judgment and criticism we may shut down any chance of an open and honest...
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Tips and strategies to communicate when someone is emotional...
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Quick and practical tips for responding to co-worker questions...
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Free activities to increase your ability to manage your reactions and control how you impact...
Last updated on: Aug. 3, 2023
This team activity helps team members set positive intentions for a day, meeting, project, event or...
Last updated on: Jul. 18, 2023
This team activity asks each member to anonymously share how they have contributed to a positive...
Last updated on: Jul. 18, 2023
This team-building activity can help build resiliency through improved social support and...
Last updated on: Jul. 17, 2023
This team-building activity helps team members think about and articulate the strengths that others...
Last updated on: Jul. 17, 2023
This team-building activity can help develop a sense of openness and trust amongst the team...
Last updated on: Jul. 17, 2023
This team-building activity encourages employees to reflect on past challenges and share coping...
Last updated on: Jul. 17, 2023
Strategies that can help you provide negative feedback in a respectful, helpful and effective...
Last updated on: Apr. 6, 2023
In this fun activity, the team will learn how to ensure their body language is conveying the...
Last updated on: Mar. 17, 2023
Use these resources to discuss psychological health and safety policies and strategies with...
Last updated on: Jan. 19, 2023
A team building activity to help acknowledge team accomplishments. Have employees share a success...
Last updated on: Dec. 1, 2022
We can experience stress in both in person and virtual or remote work settings. This activity will...
Last updated on: Dec. 1, 2022
This free tool can help you improve your self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and...
Last updated on: Oct. 31, 2022
Learn how your choice of words can make any conversation more difficult...
Last updated on: Sep. 7, 2022
If you feel hesitant to reach out, think about how you feel when you are able to help someone. Many...
Last updated on: Aug. 12, 2022
A variety of approaches that could help you to reduce your overall stress level...
Last updated on: Aug. 12, 2022
“You idiot!” You’d be offended if someone said this to you, but how often do you...
Last updated on: Aug. 10, 2022
Learn to write an email to avoid misunderstandings...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
Questions and strategies to help you have a supportive conversation when someone you care about is...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
This activity allows team members to examine different ranges of emotional responses and what...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
This team activity examines situations where anger is a symptom of an underlying emotion like guilt...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
An activity to calm the mind by relaxing the body...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
An activity to help the mind focus on what is positive to balance out the need to deal with the...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
An activity to help recognize the difference in tension and energy that even a couple minutes of...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
This group activity reminds team members that reducing tension in the face and body can reduce the...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
This team-building activity helps us recognize how the way we respond to others in person and...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
Effective communication isn’t limited to the words we say. Our non-verbal communication...
Last updated on: Aug. 9, 2022
A team building activity about improving effectiveness and reducing negative emotions in the...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
Bottling up emotions can harm our physical and mental health and damage our relationships. Learn to...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
Most of us find it difficult to receive negative feedback. We may feel criticized, judged or...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
This team-building activity can help develop shared and reasonable expectations for quality of...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
Whether we’re talking about our own behaviours or someone else’s, we’re likely to...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
Explore why others might perceive you differently from how you describe yourself...
Last updated on: Aug. 8, 2022
One of the most effective, immediate strategies for regulating your mood in the moment is to work...
Last updated on: Aug. 4, 2022
This team-building activity helps build effective problem-solving skills to reduce the stress that...
Last updated on: Aug. 4, 2022
Learn the simple exercise of Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) to help reduce and prevent muscle...
Last updated on: Aug. 4, 2022
This team-building activity helps team members develop skills to move beyond a disappointment...
Last updated on: Feb. 23, 2022
It’s rarely, if ever, helpful to worry. Learn fact from fiction when it comes to worry...
Last updated on: Feb. 23, 2022
Before reacting to someone’s behaviour, take a moment to consider what might be motivating...
Last updated on: Feb. 22, 2022
Your mood affects others, whether you wish it to or not. Strengthen your relationships by...
Last updated on: Jan. 11, 2022
Planning in advance to deal with potential illness or absence from work can help build resilience...
Last updated on: Nov. 5, 2021
Planning in advance to deal with potential illness or absence from work can help build resilience...
Last updated on: Sep. 2, 2021
Planning in advance to deal with potential illness or absence from work can help build resilience...
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This is a free, evidence-based online emotional intelligence assessment...
Last updated on: Mar. 31, 2021