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In the past 20 years, Ryan has worked in various industries including construction, oil and gas, not-for-profits, and unions. As he ascended into various leadership positions, he collaborated and worked with many leaders and have witnessed firsthand the impacts an ineffective leader has on the overall culture, productivity, and general well being of the staff. Ego-centric, authoritative leaders, who instill fear with their team, while still believing this way of leading is effective, need to come to the realization that times have changed, and that the old school of leading is no longer effective. Not only does this type of leadership in fact reduce productivity, more importantly, it impacts the psychological well being of the team. Ryan had experienced this firsthand, through which he had worked for many ineffective leaders, many of which displayed authoritative leadership styles. During his employment with these ineffective leaders, he had experienced various psychological traumatic episodes whereby he was ineffective at his job, and had lost the trust in his leader. Ryan's message to those leaders who perhaps are unaware of their intentions and impact they have on others; you may think that you are pushing your staff to increase productivity, but in fact you are doing the opposite, you are losing the trust of your employees, creating a psychological hazard in the workplace which some staff may not overcome, as well as reducing productivity in the long run.

There is no doubt in Ryan's mind that the Canadian Institute of Workplace Harassment and Violence can assist organizations in resolving their psychological hazards in hopes of creating a healthy and effective culture that many people would relish to work in.

Johna Jamieson is a natural leader who passionately advocates for the equality, diversity and inclusion of all the individuals she supports on a personal or professional level. For 16 years Johna has provided and promoted the best quality of life to her staff and clients through mentoring and coaching with an emphasis on empowerment and validation as well as providing relevant resources. Johna specializes in supporting the neurodiverse community and aspires to help improve awareness and psychological safety to the youth and indigenous population entering the workforce.