Ho ho ho! We're feeling festive before the holiday break, but this conversation is serious. HR leader Kin Choi shares hard-earned lessons on leading through constant change, adaptability, mental health, and systems-level thinking in today's workplace.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why resisting change creates more risk than stability
• How leaders can build a healthier mindset around uncertainty
• What decades in HR reveal about employee assistance programs
• Why most workplace mental health models stay reactive
• How large institutions can move the “middle” through change
• What post-secondary disruption reveals about Canada’s workforce future

This conversation challenges conventional thinking on change management and workplace mental health, offering practical insights for leaders navigating complexity, disruption, and long-term organizational health.

Guest

Kin Choi is the Vice President of Human Resources at Algonquin College, with more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across Canada’s public and private sectors. He has held executive roles at TELUS Health and National Defence, leading complex organizations through large-scale change. Kin’s work focuses on workforce transformation, mental health, and building resilient systems that perform under pressure.

Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Practical strategies for employee engagement across a distributed workforce in decentralized teams.

Host Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Stephen Fletcher, CHRO of Canada Cartage, to explore what it really takes to keep people engaged, supported, and psychologically safe in one of the most decentralized and traditional industries: transportation.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why meaningful work and shared purpose still drive engagement across every sector.
• How economic pressures and workforce turnover are reshaping the transportation industry.
• The role frontline supervisors play in employee engagement—and why they make or break culture.
• How origin stories and organizational history build pride and discretionary effort.
• What psychological safety looks like in a male-dominated, “toughness-first” environment.
• Why isolation, access barriers, and time pressures keep employees from seeking mental health support.
• How HR leaders can “meet people where they are” with practical, realistic strategies.

Stephen offers a grounded look at the realities of engaging a highly distributed workforce while navigating industry change. This conversation equips leaders with a clearer view of psychological safety, modern engagement practices, and what it means to support people through unprecedented pressures.

Guest Speaker

Stephen Fletcher, M.B.A., CHRL, is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Canada Cartage and an award-winning HR executive known for guiding complex, decentralized organizations through growth and transformation. With deep expertise across private equity, public companies, and regulated sectors, he specializes in strategic planning, change leadership, and building scalable people systems. Stephen is also a former Board Director and Chair of the Human Resources Compensation Committee for the Human Resources Professionals Association, where he advanced governance, succession planning, and professional standards.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Healthcare HR meets workplace mental health: Tammy Sergie shares prevention, engagement, and cross-generation tactics leaders can use now.

Host Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Tammy Sergie (Chief Human Resources Officer at EHN Canada) to unpack workplace mental health in a complex healthcare landscape—burnout, engagement, and leading four generations at once.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why “do more with less” is burning out HR—and what to do instead.
• How to read engagement signals in clinical teams and stem early nurse attrition.
• Where EAP and therapy fit—and why a preventative strategy must go further.
• How cost of living, benefits mix, and pensions shape retention beyond pay.
• Practical ways to get Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z speaking the same language (hint: more in-person, project-based collaboration).
• How to measure what matters: surveys, town halls, and tying results to ROI.
• When AI can relieve admin load so people leaders can focus on humans. A clear playbook for HR leaders to build preventative workplace mental health, improve engagement, and prove impact—especially in healthcare.

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This episode explores practical ways HR leaders—especially in healthcare—can prevent burnout and improve engagement across a multigenerational workforce.

Guest Speaker

Tammy Sergie, CHRP, CHRL, SHRM-CP, is VP, People & Culture, EHN Canada. She brings 20+ years in HR leadership across healthcare and retail, with an Hon BA in Business Administration & International Studies (University of Toronto) and HR management studies from Seneca Polytechnic. Tammy’s focus is building preventative workplace mental health systems, engagement, and multigenerational people strategies.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

👉 Connect for the latest insights directly in your feed: Headversity on LinkedIn