Building Stronger Workplaces: Empathy, Safety, and Boundaries
May 28, 1:00 p.m. EDT
In today’s high-pressure work environments, leaders are being called to do more than manage — they must lead with empathy, create spaces where people feel psychologically safe, and model healthy boundaries to prevent burnout.
In this interactive SHRM webinar, we’ll explore three essential pillars of emotionally intelligent leadership:
Empathy & Communication Skill Building, Creating and Maintaining Psychologically Safe Environments, and Setting Healthy Boundaries to Avoid Burnout.
Join us to gain practical insights into:
- Fostering trust, active listening, and compassionate dialogue across all levels of your organization.
- Actionable strategies to reduce fear, encourage open conversation, and support mental wellness at work.
- Tools to protect your own energy and help your team thrive without sacrificing well-being.
Walk away with tools you can use immediately to support yourself and your team.
Meet the Presenter
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Marjorie Morrison
Marjorie Morrison is a visionary entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and licensed clinician with over 30 years of clinical and business experience. Recognized for her ability to identify challenges and implement strategic solutions, she has made transformative contributions to the mental health sector.
Morrison developed a proactive counseling program for the U.S. Marine Corps that remains in use today and later founded PsychArmor Institute, a pioneering nonprofit dedicated to training civilians to better support Veterans. She then co-founded Psych Hub with Patrick J. Kennedy, scaling it into the world’s largest digital platform for mental health education—amassing over 1,500 resources and 30 million YouTube views—now expanded into a comprehensive marketplace that connects individuals to mental health care.
A renowned thought leader, Morrison has spoken at over 300 national and international conferences, hosted 350+ podcast interviews with industry experts, and authored The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis. Her expertise has been widely featured in major media outlets and recognized through numerous industry awards.
Currently serving as Executive in Residence for Mental Health at SHRM, Morrison remains dedicated to reimagining mental health through innovative digital solutions that integrate clinical research with compelling storytelling. Her mission is to improve mental health access, education, and outcomes for individuals and organizations alike.
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Kathryn Mayer
Kathryn Mayer is responsible for SHRM’s total rewards coverage and contributes to HR Quarterly and All Things Work. She has covered the health and benefits industry since 2011 and has served as senior benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference at Human Resource Executive; editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News; and executive managing editor at BenefitsPro. Her award-winning stories have been recognized by the Jesse H. Neal Award, the American Society of Business Publication Editors, and the National Federation of Press Women. She is the coauthor of the nonfiction book Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.