Sandra Boyd sits down with Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley, Registered Psychologist, researcher, and internationally recognized expert in human behaviour, to explore an important question facing today’s workplaces: how can leaders and employees navigate uncertainty when there is no clear destination?
Sandra Boyd sits down with Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley, Registered Psychologist, researcher, and internationally recognized expert in human behaviour, to explore an important question facing today’s workplaces: how can leaders and employees navigate uncertainty when there is no clear destination?
Through practical insights and real-world examples, Dr. Lee-Baggley explains the difference between change and uncertainty—and why uncertainty can place an additional strain on our brains, emotions, energy, and performance. Together, they examine how layoffs, AI, economic pressures, and continuous workplace disruption are affecting organizations and the people within them.
The conversation also explores the unique pressures women face in leadership, including the double bind, emotional labour, burnout, caregiving responsibilities, and the expectation to remain composed and capable at all times.
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Whether you are leading through workplace change, feeling exhausted by uncertainty, or trying to set healthier boundaries at work and home, this episode offers thoughtful, research-based guidance for protecting your wellbeing and creating more human workplaces.
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Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is a Registered Psychologist with two decades of professional experience in clinical psychology, health psychology, and organizational psychology. She has extensive applied experience and research knowledge in burnout, psychological safety in the workplace, behaviour and organizational change, and wellness leadership.
Dr. Lee-Baggley conducts innovative research at Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s University. She is an internationally recognized expert in human behaviour and the author of Healthy Habits Suck: How to Get Off the Couch and Live a Healthy Life Even If You Don’t Want To.