On this episode, Dr. Shari Dade takes a moment to chat with Paul Harman. Paul is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been the Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at the Montana VA for 7 years, during this time he has held several details including the Eastern Colorado Healthcare System as their Acting Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health and currently on detail to the Roseburg Healthcare System as their Acting Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health.

Listen in to a discussion on how leaders can become trauma informed and build workplaces that allow employees to thrive and provide the best care to our veterans.

Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/TATF_S3E9.pdf ===============================

Key Lessons:

1. Start building a healthy workplace by creating a workplace community based on people and their needs and experiences.
2. Trauma-informed leaders seek to look for factors within the system, structure, processes, and policies that may compound stress reactions for employees.
3. Check out VA Voices!

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