by Michael Heitt | May 21, 2013 | Disruptive Professionals, disruptive students, human behavior, workplace violence
It has long been understood that bullies typically have been bullied themselves. A few months ago I came across an interesting write up about the correlation between bullying behavior (and victimization from such behavior) and psychiatric illness. In a study...
by Michael Heitt | Jan 23, 2013 | self care, sleep
The Wall Street Journal reported that researchers at Harvard Medical School have found that one-third of American workers are not getting enough sleep, and as a result, companies are losing billions of dollars. Companies such as Procter & Gamble and Goldman Sachs...
by Michael Heitt | Jan 23, 2013 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy
Look around the room and you’re likely to find at least one person who is on an antidepressant medication now. I just did a Google search for the “top prescription drugs” and according to Drugs.com, one antidepressant and another psychiatric...
by Michael Heitt | Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
When feeling tired a lot of folks reach for coffee, caffeinated soda or, increasingly these days, heavily-caffeinated energy drinks. There has been a slew of reports recently alleging significant health problems associated with energy drinks. The New York Times ,...
by Michael Heitt | Oct 17, 2012 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy, self care, stress
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently launched a new awareness initiative about the benefits of psychotherapy. There are a couple cute videos (below) that mock the pharmaceutical commercials that we see too often. Though I very much appreciate this...
by Michael Heitt | Sep 5, 2012 | Investigation, workplace violence, zero tolerance
I was recently sent an article entitled, “Countering Workplace Violence” that I found to be very well-written and extremely well-grounded. The piece was written in response to the recent shooting in Manhattan, but what I liked most about it was that,...
by Michael Heitt | Aug 9, 2012 | college campus, risk assessment, workplace violence
We have been flooded with news stories about the tragic shooting in an Aurora, CO movie theater and have recently been hearing news about how the alleged shooter was seen by mental health professionals at his school prior to his leaving his graduate training. I just...
by Michael Heitt | Jul 19, 2012 | Coaching, Disruptive Professionals, HR, Human Resources, policies and procedures, SHRM, workplace violence, zero tolerance
Though I’ve presented many topics to many audiences over the years, I just put on my first webinar earlier this week. Together with employment lawyer, Laura Rubenstein, we delivered a well-attended webinar entitled, “Dealing with the Disruptive...
by Michael Heitt | Apr 27, 2012 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, Human Resources, policies and procedures
Here is a Pennsylvania case in which a woman was fired from her job and denied unemployment insurance payments after being accused of engaging in disruptive behavior at work. What I found interesting about this case was how low the threshold for termination was. The...
by Michael Heitt | Mar 29, 2012 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior
There was a very nice, honest piece in the Op-Ed section of the NYT recently about doctors’ feelings and why they lie (or don’t tell the whole truth) to their patients. The physician/author candidly shared some very personal feelings and stories about...
