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Learn more about one of Canada's top mental health experts, and UNB instructor, Dr. Bill Howatt

Author: UNB College of Extended Learning

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

Category: News and Events , Professional Development , Occupational Health and Safety


Dr. William A. Howatt (PhD, EdD) has worked with some of the largest companies in Canada, federal, provincial, and municipal leaders, and Fortune 500 companies on Wall Street. Bringing together over two decades of applied behavioural science and leadership, and a wide range of client experiences, Dr. Howatt provides executive coaching and leadership development to organizations around the world, including executives in federal and provincial government, the finance sector, health care, and manufacturing.

Dr. Howatt is the president of Howatt HR Consulting, chief of research workforce productivity for the Conference Board of Canada, and the former chief research and development officer of workforce productivity for Morneau Shepell.

He is also the author of Stop Hiding and Start Living: How to Say F-it to Fear and Develop Mental Fitness, and the creator of the following online courses at UNB: Pathway to Coping, Mental Fitness Practice, Certificate in Psychologically Safe Leadership, and the Certificate in Management Essentials.

For five years, he authored Coach's Corner, a monthly business column in The Chronicle Herald and is now a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail's 9 to 5 career column and Leadership Lab.

Dr. Howatt will be hosting UNB's upcoming free online webinar, Five Competencies for Becoming a Psychologically Safe Leader on March 22, 2023 at 2 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time).