Be the calm in the storm.
Crisis-Ready Workplace is a comprehensive, tech-enabled ecosystem that empowers people and organizations to respond effectively when situations escalate. Our accredited training and scalable implementation turns awareness into action that creates safer teams, stronger culture, and more resilient operations.
Our Partners
The problem is no longer a lack of awareness. It’s a lack of readiness.
70%
of Canadian employees report productivity declines due to worsening mental health
Most workplaces have policies and posters, but no trained responders who know how to act when a colleague shows signs of distress or a situation begins to escalate.
Leaders and employees often feel unprepared in critical moments because training is theoretical, fragmented, or limited to HR, leaving a gap between knowing support exists and knowing how to act. This gap drives real costs through missed warning signs, escalating conflict, disrupted productivity, and increased organizational risk.
Humans, Helping Humans.
Join our next Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification Program!
STARTING MARCH 3rd, 2026!
Build the confidence and practical skills to respond effectively when situations escalate. This March, Crisis-Ready is delivering its accredited Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification in partnership with OHS Canada, hosted live by Bill Howatt over four interactive Zoom sessions.
Format: Live virtual training via Zoom
Schedule: 4 sessions, 3 hours each (total 12 live hours)
Facilitator: Bill Howatt, internationally recognized expert in workplace psychological health and crisis response
Accreditation: Earn 14 pre-approved CPD hours (HRPA, CPHR Nova Scotia, CPD Standards Office)
Includes: Interactive learning, practical tools and templates, downloadable workbook, supporting eBook, and session recordings
What You’ll Gain
Confidence to respond calmly and effectively in high-stress situations
Practical, workplace-ready skills you can apply immediately
Tools to recognize risk early and prevent escalation
A Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certificate and LinkedIn-ready credential
The ability to contribute meaningfully to a crisis-ready workplace
Crisis-Ready Workplace is Your Complete Resilience Ecosystem
Move beyond awareness to operational readiness. We provide certified responders, scalable training, and actionable resources to prevent crises from escalating, protect your organizational culture, and deliver measurable, bottom-line resilience.
What Makes Us Different
While other programs offer isolated training modules, we provide a fully integrated workplace system.
Our approach combines a comprehensive, accredited certification with a scalable implementation model and continuous support resources to transform individual skills into organization-wide operational resilience with clear ROI.
Our Core Products
Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification: Equip employees with a comprehensive, 14-CPD-hour credential to confidently recognize, respond to, and de-escalate workplace crises.
Crisis-Ready Workplace Program: Implement a proven system to certify 10% of your workforce, build internal training capacity, and embed measurable resilience across your organization.
Micro-Courses & Resource Hub (Coming Soon): A growing library of on-demand tools, including foundational courses like Crisis-Ready Leadership and Crisis-Ready Employees to sustain and scale your culture of support.
Hear From Certified Crisis-Ready Interventionists:
The program offered clear, practical, evidence-informed strategies that elevated my confidence and strengthened my ability to support individuals in crisis using safe, human-centred approaches. I am truly excited to move forward as a Master Trainer!
— Sheri Hatherly
The fact that one must prioritize your mental health and capacity to be able to offer safe space for others is imperative! Be Piglet, sometimes just sitting in silence with someone is incredibly powerful, especially if you can relate and offer empathy.
— Jason Luchko
The program's evidence-based, workplace-focused approach gave me practical tools to identify early signs of distress, intervene with confidence, and support employees through crisis before situations escalate. What sets this certification apart is how practical it is. It doesn't just teach concepts, it shows you exactly how to use them.
— Beata Chami, MA, PCC
The Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification
Our flagship program and the foundation of a thriving, resilient workplace culture. The Crisis-Ready Interventionist Certification equips employees with practical, real-world skills to respond confidently when situations escalate. Led by internationally recognized expert Bill Howatt, this program moves beyond theory to build calm, capable up-standers who know how to act when it matters most.
How it Works
A flexible, accredited certification with instructor-led sessions delivered live or virtually
A comprehensive 12-module program designed for real workplace scenarios including burnout, trauma, suicide prevention, and threat mitigation
Earn 14 pre-approved CPD hours recognized by HRPA, CPHR Nova Scotia, and CPD Standards Office
Who it’s for
Employees at any level who want to better support colleagues
Leaders, managers, and supervisors navigating complex people challenges
HR, OHS, legal, healthcare, and human-focused professionals
What You’ll Gain
Confidence to navigate high-stress situations with calm, clarity, and composure
Practical tools, templates, and techniques you can apply immediately on the job
Skills to recognize early warning signs and respond before situations escalate
Step into confidence when it matters most.
Become a Crisis-Ready Workplace
Psychological health and safety is no longer optional. Regulatory expectations, enforcement trends, and case law are moving quickly, and employers are expected to demonstrate real due diligence, not just awareness. Detailed in OHS Magazine’s article, The Bus Has Left the Station, organizations that delay action face growing legal, financial, and cultural risk.
Crisis-Ready Workplace provides a practical, auditable response. By certifying 10 percent of your workforce as Crisis-Ready Interventionists, organizations build internal capacity to recognize risk early, de-escalate situations in real time, and support employees before issues escalate into incidents, claims, or investigations.
Why Employers Choose Crisis-Ready Workplace
Aligns with CSA Z1003 principles and evolving OHS expectations
Demonstrates due diligence through standardized, accredited training
Reduces disruption, disability costs, absenteeism, and turnover
Integrates into existing OHS, PHS, and ESG frameworks
Builds stronger culture and psychological safety without medicalizing the workplace
How It Works
Certify just 10% of your workforce as trained Crisis-Ready Interventionists
Embed crisis-response capability across teams and shifts
Support audits, compliance, and future requirements with confidence
Crisis-Ready Workplace helps organizations move from awareness to operational readiness, protecting people, culture, and performance in a changing compliance landscape.
Let’s Build Readiness Together
Today’s workplaces call for people and organizations to support one another when pressure is high. Crisis-Ready is built on a simple belief: humans helping humans, with the skills, confidence, and systems you need to respond when it matters most.
Whether you’re stepping forward as an individual or strengthening readiness across your organization, Crisis-Ready helps you turn care into action.
For Individuals: Build practical skills, confidence, and a recognized credential as a Crisis-Ready Interventionist, so you can support others at work when it counts.
For Employers: Embed real crisis-response capability across your organization with a scalable, auditable approach that protects people and performance.
Ready to take the next step?
Contact us to start the conversation.