Less is More: Maintaining Boundaries at Work
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
March 7, 2020
Maintaining boundaries at work doesn’t come naturally to everyone. What’s common sense to one person can be like learning a foreign language to another ...
Failure to launch because of workplace obstacles or resistance? How to take off in your career.
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 19, 2019
The fact that planes take off against the wind is an interesting metaphor for so many events in life. Getting new jobs, starting major projects, or making any meaningful change...
Ghosting an employer … it can professionally haunt you and … others
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
February 2, 2019
In this blog, which is part two of a series, I address the professional consequences of ghosting, and how it affects colleagues. Are the ease and possible pleasure of ghosting...
Ghosting … the real hauntings that go on at work
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
January 26, 2019
Ghosting started in the personal realm but has now crossed over into the professional realm of work. What does ‘being ghosted’ or having someone ghost you look like … or...
The Queen Bee Syndrome – Not Sweet Like Honey …
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
September 22, 2018
Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of attention paid to the topic of bad behaviour in the modern workplace. Often, it’s taken the form of sexual harassment...
Have you ever called in “sad?”
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
August 11, 2018
Mental illness linked to workplace problems is a leading cause of short and long-term disability in Canada. Given the costs associated with these types of claims, I propose a different...
Mental Health – Making it Work in the Workplace
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 26, 2018
Mental health is an issue that deserves more than four weeks of awareness. It warrants everyday sensitivity and acknowledgment in the places where we work. Without paying attention to this under-discussed...
Corporate scapegoats and sacrificial lambs … what to do if you become one.
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 12, 2018
In this blog post, I will discuss corporate scapegoats or sacrificial lambs that sometimes fall victim to corporate psychopaths (or are just very unlucky) ... and more importantly how they...
How to be a fox when interviewing a wolf (Part 2)
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
April 28, 2018
In this blog, Dr. Helen continues to discuss corporate psychopaths who often become successful and powerful by using exploitation and manipulation to get ahead. She lists a few ways that...
How men AND women have enabled workplace bullying and sexual harassment
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
December 2, 2017
So, in the interest of gender equality, it’s time for men and women to consider doing more to create safe, respectful and inclusive organizations and organizational cultures. Men aren’t the...
Sexual harassment on the job … how it touches everyone in the workplace (Part 2)
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 28, 2017
As a female I/O Psychologist who deals with HR issues, including the fallout from sexual harassment, I believe it's important to tackle this matter head-on by discussing the financial consequences...
Sexual Harassment … how does it keep working in the workplace?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 22, 2017
As with other loaded topics, like politics and religion, many people in the workplace prefer to say nothing despite the undeniably tense and divisive climate that many victims of sexual...
Bullying, Bias, and Burnout. Why these 3 ‘B’s Could be Derailing your Career
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
August 26, 2017
Often the word derailment is associated with an accident, a slip off the track that could not be foreseen or prevented. It can also be career-related and dangerous in a...
Workplace Boundaries … 5 steps to help you stay in your lane
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
June 24, 2017
I’d like to bridge the gap for those who have made these professional blunders around workplace boundaries and others who want to avoid making them. I know how easy it...
Coded Language and Dog Whistle Expressions
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 12, 2017
A while back, a business associate reached out to me with an urgent and problematic situation. She was stumped by a situation and she knew I’d have some ideas. The...
Toxic Workplace – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
January 3, 2017
So what do you do if your job feels like a monotonous trap … or worse, like an abusive relationship? This is an environment you spend most of your adult...
Corporate Scapegoat: How will I ever get another job?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
December 6, 2016
So you got fired, and not because you got caught smoking in your office after hours, or tried to fix the motherboard of the copier with a flathead screwdriver. They...
Calling in Sad (or Sick) to Avoid Workplace Problems?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
December 8, 2015
Mental illness is a leading cause of short and long-term disability in Canada (and the US). Given the costs associated with these types of claims, I propose a different approach....
Workplace Bullying – A Hidden Problem
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
November 13, 2015
Bullying on the school yard has been deemed unacceptable. Many schools and school boards have implemented zero tolerance policies. It’s great that someone’s now looking out for the kids, but...