Phone Anxiety 101

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 14, 2018 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health

I recently discovered a song called Just a Picture by KYLE ft. Kehlani that compares real-life social interactions to their online equivalents. It showed how much the phone has evolved. Now, many people use their phones for everything except talking. There are a bunch...

How men AND women have enabled workplace bullying and sexual harassment

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 2, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment ​, Leaders & Executives ​, Mental Health, Workplace Culture ​

For many weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream of articles describing how people, often women, have been mistreated in various workplaces by men … and how it has persisted for a long, long time. While I’ve seen that happen firsthand, I have also seen women mistreated...

Sexual harassment on the job … how it touches everyone in the workplace (Part 2)

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 28, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment ​, Leaders & Executives ​, Mental Health, Workplace Culture ​

Regular readers of this weekly blog will have noticed that I don’t shy away from sensitive or complicated topics (e.g., bullying and burnout, domestic violence at work, coded language, and scapegoating). Last week, in part one of this blog series, I wrote about...

Sexual Harassment … how does it keep working in the workplace?

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 22, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment ​, Leaders & Executives ​, Mental Health, Workplace Culture ​

We want to assume that the places where we work are a safe space. We believe this because businesses usually carry a certain level of formality, respectability, and boundaries. That’s what younger people entering the workforce should expect as a given, and yet the...

The marks of domestic violence in the workplace (Part 2)

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 16, 2017 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Mental Health, Workplace Culture ​

Last week’s blog post was inspired by a real story that was very disturbing to discuss since it relates to domestic violence.   Someone I know asked me for advice about a delicate HR matter, one that required my complete discretion. He insisted that we meet in...

Domestic violence doesn’t stay home … what you need to know about it in the workplace (Part 1)

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 9, 2017 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Mental Health, Workplace Culture ​

The phrase domestic abuse often triggers images of a woman’s bruised, helpless stare. It’s a terrible characterization that you have probably seen on an awareness poster at a bus stop or in a commercial. It’s also shown in films and on television, like a fictional...