by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 20, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
In 2019, less than 10 percent of Canada’s workforce had the option to work a day or two per week from home. By March 2020, as pandemic restrictions were put in place, over 40 percent of Canada’s workers were suddenly working from home full time. Employers who were...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 6, 2021 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Hiring Staff & HR, Leaders & Executives , Workplace Culture
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In December 2020, global law firm Cooley LLP reported that Nasdaq, a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities, has done the “analysis of over two dozen studies that found an association between...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jan 9, 2021 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
Given the recent and prolonged attention paid to social justice issues including systemic discrimination, it’s easy to understand why Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), people with disabilities, and LGBTQ employees are being encouraged to ‘be themselves’...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 5, 2020 | blog, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to flare around the world, it’s been said that 2020 has also brought a mental health pandemic. The disruptions in daily life, massive job losses, the doubt and uncertainty about if and when things will ever get back to normal, has...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 24, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
Is it just me, or do other people also feel awkward when reconnecting with people while physically distancing and wearing a mask? In the ‘before times’, we could sit close to someone, see their facial expressions as we communicated with them, shake hands, hug, or even...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 10, 2020 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
“Hiring for fit” usually means hiring employees who are a good match for organizational culture. In other words, hiring new people who should be able to blend right in. But is “hiring for fit” really a good practice? As a Work and Business Psychologist, I...
