by Dr. Helen Ofosu | May 2, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
Going back to work after COVID-19 is different than other return-to-work scenarios. Typically, it’s one person re-integrating into the workplace after parental leave, an accident or illness. This time almost ‘everyone’ is involved. After weeks of...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 18, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health
This has been a long, harrowing, exhausting time – and that’s if you’ve been fortunate enough to stay healthy and safe. Even if haven’t been touched directly by the virus, your life has been changed in every way. The simplest tasks mean we have to stop and think....
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 4, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Leaders & Executives , Workplace Culture
Our New (Temporary?) Normal It’s now been about two weeks since many workplaces implemented radical changes and sent workers home to work. This means managers/leaders have also started ‘leading from home.’ This transition would be hard enough if it were planned and...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Mar 28, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
It’s natural to want to be liked. It starts in childhood. As we become more self-aware, we also become aware of others. We begin to crave attention and approval from our parents, teachers and friends. This same need follows us into adulthood and the workplace. We...
by Alayna Miller | Mar 26, 2020 | Newsletters
A D I G I T A L N E W S L E T T E R F R O M A Message From Dr. Helen With the rapid changes happening across the world over the past few weeks and the uncertainty many people are feeling right now, I wanted to offer my help and support to those who may benefit....
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Mar 15, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, most of us had read about, heard about or experienced a toxic workplace first-hand. Being exposed to coworkers who spread poisonous rumours, or interacting with unsupportive or mean-spirited colleagues and managers can make us...
by Alayna Miller | Mar 12, 2020 | Newsletters
A D I G I T A L N E W S L E T T E R F R O M A Message From Dr. Helen This month some of us celebrated International Women’s Day. In recent years I’ve attended a conference for women in business but this year I had so many interesting projects and commitments on...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Mar 7, 2020 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice
Less is More: Maintaining Workplace Boundaries Maintaining boundaries in the workplace doesn’t come naturally to everyone. What’s common sense to one person can be like learning a foreign language to another. With four generations now working together in the same...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 22, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Leaders & Executives , Recent Graduates
It’s counter-intuitive. Your PhD should be an invincible asset, yet without some finesse, it can become what this science-career website says is more like a problematic hiring detriment. Over 6,000 people graduate with PhD degrees in Canada every year. Only 10-20...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 8, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
Have you ever been lured into accepting a promising job that ended up being entirely different once you got started? It’s a common concept that cuts across domains. It’s called ‘the workplace bait-and-switch.’ Bait-and-switch originally described retail...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jan 25, 2020 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Mature Professionals , Workplace Culture
We’re living in interesting times work-wise. This is the first time in history that the multigenerational workforce includes four different generations: Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and the first members of Generation Z are now colleagues. Diversity and...
by Alayna Miller | Jan 22, 2020 | Newsletters
A D I G I T A L N E W S L E T T E R F R O M A Message From Dr. Helen Many people have New Year’s resolutions that involve health and wellness. Often, this includes work-life balance so that there’s enough time to take care of ourselves. Now that it’s 2020,...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jan 11, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
As a Work and Business Psychologist (officially known as an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist), I have seen countless pensive looks on people’s faces as they say some version of: “But you’re a psychologist – doesn’t that mean you need to see people for...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 28, 2019 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
Most of us have noticed that the workplace has changed. More people now work on part-time and/or short-term contracts. Sometimes, they work a full-time job and have a part-time “side hustle” or they have multiple part-time positions. Another change is the...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 14, 2019 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Workplace Culture
Many of us think of December as a month of festivities, the holiday work party, cozy fireplaces, and bright lights adorning our neighbourhoods and city streets. It can be a nostalgic time to gather over food, good cheer, and perhaps clanging a few champagne flutes as...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Nov 30, 2019 | blog, Career Advice
Imagine you’re online, looking for something meaningful, worthy of a real commitment, and there it is! You find the perfect match that you’ve been waiting for. Of course, you want to respond right away thinking this is just too good to pass up. Then you take a beat …...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Nov 16, 2019 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health
I recently had coffee with a good friend who works in a very different profession than mine. For a little while, we talked shop about our work and traded strategies on how we deal with certain issues. Although she’s an accountant and I am a Work and Business...
by Alayna Miller | Nov 13, 2019 | Newsletters
A D I G I T A L N E W S L E T T E R F R O M A Message From Dr. Helen This is one of my favourite times of the year, not just because of the festivities and good food (although it definitely helps), but because it’s the perfect opportunity to reflect on the past...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Nov 2, 2019 | blog, Career Advice
Recently, I was talking to a young client, who was eager to find work outside of her usual role. Ever since middle school she had been groomed by her parents and grandparents to run the family business – a store that was literally attached to their house. She had been...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 19, 2019 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice, Mental Health
I’ve been on countless flights over the years but somehow, I’d never really thought about the fact that planes take off facing into the wind. Sure, I’ve felt some pressure during a forceful lift-off but I thought it was all due to speed — not...
