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 | Jul 20, 2019 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health
Obviously, I consider resilience to be an essential ingredient for career development, career management, and human resources (HR). My tagline ‘Building Resilient Careers and Organizations.™” is all over my website, business cards, etc. I believe that if we’re...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 22, 2018 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Workplace Culture
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 of women by men … but according to a recent study, it’s often garden-variety harassment of women by...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Aug 11, 2018 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
Have you ever called in sick because you actually felt sick at the thought of going to work? Let’s face it, while the overdue conversation about mental health has finally started, there is still no easy way to call work and say what you really need is a mental health...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | May 19, 2018 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Leaders & Executives , Mental Health
Trigger warning: mental health problems, especially depression. I am sure at some point in your life you’ve woken up on a Monday morning with a terrible sore throat and a fever. You quickly realize that there is no way you’ll be making it to your 9 am meeting across...
