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...
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...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 14, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
When President Trump had his initial meetings with foreign leaders around the world it became clear to me that not all handshakes are equal in intention. Normally, offering a hand is an attempt to be welcoming, or to solidify the closing of a deal, or at the very...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jun 24, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice, Mental Health
“We can trust ourselves to know when our boundaries are being violated” – Melody Beattie When the professional turns personal The other day I turned on my kitchen radio and caught the tail end of an interview with a modern-day butler. It was an intriguing...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | May 12, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Diversity & Inclusion, Workplace Culture
A while back, a business associate reached out to me with an urgent and problematic situation. She is a foreign-trained professional, a woman of colour, and she speaks perfect English with an accent. She was stumped by a situation and she knew I’d have some ideas. The...
