Inadequate Inclusion – A Barrier to Returning to Work
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
August 21, 2021
Although many people are looking forward to returning to a physical workplace, others are quietly dreading a return to the workplace. In some cases, this dread is linked to a...
Less is More: Maintaining Boundaries at Work
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
March 7, 2020
Maintaining boundaries at work doesn’t come naturally to everyone. What’s common sense to one person can be like learning a foreign language to another ...
Career Psychology – Usually a Lot Faster Than and Different from Therapy
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
January 11, 2020
Many people have heard of career coaches or career counsellors. Career psychology isn't as well known, but it's a fast, practical and strategic way to get impactful results on work-related...
Failure to launch because of workplace obstacles or resistance? How to take off in your career.
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 19, 2019
The fact that planes take off against the wind is an interesting metaphor for so many events in life. Getting new jobs, starting major projects, or making any meaningful change...
Resilience – If You Don’t Think You Have It, You Can Get It
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
July 20, 2019
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.” In this article, I define...
The Queen Bee Syndrome – Not Sweet Like Honey …
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
September 22, 2018
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...
How to Recover after Losing your Temper at Work
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
September 15, 2018
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what happens when we lose our temper at work. This is mostly because I’ve been watching the commentary about tennis players who lose their cool...
Have you ever called in “sad?”
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
August 11, 2018
Mental illness linked to workplace problems is a leading cause of short and long-term disability in Canada. Given the costs associated with these types of claims, I propose a different...
Do’s and don’ts – how to be mindful of mental health in the workplace
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 19, 2018
Depression, anxiety, and other psychological difficulties afflict millions, and we must at least acknowledge that each and every day employees are walking into their workplaces silently suffering.
Corporate scapegoats and sacrificial lambs … what to do if you become one.
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 12, 2018
In this blog post, I will discuss corporate scapegoats or sacrificial lambs that sometimes fall victim to corporate psychopaths (or are just very unlucky) ... and more importantly how they...
How to be a fox when interviewing a wolf (Part 2)
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
April 28, 2018
In this blog, Dr. Helen continues to discuss corporate psychopaths who often become successful and powerful by using exploitation and manipulation to get ahead. She lists a few ways that...
Corporate Psychopaths – wolves in the workplace (Part 1)
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
April 21, 2018
To borrow from the animal narrative, I would argue that corporate psychopaths don't always slink and slither throughout certain organizations as they are portrayed on the cover of ‘Snakes and...
How men AND women have enabled workplace bullying and sexual harassment
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
December 2, 2017
So, in the interest of gender equality, it’s time for men and women to consider doing more to create safe, respectful and inclusive organizations and organizational cultures. Men aren’t the...
Insider threats and data breaches: they’re not always what you think …
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
November 18, 2017
There’s something you should know before you invest your entire IT and information security budget on technical solutions – if a smart thief wanted to steal your intellectual property and/or your...
Sexual harassment on the job … how it touches everyone in the workplace (Part 2)
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 28, 2017
As a female I/O Psychologist who deals with HR issues, including the fallout from sexual harassment, I believe it's important to tackle this matter head-on by discussing the financial consequences...
Sexual Harassment … how does it keep working in the workplace?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 22, 2017
As with other loaded topics, like politics and religion, many people in the workplace prefer to say nothing despite the undeniably tense and divisive climate that many victims of sexual...
Body language … 3 ways it might be working against you in the workplace
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
October 14, 2017
While recalling the infamous Trump - Trudeau handshake, a client described a similar incident at work that made me wonder how many people may be unaware that their body language...
Workplace Boundaries … 5 steps to help you stay in your lane
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
June 24, 2017
I’d like to bridge the gap for those who have made these professional blunders around workplace boundaries and others who want to avoid making them. I know how easy it...
Coded Language and Dog Whistle Expressions
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
May 12, 2017
A while back, a business associate reached out to me with an urgent and problematic situation. She was stumped by a situation and she knew I’d have some ideas. The...
Toxic Workplace – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
January 3, 2017
So what do you do if your job feels like a monotonous trap … or worse, like an abusive relationship? This is an environment you spend most of your adult...
Corporate Scapegoat: How will I ever get another job?
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
December 6, 2016
So you got fired, and not because you got caught smoking in your office after hours, or tried to fix the motherboard of the copier with a flathead screwdriver. They...
The Relevance of Women’s Issues to HR and Careers
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
June 24, 2016
In my role as a Human Resources (HR) Consultant and a Career Coach I see where women's issues intersect with my professional responsibilities. This post explores the themes of HR,...
Workplace Bullying – A Hidden Problem
By: Dr. Helen Ofosu
November 13, 2015
Bullying on the school yard has been deemed unacceptable. Many schools and school boards have implemented zero tolerance policies. It’s great that someone’s now looking out for the kids, but...