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...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | May 12, 2018 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice, Workplace Culture
Recently I published the second part of a two-part blog series on corporate psychopaths who are basically wolves in sheep’s clothing. Often these wolves are at the top of the corporate food chain and are in senior/executive roles. In the current article, I will...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 28, 2018 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
Most of us remember hearing the story of Little Red Riding Hood when we were kids. This cautionary tale was not told exclusively for our entertainment, it’s also designed to warn children to be leery of strangers who may lure and prey upon them through disguise and...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 21, 2018 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
When it comes to people getting ahead professionally in the proverbial ‘work jungle’ most of us have heard or used descriptions that come from the animal kingdom, including: “Wow, Mark in sales is a real tiger” “You don’t want to mess with that lawyer, she’s a real...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 2, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Leaders & Executives , Mental Health, Workplace Culture
For many weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream of articles describing how people, often women, have been mistreated in various workplaces by men … and how it has persisted for a long, long time. While I’ve seen that happen firsthand, I have also seen women mistreated...