While I usually write about cases I work on, I felt compelled to share my personal experience of being the victim of a power play within the workplace. Despite this happening many years ago, I have never forgotten it. Which I think gives some insight into the effect these types of workplace interactions can have. […]
I recently conducted a workplace mediation between two employees, Arlene and Patty*. They were both members of a relatively small team and their relationship had deteriorated to the point where they were no longer speaking to each other. This was obviously impacting the rest of the team, and the organisation as a whole. I was […]
I recently conducted a mediation between two parties whose issues stemmed from a digital communication breakdown. The issues started when *Tom sent an email to *Lucy at 9.30pm one evening about a work matter, the subject of which is not relevant here. Lucy was horrified that Tom had sent her an email late at night […]
The workplace environment is rife with different (and difficult) personalities. This is to be expected and embraced. After all, doesn’t diversity bring about a more dynamic, productive and innovative workforce? If we all thought the same way and did things the same way, where would creativity and innovation be? However, on the flip side […]
Bullying and harassment is nothing new to the workplace. However, because our world is becoming socially more conscious with the advent of movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, people are becoming more courageous about bringing these issues out into the open. A question I have pondered as a workplace mediator is whether mediation is the […]
While it seems that in today’s socially conscious world, many progressive organisations are trying their best to eradicate bullying and are moving towards adopting zero-tolerance policies towards bullying, bullying still appears to be pervasive in Australian workplaces. As a workplace mediator and investigator, I often come across situations where bullying is clearly present in a […]
Recently, I was lucky enough to interview Paris Cutler, an entrepreneur and strategist whose organisation went through many months of conflict and disharmony. What struck me most from the interview was her acknowledgement that she was unsure about how to deal with the toxicity that had arisen in her workplace together with the uncertainty of […]
As a workplace mediator and investigator, I am often called in by organisations to help resolve a conflict which has arisen between employees. I commonly find that by the time I am called in, the matter has escalated from a relatively minor workplace bullying incident, into a full-blown dispute between the parties. The escalation of […]
Elon Musk has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. His ongoing tweets including his recent bizarre and inappropriate comments about the British cave diver in Thailand are raising red flags on Wall Street. We have seen that Musk doesn’t like being questioned on Tesla’s financial viability, labelling questions from journalists as […]
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