How to respond to sexual harassment or assault at a work party
With less than a month until Christmas, end-of-year work parties are now well underway. For many, it’s a chance to celebrate the end of a long year. But more than one in six (15 per cent) incidents of sexual harassment in Australia happen at work social events. Sexual harassment also happens during work-related travel, which […]
Ways to deal with them, as per psychology
Manipulation is a subtle kind of control that can appear in personal relationships, the workplace, or also can be seen in social interactions. Manipulators tend to control the thoughts, emotions, and actions of other people for their advantage, sometimes not even being overtly aggressive. Identifying manipulative behaviour is essential to preserve your emotional safety and […]
I was demoted, and I don’t know how to deal with the whispers
Dear Eric: I work in the public sector in a job that makes me well known in my field of work and in the community where I work. I was recently demoted. My colleagues are stumped as to the real reason why, as am I. This has been a hot topic in my field, and […]
How To Mobilize, Maintain And Maximize All-Aged Talent
If companies are not promoting youth employment and strategizing to attract and retain older talent, … More ageism could be making them blind to talent. getty Employers are largely unprepared to attract and retain talent, especially younger and older talent, according to Dr. Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez. If companies are not promoting youth employment and […]
The Key to Team Success
. Pexels “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” That African proverb captures the essence of teamwork and the rationale for doing it well. Regardless of their composition, teams don’t function in a vacuum. To help ensure success, it’s critical to establish and maintain the right […]
How To Stand Out At Work Without Stepping On Toes
. Pexels Jessica Chen grew up in a “Quiet Culture” household where deference, humility, harmony, and single-minded hard work were both expected and praised. Worthy as those traits are, they seemed incompatible with much of what she found in the “Loud Culture” of today’s workplace. The result was that early in her career she felt […]
How to make your officewear fun and chic
Dressing for work doesn’t mean you have to cut back on style. Here’s how /fashion/trends/office-wear-formal-clothes-workplace-style-trends-111707157454512.html 111707157454512 story Just landed your first job or an internship gig at a corporate firm, and wondering how to dress appropriately without compromising on your style? While a large number of offices globally are no longer specifically dictating dress codes, […]
How to Have a More Productive Year
In 1959, the same year in which the term “knowledge work” was coined, a chemical engineer turned consultant named James T. McCay published “The Management of Time,” one of the first professional-productivity guides. Early in the book, he lays out the fundamental challenge posed by this new type of work. “Almost without exception, executives have […]