Safety and health regulations in Australia stipulate that every workplace must take steps to ensure the physical and mental wellbeing of their employees. Most of us spend at least 40 hours a week at work and a toxic work environment can leave us feeling tired, depressed, anxious and even angry. Ideally, every workplace should be a healthy space to be but sadly, this is not always the case. How
Protect Your Team Members from Being Manipulated Are you being manipulated by co-workers to doubt your abilities and performance? Gaslighting is a contemporary term but underhanded manipulation in the workplace is an old trick that persists in modern Australian offices. Most of us have experienced being ‘gaslit’ by a jealous or resentful colleague. In this article, we explain what gaslighting really is, how it can manifest in the workplace
Thinking of introducing music in the workplace as a soothing influence? Music plays a subtle but surprisingly powerful role in employee wellbeing. In the past, silence was considered golden and workplaces frowned upon employees wearing earphones tapping their feet and humming along to songs. Today however, it’s not uncommon for businesses to subscribe to commercial streaming platforms for everyone at work to be able to listen to music. Music Has
