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10 10, 2023

Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire
Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire

Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire

Otti Ott2023-04-25T14:19:10+08:00October 10th, 2023|Coaching and Management Support, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, HR Consulting Services, Peer Support Products, Psychosocial Hazards|

While a positive work culture engages employees, boosts morale, increases retention, and improves productivity, toxic positivity can result in repressed emotions and artificial behaviour. Toxic positivity may sound like an ironic phrase, but it's very real and can often derail attempts to create a genuinely harmonious culture. What is toxic positivity? Over-emphasising the happiness agenda can backfire and have the opposite of the desired effect on employees. It can

Are You Doing Enough to Engage Your Workforce?

Otti Ott2023-04-25T14:45:05+08:00September 19th, 2023|Coaching and Management Support, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, HR Consulting Services, Training and Development|

According to a study report, job satisfaction is no longer about the pay alone, and remuneration is no longer the key driver for people switching jobs. Thousands of employees admit to being unhappy in their current jobs, even though their salary levels are satisfactory. Dissatisfaction has been heightened since the start of the pandemic, when many employees worked remotely. Some became distanced from belonging to their workplace and contemplated

Is Insensitive Behaviour Killing Employee Morale?

Otti Ott2023-04-25T13:00:06+08:00August 8th, 2023|Coaching and Management Support, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, HR Consulting Services, Psychosocial Hazards, Workplace Investigations|

Rude, insensitive bosses and colleagues, toxic work culture, and uncivil workplace behaviours drive away valuable employees and cost companies billions of dollars in lost human resources and workers’ compensation costs. Today’s workplaces face a confronting truth: Poor workplace cultures are driving away valuable talent. Factors that drive a toxic work culture Poor workplace culture can be driven by many factors including lack of communication, lack of respect, a hyper-emphasis