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16 01, 2018

Playing Nicely In the Workplace Sandpit
Playing Nicely In the Workplace Sandpit

Playing Nicely In the Workplace Sandpit

Otti Ott2018-01-18T17:58:38+08:00January 16th, 2018|HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Peer Support Products, Training & Development|

Rates of sexual assault and harassment as well as threatening or abusive conduct have been declining in the public sector. Worryingly however, reports of bullying, racism and discrimination are on the increase. The annual WA Public Sector Commission 2016/17 report revealed that 534 minor misconduct complaints were received during that year. Comprising of 969 separate allegations, 64% (621 complaints) were regarding staff behaviour with almost one third of those

Crisis Management Planning

Otti Ott2018-01-18T18:28:44+08:00April 22nd, 2017|HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Peer Support Products, Psychosocial Risk Management, Training & Development|

Many organisations avoid the issue of crisis planning, as if anticipating a crisis is tempting fate. Establishing a set of basic crisis management procedures, which can be used in any organisation from a school to a major industrial centre can be done using four steps: Determine the major categories of crisis events that may occur in the organisation. Crises can be divided into three types, people crises, natural disasters

20 Strategies To Deal With Workplace Bullying

Otti Ott2018-01-18T18:31:08+08:00March 8th, 2017|Conflict Resolution & Mediation, HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Psychosocial Risk Management, Training & Development, Workplace Investigation Services|

What is bullying? Bullying is the deliberate, repeated and hurtful mistreatment of one person (the target) by a perpetrator (the bully) whose destructive actions are fueled by the bully's need to control the target. When you're the target... Stop listening to the bully. Ignore verbal assaults and focus on your positive skills and attributes. Confront your fears. What are the self-doubts and "buttons" which are pushed by the bully's