Interesting reading of the "World Economic Forum's 2010 Global Gender Gap" report. New Zealand maintained its privileged position, ranked 5 out of 134 countries. The UK was ranked 15, USA 19 and Australia 23. New Zealand was ranked 5th behind Iceland who lead the way, then Norway, Finland and Sweden. Interesting that Scandanavia takes out
Well, the old 'office romance' is something that time and time again "just happens". First you have the 'looks', the 'smiles', the lingering glances and then conversation, a date and before you know it - it's a full-on office romance. This can happen when new staff start in the organisation or it can happen between
Occupational and Environmental Medicine*, published research findings which identified that if you have poor team spirit in your workplace, you could have more staff that are suffering depression as a consequence. 3,347 Finnish employees were surveyed, aged between 30 and 64. Each employee was asked how they felt about their working environment, including quality of
We love to do it. Women do it better than men. Women don't understand why men don't do it like them. What am I talking about?.... Chatting!! We love to talk (well I do anyway), and we do it well. We share our feelings, emotions, ideas, frustrations and it makes us feel better. But how
Many people ask me what constitutes workplace bullying - those over-inflated egos in the workplace that use power and control over others. Well I have coined a definition that is easy to remember. It is the acronym UR CRAP! U - Unwarranted R - Repeated behaviour C - Controlling R - Repressive A - Abuse
You are a manager and you are faced with a difficult employee, non performer or even a bully in the workplace. This person then leaves your organisation and you feel relieved. You get a phone call from another company who are considering hiring this 'difficult' employee and ask you for a reference check over the
Time and time again, I am confronted with a reluctance to engage when I mention 'workplace bullying'. Is it because of the word 'bullying'? Would I have more connection with workplaces if I call it 'toxic personalities' or 'intentional abusive behaviour'? Whatever the behaviour is called, we need to address what continues to happen in