Working Well Together Insights
Exploring the Connection – The Association Between Workplace Bullying and Suicide Ideation
CONTENT ALERT This article discusses workplace bullying and suicide. If you feel like you’re going to act on suicidal thoughts, call 000 if you live in Australia. Workplace bullying has had a significant association with suicide ideation, behaviours and death by...
Why we need to talk about workplace bullying less
Workplace bullying is a phrase that is all too familiar. It’s a term that can be thrown about, sometimes too easily with limited regard to it’s meaning. Yet, no matter how we use it, do we need to talk about workplace bullying less? You might be surprised to learn...
The Systems Approach to Workplace Bullying Prevention
At a recent conference, one of the speakers talked to the topic of workplace bullying, Workers Compensation claims and employee return to work. One of the first things she mentioned was that employers spend too much time fighting claims. She advised employers,...
Workplace bullies and abrasive leaders – are they the kryptonite to psychological safety?
A key to success in the modern workplace is psychological safety. As time goes on, jobs that can be automated are being automated, leading to more roles that require knowledge, information and ideas over physicality. To succeed in this environment workplaces need to...
Can H&S and HR collaborate better to achieve better psychosocial risk management educational outcomes?
Psychosocial safety and risk management continues to grow an increasing profile in the workplace. Australian Health and Safety bodies are increasing their focus on regulating this and controls in the workplace with guidelines and support documentation. A recent...
Psychosocial risk management – utilising workplace bullying incidents to build safer workplaces
Psychological safety is a term that still carries with it a lack of clarity. That is completely understandable. It is a relatively new concept in regards to workplace safety and there is little documentation that helps understand how to achieve this in the workplace....
Safety isn’t so easy when a workplace bullying target returns to work
The return to work of an employee after a workplace bullying episode is probably one of the most challenging return to work scenarios that you have to manage. If an employee is at risk because of plant and/or equipment, it can often be resolved through repair or...
How can we better navigate the complexity of workplace bullying target support?
The management of employees is becoming increasingly complex. Whereas once mental health issues in the workplace were the responsibility of employees, ignored and/or brushed under the carpet with a “she’ll be right mate” approach, there is a greater expectation that...
Refocusing the torchlight – can this help us change the bullying leader?
The workplace bully and those who use abrasive behaviours are steeped in negative stereotypes from psychopaths and narcissists to just plain evil. The myth that is perpetuated is that they are all the same who can’t change. Therefore, the only solution is termination...
Is your problem your team don’t like your management behaviour?
It’s here, work from home orders have been lifted in most states, and businesses and governments are encouraging people to return to the workplace. So, with the ongoing impact of COVID on staffing and resourcing, is it time for your business to consider if management...
About Michael
Michael Plowright is the founder of Working Well Together. Led by a profound belief that people should live happy, productive lives both in and out of the workplace, he supports companies and organisations that are resolute about preventing and managing workplace bullying.
Michael started Working Well Together because he saw that despite workplace bullying undoubtedly being a serious issue, many workplaces are ill-equipped to prevent or manage it. Managers and HR and OH&S staff often don’t have the time or skills, or find that the systems they have in place are too broad and generic to deal with what is a very particular issue.
Michael has over 15 years’ experience in leadership and management in the not-for-profit sector, successfully leading teams at both strategic and operational levels. He has experienced first-hand the challenges of managing staff with difficult behaviours like bullying, and knows what it’s like to be in the centre of a human storm. His extensive experience managing office behaviours, providing support to targets of workplace bullying, and rebuilding teams affected by it, forms the foundation of Working Well Together. This, together with his specialist, up-to-date knowledge of workplace bullying and legislation, allows him to help companies and organisations so they can focus on their core purpose and keeping their clients happy, and so that employees can go home safe and well at the end of each day.
Are you interested in learning more about Michael? Click here to get in touch, or connect on LinkedIn.
