Working Well Together Insights

A few years ago, I worked with a manager (let's call him Bob) who was technically fantastic at his job, but not so good at people management. Bob liked control. When there was an issue to be sorted, it was his way or no way at all. Listening and collaboration was not...

One of the first steps we are told when there is a bullying allegation, whether in HR or as a general manager, is to investigate the matter. The message is to investigate, even if the employee doesn't want it to be undertaken. That’s an understandable approach. It...

How can this be that he can't see that his behaviour is causing problems? He humiliates his team members in meetings. His sharp responses, shut his team down. He has been known to shout abuse at individual employees. You have raised concerns with him to let him know...

This article is the second of two parts exploring bullying and its prevention strategies within the return to work in our current COVID-19 environment. In it, we draw on the perspectives of members from the newly formed Australian Association of Workplace Bullying...

This article is the first of two parts exploring bullying and its prevention strategies within the return to work in our current COVID-19 environment. In it, we draw on the perspectives of members from the newly formed Australian Association of Workplace Bullying...

“Michael, my psychologist told me that my boss is a narcissist!” The above words were said to me by an employee making bullying claims against their manager. At the time, this raised concerns. I had spent some time getting to know both employer and employee in my...

If you have a positive workplace culture you are likely to have lower rates of bullying. It's a concept that is reinforced in workplace bullying articles and research for more than a decade. It was while reading one of those articles recently that a specific concept,...

Monitoring your employee behaviour can be challenging at the best of times. In our current COVID-19 world, where your focus is on maintaining income and keeping your business afloat as your number one priority, monitoring employee behaviour may be pushed well down...

When we talk about workplace bullying, it is often mentioned in the context of the workplace narcissist or the psychopath. Did you know we can all be bullies at times? Our own behaviours can be influenced by what is occurring around us. In the current COVID-19 world,...

Workplace bullying continues to place strain on our businesses absorbing valuable resources that could be spent more effectively in other ways. Workplace mental health claims and lost time from these injuries is increasing significantly. It's money pouring down the...