Working Well Together Insights
Can you remove a bully’s blinders?
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...
En garde! What strategies can you implement to prevent workplace bullying in the return to work?
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...
En garde! What do you need to watch for to prevent bullying in the return to work?
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...
“My boss is a narcissist”: The many labels for a workplace bully
“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...
Can we still have a positive “social community” in our current isolated workplaces?
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,...
Three tips to keep you ahead of bullying claims in our current “new world”
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...
The Rise of “Bullying by Circumstance” in our COVID-19 World
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,...
Work and organisational design – can it really prevent workplace bullying?
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...
The fear behind the mask – why managers don’t act to stop the workplace bully
Why don’t management intervene when there is a bully in the workplace? Can’t they see the damage that is being done to their business? The risk to employees’ mental health? The Workcover claims? The lost productivity? The good employees walking out the door? In...
When is the right time to engage workplace bullying support?
Work Safe Australia’s recent report presents data that shows workplace mental health injury claims are increasing in relation to both lost time at work and cost. Money that could be used in achieving your business goals or keeping you clients or customers happy is...
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.