Working Well Together Insights
A case study in workplace bullying legislation abuse
Let’s be honest, the term bullying, and the relevant anti-bullying legislation, can be used and abused. A key question is how often, which is up for debate and will vary depending on the perceptions each individual brings to the table. The Fair Work Commission...
Bullying and fatigue at SA hospitals cost $20 million
Do you know how much workplace bullying and mentally unhealthy workplaces is costing your workplace or industry? According to a recent submission to the recent state government inquiry, bullying, harassment and fatigue at South Australian hospitals has cost taxpayers...
Your laissez-faire leadership style – is it increasing job insecurity and workplace bullying risk?
Workplace bullying can lead to job insecurity. This fact probably doesn’t come as a surprise to many of you. However, what happens when you add to the mix a passive and inactive (or laissez-faire) leadership approach. Does this increase both job insecurity and...
Are we abandoning our bullied employees?
I was recently reading a research article from Canada that explored men’s experience of workplace bullying as the target of those behaviours. In this research they found two key themes; abandonment and survival. The theme of abandonment was the first key theme...
Should our stand be “Zero Tolerance” for workplace bullying?
Have you read your workplace bullying policy? Does it say your company has a “Zero Tolerance” for bullying in your workplace? I was recently reading an article by bullying consultant, Hadyn Olsen, that questioned the “Zero Tolerance” approach to workplace bullying. On...
Are your managers your workplace bullying problem?
Some years ago, I had a manager who said to me "You know, some of the employees around here are afraid of me"; and then she laughed. She had a management style that could be intimidating and aggressive. She had her own rules and those of the organisation didn't apply...
Demystifying Workplace Bullying (Video)
Do you and your employees know what bullying is? If not, how can you manage the bullying risk in your workplace? Many of the workplaces I assist on workplace bullying issues use the term incorrectly. I am very excited to release my first video "Demystifying Workplace...
Daring Greatly to End Workplace Bullying
We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives us purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.Brene BrownDaring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead Such an apt quote that applies...
Beating a bullying rap – how an employer overcame an anti-bullying order application
How do you beat a bullying rap when a matter is taken to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) by an employee? My first response is, don’t let it happen in the first place. However, for a variety of reasons, that can be easier said than done. You can mount a successful case...
Management 101: Upholding the line of workplace bullying
The line of management is a line that must be held. I don’t know exactly where it came from or how that came to be part of my thinking as I developed as a young manager, but the reality is it did become part of my understanding of management. Yet, as my experience and...
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.
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