Strengthening Culture in Hybrid Work Environments
How to Adapt and Support a Flourishing Team in a New Landscape Wondering how to seamlessly weave culture into your new, hybrid workplace? “Leaders must recognize that thriving in the new era of work depends on being open to new formulas for building and maintaining strong culture.” – Harvard Business Review, WFH Doesn’t Have to Dilute Your…
Dealing with Workplace Harassment in Remote Employment
Understanding Red Flags and How to Stay Proactive Online abuse, or virtual harassment, has been prevalent in our society since the dawning of the internet. While today, it’s become more realized in both private and professional settings, it’s not always obvious to pick up on. Whether we call it cyberbullying, trolling, or gaslighting, it comes in…
Workplace Investigations and Mental Health
How to Run a Workplace Investigation Without Harming Participants A workplace investigation can resolve conflict and improve working conditions if performed correctly. However, these investigations can affect the mental health of participants. Keep reading to learn why it is important to prioritize your employees’ mental health during an…
How to Manage Toxic Employees
Tips For Preventing a Toxic Employee From Deflating Your Company’s Culture From the underperforming excuse-maker to the superstar with an attitude problem, you’re bound to come across toxic employees. These employees exhibit behaviour that is potentially problematic for a number of reasons, ultimately damaging morale and productivity. For…
Why Transparency Is Crucial for Company Culture
How Transparency Can Transform Your Work Environment You’ve heard the word “transparency” used to describe the right approach to managing a successful business. It isn’t just a buzzword: transparency really does play a key part in cultivating success, and profits are not the only reason. A transparent workplace serves employees and clients, too,…
How to Handle Negative Feedback from Employees
Here’s What You Should Do When an Employee Has a Complaint As a leader, it’s likely that you are the person who employees will come to when they have feedback about the company. What should you do when their feedback is negative? Feedback from employees is vital to creating a positive culture within the company. Both positive and negative feedback…
Signs of a Hostile Work Environment
Understanding the legal guidelines that constitute a hostile work environment Work can be hard. There will often be situations where you don’t get along with co-workers or that you have to deal with conflict. This can result in a tense and stressful environment. But is it hostile? It can be hard to determine the difference between a negative and a…
Workplace Bullying vs. Harassment
Understanding the Difference and Keeping Yourself Safe Conflicts in the workplace are inevitable. However, there is a big difference between conflict and bullying or harassment. When discussing harmful workplace behaviour, bullying and harassment tend to be grouped under the same definition. In reality, they are quite different in severity, their…