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19 07, 2018

Towards a Culture of Psychological Safety

2018-05-25T18:27:53+08:00July 19th, 2018|Coaching & Management Support, Conflict Resolution & Mediation, HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Psychosocial Risk Management, Training & Development, Workplace Investigation Services|

A concept which is receiving an increasing amount of attention across many occupational areas is "Psychological Safety". This term can be defined as actions taken within an organisation to ensure the mental and emotional well-being of individuals within the work-group. Around Australia and New Zealand, Psychological Safety has great importance from OSH and "duty of care" perspectives. In the workplace there are a number of psychosocial hazards that can affect

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11 07, 2018

Mindfulness and the Olive Cure

2018-05-25T18:11:48+08:00July 11th, 2018|HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Training & Development|

Recently a dear friend gave me a boxful of beautiful olives from her mother’s farm. When you first pick olives, actually tasting them is only for the brave. Being incredibly bitter and inedible at this stage, olives need to be cured. This process involves slitting the olives and soaking them in regularly changed water for around ten days. After all this, marination can begin. I love using red wine

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10 03, 2018

Social Media Policy: A Must-Have

2018-01-18T18:32:46+08:00March 10th, 2018|HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Training & Development, Workplace Investigation Services|

When a Linfox employee made disparaging comments about company managers on his Facebook page, the company fired him for serious misconduct. The employee applied to Fair Work Australia for unfair dismissal. The Commissioner sided with the employee. Why? Because Linfox did not have a policy covering employee use of social media. In the complete absence of a policy defining appropriate conduct, the employee could not be guilty of any

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