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10 10, 2023

Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire
Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire

Toxic Positivity: How Unrealistic Workplace Happiness Goals Can Backfire

Otti Ott2023-04-25T14:19:10+08:00October 10th, 2023|Coaching & Management Support, Conflict Resolution & Mediation, HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Peer Support Products, Psychosocial Risk Management|

While a positive work culture engages employees, boosts morale, increases retention, and improves productivity, toxic positivity can result in repressed emotions and artificial behaviour. Toxic positivity may sound like an ironic phrase, but it's very real and can often derail attempts to create a genuinely harmonious culture. What is toxic positivity? Over-emphasising the happiness agenda can backfire and have the opposite of the desired effect on employees. It can

Workplace Cyberbullying: What It Is and How You Can Put a Stop to It

Otti Ott2023-04-25T13:53:45+08:00August 29th, 2023|Coaching & Management Support, Conflict Resolution & Mediation, HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Psychosocial Risk Management, Training & Development, Workplace Investigation Services|

You may be surprised to learn that cyberbullying is not just a teenage issue. Employees all over the world experience cyberbullying in different forms. Research studies show that approximately 72% of Australian employees have experienced cyberbullying in the workplace. Cyberbullying in the workplace, much like other forms of bullying, can cause severe levels of stress and anxiety as well as reduced levels of productivity. As awareness of cyberbullying increases,

Has Today’s Virtual Reality Changed the Rules of Workplace Communication?

Otti Ott2023-04-25T14:46:07+08:00July 18th, 2023|Coaching & Management Support, HR / Psychological Consulting Services, Psychosocial Risk Management|

Person-to-person communication has undergone a paradigm shift from what it was many years ago. Then, practically every communication was through face-to-face interactions, by telephone, or on paper. Nowadays, there are almost limitless ways in which one can transfer information. Personal and workplace communications can occur via emails, text, Skype and other visually interactive platforms, video conferencing, social media, and so on. You can now easily communicate with one or