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2023 that’s a wrap!
I feel like this year has been a year of contradictions; it was long but also flew by, crazy busy but with time for a couple of nice holiday breaks, healthy but with some bouts of sickness, full of rewards and full of frustrations.
My unexpected unconscious bias
Awareness trumps ignorance.
Conscious inclusion trumps bias.
Why do sensible, professional adults act like toddlers?
I am gobsmacked by defensive, angry people/adults in workplaces who are firmly set on ‘pay-back’ and revenge who could instead attempt to listen with compassion and empathy.
Fence sitter?
I very much value listening above talking – Could that be perceived as fence-sitting?
Why should I? - Meeting your workplace legislative requirements Part 2
Perhaps a question for some readers is why? Why do I have to change anything? Or, What are the consequences if we don’t comply?
Meeting your sexual harassment and psychosocial hazards workplace legislative requirements. Part 1
Workplace sexual harassment is prohibited under the Fair Work Act from 6 March 2023, and Safe Work Australia’s Managing psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice (July 2022) expects workplaces to protect their workers mental health. Do you know what this means for your organisation?
The privilege of respect (re-shared from April 2018)
We assume that respect and empathy come easily to all of us and all we need is gentle reminders - but how true is that?
Work IS emotional
Whether you believe in ‘work to live’ or ‘live to work’ most of us think about work and about our workplace relationships during our non-work hours.
The respect dance
It’s been a busy and reflectful couple of months at my house. Not only has there been the usual fun and coordination of summer activity - balancing socialising with work, but my father-in-law also moved in with us in December.