Justice in the Workplace – A Positive Way Forward
The #metoo movement and the provincial and federal government’s new bills addressing harassment and psychological health and safety has created…
Nine Strategies for Managing Conflict
Conflict happens in all workplaces and is needed to reach creative solutions. It’s the conflict that is avoided or not…
A Vision for 2018 Workplaces
Here at Workplace Fairness we are seeing what we hope is the beginning of a shift. Maybe it’s the perfect…
Can Consciousness Resolve Conflict?
Perhaps like me, your background or formal training in university or college had a technical focus with little or no…
How can Curiosity Change our Conversations?
Everything is never as it seems – these are the lyrics of a song I heard on the radio a…
An Inclusive Leader Builds Meaning
A colleague loaned me a book recently – Appreciative Leadership by Kiana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader. I was…
Rebuilding Trust – Is it always Possible?
I recently met with several members of a group in conflict. When asking one member what their goal was moving…
Why a Whistleblower Line May Not be the Only Answer
Many organizations establish a Whistleblower line to enable employees to anonymously report wrong doing. Having an independent hotline available to…
Six Strategies for Better Feedback
We fear feedback because we expect criticism. Yet we know it is good for us. How do we reconcile these…
There is a Risk in not Collaborating
Collaboration does not just happen - you have to cultivate it. When you don't deliberately work at it, you run…