A few years ago, I suffered extreme workplace bullying at the hands of my HR manager while working in the resources sector in the Top End. That experience was the catalyst for creating Bullyology, a global business devoted to breaking the silence on bullying and...

Being a blue-collar apprentice in Australia can be rewarding, fulfilling and lead to a profitable career – but for a few, it’s an introduction to bullying, unsafe pranks, harassment and childish initiation rituals. Bullying within the trades now receives a higher...

Working in Australia’s resources industry comes with its own unique set of challenges, especially on remote job sites. At any given moment, around 60,000 fly-in, fly-out workers are accepting these challenges to keep this country moving forward. But when the...

One of the most common excuses for workplace bullying is ‘it was only banter’. The old ‘I-was-just-joking around’ ploy underlines a major problem in the modern workplace – too many people don’t understand where playful teasing ends and hurtful bullying begins. The...

When I first moved to Australia from Wales in 2014, my first job was in the resources industry. At an oil and gas project site in the Top End, I spent nearly three years immersed in a male-dominated construction environment filled with fly-in, fly-out workers - few of...

Three years ago, I ran an organizational culture campaign at the oil and gas project site where I worked in the Northern Territory. In my HR role, part of my job was to promote healthy, collaborative workplaces where individual talents and differences were respected...

Last week I was invited to speak at a Mastermind of Conscious Entrepreneur event.I can honestly say the setting was very different from my usual corporate training room or a muddy construction site, the event was a refreshing change.High vibe, authentic, open minds...

A Monday Message to be mindful about toxic people that lower your energy and state. Protect your emotional and physical health but surrounding yourself with positive, inspiring people who empower you to achieve. Please remember people who bully and inflict hate on...

If you’ve looked into a behavioural incident at work and the facts confirm that bullying has occurred, you’ll need to decide on the appropriate action to take as a manager. This might include: Insisting that the bully apologise to their target(s) Issuing an official...

Being in a position of authority, managers are often the most effective bullying deterrents in any workplace. How they react to bullying incidents can affect the entire culture of the organisation and ultimately impact profitability, talent acquisition and retention,...