Tanya’s Blog

It's common to have various teams across a workplace focused internally and not looking at the inter dependencies with other teams. We quite rightly refer to that as 'working in silo's'. And it's problematic. However, one of the things we don't talk about so openly...

Winter is the time when many people experience Seasonable Affective Disorder (SAD). Whilst there's often jesting about this concept it is a real phenomenon, and it could be playing out in your workplace.  One of my clients has an intentional program at this time of...

When we witness poor behaviours at work, we can make assumptions that it is the individual’s personality or disposition that caused the behaviour rather than take into consideration the situational factors. The situational factors include: The environment around us...

Ten years ago, incivility expert, Christine Porath, wrote in the Harvard Business Review that “rudeness at work is rampant and it’s on the rise.” In her research which included polling thousands of workers about how they’re treated on the job, Porath stated 98% of...

Challenging Safely requires a positive intent and care in the delivery.   Challenger safety, the final and most complex stage in the 4 Stages of Psychological Safety Framework by Timothy R. Clark,  always assumes a positive intent and care in the delivery. When...

Interpersonal conflict or relationship breakdown in the workplace is, sadly not uncommon and is generally one of the top 3 reported psychosocial hazards.  We are human after all with our flaws and sensitivities and when combined with other forces (work pressures) can...