Category Archives for "Personal Safety"

Yes, you have your fire assembly point sign on the door and a first aid kit in the cupboard. And to prove it’s a good place to work you even have a rather attractive silver plaque award bolted to the wall in reception! Nice. But in a world where the workplace is constantly evolving you have […]

Triskaidekaphobia (TRIS-kye-DEK-ə-FOH-bee-ə) is the fear of the number 13. For a whole host of reasons, thirteen is notorious for being considered an unlucky number. And now it seems workers in the retail sector should also be wary. According to new statistics, 13 will suffer injury in a violent incident at work every day! Worse still […]

Complacency: “a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder”Cambridge Online Dictionary We have (probably) all received the advice about not taking shortcuts, and then ignored it and done it anyway. I know it’s riskier to cut across the park with the broken street lights and no CCTV […]

He caught himself in the moment… and he couldn’t believe what he was doing. It had been a tough few months for Dave. His high-flying wife made redundant from a job she loved; his friend had taken his own life and his father had been diagnosed with a very serious, life threatening illness. To say he […]

In this post I want to bring together the worlds of “Wellbeing” and “Conflict Management” by addressing a couple of points. Brace yourself…I’m getting on my soap box again… 1: Saying you care doesn’t mean you do… “Welcome back to work Dave (tick) In this return to work interview I’m going to tick these boxes as […]

As the footsteps behind her got louder she knew it wasn’t good.The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as she glanced over her shoulder to see him in the street lights, a few paces behind…What was she going to do?Her manager had left work hours ago and there was no number to […]