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Calling out sexual abuse at work: your rights

3rd February 2020

Active Bystander, Blog, Bullying, Leadership, Legal

Sexual abuse and sexual violence Awareness Week This week is sexual abuse and sexual violence awareness week. An annual awareness raising week in February where organisations in the UK campaign against sexual abuse and violence. The week aims to generate discussion among the general public, statutory bodies and the third sector about how sexual abuse and violence is not ok. The aim is to empower survivor and victims to send out a clear message that the UK collectively will be…

Career Happiness and Mental Health With Soma Ghosh

19th November 2019

Leyla O

Bullying, Mental Health, Podcast, Wellbeing

Episode Title: Career Happiness and Mental Health With Soma Ghosh. This week on the Diverse Minds podcast, I talk to the amazing Soma Ghosh, the founder of The Career Happiness Mentor. This episode comes after Anti-Bullying Week, and with “Change Starts with Us” being the theme, we’re going to be looking at moving towards your career dream. I was honoured to be a guest on Soma’s podcast, called The Career Happiness Podcast earlier this year, talking about bullying, neuro-divergence…

Bullying and harassment in the workplace: what you can do about it.

12th November 2019

Leyla O

Active Bystander, Bullying, Podcast, Wellbeing

This week is Anti-Bullying Week and in this episode of the podcast, I focus on bullying and harassment in the workplace and what you can do about it. Bullying is unfortunately very common at work and can be present in many different ways. It is devastating and distressing for those being bullied and will have a negative effect on your workers’ mental health. So, I address what workplace bullying is, how to spot it if you’re being bullied or if…

Speaking out about workplace bullying

12th November 2018

Leyla O

Blog, Bullying, Management, Mental Health

Anti-Bullying Week takes place from 12- 19 November 2018. This year’s theme is Choose Respect. Bullying is often associated with the playground, however nearly a third of people are experiencing bullying at work. 72% of whom are bullied by their manager. There is still work to do to raise awareness about workplace bullying and how to tackle it. My Experience I featured on the inspirational Petra Velzeboer’s Advantage to Adversity Podcast. I spoke about my experience of workplace bullying and burnout. It wasn’t easy for…