Melinda Fell, Author at Melinda Fell Consulting

Pandemic-Level Anxiety: Men’s Mental Health During COVID-19

Men’s mental health is beginning to receive the attention that it deserves. Thankfully, this has enabled us to develop a firmer grasp on the scope of these problems and how we can go about managing them. Despite these advances, the Coronavirus pandemic has sparked a range of further issues that we are yet to grapple […]

The Office of the Future: Returning to Work Post Lockdown

The easing of some of Australia’s harshest lockdown measures is a good sign when it comes to getting back to work. As the curve flattens and our grasp on the virus strengthens, the possibility of returning to normality increases. This ‘normality’ we speak of, however, is like none other before. Coronavirus has established a new […]

Fighting the Survival Instinct: CSR in Changing Times

When human beings sense danger, their survival instincts kick in. As businesses are collections of human beings, it makes sense that their survival instincts are projected upon the organisations they work for. While these instincts may be natural, they are certainly not preferable. Executives must maintain their commitment to corporate social responsibility, even when every bone in their body is telling them to take the easy […]

Taking off the Training Wheels: Unique Capacities that can Develop in Isolation

At the office, many people can fade into the furniture. Even though they may be hungry to learn, they can end up being carried by other employees. In many ways, COVID-19 presents an opportunity to your team members; it is an invitation to rise to the occasion. Working from home is a unique opportunity to grow as both an […]

A Showcase of Womanly Strengths

Men and women are different. While they are equal in their status as human beings and deserve exactly the same entitlements for doing the same job, that is not to say that different genders have different strengths and weaknesses. Coronavirus spells out exactly when women leaders are at their most valuable. “One of the criticisms […]

A Break to Think: Using Isolation for Self-Care

In human history, when has there ever been an expectation that we work from home, relax and only leave the house for food and exercise? At the best of times, our lives are intense. Now, we’re in the midst of enforced time off. It’s a chance to take stock, focus on ourselves and come out the other side of this pandemic with […]

Leading from the Screen: Building Trust with Remote Workers

Seeds of doubt begin to germinate in times of isolation. When employees are disconnected from the wider world, particularly their workplaces, panic can suffocate reason. Executives must establish new lines of trust and communication with remote workers during the coronavirus crisis to ward off the all-consuming effects of loneliness. Like many Australians these days, I […]

Planning for the Future in Spite of the Present: Learning in times of COVID-19

There aren’t many things that the entire world stops for, but the outbreak of global pandemic is, rightfully, one of them. Executives everywhere are having to put their plans on ice. We haven’t experienced disruptions like this since World War II. But executives can’t let their visions grind to a halt. We will survive the Coronavirus and we must […]

Working with Coronavirus: The Rise of the Remote Worker

So many articles and videos are posted on this website with the intention of emphasizing the necessity of social interaction for organizational prosperity. Human connection is the key to employee engagement. Unfortunately, we are moving into an unprecedented moment in modern history that is forcing us to reorient our focus. Here, we grapple with working […]

Engaging with Engagement

In the United States, levels of employee engagement are at an all-time high. This is great news for employers. After years of statistics telling us where we were going wrong, it looks like our policies promoting engagement have started to bear fruit. This article seeks to analyse this rise in engagement so that Australian executives […]