Work and conflict: pool of experts offers support
The expert pool Arbeitundkonflikt.ch supports companies and those affected in delicate and often overwhelming situations in the areas of mobbing, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, discrimination, burnout and power games. It also provides expert support to protect integrity in the workplace. After three years of development, the interdisciplinary pool of professionals was formed as an association at the beginning of June 2019.
"It all started three years ago with escalated harassment allegations by an employee against a member of management. The company reached its limits with this challenge. The HR manager was totally absorbed and could not do his normal job," says Judith Wissmann, founder and president of workandconflict.ch. The experts involved in implementing the measures recognized that there is a great need for action in companies when employees make accusations. A loose group of specialists formed the expert pool Arbeitundkonflikt.ch and developed instruments that can be used for prevention and intervention. These include, for example, steps to be taken by a contact point or a questionnaire, steps and schedule for internal investigations.
Interdisciplinary competence center
Today, Arbeitundkonflikt.ch is an interdisciplinary competence center for the protection of personal integrity for companies and those affected. Core areas are prevention and intervention. One of Arbeitundkonflikt.ch's specialties are in-house and public seminars and workshops. In these prevention measures, managers and contact points are trained using video clips or live scenes specially filmed for training purposes.
Experienced experts
The expert pool for work and conflict combines organizational development, legal, pedagogical and psychological know-how. The pool of experts consists of highly experienced experts for conflict clarification, internal investigations as well as mediation. Communication support in crises around conflicts in the workplace are another field of action. The platform finds the appropriate experts for each stage of conflict escalation and, with its support, relieves HR managers, leadership and other contact points in companies and organizations.
