Inappropriate comments

Maia liked her colleague, but he made inappropriate comments occasionally. When she called him out on it, he laughed it off. However, those comments stayed with Maia and made her uncomfortable.

Maia contacted Fair Way as she worried about how her colleagues would react if she took further action. During the coaching session, the ELS practitioner explored why Maia felt the comments were inappropriate.

After discussing some options, Maia decided that her colleague needed to understand where she was coming from. Fair Way’s ELS practitioner arranged to facilitate discussions for Maia and her colleague. Through those conversations, Maia explained why those comments weren’t a joke for her. Her colleague apologised. While he hadn’t meant to cause offense, he could now understand where Maia was coming from and why they were out of line.

The workplace coach also identified that Maia could benefit from counselling, so they put Maia in touch with organisation’s EAP provider.