Inside The Workplace

In order to understand bullying behaviors, it helps to see it in action.  Below are some examples of what it is and is not. Acceptable Behavior Rude Behavior(But Not Bullying) Bullying Behavior Giving someone a negative performance review using constructive criticism Not listening to what your employees have to say Demanding that one employee take [...]

Bullying can come in all shapes and forms. Here’s a look at some of the most common types. Corporate Bullying: This occurs when bullying becomes a way of life in a company or organization. The bully may: o    Force employees to work long hours o    Pile an unreasonable amount of work on employees o    Deny [...]

We all knew bullies in school who pushed people around to get what they wanted. Unfortunately, many schoolyard bullies continue their behavior through school and out into the workplace. People may also have learned bullying from parents or relatives as they were growing up. Personality Disorders Many personality disorders can result in bullying behavior, including: [...]

On March 15th, California School Districts sent out Pink Slips warning their teachers of possible layoffs in the coming school year.  This is not unusual as they have made this a practice for many years. This is their way of dealing with budget cuts. What struck me was how this is another form of workplace [...]

I thought this piece of recent news out of Massachusetts to be of great significance in keeping you up to date on all the anti workplace bullying news. ******************************************************* Boston– The Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Advocates announced March 5 that the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill – Senate Bill 916 and House Bill 2310 – has progressed [...]

I ran across an interesting study about the the connection between being bullied at work, our families reactions to it and the adverse health effects that the bullying causes.   Here’s that study. The study involved 280 full-time employees and their spouses. Participants were asked how often supervisors behaved badly. In particular, the survey rated [...]

Have you ever read someone Else’s account of what happened to them, say in a self-help book, and said “that’s happened to me before?”  And by reading the story, you realized that it made you feel better, not because it solved your problem, but because you found someone you could relate to. And with just that little bit of knowledge [...]

Bullies tend to project their inadequacies onto other people to avoid facing the facts and to divert attention from themselves. They use the tactics of blame, criticism, and allegations. Allegations made by bullies are often misdemeanors they themselves committed and are now projecting onto someone else. Webster’s New World Dictionary says that to project something [...]

Things Your Co-Workers Won’t Say By Catey Hill | SmartMoney EG – Fri, May 6, 2011 3:00 AM EDT Not all bullying is done by a boss, a manager, supervisor or whoever is above you.  Read on to see who else could be making your life miserable at work. “Stop being such a bully.” More [...]

Most workplaces carry a certain amount of stress with them where tempers can sometimes flair and feelings can sometimes be hurt but that is only one type of workplace verbal abuse and usually only happens Sporadically. This is being written about a consistent form of workplace verbal abuse that is used as a measured type [...]