Last month I challenged you to take action against workplace bullying by doing something, anything, to put a stop to it. I presented the challenge, and now I’ll offer up a tool to help. Your step to ending bullying doesn’t have to be a $1,000,000 initiative. The truth...
Roll up your sleeves, folks, because we’re about to dive headfirst into the zany world of workplace bullying. Think of this as a sitcom script, but with a life-changing twist! Today, we’re spotlighting 13 laugh-out-loud signs that your workplace could use...
A question I get asked a lot is: What happens when the older workforce (who understands the value of hard work) holds the young people accountable to certain standards, and then those young people go crying that they are bullied? The answer is: Blaming the...
In my own situation dealing with a workplace bully, I spent a lot of time trying to convince the Executive Director that the bullying was a real problem that needed to be solved. I was never successful in my endeavor, and the bully lived on while many people suffered....
Robert M. Sapolsky, a Stanford professor and the author of “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” found that when people experience incivility for too long or too often, their immune systems suffer. Further, research is clear that incivility and workplace bullying causes...
I have just released my latest book, SEEKING CIVILITY: How leaders, managers and HR can create a workplace free of bullying and abusive conduct. I thought I’d throw up a few excerpts for interest: What Bullying Is Bullying is repeated abuse that creates a...
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