by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
A distinguished difference exists between aggressive, passive and assertive communication. Aggressive communication includes that which is designed to be hurtful, or violates another person, much like a bully’s style of communication. Passive communication, on the...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
The other day I was headed to my lunch appointment in a high rise building. In order to get to the restaurant on the 40th floor, I had to wait in line for one of the elevators that stopped only on floors 21 through 40 to arrive. I spoke with my associate as I waited,...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Don’t want to speak up to the bully yet? Too scared? Too unsure? Don’t worry. There’s actually something you can say that’s not quite a comeback, but it’s not just “taking it” either. It’s called,...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
“In a time of crisis we all have the potential to morph up to a new level and do things we never thought possible.”— Stuart Wilde, author, researcher on consciousness
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Being bullied at work is hard on us. It tears us down, it rips us apart, it takes away our dignity. We don’t need to reach very far inside us to notice the inner damage we feel when we tell yet another chapter of the bully-at-work saga to our loved ones. We...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
What would you do differently? What a powerful question. They say hindsight is 20/20… So looking back on that interaction with the bully you had today, what would you do differently? Did he or she say something that caused you to cringe, or question your own...
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