bulllying

Bullies in the Workplace

by wingspanseminars on Feb 3, 2010

The last time, he pointed out that you were the only one at the meeting two hours early. Others did not realize that you were not sent the e-mail stating that your group didn’t have to arrive until after lunch.   One in every six people in the workforce has experienced workplace bullying.   An unclear definition, victim isolation, status of the bully it is too often goes over looked or unreported. What is workplace bullying?     Here are two definitions:   The tendency to use aggressive or unreasonable behavior towards a person or group of persons within an organization.   Repeated mistreatment of an employee by a person or group of people with malicious intent, humiliation, intimidation and sabotage of performance.   Workplace bullying surfaces in many forms.   Some of the more common tactics are insults, criticism of ability, yelling, stealing credit, inconsistent appliance with rules,...Read More >>