What exactly is workplace bullying?

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Bullying @ Work Catherine M. Mattice, MA Civility Partners, LLC www.CivilityPartners.com Presentation 1: What is workplace bullying?

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Research indicates up to 70% of the workforce is bullied at some during their working life. First in a series of presentations, this deck answers the question: What exactly is workplace bullying?

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Bullying @ WorkCatherine M. Mattice, MA

Civility Partners, LLC

www.CivilityPartners.com

Presentation 1: What is workplace bullying?

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Bullying @ WorkCatherine M. Mattice, MA

Civility Partners, LLC

www.CivilityPartners.com

Between

50-70% of the workforceis bullied at some point in their

working life.

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

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RECURRING…

AGGRESSIVE & NEGATIVEBEHAVIORS

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

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That cause severe distressfor both

targets and witnesses

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

Power Imbalance

Bullies are threatened by the competence of others.

They lack empathy and communication skills.

And are motivated by power and authority.

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

Power ImbalanceAnd although perhaps avoidant of

conflict with the bully…

Targets are high producers.

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

Power Imbalance

This equals a very unhealthy

power imbalance.

And causes targets to fear

coming to work.

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

Power Imbalance

And even causes witnesses (who are not actually bullied) to lose

faith in management.

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

Bullies useaggressive communication

Insults

Yelling

Threats

Interruptions

Dirty looks

Intimidation

Nasty Competition

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

…And manipulate workWithholding information

Purposely excluding from meetings and emails

Taking away important responsibilities

Giving impossible deadlines

Uber-excessive micromanagement

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What exactly is workplace bullying?

…And focus onhumiliating others

Spreading gossip

Consistently reminding of mistakes

Ignoring people

Rolling eyes when others talk

Attacking the integrity of peers

Using employee evaluations to make others look bad

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Stay tuned for Presentation 2:What kind of damage can workplace bullying

really cause?

Civility Partners, LLCYour partner in building a positive workplace.

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• Visit www.NoWorkplaceBullies.com for more information about workplace bullying.

• And visit www.CivilityPartners.com for information about our services.

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Civility Partners, LLCYour partner in building a positive workplace.