Many workplace bully
behaviors go unnoticed or labeled as just inappropriate workplace behavior
because leaders still define bullying by childhood playground standards. If the
bully-type behaviors do not include insults or threats of aggressive behavior,
then the event may be minimized or go unnoticed in the workplace. The
difference between the playground bully and the workplace bully is experience
and a maturation of coercion and manipulation skills to control the
environment. An adult bully is one who harbors resources, steals the work of
others, restricts communication, uses aggression and coercion to get what they
want, and creates barriers to reward, and recognition for others. Adult bully
in the workplace increases the cost of operations and risk and reduces productivity, innovation, and creativity. Adult bullying in the workplace also increases absenteeism, exit seeking, and accidents and injury.
Have you updated your organizational
definition of workplace bullying?
Finding the Good in the Workplace Bully
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