It is easy to identify the school and workplace bully when there are escalations in chaos and classroom or workplace tension because bullies are often central figures who receive credit for all infamous deeds and, sometimes, heroics. However, before the bully-like behaviors get to the point of intolerable, bully-type behaviors have already interfered with normal and healthy social structures, learning, and classroom productivity. Insidiously, and long before the identification of the problem or attribution of the problem to bullying, the bully may harbor resources, information, and knowledge. Bullies create unsafe learning and recreational environments, destroy self-esteem and self-efficacy of both the victim and the bystander and undermine every functional process of the community learning experience. At times, bullies are rewarded for their talents and “saving the day,” while they abuse the rights and privileges of others. However, classroom, playground, neighborhood and workplace bullies do not suddenly emerge into existence but are fueled by imbalances in the organizational culture and slowly nurtured to take their unfair share of power.
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