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Don’t let bullies create a hostile workplace

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Work bullies can ruin a culture, destroy productivity and make your life – and the lives of everyone else they target – miserable. And it’s not just bullying bosses who are the problem.  Co-workers and employees also use bullying behavior that creates a hostile workplace. Excluding lethal weapons, here are the top dozen techniques bullies [...]

Managers must be decisive in handling problems

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Good managers don’t clean up messes caused by their staffs.  They prevent messes from happening. Carl, head of a division, finally had to fix the problems in a department run by a senior manager, Brenda.  He transferred one supervisor and three high-ranking staff members to other departments.  He was satisfied: once again, he showed that [...]

To Stop Bullies You Must Protest and Say, “NO!”

Monday, December 12th, 2011

One of the typical tactics of sly, sneaky, stealthy, manipulative bullies is to work in the dark; to not be seen to be bullies.  Then, when a light is shined on their abusive behavior, they claim that they were just having fun; that they were just kidding around; that they didn’t know their target was [...]

BulliesBeGone on Facebook

Monday, January 10th, 2011

You’ll find quotes, links to articles and other useful material to help you stop bullies at work, in personal relationships and with children at the BulliesBeGone page of Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bullies-Be-Gone/125559177508773 Or you can go directly to the wall at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bullies-Be-Gone/125559177508773#!/pages/Bullies-Be-Gone/125559177508773?v=wall I hope you “like” what’s there already and let all your friends know.  And [...]