Welcome to my new blog, Bullies Among Us.
I created this blog to provide a safe haven for those of us who have been or are the targets of nasty, undeserved behavior by one or more people in the places where we work.
Bad behavior is not limited to any particular group of people in the workplace. Not to top-level, management, supervisors, peers, subordinates, men, women, Baby Boomers, Generations Xers or any other group. Nor are targets of nasty behavior limited. Bullies and targets, alike, are found in every layer of the workplace.
Think about this--one in every six employees has experienced bullying at work. Most of us tolerate it until it gets so bad we become ill--physically or psychologically.
I hope this blog will provide an anonymous forum for us to talk about our experiences without fear of repercussions rather than keeping emotions bottled up inside. Among us, perhaps we can come up with ways to stop bulllying behaviors.
Please feel free to comment.
Thank you for visiting.
Bad Apple Polisher
About Me
- Jean R. McFarland, Ph.D.
- Phoenix Area, Arizona, United States
- Hi, As Bad Apples in the Workplace become increasingly more common, we are realizing how incredibly expensive it is for an organization to retain - and maintain - these individuals. I have worked with organizations to identify their Bad Apples and conclude best outcomes for everyone concerned. Sometimes it is easy because the Bad Apple does not know the negative effect he or she is producing. These people willingly change their behaviors. Other times, Bad Apples are emotionally immature and act out their feelings with very little self-control. They might require education in civil behavior and anger management. At the other end of the spectrum, we find the Bullies--sometimes labeled Social Psychopaths. They are the most detrimental to their targets, surrounding people, and organizations and are the most difficult to deal with. As a consultant and speaker on workplace behaviors, I have had the privilege of helping individual employees and organizations deal with and, better yet, avoid misunderstandings and conflict among employees at all organizational levels.
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