How do YOU describe workplace bullying? by Dr Flis Lawrence
Dr Felicity Lawrence
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I've developed the first ever online course specifically DESIGNED to help YOU prevent or avoid, control or defuse workplace confrontations BEFORE it morphs into bullying and harassment and injures your mental health and well-being. Find out more HERE.
This is NOT just about boosting your resilience or conflict resolution skills, it's about helping you when YOU need it most.
- Find out how to win 1 or 3 spots on my eModule at the end of this article
What workplace bulling looks like
False accusations and spreading rumours about you.Ongoing, Intimidating non-verbal behavior, exclusion and being isolated from emails relating to your tasks or other team activities.Persistent put-downs, glares, insults, excessive harsh criticism.CONSTANT and unreasonable heavy work demands and micro-managing behaviours.Repetitive subtle forms of sabotage, including micro-management that prevents you from getting your work done or undermines your self-confidence and professional reputation.Consistently stealing credit for your work.
Obviously ...there's a lot more to this list!
Get the skinny on quickly recognising (and preventing or interrupting) this behaviour and DOWNLOAD my FREE CHECKLIST TO SURVIVING WORKPLACE BULLIES - it's free...
EMAIL ME AND TELL ME!
I'm in the middle of creating my SECOND eModule entitled 'Neutralising Workplace Bullies' so I'm seeking your input and asking you to email me at team@drflis.com:
- TELL ME: WHAT DOES WORKPLACE BULLYING LOOK TO YOU? and
- TELL ME: WHAT YOU WANT AND NEED IN MY UPCOMING eMODULE 'Neutralising Workplace Bullies'
E: team@drflis.com
Traditional methods currently used to resolve workplace bullying
When talking about workplace bullying, research has found that, generally speaking, most people attempt one or two of the strategies below, or a bit of a combination:
- Ignore it until it’s too late and their mental health, well-being and job satisfaction is affected. Yep, we've all seen this happen, and the outcome is usually pretty awful for everyone. This is also a HUGE issue for employers and workplace leaders as these factors DIRECTLY IMPACT employees’ productivity and performance and health.
- Seek help from their local GP who may refer them to a psychologist. I've spoken to a number of GPS and psychologists who ALL say they've noticed that stress relating to workplace bullying is on the rise.
- Report the bullying to their Union, OHS or HR representative as a breach of their workplace code of conduct and anti-bullying and harassment policies and request an internal investigation. I've never heard of a good resolution resulting from this option, but I'm happy to be advised - have you witnessed or experienced a successful resolution from this option?
- Seek resolution through the bully’s boss or other senior management. This can be a two edged sword.
Contact the Fair Work Commission and request an application to stop the bullying. Has anyone experienced this process? Is it fast and effective? I've heard conflicting stories...
Lodge a psychological injury claim with COMCARE. Unfortunately, I've been told a significant number of personnel in COMCARE are also suffering workplace bullying, so..
BUT, Are These Methods Effective? THE FACTS
- Research has found that a staggering 95% of targets don't reach a workable resolution to the bullying using the strategies below. These strategies are ranked according to their effectiveness. Find out more detail at the end of this article HERE.
Do you want?
- A personalised Tailored Response TOOLKIT with strategies and tactics to help you PREVENT, CONTROL or DEFUSE negative workplace acts?
- TAKE BACK YOUR CONTROL of confrontations at work BEFORE it turns into bullying?
- Feel safer at work?
If you do then I'm excited to be able to give you this opportunity!
You can WIN 1 of 3 SPOTS on my 'CONTROLLING WORKPLACE CONFRONTATIONS' eModule - the FIRST under my BESPOKE 'Reach Your Full Potential@Work' BOOTCAMP (released April '17).
>>> This opportunity ENDS FRIDAY 24th March<<<
Dr Felicity (Flis) Lawrence has a PhD in organisational social psychology (+BA SSc & Dip PM) with 25 years experience in private, military and government workplaces. She uses a mixed adult education, academic-evidenced approach to help people leading & working in organisations create respectful, safer work cultures by preventing bullying, fostering new insights, and diagnosing organisational problems. Email team@DrFlis.com, LinkedIn or follow her blog Twitter or Facebook.
