Can we quantify the number of Australian employees who are at risk of injury from workplace bullying? I asked myself this question with the knowledge that I am no mathematician. Yet, I decided to give it a go based on the following data. According to the ABS, in...
“I never thought it would happen to me. I had spent a decade being a reasonably good manager and leader. I didn’t think I would be the broken person who couldn’t turn up to work because I couldn’t stop myself crying, not just on one day, but repeatedly.” A 2017...
Mediation. It has been a key successful solution in resolving our workplace conflicts. However, mediation is not an effective solution to workplace bullying, particularly in moderate to severe cases. In fact, mediation can exacerbate the risk to bullied targets and...
Cyberbullying. It is a term we more commonly associate with school children than adults. Yet adults can and do use the cyber-universe inappropriately, as the exposing of Brett Guerin, ironically head of Victoria Police’s ethical standards unit, has shown. But when it...
What’s it like to be bullied for eight years without relief? I worked with a man who found himself in this situation. Targeted by his supervisor, early on, he raised it with a senior manager, who discussed it with the bully. Increased abuse was the only result. It...
Digital communication has revolutionised the way we communicate. A quick email to colleagues because they are out of the office and we know they are busy is super easy. Posting in a chat room to quickly garner ideas from others on a thought is convenient. Yet what...
