16/11/2020
Today marks the beginning of anti-bullying week.
Unfortunately, bullying is not a term which is reserved to describe school playground behaviour, it seeps its way into modern day organisations.
Indeed there were allegations of bullying and boorish behaviour amidst the recent resignation of two advisers to government.
According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, 15% of UK employees have experienced workplace bullying at some point in their career.
Bullying behaviour is defined as behaviour which is persistent, unwanted and unwarranted.
A range of behaviours can constitute bullying these include micro aggressions such as : being undermined or publicly humiliated, socially excluded and gossiped about.
This behaviour has a negative affect on individuals, teams and the organisation itself.
Staff leaving organisations because of a toxic work environment, leads to reputational damage and problems with recruitment, retention, staff morale and performance.
Have you ever witnessed or been the target of workplace bullying?