WORKPLACE BULLYING IS NOT ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN TWO EQUALLY POWERED PARTIES.
While some decisions that happen in the workplace may sometimes seem unfair to us such as being transferred, disciplined, counselled or dismissed, it is not bullying if carried out in a transparent, reasonable, respectful and fair manner.
WORKPLACE BULLYING IS SYSTEMATIC.
Bullying is a target-focused campaign on the interpersonal well-being of an industry peer, employee, co-worker or junior member of the workplace. Bullying compromises the health, well-being and integrity of the target.
Bullying may occur if the perpetrator is feeling threatened, is only interested in their own personal gains, or is being verbally degraded, pressured or bullied themselves from another source to perform personally or as a team, or to reach unrealistic goals.
TARGETED WORKPLACE BULLYING IS A HEALTH, WORK AND SAFETY HAZARD
Bullying is not a form of active management. The Australian Human Rights Commission tells us that bullying behaviours in the workplace can have other implications within the law.
The bully may be out to destroy a person’s standing in the workplace and in doing so jeopardises relationships at work and at home; a person’s physical and mental health; and the career opportunities of the target. This may be seen as repeated hurtful remarks and harassment, exclusion from work matters, intimidation, giving a person pointless tasks, making work scheduling difficult for a person, or verbal/physical attacks on a person.
THE EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE BULLYING.
A person will be less confident in their ability at work, suffer from stress, panic attacks or depression. Bullying also affects life outside of the work environment. People who are bullied in the workplace will not want to go to work, they will find it hard to trust those around them, and their self-worth will suffer. The target may have physical signs of stress, including headaches, backache and sleep issues.
TAPPING OUT WORKPLACE BULLYING.
Emotional Freedom Techniques or Tapping helps the bully, bullied or a bystander to identify the core issue of the bullying behaviour by investigating the aspects around being bullied, bullying others or as a witness of bullying behaviours. “The time when……”
By identifying who was involved, where the bullying took place, what you saw/what you heard, what you thought, how you felt about the situation and where you hold these feelings in your body you can start the process of tapping to let go of the hurt caused by this behaviour.
CHANGING THE CULTURE
It is thought that the culture of the workplace needs to change. I would question if it has ever been OK or acceptable to hurt someone deliberately? Bullying is not a culture; it is discrimination.
DON'T BE A BY-STANDER; BE AN UP-STANDER.
To find out more about Bullying Behaviours and Emotional Freedom Techniques - Tapping go to www.appliedtechniques.net/book-sales-and-resources and download the first section of "The Emotions Behind Bullying Behaviours"
Sue Suchocki - Facilitator of: ADHD / ASD -