Overview
Unhealthy behavior in the workplace can create a drama-laden, hostile work environment, negatively impact productivity and increase turnover. When team members are focused on how they can one-up their counterparts or are fearful of their co-workers/leaders actions towards them – they are NOT focused on reaching your company’s goals.
Prerequisites
None
Objectives
- How to deal with bullying behavior
- Determine if your behavior could be seen as inappropriate
- Creating a more harmonious work environment
Highlights
- Taking credit for someone else’s work.
- Repeatedly belittling a co-worker.
- Withholding essential information.
- Failing to invite someone to an essential meeting.
- Ignoring a coworker with the intent to harm or control.
- Engaging in ongoing passive-aggressive behavior in which words and actions appear harmless but have the intent to harm or control.
- Constant and unfair criticism.
- Social bantering and teasing.
- Yelling, shouting and screaming.
- Insults and behind-the-back put-downs.
- Hostile glares and other intimidating gestures.
- Malicious gossiping.
- Monopolizing supplies and other resources.
- Aggressive e-mails or notes.
- Overt threats and aggression or violence
- Am I the bully?
