Workplace Bullying Academics Meet-Up in Cardiff
The premier academic workplace bullying group ended its biannual 3-day conference in sunny (as rare as that was) Cardiff, Wales in the UK with 230 attendees from 30 countries. The conference was hosted...
View ArticleSelf-defeating stigma an integral part of workplace bullying
In a recently completed Nov. 2010 WBI Instant Poll with 1069 respondents (of whom 98% are typically self-declared targets of workplace bullying), we asked if any personal shame or stigma was attached...
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Unions and workplace bullying
Results of the Jan 2011 WBI Instant Poll on unions’ role in workplace bullying. Employers have unchecked power over non-unionized employees. Whatever dribbles of democracy and employee participation...
View ArticleOnline nonprofit takes on workplace bullying
Washington County native and his wife go after it with online effort By Janice Crompton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Thursday, April 21, 2011 When Tom Shannon accepted a job 15 years ago, he expected to...
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Horrible Bosses: When your boss is a bully
Sometimes, a bad boss crosses the line into downright abusive behavior. Even in states where bullying isn’t illegal, there are ways to protect your sanity. By Anne Fisher, contributor, July 8, 2011:...
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Face Off: how to beat the office bully
August 5th, 2011, Management Line, The Sydney Morning Herald Every workplace has them, but it’s hard to deal with bullies at work because more often than not, they are in positions of power. It may be...
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Complex PTSD: Devastating Health Effects From Workplace Bullying
By Andrew Mitchell Suite 101 August 18th 2010 The harming effects of workplace bullying can go further than mere embarrassment. A target may become psychologically injured after long-term abuse....
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New Turkey Button from WBI
WBI design guru, Dave Phillips, created this lovely Thanksgiving-themed graphic. It reminds us all that bullies erode profits and prevent balanced budgets because of their meddling. Their misconduct...
View ArticleHow to Deal With the Workplace Bully
by Frank Kalman, Talent Management, Nov. 8, 2011 About a third of the U.S. workforce has fallen victim to workplace bullying. Learning to mitigate the problem means creating a more open work...
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WBI response to J. Harper’s spurious claim of “anti-bully hysteria”
A Dec. 15 post on the Huffington Post by bullied-out-of-her-career Janice Harper caught the attention of those of us operating at “ground zero” of the workplace bullying movement. Attacks on the...
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Workplace Bullying Institute 2011 Accomplishments
One WBI goal is to educate everyone — the affected individuals, employers and lawmakers — about Workplace Bullying. Acknowledgment of its existence and preventability necessarily precedes corrective...
View ArticleFox Business — Bully Adults in the Workplace: What to Do
Barbara Mannino Fox Business News Feb 17, 2012 Adults who thought their days of dealing with bullies were left behind on the schoolyard better think again. A 2011 CareerBuilder study shows that 27% of...
View ArticleGary Namie discusses Workplace Bullying on WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago
As promised, here is the audio from Dr. Namie’s appearance NPR WBEZ-FM Chicago’s show Eight Forty-Eight with host Tony Sarabia on April 13, 2012. WBEZ The article that goes with it. The movie Bully,...
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Workplace Bullying University: Training professionals for mastery
Since 2008, WBI founders have periodically offered intensive, interactive, small-group training for mental health counselors, human resources professionals, attorneys, trainers and consultants. All...
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WBI: Guided by the bullied workplace target’s perspective
The Workplace Bullying Institute is approaching its 15th birthday. Too often we assume readers know everything about us. This can’t be true. So, we offer something for newbies who might not know that...
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For bullied workers, relief comes from reclaiming control
The most recent WBI survey has clearly shown that traditional (employer-compliant) tactics for individuals to solve their bullying problems don’t work — averaging a 97% failure rate. All tactics...
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The WBI $15 for 15 Years Campaign: Can You Help?
The Workplace Bullying Institute is 15 years old this summer. To support our increased operating expenses, we invite those who benefit from WBI’s work in any way — website information, coaching, our...
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Let’s Talk with Kalola: Micromanager
Let’s Talk with Kalola, where targets can share their experiences with WBI’s blog readers. Here we go! Dear Kalola, I am currently being bullied by my immediate supervisor. My supervisor is AA, female...
View ArticleTime: Workplace Bullying — The Problem and Its Costs Are Worse Than We Thought
By Gary Belsky, Time - Business, July 12, 2012 For all the recent concern over teen bullying, large numbers of adults also deal with peer-to-peer intimidation, especially at work: Approximately one in...
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WBI Webinar: So, You Wanna Sue, Now viewable
The recording for the second WBI webinar is now available online. It covers what you need to know if you’re thinking about going to court for workplace bullying. Follow this link to watch the...
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Workplace Bullying Impact on Employee Health
In the spring 2012, WBI posted a Instant Poll survey asking bullied targets to check health symptoms associated with their bullying experience. 516 respondents completed the survey. Here are the...
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Let’s Talk with Kalola: Real Estate Agent
Another Let’s Talk with Kalola, where targets can share their experiences with WBI’s blog readers. Here we go! Dear Kalola, I am a real estate agent for a large family-owned company. I have been in the...
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WBI Webinar 3 – For Family and Friends.
You can now watch the third WBI webinar, on demand, by following this link. For Family & Friends, Please Understand I’m Bullied at Work teaches the people closest to bullied targets what their...
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WBI Showcases Support for Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week at the National...
When: Monday October 15, 10-11 am Where: National Press Club, Washington, D.C. What: Commemoration of WBI’s Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week Who: An all-star lineup of support from a diverse range...
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BNA: Labor Leaders Press States to Adopt Legislation to Curb Workplace Bullying
by Stephen Lee, Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg BNA, Oct. 15, 2012 Union officials, civil rights groups, and formerly abused workers urged states to adopt anti- bullying legislation at an Oct. 15 press...
View ArticleHilary Shelton, NAACP, supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 2 of 9
Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP Sr. Vice President and Washington Bureau Director, supports Workplace Bullying Institute, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club,...
View ArticleMary Kay Henry, SEIU, supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 3 of 9
Mary Kay Henry, SEIU Intl President, supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012. Presenters Roster: Namie | Shelton | Henry |...
View ArticleAFGE Charletta McNeill supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 5 of 9
AFGE Local 32 Pres Charletta McNeill (Washington, DC – OPM) supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012 Presenters Roster: Namie |...
View ArticleJane Bethel, NAGE, supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 6 of 9
NAGE Local 200 Pres & NAGE E-Board member Jane Bethel supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012. Bethel is Virginia HWB State...
View ArticleLana Cooke supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 7 of 9
Lana Cooke supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012. Cooke is one of the West Virginia HWB State Coordinators. Presenters...
View ArticleNeal Dias supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 8 of 9
Neal Dias, Verizon-displaced bullied target, supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012. Dias tells his personal story. Presenters...
View ArticleSusan Rae Baker supports WBI and Healthy Workplace Bill, 9 of 9
Susan Rae Baker, Life and Business Coach, supports WBI, Healthy Workplace Bill, and Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, National Press Club, Oct. 15, 2012. Baker tells her personal story. Presenters...
View ArticleProvince: B.C. government employees get new agreement to combat the bullying...
By Michael Smyth, The Province The nightmare at work started with one manager taking a personal dislike to her and nitpicking everything she did — from the way she dressed to the “irritating” tone of...
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Counseling Today article featuring Jessi Eden Brown
Here is an excerpt of the Counseling Today article by Lynne Shallcross entitled Grown-up bullying. WBI coach Jessi Eden Brown, MS, LMHC, contributed to the section about bullying in the workplace:...
View ArticleMother Nature Network: 1 in 3 Workers Victim of Workplace Bullying
Bullying isn’t just a problem for middle school and high school students; bullying behavior continues into adulthood and is a concern in the workplace. By Melissa Hincha-Ownby Bullying is a major...
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Workplace Bullying Institute joins San Francisco LaborFest 2013
San Francisco LaborFest 2013 Workplace Bullying, Health and Safety Saturday July 27 11:00 – 4:00 PM (Free) ILWU Local 34 Hall 801 2nd St. next to AT&T Stadium, San Francisco Registration Requested:...
View ArticleWBI on Vancouver, BC radio: Workplace bullying
On Thursday Aug. 8, Dr. Gary Namie, Director, Workplace Bullying Institute was interviewed by Mike Smyth, guest host for the Bill Good show, CKNW-AM, Vancouver, BC. Here is the audio of the half-hour...
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Last week to crowd-fund 2014 WBI U.S. Survey
Please contribute to the WBI Indiegogo campaign to fund our national 2014 U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey. Give a voice to the millions of bullied targets and invigorate the campaign to end workplace...
View ArticleMurfreesboro Post: Workplace bullying unfortunately all to common
By Gina Logue, Post Columnist Murfreesboro Post March 16, 2014 It has become a truism of this recession that workers who are stuck in jobs where they are not paid enough, mistreated, overworked or just...
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WBI Workplace Bullying Webinar: For Family & Friends
This video teaches the people closest to bullied targets what their loved one is going through, that there is little you can do by yourself to stop it, why the assaults consume and contaminate quality...
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Workplace Bullying: Race, Ideology, and the U.S. Bullying Experience
RACE AND THE BULLYING EXPERIENCE in 2014 Below are the percentages within each ethnic group that had been bullied, witnessed it and the combined percentage to represent those “affected” by bullying....
View ArticleFree Lance-Star: Bullies can make a workplace toxic
By Lynne Richardson, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, May 11, 2014 When I was growing up, we saw bullying in elementary schools and on playgrounds. The bully was generally the biggest boy in...
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Let’s Talk with Kalola: Bullied to tears
Dear Kalola, I was a victim of bullying in more than one of my jobs. Always being scheduled the same times with my bully. The boss bully made sure of it in both cases. Does it wear you down? Yes....
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Gig Harbor, WA March 19 event for bullied targets
Richard Himmer, WBI Affiliate and Workplace Bullying University graduate, leads bullied targets on a unique journey beginning on March 19 from 7 to 8 pm at Extendicare Health 3220 Rosedale St., Gig...
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West Virginia cities proclaim Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week
The Workplace Bullying Institute thanks the following West Virginia cities for acknowledging Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week and the necessity of caring for those subjected to abusive conduct at...
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City of Anchorage Alaska implements a Workplace Bullying Policy
On October 19, 2015, during WBI Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz approved a new policy to combat bullying in the workplace. The policy aims to ensure that city...
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Tuition discount for Workplace Bullying University ends 3/31
Training for Professionals in Mental Health, Law, HR, Nursing, Medicine, Management, Trainers, Consultants, Clergy, Career Changers Spend three intensive, immersive days with the Drs. Namie in San...
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2017 WBI U.S. Survey: How Rarely Bullied Targets Complain
2017 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey Notification by Bullied Targets 29% of targets remain silent about their abusive conduct only 17% seek formal resolution The Workplace Bullying Institute...
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2017 WBI U.S. Survey: Strong Support for a New Law Against Abusive Conduct at...
2017 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey Support for a New Law Against Abusive Conduct At Work 77% of Americans support a new law to address abusive conduct at work The Workplace Bullying Institute...
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