INTERVIEW - Sharing experiences of workplace bullying

Esperanza is kind enough to explain her experience with Bullying in the work place. Unfortunately this happens all over the world. We seem to always talk about the children and not often enough about the adults and especially women in the work place.

Vicious Cycle of Workplace Bullying

This video speaks for itself, it is simple yet may help those who have been the target of bullying to understand the mechanisms and roll on effect to your peers and others within the workplace when bullying takes place and is reported.

VIDEO - Workplace Bullying Interview with Dr Lisa Barrow

Part 1 - Dr. Lisa Barrow shares her story about being bullied in the workplace.

Part 2 - Dr. Lisa Barrow discusses 'what is bullying', giving insight into a case history, also discusses effect of ongoing bullying like a constant water drop, water torture?! eventually the victim will be broken.

For the rest of the interview with Dr Barrow, you will find the interview uploaded on her Youtube page.

NEWS INTERVIEW - Women Bullies In The Workplace

When many people think of bullies, the thought of kids on a playground usually comes to mind. A group called Workplace Bullying Institute shows that about 40 percent of bullies at work are women who target other women about 70 percent of the time.

Marsha Petrie Sue said she worked for a woman who bullied her.

"But then I got promoted and we were peers. Yeah baby!" said Sue.

Sue went on to become a professional speaker and writer and her latest book is called, "Toxic People."

"It's not right or wrong. It just is. Men and women have been socialized differently," said Sue. "We have a tendency when we get our feathers ruffled, to keep it on our sleeve. I have learned that the way I was raised didn't necessarily set me up to work within a male-dominated environment."

Sheri Perkins works at Adecco, the world's largest staffing company. "I'm not going to say that it isn't realistic that a lot of women are very catty," said Perkins. "Sometimes women do tend to pick on other women maybe especially if one woman is a stronger personality than another."

Perkins went on to say, "When the economy is the way it is, that people may act out in ways that maybe they normally wouldn't and I think if someone ever tried to bully me, I would stop it immediately. That's just my personality. I don't care if you're a man or a woman."

Roxy Westphal had her own experience with bullying in the workplace. "They look at other women as a threat rather than as someone who can help them succeed. She just attacked me. I left the building in tears. I didn't even know how to respond to her. It was such as brutal attack," recalled Westphal.

Three weeks after the run-in with her co-worker, Westphal said she took another job with another company. Westphal now runs her own company, making and selling embroidered luggage for corporate events.

"If you talk to women and say do women treat other women differently in the workplace, all my friends roll their eyes and go 'oh yeah,'" said Westphal.

According to the United Nations' International Labor Organization, workplace bullying often goes unreported. Since the bullying isn't considered illegal, even when reported employers rarely take action.

VIDEO - Bullying at Work - Your Stories from Lifetrack

Lifetracks aims to be the first place all young people in the UK turn to when they're making decisions about their work, study or training.

Lifetracks has produced two video's on Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace.

BULLYING AT WORK

It's not always easy to know if you are being bullied. After all, it can be really difficult to get on with absolutely everyone you work with. You may have colleagues who are bossy or demanding. Supervisors might get angry if you don't meet targets or the necessary standards. However, if the criticism is constant or if it focuses more on you as a person than the work you do, then it may have crossed the line into bullying.

Think, too, about how your workmate's actions are making you feel. Are you being physically injured or emotionally hurt? Are you continually being made to feel stupid or incompetent? Do you get put down, no matter how good a job you do? If so, it could be that you're being targeted by a workplace bully.

You don't have to put up with bullying at work. Sometimes you may be able to talk to the person and ask them to stop especially if they're not aware of how they're making you feel. However, if you're not comfortable with confronting the bully, or you find that talking doesn't make any difference, see 'What next?' for other actions you can take.


RESOLVING BULLYING AT WORK

Stephen Williams from Acas, explains that receiving criticism from a boss or colleague at work is often difficult to deal with. If the criticism is delivered in front of others in order to humiliate you, then this is considered a form of bullying.

The simple way of dealing with bullying is to approach the person who is bullying you and ask them to stop. However, this is often the most difficult approach. It is therefore very useful to talk to trusted friends and family about your situation at work.

Leanne and Jenni were both subjected to persistent bullying at work. They explain how they found support and help through organisations such as the National Bullying Helpline, who talked them through the options available to them.

ATTENTION ASSHOLE BOSSES! New Sid Citrus Videos on Bully-Asshole Bosses

ATTENTION ASSHOLE BOSSES!

Sid Citrus launches campaign to be crowned your King.

EPISODE 1

Rookie cube dweller Brett begins to suspect his new boss Sid Citrus is an asshole.

Orange Rebel Productions announces the launch of a new comedy web series, Sid Citrus: Asshole Boss, in partnership with inaugural corporate sponsor, The People Group.

“Sid’s goal in life is to be universally acclaimed by his peers as the King of all corporate assholes. Sid Citrus already stands head and shoulders above every other jerk boss out there,” laughs writer-director Fred Emmer. “Or rather I should say, he floats.”

Sid Citrus is an orange. A floating, philandering orange to be exact, who wears a tie, including Saturdays. And he’s not very nice.

“I laughed my head off when Fred gave me the script. I immediately knew we had to get this made,” recalls workplace consultant Kevin Kennemer, principal of The People Group. “That Sid Citrus, what an absolutely amazing jerk!”

The first three webisodes tell story of how rookie cube dweller Brett comes to realize that his floating orange boss is a bully and an asshole and that standing up to him can lead to lethal consequences, literally. “Of course Sid as a character and the story events are beyond farcical.” says Emmer. “But we actually are trying to say something.”

“The issues are real and I deal with them every day,” adds Kennemer, whose consulting practice specializes in helping corporations put people friendly practices in place. “Incivility in the workplace creates huge costs no company can afford to ignore. The effects of psychological mistreatment on the workforce is brutal and allowing it to go on is immoral. I think Sid Citrus makes the point with humor.”

Fred explains Sid Citrus’s origin. “A friend of mine had recommended Kevin’s blog to me and after reading a few posts I couldn’t believe how candid he was in condemning asshole behavior in the workplace,” said Emmer. “It hit me viscerally and I was thinking about his post as I strolled to the fruit bowl in the break room. Someone had left a sharpe marker by the bowl. Two minutes later, Sid Citrus was born,” stated the writer-director from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

One school of thought is that every organization should have one asshole. That might be okay if the asshole is kept around so their behavior can be used as a bad example, and if they are not too high in the organization. Kind of like an object lesson in assholeology. But most organizations aren’t that sophisticated. Inevitably corporate assholes wind up breeding like rabbits, eventually poisoning the entire organization.

“I’ve already heard it from my wife, don’t be a Sid,” says Emmer. “He’s not even real and he’s already helping me put a check on my own behavior. I hope we can spread this around,” states Emmer. “Don’t be a Sid.”

EPISODE 2

Doug decides he's had enough bullying from Sid Citrus and decides to stand up for himself. Sid's not too keen on that sort of behavior.

EPISODE 3

Brett discovers that helping a co-worker deal with an asshole boss can lead to lethal consequences.

Sid Citrus: Asshole Boss can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/sidcitrus
and at www.SidCitrus.Com.

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