WHAT IS BULLYING AT WORK - workplace bullying is “repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more employees of an employee: abusive conduct that takes the form of verbal abuse; or behaviors perceived as threatening, intimidating, or humiliating; work sabotage; or some combination of the above.
Some report indicated that one out of every two workers have been affected by workplace bullying. 67% of workplace bullies are men, and their preferred targets are women. The preferred targets of female bullies are also women.
FIVE TYPES OF WORKPLACE BULLIES - Bullying is either public or private. It is either overt or covert. Overt bullying behavior is obvious: it’s yelling, banging on a table; aggressive, threatening behavior. Covert bullying behavior is hidden, nuanced, subtle. It’s quiet and confusing, at times delivered in one-on-one meetings. Public bullying is witnessed by others. Private bullying is witnessed by only the bully and the target.
1: The In-Your-Face (IYF) :- The public/overt bully’s sole purpose is to denigrate someone in a public setting. The IYF bullies want witnesses. IYF wants everyone to know that it is in power, it is n charge, it is untouchable. In the workplace, it is the IYF managers who yell, bang the table, point the finger.
2: The Rat-Face (RF) :- RF bullies play dirty, sabotage your work, and can be easy to spot because RF likes to laugh at other people’s expense. RF wants you to know it is in power. RF is sly and sneaky; keep its targets and everyone else guessing. In the workplace, RF is the managers who intentionally mispronounce your name, plant its operatives on your team, and look at its phone and laugh while glancing at you.
3: The Two-Face (TF) :- The private/overt bully is first-team “all you” in public but humiliates and diminishes you in private. Like the IYF and RF bullies, TF bullies want you to know it is in power, it is in charge. But TF beatdown will happen in private, after singing the target’s praises in public. In the workplace, TF is the manager who tell anyone and everyone what a great job you’re doing and, in private, cut you down with biting, demeaning language.
4: The About-Face (AF) :- AF is a private/covert bully that seems to be heading one way, this brand of bully will abruptly pull a 180% next. Tough to put your finger on, the passive-aggressiveness of the AF is nuanced, subtle, hidden in the shadows. AF bullies are particularly gifted at making you believe it is your friend when it is using you and the information you share with them to direct their desired narrative, while advancing their own agenda and interests. In the workplace, AFs are the passive-aggressive managers who ask you about your meeting when it have already been updated about it from its precisely placed operatives.
5: Gaslighters :- Gaslighter is covert bullying which lands somewhere between the Rat-Face and the About-Face. Gaslighters overachieve its ability to trick and deceive. Gaslighter wants you to know its is in power, it is in charge by keeping you guessing and off-balance. In the workplace, gaslighting is done by the managers who sabotage your work, ask you for information you’ve already given them, move meeting locations and then ask, “Where have you been?”
Some report indicated that one out of every two workers have been affected by workplace bullying. 67% of workplace bullies are men, and their preferred targets are women. The preferred targets of female bullies are also women.
FIVE TYPES OF WORKPLACE BULLIES - Bullying is either public or private. It is either overt or covert. Overt bullying behavior is obvious: it’s yelling, banging on a table; aggressive, threatening behavior. Covert bullying behavior is hidden, nuanced, subtle. It’s quiet and confusing, at times delivered in one-on-one meetings. Public bullying is witnessed by others. Private bullying is witnessed by only the bully and the target.
1: The In-Your-Face (IYF) :- The public/overt bully’s sole purpose is to denigrate someone in a public setting. The IYF bullies want witnesses. IYF wants everyone to know that it is in power, it is n charge, it is untouchable. In the workplace, it is the IYF managers who yell, bang the table, point the finger.
2: The Rat-Face (RF) :- RF bullies play dirty, sabotage your work, and can be easy to spot because RF likes to laugh at other people’s expense. RF wants you to know it is in power. RF is sly and sneaky; keep its targets and everyone else guessing. In the workplace, RF is the managers who intentionally mispronounce your name, plant its operatives on your team, and look at its phone and laugh while glancing at you.
3: The Two-Face (TF) :- The private/overt bully is first-team “all you” in public but humiliates and diminishes you in private. Like the IYF and RF bullies, TF bullies want you to know it is in power, it is in charge. But TF beatdown will happen in private, after singing the target’s praises in public. In the workplace, TF is the manager who tell anyone and everyone what a great job you’re doing and, in private, cut you down with biting, demeaning language.
4: The About-Face (AF) :- AF is a private/covert bully that seems to be heading one way, this brand of bully will abruptly pull a 180% next. Tough to put your finger on, the passive-aggressiveness of the AF is nuanced, subtle, hidden in the shadows. AF bullies are particularly gifted at making you believe it is your friend when it is using you and the information you share with them to direct their desired narrative, while advancing their own agenda and interests. In the workplace, AFs are the passive-aggressive managers who ask you about your meeting when it have already been updated about it from its precisely placed operatives.
5: Gaslighters :- Gaslighter is covert bullying which lands somewhere between the Rat-Face and the About-Face. Gaslighters overachieve its ability to trick and deceive. Gaslighter wants you to know its is in power, it is in charge by keeping you guessing and off-balance. In the workplace, gaslighting is done by the managers who sabotage your work, ask you for information you’ve already given them, move meeting locations and then ask, “Where have you been?”
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