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Profiles of a bully
The Screaming Mimi is the stereotypical bully, controls the emotional tone for everyone else. He toxifies the workplace with mood swings and unpredictable displays of anger. Targets are publicly humiliated to convince witnesses that the bully is to be feared. He usually stops short of physical violence, but this volatile individual poses the violent risk employers fear most.
Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility by Gary Namie Ivey Business Journal 2003
The Constant Critic is the hyper-critical nitpicker. Her attention to minutiae and obsession over others performance is the way she hides her own deficiencies and insecurities. This bully resorts to name calling. She loves to complain about everyone elses incompetence. She invents targets errors to belittle and confuse them. Though she prefers behind-closed door settings, she can berate targets in public, too.
Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility by Gary Namie Ivey Business Journal 2003
The Two-Headed Snake slithers up the organization chart, reserving brutality for those below. Snakes defame the reputation of targets to boost their own self-image. The Snake spreads rumors and engineers divide and conquer schemes within work teams to turn co-workers against the target. His version of events is always believed while the targets perspective is discounted.
Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility by Gary Namie Ivey Business Journal 2003
The Gatekeeper is obsessed with control. She allocates time, money, staffing and information in ways that ensure her targets failure. Then, she has an excuse to complain about performance problems.
Workplace bullying: Escalated incivility by Gary Namie Ivey Business Journal 2003
Profanity Yelling Threatening Rudeness Belittling Invading Personal space while doing any of the above.
Thats just the way he/she is Just do it Xs way this time. After this task is done, things will go back to normal, I promise. Sounds like a personality conflict You must have done something to him/her for them to behave this way. Just work it out! You should find a new job Im glad its you and not me Thats why they call it work
Impact of Bullying
High absenteeism High turnover (internal/external) Low morale Decrease in productivity Increase in health care cost/EAP usage Legal action
How is the bullys behavior different from performance management? How is the bullys behavior different from disagreements among peers? How should we do it?