When you respond you have PREPARED in advance the OUTCOME in your mind. Now think about how you would like to feel, think and respond to future situations. I want you to think about how you currently REACT to difficult people and those challenging situations. People who bully take pleasure in emotionally manipulating their victims. EMOTIONAL – try your best not to be emotional.Unfairly passed over for promotion or denied training opportunities.Regularly threatened with losing your job.Being set unreasonable/impossible deadlines or unmanageable workloads.Being humiliated in front of colleagues.Being shouted at or the target of spontaneous rage.You are probably being bullied if, for example, you are… Examples of bullyingīullying includes abuse, physical or verbal violence, humiliation and undermining someone’s confidence. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has overall responsibility for the administration and enforcement of health and safety at work in Ireland. An isolated incident of the behaviour described in this definition may be an affront to dignity at work but as a once off incident is not considered to be bullying”. “repeated inappropriate behaviour, direct or indirect, whether verbal, physical or otherwise, conducted by one or more persons against another or others, at the place of work and/or in the course of employment, which could reasonably be regarded as undermining the individual’s right to dignity at work. It can occur in written communications, by phone, and/or email not just face-to-face actions.Īccording to the Health and Safety Authority, workplace bullying is: It can include any kind of abuse or violence whether it be physical or verbal. It might be obvious or it might be more subtle.
Bullying can be between two individuals or it may involve groups of people. It usually involves acts or verbal comments that could mentally hurt or isolate a person in the workplace. Like many others, I have been bullied in the workplace. Adults are bullied at their workplace on a regular basis.
The tactics may change but the behaviour is unfortunately not that different. How can anyone bully an adult? The sad reality is, people can be bullied at any age and in any situation. I thought to myself that I have experienced bullying as a kid and teen and I have learned ways to cope and so surely I would not be bullied in my adult life.
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When I left school I imagined a life free of bullying. Workplace Bullyingįor many people, including myself, the word ‘bullying’ may spark unpleasant memories from the school playground. For many people, including myself, the word ‘bullying’ may spark unpleasant memories from the school playground.įollowing on from Sinéad Kane’s previous blog 10 simple ways to help overcome bullying, here is Sinéad’s next blog on how best to handle bullying in the workplace.
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