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Sitting in my cube last week, I started thinking about workplace bullies. Who are these people? What are they trying to compensate for in their own lives? Do they enjoy their attitudes or do they just not realize they are miserable? Who told them this was appropriate behavior? How do they justify treating their colleagues in such a toxic way? Did anyone ever tell them that you get more bees with honey?
I also started wondering: are the workplace bullies we encounter as adults the same bullies we encountered on the playground? Is it once a bully, always a bully? Or does something snap? Does a nerdy kid have a moment of “I’m not going to take this anymore” and just swing too far in the opposite direction?
Does the workplace bully just think they are practicing tough love?
Thoughts? Opinions?
Vicki said...
1I think, most of the time, workplace bullies don’t realize they’re bullies, or if they do, they sense that their personalities are stronger than other people and they use it to their advantage.
The workplace bullies I tend to encounter certainly seem an extension of the kids who could get away with anything on the playground.
11/17/09 10:06 AM | Comment Link
Jean said...
2I agree with Vicki. I have also found that most of the “workplace bullies” I have encountered seem to be compensating for their own insecurities. For whatever reason, they do not feel confidant in their position and seem to believe that by pushing others around at work, it will make them stronger or more secure in their own position.
11/17/09 11:49 PM | Comment Link