Monthly Archives: August 2018
Organizations that have toxic cultures struggle with sharing communication and knowledge. Victims and bystanders from the bully triad work defensively to protect their work from the information and knowledge sequestering activity of the bully. The bully seeks to be the gatekeeper of all relevant organizational information so that when dilemmas develop, they can reap the rewards of their ill-gotten gains. In a recent study of 400 companies, the cost of poor communication was estimated to be over $62 million per…..
Sexual harassment is a form of bullying. The perpetrator sees the victim as a powerless object to control for ego fulfillment rather than as an individual entitled to power and autonomy. For workplace sexual harassment the courts and the EEOC have set specific guidelines for addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. However, when a person preys on another individual the victim is placed in a position of lower-power, and the stress of possibly compromising values and beliefs becomes a trigger…..