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50% of Americans are bullied at work.
27% of them quit.
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Stay tuned each month to learn about everything workplace bully; from tips for targets, to help for employers and HR professionals, to articles by other experts, and more!
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Is your company wasting money on workplace bullies?
Last month we asked you to take the test and find out if a workplace bully lurks among the cubicles in your organization. (Click here to read that article.)
Now we want to point out just how much a bully could be costing you. The Orlando Business Journal cited an estimated cost of $180M in lost time and productivity to American businesses each year. The Workplace Bullying Institute estimates between turnover and lost productivity a bully could cost a Fortune 500 company an astounding $24,000,000; add another $1.4 Million for litigation and settlement costs. 
Here are some very real items to consider when calculating how much your workplace bully is costing you.
1. Distraction from tasks on the part of the victim, bully and witnesses
2. Reduced psychological safety and associated climate of fear
3. Loss of motivation and energy at work from victims and witnesses
4. Stress induced psychological and physical illness
5. Possible impaired mental ability
6. Prolonged bullying turns victims into bullies
7. Absenteeism and turnover (30% of the bullied will quit, and 20%of witnesses will follow)
8. Time spent at work looking for different work
9. Time spent at work talking about being bullied instead of working
10.Time spent at work by others gossiping about the bully and his or her behavior
11.Time spent by other employees and management calming and counseling victims
12.Time spent by management appeasing, counseling or disciplining bullies
13.Time spent soothing victimized customers, suppliers and other key outsiders
14.Time spent reorganizing departments and teams
15.Time spent interviewing, recruiting, and training replacements for departed victims, witnesses and bullies
There's more! This is an excerpt from our newest whitepaper. Click here to read it. |
| Manager's Corner
GreatPlaceJobs Q2 Employment Study: Great Workplaces Continue to Outperform and Weather the Recession Better Than Competitors
Just more proof that taking the time to create and nurture a healthy and positive workplace for employees can pay off - quite literally.
GreatPlaceJobs, an organization offering the largest collection of job listings exclusively from award-winning companies that have been recognized as "great workplaces", conducted another study comparing these workplaces to organizations that have not received such a designation.
The Great Workplace Employment Study compared the employment, financial and operating data of the Fortune 100's largest U.S. companies with the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. Though both groups suffered lower revenue levels in Q1 2009 compared to Q1 2008, the average year-over-year revenue growth rate in Q1 2009 was 2.3% better at the great workplace companies. The excellent employers also saw their Q1 2009 revenues decline by 7.1% from the previous year's quarterly revenues, while revenues at the Fortune 100 largest companies decreased by 9.4% from Q1 2008.
Only 44% of excellent employers laid off workers from the beginning of 2008, while a shocking 86% of the Fortune 100 companies have laid off employees.
The revenue growth rate at great workplaces in Q1 2009 was 2.3% better than the rest of the Fortune 100's, and the average stock price of the excellent employers was 1.1% higher as of June 30, 2009 (compared to January 1, 2009) than typical Fortune 100 companies.
A clear sign of the great employers' competitive advantage and resilience is evident in the fact that nine of the Fortune 100 largest companies from 2008 filed for bankruptcy or were bailed out by the U.S. government in 2008, while none of the great workplace companies failed on this magnitude. Click here to read the full press release. |
Communication Tip :
What to say in an interview when you left your last job because of a bully.
I received the following question from one of my readers. I thought it was a great question so I'm sharing it with you. I quit my job because I was bullied. Before I did though, I wrote the owners a letter describing my experience with my supervisor and they put her on warning. There is some satisfaction there, but I still could no longer work for her. I need to know what to say in a interview about the experience. Can you help? ~Julie Julie, As a former HR professional I can tell you that interviewers are always looking for a few things, no matter what position and no matter what industry. Those things are: * that you can demonstrate you have initiative and company loyalty * you are solution-oriented and forward thinking (that means when you have a problem, you attempt to find a solution before bringing the problem to your manager) * you have a long list of accomplishments, rather than job tasks, to share during the interview and on your resume * you can work in a team During the entire interview you should be focusing on these four things. Every answer you give should provide proof you hold these credentials. This is important because if you can prove you have initiative, are solution-oriented, are goal oriented (can achieve things), and can work in a team, what happened at your last employer won't really matter because you'll make a good looking candidate. Inevitably they will ask why you left your previous employer, and there are a few ways you can handle it. Click here to read the rest of this article. |
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Book Pick of the Month
Each month we recommend one book to help you overcome the workplace bully.
Why Is It Always About You? The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
By: Sandy Hotchkiss, LCSW
Clinical social worker and psychotherapist Sandy Hotchkiss shows you how to cope with controlling, egotistical people who are incapable of the  fundamental give-and-take that sustains healthy relationships. Exploring how individuals come to have this shortcoming, why you get drawn into their perilous orbit, and what you can do to break free, Hotchkiss describes the "Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism" and their origins. You will learn to recognize these hallmarks of unhealthy narcissism and to understand the roles that parenting and culture play in their creation.
Why Is It Always About You? provides abundant practical advice for anyone struggling to break narcissism's insidious spread to the next generation, and for anyone who encounters narcissists in everyday life.
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Upcoming Events
Webinar:
Create a Healthy Workplace: Understand Workplace Bullying & Combat the Damage
Thurs, Sept 17, 2009
9 am - 10 am PST
Cost: Complimentary
In Partnership with
The Vianova Group
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Create a Healthy Workplace: Combat Negative Effects of Workplace Bullies & Sustain Positive Change
Wed, Sept 23, 2009
8 am - 12 pm
San Diego, CA
Cost: Only $169
(A $495 Value!)
Workshop:
Interviewing & Hiring the Right People Wed, October 14, 2009
9 am to 12 pm
San Diego, CA
Cost: $90
In Partnership with Nonprofit Management Solutions.
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"You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think."
Foundation for Inner Peace: Publisher of Course in Miracles |
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Create A Healthy Workplace:
Combat the bully, develop brand leadership, & sustain positive change.
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We are pleased to announce the release of our newest workshop in partnership with BlueRio Strategies and sponsored by The Eastridge Group.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8 am - 12 pm at the Eastridge Corporate Offices, San Diego, CA.
This 4 hour workshop includes a Workplace Behavior Inventory assessment and a 45-minute individual coaching session.
Participants will gain a deep understanding of workplace bullying and the damage caused, tools for corrective action and positive cultural shifts, knowledge in brand awareness and how it can be used to battle the bully, and tips for sustainable healthy change.
Valued at $495, we are offering this workshop at an introductory rate of $169 - this time only. Space is limited, only 25 seats. |
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Looking for a
job? |
GreatPlaceJobs features approximately 100,000 award-winning employers each month, and individually qualifies each company before they can post available openings. That means they are bully-free places to work !!!
Job seekers also have greater job security working for these excellent employers - especially important in these uncertain times.
Ready to search for your bully free workplace? Click here to join. |
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Need help with your
resume? |
Monster.com reports that it currently receives approximately 200 resumes per job posting. Resume reviewers only spend 2-10 seconds reviewing your resume. So how do you get noticed against these odds? Let us help.
NoWorkplaceBullies is now offering resume writing services to job seekers. We want to help you find a great place to work. |
Submit your current resume to contact@catherinemattice.com for a price estimate. We will review your resume and respond with an estimate of hours and cost to turn your resume from drab to fab. | |
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