by Catherine Mattice | Jul 23, 2012 | Civil & Healthy Workplaces
THE LOCK: I am not a powerful person. Those I face are always more powerful than I. How can I win against them? THE KEY: All power, yours and theirs, is yours. The secret source of power: When I argue, I face power, the power of the Other. It is the Other’s...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 23, 2012 | Workplace bullying
In October, the World Health Organization published a startling report entitled “Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope.” Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the WHO, noted that the “global toll of mental illness and neurological disorders is...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Workplace bullies don’t show up to work one morning and decide you’re the one they’d like to bully. They don’t pick you out of the accounting department as the poor sucker who’s gonna get it this week. Bullies are bullies because they...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Day in and day out, the bully Kate worked with attempted to micromanage her, and turn their boss against her. He picked fights with her, harassed her, and showed up in her office once in awhile to yell at her. Over the course of Kate’s employment in that position her...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 21, 2012 | Workplace bullying
So how do you overcome a bully? Steven R. Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, says we should “Begin with the end in mind.” We can do that by following Former Congressman Ed Forman’s advice, and saying out loud and in the mirror every morning before...
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