Workplace Bully Behaviors: Hidden Traits

To enjoy a long and successful career, a skilled bully must disguise his true character. To accomplish this, his behaviors must conceal his bullying nature while unfairly exploiting others.

These subtle but powerful tactics are at the heart of his arsenal. They are dangerous because they tend to remain unrecognized. And even if you perceive the subtle pattern of bullying behavior, others probably won’t.

What can you do about it? If you say anything to your co-workers, they’ll look at you like you’re confused, delusional or even paranoid. If you report your suspicions to upper management, they’ll conclude that you’re using underhanded tactics against the bully (the absurdity of this will be lost on those oblivious to the bullying). And if you confront the bully directly, you may be fired.

There is rarely an easy solution when you’re dealing with a well-established, highly skilled bully, but the initial steps are always the same: study his behaviors and learn to understand him. Only by recognizing his hidden traits will you have any hope of effectively fighting back.

Hidden traits:

1. Charming
2. Obsessed with image
3. Distorts truth and reality
4. Evasive
5. Plays the victim
6. Self-righteous
7. Pompous
8. Hypocritical
9. Two-faced
10. Rumor-monger
11. Passive-aggressive
12. Pretends to care

Read more: http://www.kickbully.com/hidden.html

Hating your job is as bad for your health as being unemployed, researchers warn...

A demanding job, nasty boss and poor job security are as bad for your mental health as being out of  work  |   Only those who enjoy their jobs fare better  |  Also linked to increased risk of heart disease

Having a job you hate is as bad for your mental health as being unemployed, Australian researchers have claimed. They say that people with poor working conditions suffer just as much as those out of work.

And they weren’t just referring to a dusty factory or dimly lit office, but psychological factors such as a demanding job, nasty boss and poor job security. The researchers, from the Australian National University, compared the mental health of British people who were unemployed with those in jobs of differing ‘psychosocial quality’, as they called it.

The study’s author, associate professor Peter Butterworth, said that people unhappy in their jobs were just as likely to have mental health issues as those without a job at all.

 

Those in departments with high rates of promotion were approximately 20 per cent less likely to develop heart disease than those who weren’t. 'It’s largely down to a feeling of being in control (or not),’ said Daryl O’Connor, professor of health psychology at the University of Leeds. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2237371/Hating-job-bad-health-unemployed-researchers-warn.html#ixzz2D82ouTb9 

Having a job you hate is as bad for your mental health as being unemployed, Australian researchers have claimed.
They say that people with poor working conditions suffer just as much as those out of work.
And they weren’t just referring to a dusty factory or dimly lit office, but psychological factors such as a demanding job, nasty boss and poor job security.


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Hating your job is as bad for your health as being unemployed, researchers warn

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Hating your job is as bad for your health as being unemployed, researchers warn

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