“The best indicator of a sociopath serial bully is not a clinical diagnosis but the trail of devastation and destruction of lives and livelihoods surrounding this individual throughout their life.” IndividualDestructionBullyingBullyTrailsDiagnosisBulliedLivelihoodSerialsSociopathDevastationIndicatorsClinicalsBeing Bullied Author:Tim Field
“Most organisations have a serial bully. It never ceases to amaze me how one person's divisive dysfunctional behaviour can permeate the entire organisation like a cancer.” PersonsCancerCeaseBullyingBehaviourBullyOrganisationSerials Author:Tim Field
“The serial bully, who in my estimation accounts for about one person in thirty in society, is the single most important threat to the effectiveness of organisations, the profitability of industry, the performance of the economy, and the prosperity of society.” PersonsImportantEconomyIndustryPerformancesAccountsThreatProsperityThirtyBullyingBullyEffectivenessOrganisationSerialsEstimationProfitability Author:Tim Field
“Nothing can prepare you for living or working with a sociopathic serial bully. It is the most devastating, draining, misunderstood, and ultimately futile experience imaginable.” BullyingBullyMisunderstoodSerialsDraining Author:Tim Field
“Being bullied by a serial bully is equivalent to being stalked or being battered by a partner or being abused as a child and should be accorded the same gravity.” ShouldChildrenPartnersBullyingGravityBullyBulliedSerialsBatteredBeing Bullied Author:Tim Field
“Recently there's been a trend to apply the term "bullying" to any kind of conflict at work, for example overwork and long hours. Although some bullying behaviours may be present in these issues, in my view this dilutes and devalues the term "workplace bullying" which should be used only for the more serious cases of conflict involving a serial bully. If there isn't a serial bully involved, it's probably not bullying you're dealing with.” IfsShouldKindMayLongUsedTermHoursViewsCasesIssuesExampleSeriousInvolvedConflictBullyingTrendsBehaviourWorkplaceBullyInvolvingSerialsLong HoursOverworkDevalue Author:Tim Field
“It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of the serial bully which is the most common reason for an unsatisfactory outcome for both employee and employer.” ReasonCommonExistenceDenialOutcomesEmployeeBullyingBullyDeliberateEmployersRecogniseSerialsLack Of KnowledgeEmployees And Employers Author:Tim Field
“The vehemence with which a person denies the existence of the serial bully is directly proportional to the congruence of the person's behaviour with that of the serial bully” PersonsExistenceDenyBullyingBehaviourBullySerialsVehemenceCongruence Author:Tim Field
“The Bully has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one can (or wants to) believe this individual has a vindictive nature - only the current target of the serial bully's aggression sees both sides; whilst the Jekyll side is described as "charming" and convincing enough to deceive personnel, management and a tribunal, the Hyde side is frequently described as "evil"; Hyde is the real person, Jekyll is an act.” WantBelievePersonsRealEnoughEvilIndividualSidesFrontsManagementCurrentsInnocentWitnessTargetBullyingAggressionDeceivingCharmingBoth SidesBullyViciousConvincingTwo SidesDark SideSerialsMean PeopleReal PersonPersonnelVindictiveTribunalsAnti BullyingHydeJekyllVindictivenessJekyll And Hyde Author:Tim Field