“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
“Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!” WorldMomentsGuyGirlLossEmbarrassingOther GirlHappy GirlHis LossEmbarrassing Moment Author:Kelly Clarkson
“Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak” AuthorityWeakThriveBullyingBullyBulliedBeing Bullied Author:Tim Field
“Why does the UK government ignore workplace bullying? Our system of democracy - government and law - is based on the adversarial model. To be successful in these fields, bullying behaviour is almost a prerequisite.” DoeGovernmentLawDemocracySuccessfulFieldsModelsBeing SuccessfulBullyingBehaviourWorkplacePrerequisites Author:Tim Field
“Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and 'there's too much legislation already...'. In no case has this line of reasoning ever been sustained.” AbleLinesCasesToo MuchProveBasesDiscriminationReasoningAddressesBullyingLegislationParliamentObjectionsHarassment Author:Tim Field
“Today's workplace has become heartless and soulless. Employees are seen as units of labour, automatons, functionaries, objects for achieving designated tasks, and as costs to be minimised.” TodayAchieveObjectsCostTasksEmployeeLabourBullyingUnitsWorkplaceHeartlessSoulless Author:Tim Field
“Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill people slowly and secretively. The outcome, though, is the same.” PeopleNegativeStressAccidentsOutcomesBullyingAssault Author:Tim Field
“Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often no, success” LittlesFailingPolicyAccountabilityBullyingInitiativeSchemesBullyAnti Bullying Author:Tim Field
“There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the bulb before switching it on yourself. No problem, as targets of bullying are picked on for their competence and abilities.” FirstsEndsProblemLightAbilityTargetBullyingNo ProblemCompetenceTunnelsBulbsSwitchingLight At The End Of The TunnelEnd Of The Tunnel Author:Tim Field