“I just want the bullying to stop. That is all I ever wanted. I used to love going to school. Now I hate it.” Quote by 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
“Until there's a public commitment, and action to back that commitment, a policy is only words on paper.” ActionPolicyPaperCommitmentBullyingWords On Paper 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
“The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself.” ChallengesManagersBullying 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
“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