From the course: Handling Workplace Bullying
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Using your performance system (scenario)
From the course: Handling Workplace Bullying
Using your performance system (scenario)
- Here's a question. Do you give consequences to and even fire people who are excessively late? What about people who don't meet quotas or consistently miss deadlines? Employers discipline people for these behaviors all the time and you can do the same for bullying. Bullying is a performance problem, period. And the sooner you step in, the easier it is to resolve. So here are the steps for a successful conversation about changing bullying behavior. First, help the individual see that he or she is perceived as too aggressive by providing clear and concise examples. If you haven't actually witnessed the behavior, you can still call out the slew of complaints you've received. According to Dr. Laura Crawshaw, who's been coaching people who bully for over 40 years, here's what that might sound like. - So we've been getting a steady stream of complaints about perceptions of interactions with you. People perceive your communication as too abrasive and we're not getting these complaints…
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