Every school administrator can tell you stories of irate parents yelling over the phone or storming into the school office demanding action because “my child is being bullied!” Unfortunately, these aggressive demands often come before all the facts are in. In The...

I know from personal experience how emotionally devastating it can be to go home at night wondering if you’ll still have a job in the morning – solely because you’ve been targeted by a workplace bully. My own bullying ordeal - which came at the hands of my immediate...

I have a tremendous passion for men’s mental health because I’ve seen firsthand through my own HR work how hard it is for some men to ask for help with depression, anxiety and other issues affecting their lives at work and at home. Internalising emotions isn’t healthy...

Not only is there a stigma attached to the reporting of bullying incidents, there’s also a reluctance by bullying targets to ask others for help in dealing with victimisation. This double whammy makes it hard to combat bullying. One US study found that only 20-30% of...

In every workplace, the organisational culture is established by the leaders – for better or worse. The difference between a leader and a manager is that a manager dictates, while a leader provides support and direction to allows employees to perform at their peak....

Statistics on how much school bullying costs society are sobering, no matter which country you look at. In Australia, for example, bullies instigate more than 45 million separate bullying incidents each year against more than 900,000 targets - or more than one per...

One of the most rewarding things about being The Bullyologist® is the opportunity to meet a wide range of people who share their own insights and experiences about the state of modern bullying. Every time I give talks, conduct workshops or advise business leaders on...

We tend to think of most bullying situations as a two-person interaction between perpetrator and the chosen target. But there’s typically a third component involved: the witness or bystander who is either present when bullying occurs or learns about it later. It is...

In The Bullyologist, I devote an entire chapter to the many myths and stereotypes associated with bullying. Probably the most common misconception is that a typical bullying target is weak, timid or unable to stand up for themselves. This isn’t true at all. A weak...

Numerous studies have confirmed that the relationship between an employee and their immediate supervisor is the biggest predictor of staff turnover in a workplace. When there’s an abusive manager around, good people leave – even when attractive pay, job satisfaction...