Dealing with the Workplace Bully

Dealing with the Workplace Bully

While the issue of workplace bullying has become prominent in recent years, it often is a problem that festers and is not dealt with, because the person bullying may be a manager or a high performing productive employee. The impact of bullying on an organization’s workforce can result in physical and psychological harm to employees. Workplace bullying is a problem that can have far-reaching effects on a workplace if not dealt with.

Join this informative webinar with industry expert Bob Churilla and learn about what constitutes workplace bullying including actions that might not normally be viewed as bullying. You will learn how to define what bullying is in the context of the work of their organization. You will also be able to identify the characteristics of the workplace bully, their psychological makeup, and likely targets of bullying in their organization after attending this webinar. In addition, you will learn how to confront bullying and develop a plan to combat its toxic effects. Finally, attendees will be provided information on how to deal with the physical and psychological effects on employees that have been bullied.

Webinar Objectives

Attendees will learn how to develop an organizational definition of workplace bullying and how to stop and confront bullying. Finally, managers and leaders will be given tools to help them develop a plan to combat bullying and to handle the harm it has done to the organization’s employees.

Most importantly, the webinar will specifically train managers and employees to handle and deal with a workplace bully. This includes having conversations with the bully and confronting inappropriate behavior in the workplace. In addition, participants will learn how to take remedial and progressive disciplinary measures when necessary.

Webinar Agenda

• What is Bullying?
• Examples of Bullying
• Developing an Organizational Definition of Bullying
• The Psychological Traits of the Bully
• Causes of Bullying
• Targets of Bullies
• The Costs of Bullying
• Confronting the Bully
• Creating a Bully Free Workplace
• Dealing with the Impact of Bullying on Employees

Webinar Highlights

• Developing a definition of workplace bullying for your organization.
• Identifying the characteristics of a workplace bully.
• Identifying those that may be targets of workplace bullying.
• The psychological underpinnings of a bullying problem.
• Examining the costs of bullying.
• Confronting the bully in the workplace.
• Creating a plan to eliminate bullying from the workplace.
• Dealing with the physical and mental health impact of bullying on employees.

Who Should Attend

This webinar is for leaders, managers, and employees that have seen or personally experienced bullying. This is an especially appropriate webinar for those that need to learn techniques to deal with the workplace bully. Attending this webinar will help those responsible for dealing with bullying to develop policies and safeguards to protect their employees from harmful behavior. In particular, this webinar is designed for:

• Human Resource Managers
• Project Managers
• Team Leaders
• Managers at any Level
• Team Members
• Departmental Employees