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Decency

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"As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency." - Caroline Kennedy #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct    #DignityAtWorkAct Bullying targets tend to be honest, ethical, and pro-social. They see their jobs as more than a means to earn a paycheck. Bullies tend to pick on someone who thinks / acts independently and refuses to kowtow—who's typically a veteran worker, highly skilled, and well-liked.

Make a Life

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"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

Simplicity

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"Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." - Alan Perlis #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Workplace bullying in global organizations occurs for several reasons: increased worker diversity, increased dispersion of employees to distant geographic locations, lack of management experience in new markets, and management needing more advanced skills.

Maturity

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"Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures (or an organization postpones short term results) for long-term values." - Joshua L. Liebman "Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity." - Tracy McMillan #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

Nice and Tough

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Bullies misjudge and equate niceness as weakness and go in for the kill. Sincere and unsuspecting targets are caught off guard by a bully’s attacks. They wonder, Why me? "Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert H. Schuller #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Truth is Universal

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"Truth is universal. Perception of truth varies." – Bohdi Sanders "Lies are convenient when the truth is unfathomable." – Courtney M. Privett #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Spirit

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"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons." - Denzel Washington Merry Christmas! #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct Workplace victims are not weak, timid, or spineless as often portrayed by complicit and conniving managers who want to hide bullying. Bullying targets are usually highly skilled, ethical, honest, and well-liked.

Integrity and Transparency

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" The essence of lying is in deception, not in words." - John Ruskin RCC, BSA, PSU...... #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Healthy Relationships

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 Toned it down a bit this year. A supervisor’s leadership style plays an important yet complex role in determining whether bullying is perceived as a workplace problem. #LeadersArentBullies "Relationships with management are the top factor in employees’ job satisfaction. They are also the second most important determinant of employees’ overall well-being." - McKinsey #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Help People Feel Good About Work

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"Leadership is the ability to facilitate movement in the needed direction and have people feel good about it." - Tom Smith  #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Build and Grow

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Bullying undermines retention, productivity, goodwill, morale, and innovation.  #LeadersArentBullies "Invariably, micromanaging (and bullying) result in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems." - John Rosemond #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Bullies Act as if Attacking is Normal

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"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action." - Ian Fleming #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Protected People Don't Perish

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Federal anti-bullying laws and support can determine how an organization prevents and stops bullying. They influence whether a bullying target can expect legal support and protection. #LeadersArentBullies "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." - Abraham Lincoln #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Reward Healthy Behaviors

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"Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior." - Ted Nugent #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Protect and Prevent

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"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." – Benjamin Franklin #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct  Healthy environments and strong leaders establish anti-bullying policies to protect workers. They take reports of maltreatment seriously and address & correct demeaning behaviors. Bad companies allow bullying to fester, stating the behavior is  not illegal.

Transparency

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"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." - Virginia Woolf #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Lead with Example

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"A leader leads by example, not by force." --Sun Tzu #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct A supervisor’s leadership style plays an important yet complex role in determining whether bullying is perceived as a workplace problem.  

Courage and Bravery

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 "Cowards only threaten when they are safe." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Realistic Expectations

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"Having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life." - Marilu Henner #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct Expectations and stress are highly correlated. The bigger the gap between expectations & reality, the greater the stress. Workers who experience steady and predictable management behaviors and practices are less likely to consider themselves stressed and working for bullies.

Acknowledge the Truth

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"Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets." - Paul Tournier "The people who can keep a secret may be wise, but they are not half as wise as people  with no secrets to keep." -  E. W. Howe #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Freedom

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Due to constant belittling, bullied employees don’t feel worthy of better treatment! This lack of self-worth is an effect of, and inadvertently rewards, a bullying boss. #LeadersArentBullies “For to be free is to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

Dignity and Humanity

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"Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life." - Robert Casey #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct  

Greater Good

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Life, liberty, the pursuit of #happiness...it’s all manipulated in abusive organizations to bestow power and happiness on the few, the misguided, and the bad folks in control. #LeadersArentBullies "Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good." - Maelle Gavet #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct 

Selfless

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 "The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people." - Chadwick Boseman #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Sane and Clear Objectives

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When workers do not have concrete goals, roles, or processes, yet bosses hold these workers accountable for arbitrary and unrealistic results, tensions run high resulting in conflict and  scapegoating, while trust is lost. #LeadersArentBullies "Some societies are run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I am apt be put away as insane for expressing that. That's insane." - John Lennon "Clarity of vision is the key to achieving your objectives." - Tom Steyer

Liberate and Inspire

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 "Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future." - Marilyn Ferguson #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Consistency

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When bullying is an institutionalized part of leadership and an accepted managerial practice, the organization is sick. #Management behaviors in these unhealthy work environments are extreme—either too aggressive or too casual. Inconsistency allows bullying behavior to fester. "Trust is built with consistency." - Lincoln Chafee #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Truth

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Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." - George Washington #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Autonomy and Rational Expectations

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Researchers found job insecurity and role stressors, like low job autonomy and high workload, are associated with being both a perpetrator and a target of workplace bullying. #LeadersArentBullies "Autonomy leads to empowerment. We work hard to maintain a balance between collaboration and cooperation and independence." - Bobby Kotick #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct

Rally and Inspire

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 "My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence." —General Montgomery #leadersarentbullies #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #stepup #DignityAtWorkAct

Stength in Numbers

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Bullying is a very durable behavioral style, largely because bullies get what they want—at least at first. Resist and find strength in numbers. #LeadersArentBullies "There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better." - Mark Shields #leadersarentbullies #stepup #healthyworkplaces #leaderselevatethoughtandconduct #DignityAtWorkAct