Bully-Free Workplace: Stop Jerks, Weasels, and Snakes From Killing Your Organization

This guide for employers describes how executives and managers can stop workplace bullying, prevent psychological violence and protect employee health by creating and instituting a preventative policy that has consequences when violated.
The solution to bullying in the workplace Here's the simple truth: businesses must end bullying to protect the bottom line. Continuing abuse on the job only leads to self-defeating?and, ultimately, self-destructive?organizational dynamics. Offering a proprietary Blueprint program to prevent and correct abuse, this book cuts through the silence and denial surrounding workplace bullying and replaces it with effective steps to create a respectful and productive work environment. The practical orientation gives you specific tools for all leaders and groups involved to make challenging conventional wisdom easier to transform your organization's culture into one free of bullying. Justifies action against bullying for bottom-line fiscal rewards, productivity, employee health, talent retention, and positioning as an employer of choice Authors are pioneering experts and internationally recognized leaders in workplace bullying; their previous book, The Bully at Work, helped define the field This clear and accessible guide describes exactly what to do and what pitfalls and resistance to anticipate.