When Office Politics turn Nasty!

Just read some British stats - 'a study' (sorry the article doesn't state which study) suggests that 1: 5 British workers admitted hating one of their work colleagues.

Meanwhile NZ is recording (according to Simpson & Grierson - one of our top 5 legal firms) more and more 'intimidation' claims - mostly against supervisors.

And Australian stats show that bullying is estimated to cost A$3.9 billion a year (Work Places Against Violence).

Are people and workplaces feeling the pressure of the recession and taking it out on each other? Or is it a sign of poor leadership?

Sounds like organisations, large and small need to establish some 'behavioural' benchmarks and keep a close eye on staff interaction because workplaces where all of the above is happening will not only be miserable places to work for everyone, but the bottom line will be affected for sure!!

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Posted by Ann Andrews CSP, filed under Tool-box News and posted on 22/02/2010

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