There are plenty of employees who have to endure toxic work environments every day. Whether these workers are dealing with a harassing supervisor, bullying colleagues, or an otherwise hostile culture, it couldn’t be more clear that their work environment is less than civil. In many other cases, though, incivility is
Workplace harassment doesn’t have to be overt to be toxic. Here are the types of subtle but damaging workplace harassment that often fly under the radar.
A lack of civility in the workplace disrupts employee productivity, threatens health, and prevents happiness. That’s the conclusion of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business professor Christine Porath in a recent Quartz editorial. She connects the dots from a firm’s culture of civility to its bottom line. How Rudeness Steals From
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One of the most serious legal challenges any organization can face is how to respond to employee complaints without violating scores of laws prohibiting retaliation. In an environment where concerns are invited, the response to a complaint will not be a reflexive and negative – “let’s shoot the messenger” –
A main factor contributing to the problem of poor behavior is that we’ve made ethics, compliance, and daily behavioral standards too complex. By trying to convey too much, we accomplish too little. Thus “teach little, remember much” is a better mantra than “teach much, remember little.” The more effective approach
Does your workplace provide an environment of professionalism, respect, and inclusion? Creating an environment in which all employees can thrive, from top management to lower level support, is more important than ever. Where does your workplace stand? While most professionals agree that a civil workplace critical to success, the important
In the workplace, day-to-day interface among co-workers involves a wide variety of personalities and many different levels of conversation. What happens when those conversations drift toward stereotyping– and in particular, the inconspicuous kind? Even unconsciously, and without intentional bias, comments made by one employee can offend another because of a
Yesterday morning, I wrote a short blog concluding that Fox News would likely face long-term reputational damage if it allowed Bill O’Reilly to continue hosting The O’Reilly Factor. Before I could post it, Fox announced the end of O’Reilly’s twenty-year career with the network. As a broadcast superstar, Bill O’Reilly
