BREAK THE SILENCE!

– Study the WBI Tutorials to learn what happened & what will happen.
– Tell co-workers, friends, and family.
– Put your health first.
– Talk to a WBI Coach (fee).
– Read the Namies’ book for targets
– Do not believe the BIG LIE about you.
– Purchase the Workplace Bullying University® Complete Package for full understanding.
– Reclaim your dignity — fight back or find a new job.

– Give unconditional support. Believe them. Tolerate obsessiveness.
– Remind them of who they were before bullying injured them.
– Don’t ask why they did not do more to fight back.
– Encourage them to get psychological and medical help.
– Provide needed respite from toxic, stressful work.
– Distract them with pleasurable activities.
– Don’t ask more of them than they are capable of doing.
– Remember, you will be the last ones there after others abandon.

– Don’t give in to fear, e.g., of being the next target.
– Share your bullying experiences with your targeted friend.
– Offer help. Targets are too ashamed to ask.
– Validate the target’s emotions, even if scary to you.
– Organize others AS A GROUP to confront the bully.
– Do not side with bullies against your friend, even when ordered to.
– Reinforce the target’s humanity. It’s the social compact among us all.

– Stop chasing personality-based solutions, e.g., anger management. Personalities don’t change.
– Learn the unsustainable costs of bullying. Act rationally.
– Commit to correcting and preventing bullying. Create psychological & psychosocial safety.
– Create a non-toxic workplace.
– Read the Namies’ book for employers:  The Bully-Free Workplace.
– Purchase Cure for Toxic Workplace Toolkit for your organization.

– Specialize in workplace abuse in your practice.
– Use trauma-informed approach for bullied clients.
– Trust what abuse victims tell you. Believe that there are people as evil as have been described to you.
– See how work environments, not your client, explain the mistreatment.
– Minimize  testing during acute phases of abuse so as to not misdiagnose.
– Learn EMDR, if not certified.
– Learn the consequences for the client of FMLA, Workers Comp, and Disability (short- and long-term).
– Purchase the science-based Workplace Bullying University® for in-depth understanding.

– Help abused members. Do not condition support on liking them.
– If abuser is also member, represent but do not defend.
– Make psychological & psychosocial safety demands for all members.
– Employ workplace bullying prevention to organize.
– Purchase Workplace Bullying University® for Unions. Train a team of members to support all.
– Bargain to include an anti-bullying provision in your CBA.
– Support the Healthy Workplace Bill in your state. Alert your Legislative Director.