The following is a guest blog post from my Organizational Development graduate students (Tiffany Lee, Thomas Kendall, Melanie Strickland, Maggie Clay, Brock Patterson, Ashley Pelfrey). I thought their insights were superb.

Workplace bullying has exploded in recent years and is now one of the leading causes of employee disempowerment. Turn the page…

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Jealousy is code for lazy.

– and lack of confidence in one’s abilities. It’s an emotion so strong it has led to murder.

Chagrined by their pedigree and ashamed of their achievements (or lack of thereof), the jealous lash out at their alleged threat. Their degree of obnoxious behavior is proportional to their perceived inadequacy. Why do people spend time downing their compatriots, when that same time could be spent correcting their flaws? Turn the page…

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